concealed in a vehicle

[LarryH]

Jim, are these the shorts you're talking about?

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/pantssho_bibd.htm

[57Coastie]

Jim, are these the shorts you're talking about?

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/pantssho_bibd.htm

They sure do appear to be the same, Larry, in both appearance and by manufacturer. The only significanct difference I can see is that they are much cheaper from your source. Thanx much! Dillon still has better looking models, though. (And I am not talking about models of shorts.)

[mr surveyor]

Tactical Shorts sounds like an oxymoron! What in the world could short britches be used for in a real tactical situation

[hoax]

i dont remember the web site but i found some shirts that look like standard white undershirts but they have a pocket sewn into them on the side for cross draw i have not tried them. they are rather expensive at $56.00 i dont know if this is for a pack of them or for one i would assume one because it did not specify. you know what they say about assuming you make an ass out of you and me.

[Cuda]

I am thinking of making a seat holster rig for my truck. Its like the Kingston Holster set up. Only I will use a BDU style belt with a Fobus roto Holster and cover it with a towel. That way its between my legs and also a natural position for hand placement. Also a fast draw because you don't have to reach forward(under dash) backward(in rear seat pocket) its there in your hand. Lets just say if you were down town on Richmond or something and were aproched by a car jacker what do you think will happen if you reach in your back seat or under the dash? With the Kingston style holster your arm can be between your legs and will look natural from the out side leading to faster draw.

http://www.desantisholster.com/n92.html

[mr.72]

I have a plan to work out something like the Kingston setup, once I begin to carry in the car. IMHO that's nearly ideal.

[bdickens]

Why wait? You can carry in the car now.

[mr.72]

why wait? Bunch of reasons. Mostly when I have more than one gun, and can leave one at home with the family and carry the other with me, then I will probably begin to carry in the car (and on my person, once the plastic arrives). For now we just have one gun and IMHO it's better left at home since I can't carry it into my office even if I had the plastic (30.06).

I guess I could rig my wife's car (family car) for carry and carry it in the car when we are all together... I just haven't gotten around to it.

[JDKRIEK]

For a little different slant on carrying in a car, I will offer up my example.

I live on the beach, and I almost never wear anything other than shorts and a T-shirt. Early on I learned that my carry weapons, an S&W Airweight .38 and an XD-40, could only be carried effectively concealed in my pocket. I use an Uncle Mike's "Sidekick" for each. The difficulty, if not danger, in attempting to get a handgun out of a standard front side pocket when you are seated (on it??) in your car has been pointed out above, more than once.

Quite by accident I discovered "SigTac" shorts in the Dillon catalogue, available here on the 'Net. They are hard to describe, but I will try. (Well, maybe not quite by accident, because I was admiring the artwork in the catalogue and stumbled upon the SigTacs.)

There are two deep pockets on both right and left, one right on top of the other. You cannot tell that there are two by casually seeing the shorts. The first pocket is as usual on any shorts, and is large enough to effectively conceal either of my carry weapons. The second pocket is accessible by an unobtrusive zipper into the pocket which is upright on your leg when seated. (So there -- I told you it is hard to describe -- maybe someone else familiar with SigTac can do a better job of it).

In any event, the pocket in the standard position makes draw convenient when standing, and, if you move your weapon to the second pocket when seated it is then convenient to draw without contorting yourself. The zipper on the "seated" pocket prevents the weapon from flying around in the car should you have an accident, but you can unzip the pocket in a millisecond to make your weapon quickly drawn.

These may not appeal to you, but they work for me. I have three pair of the shorts (a rather limited wardrobe, but quite adequate for a beach bum), and I have ordered a pair of the khaki pants for a trial just in case I have to go to a funeral (mine?) or a wedding (not mine) someday.

Jim

Good review!