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RHenriksen wrote:Do you ever wear a nice shirt, untucked & unbuttoned, over a t shirt? I'm in my 40s, but still feel reasonably stylish wearing a nice linen/silk/etc short sleeved, unbuttoned shirt over a snug black t-shirt. It's a far, far more stylish & unobtrusive cover garment than a photographer's vest!

That would let you wear IWB without offending your wife's sensibilities...

I'm about your size - 5'11", 180 #, and don't get hung up about blousing my shirt

snatchel wrote:

RHenriksen wrote:It sounds like you're just uncomfortable shifting away from a very 'dialed in' personal style. If it's that important to you to have your shirt tucked in that snugly, then ankle holster is about the best alternative that springs to mind.

snatchel wrote:I have had zero luck with a tucked in t-shirt and ANY holster as well. G30, G17, G26, M&P9c, SP101.. at least 3 holsters for each, and I haven't been able to tuck my shirt in.

Ok, I can tuck my shirt in, and I can even blouse out m shirt enough so that there is no print of a gun..... but it looks ugly, unorganized.. strange. My shoulders are broader than my waist, and when I tuck a dress shirt into slacks without a gun, everything looks nice and slim and neat. I When I blouse the shirt out around the gun, things look strange and I look disproportional. Also, the gun+holster make slacks fall in a strange way, at least in my experimentation. I don't think the holsters are my problem.. I think it has more to do with the vanity factor than anything else. This is one of those occasions I just use an ankle holster.

Yeah, that is pretty much it. And my wife complains about me looking "frumpy" when I tuck a shirt around a gun. Ankle or pocket.. Sad day.

I do. I wear un-buttoned short sleeves with t-shirts frequently. I'm mid-late 20's, and most occasions I can get away with slacks and a long sleeved dress shirt un-tucked. I do this for Mass and the like. It's not very often that I am forced to tuck in my shirt and change carry style, but for example, yesterday I went to a wedding and wore slacks/tucked in shirt. I could have worn a jacket and gone OWB or the like.. but it was just too hot.

I don't mind pocket and ankle carry though...

RHenriksen wrote:It sounds like you're just uncomfortable shifting away from a very 'dialed in' personal style. If it's that important to you to have your shirt tucked in that snugly, then ankle holster is about the best alternative that springs to mind.

snatchel wrote:I have had zero luck with a tucked in t-shirt and ANY holster as well. G30, G17, G26, M&P9c, SP101.. at least 3 holsters for each, and I haven't been able to tuck my shirt in.

Ok, I can tuck my shirt in, and I can even blouse out m shirt enough so that there is no print of a gun..... but it looks ugly, unorganized.. strange. My shoulders are broader than my waist, and when I tuck a dress shirt into slacks without a gun, everything looks nice and slim and neat. I When I blouse the shirt out around the gun, things look strange and I look disproportional. Also, the gun+holster make slacks fall in a strange way, at least in my experimentation. I don't think the holsters are my problem.. I think it has more to do with the vanity factor than anything else. This is one of those occasions I just use an ankle holster.

Yeah, that is pretty much it. And my wife complains about me looking "frumpy" when I tuck a shirt around a gun. Ankle or pocket.. Sad day.

I have had zero luck with a tucked in t-shirt and ANY holster as well. G30, G17, G26, M&P9c, SP101.. at least 3 holsters for each, and I haven't been able to tuck my shirt in.

Ok, I can tuck my shirt in, and I can even blouse out m shirt enough so that there is no print of a gun..... but it looks ugly, unorganized.. strange. My shoulders are broader than my waist, and when I tuck a dress shirt into slacks without a gun, everything looks nice and slim and neat. I When I blouse the shirt out around the gun, things look strange and I look disproportional. Also, the gun+holster make slacks fall in a strange way, at least in my experimentation. I don't think the holsters are my problem.. I think it has more to do with the vanity factor than anything else. This is one of those occasions I just use an ankle holster.