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Re: Shirt Front Buttoned or Unbuttoned when Carrying at 3:30 - 4:00?
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 2:40 pm
by Deltaboy
I leave the last button undone!
Re: Shirt Front Buttoned or Unbuttoned when Carrying at 3:30 - 4:00?
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 3:23 pm
by Maxwell
Deltaboy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 2:40 pm
I leave the last button undone!
However it's not a fast draw issue for me. The situation dictates what, and how, I wear my clothes. So far the only times I've had to put my hand on my weapon I had a couple of seconds warning to get under my cover garment. In 15 years I've actually drawn only once, and I did not have to fully present.
Be comfortable. Be discreet. And maintain your situational awareness. The world is not the OK Corral.
Re: Shirt Front Buttoned or Unbuttoned when Carrying at 3:30 - 4:00?
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 3:44 pm
by KLB
De gustibus non disputandum est.
Re: Shirt Front Buttoned or Unbuttoned when Carrying at 3:30 - 4:00?
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:45 pm
by J.R.@A&M
Unbuttoned, using the cover of a frumpy, absent-minded professor. Or with the unbuttoned gap covered with a tie.
Re: Shirt Front Buttoned or Unbuttoned when Carrying at 3:30 - 4:00?
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:48 pm
by J.R.@A&M
J.R.@A&M wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:45 pm
Unbuttoned, using the cover of a frumpy, absent-minded professor. Or with the unbuttoned gap covered with a tie.
To be clear, I am reaching in to my weak side, and would be drawing back out through the unbuttoned gap. Revolver is in belly band in a cross draw position (about 9:00).
Re: Shirt Front Buttoned or Unbuttoned when Carrying at 3:30 - 4:00?
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 5:22 pm
by mojo84
I do buttoned and unbuttoned. Just depends how I want to wear my shirt that day.
Re: Shirt Front Buttoned or Unbuttoned when Carrying at 3:30 - 4:00?
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:08 pm
by strogg
I do unbuttoned because that's how I've worn those shirts even before I carried. It also gives me an option for OWB. Buttoning it would make the OWB holster print like none other.
Re: Shirt Front Buttoned or Unbuttoned when Carrying at 3:30 - 4:00?
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:39 pm
by mojo84
I'm looking for shirts to wear untucked that aren't too long. Most of my button up shirts are designed to be ticked and they are very long.
Untuckit shirts are too expensive.
Re: Shirt Front Buttoned or Unbuttoned when Carrying at 3:30 - 4:00?
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 10:45 am
by J.R.@A&M
J.R.@A&M wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:48 pm
J.R.@A&M wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:45 pm
Unbuttoned, using the cover of a frumpy, absent-minded professor. Or with the unbuttoned gap covered with a tie.
To be clear, I am reaching in to my weak side, and would be drawing back out through the unbuttoned gap. Revolver is in belly band in a cross draw position (about 9:00).
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipM ... UEDgmiVLb5
Re: Shirt Front Buttoned or Unbuttoned when Carrying at 3:30 - 4:00?
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:23 am
by montgomery
If you cannot defeat the cover garment with the hand that will unholster the handgun, then you are doing it wrong. Your support hand will be occupied.
Re: Shirt Front Buttoned or Unbuttoned when Carrying at 3:30 - 4:00?
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 1:29 pm
by rtschl
I button them including bottom one. But whichever you choose, the important thing to remember is to PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE and keep PRACTICING. If you do not build the muscle memory in a tense situation, you may very well get it caught in the shirt at the worse possible time.
Re: Shirt Front Buttoned or Unbuttoned when Carrying at 3:30 - 4:00?
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 1:42 pm
by Pawpaw
J.R.@A&M wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 10:45 am
J.R.@A&M wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:48 pm
J.R.@A&M wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:45 pm
Unbuttoned, using the cover of a frumpy, absent-minded professor. Or with the unbuttoned gap covered with a tie.
To be clear, I am reaching in to my weak side, and would be drawing back out through the unbuttoned gap. Revolver is in belly band in a cross draw position (about 9:00).
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipM ... UEDgmiVLb5
Re: Shirt Front Buttoned or Unbuttoned when Carrying at 3:30 - 4:00?
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 2:09 pm
by longtooth
Just about 3:30 is where I carry all the time. Open Carry. Shirt is always buttoned and tucked. Momma is 88 but still uses the word "slouchy" on occasion.
Re: Shirt Front Buttoned or Unbuttoned when Carrying at 3:30 - 4:00?
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 2:17 pm
by WildBill
longtooth wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 2:09 pm
Just about 3:30 is where I carry all the time. Open Carry. Shirt is always buttoned and tucked. Momma is 88 but still uses the word "slouchy" on occasion.
As the years go by, and retiring, I am finding myself becoming more "slouchy".
That said, I carry OWB at 3:30 and, if not wearing a jacket, I usually wear a buttoned and untucked shirt.
Re: Shirt Front Buttoned or Unbuttoned when Carrying at 3:30 - 4:00?
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:12 pm
by J.R.@A&M
Pawpaw wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 1:42 pm
J.R.@A&M wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 10:45 am
J.R.@A&M wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:48 pm
J.R.@A&M wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:45 pm
Unbuttoned, using the cover of a frumpy, absent-minded professor. Or with the unbuttoned gap covered with a tie.
To be clear, I am reaching in to my weak side, and would be drawing back out through the unbuttoned gap. Revolver is in belly band in a cross draw position (about 9:00).
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipM ... UEDgmiVLb5
Whoops... sorry. Let me figure out how to post that dang picture.