Size Matter's!

Gideon · May 9th, 2007, 12:29 AM

I just figured something out...(I'm a little slow on the uptake). The bigger we are the less holster can't seem sto be an issue. I've lost 30 pounds over the past 8-9 months. Before I lost my weight a regular FBI cant would conceal fine (15degrees), however, now that I'm trimmed up, a regular FBI cant lets the grip stick out and prints more. To solve the problem I've had to move to a 20 - 25 degree cant. I've seen pics of some nice holsters with a straight drop in cant but on me that pokes straight out away from my body.

I guess it's just harder to conceal when we do manage to loose those extra pounds! Any one else notice this or had to go to a more extreme cant to get a grip to lay up and along the back versus poking out?

Anyway, I feel better without the weight even if I have to get some new leather!

God Bless
Gideon

BIG E · May 9th, 2007, 12:40 AM

Looks like a good excuse to get some new pants and some new leather to go with them.

Congrats on losing the weight.

I need to get started myself.

Now where did that peanut butter jar go to???

AnimalKracker · May 9th, 2007, 02:30 AM

Check out one of Sam Andrews MacDaniel II you can adjust the cant as needed. Ask anyone that has one and they'll tell you how happy they are with it. I've got 4 -5 of them. http://www.andrewsleather.com/

cockedlocked01 · May 9th, 2007, 04:21 AM

I've always been more comfortable with more cant. On the straight drop, sounds like you could carry the gun lower. It might be riding too high.

Andy W. · May 9th, 2007, 08:21 AM

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I guess it's just harder to conceal when we do manage to loose those extra pounds! Any one else notice this or had to go to a more extreme cant to get a grip to lay up and along the back versus poking out?

If I ever loose the 20 lbs I need to, I'll let you know.

TN_Mike · May 9th, 2007, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Gideon

I just figured something out...(I'm a little slow on the uptake). The bigger we are the less holster can't seem sto be an issue. I've lost 30 pounds over the past 8-9 months. Before I lost my weight a regular FBI cant would conceal fine (15degrees), however, now that I'm trimmed up, a regular FBI cant lets the grip stick out and prints more. To solve the problem I've had to move to a 20 - 25 degree cant. I've seen pics of some nice holsters with a straight drop in cant but on me that pokes straight out away from my body.

I guess it's just harder to conceal when we do manage to loose those extra pounds! Any one else notice this or had to go to a more extreme cant to get a grip to lay up and along the back versus poking out?

Anyway, I feel better without the weight even if I have to get some new leather!

God Bless
Gideon

Actually, I noticed the exact opposite.

I went from 275 pounds to a current 160 pounds and I can conceal a much larger gun in more places with much less trouble.

I have not only lost fat but put on upper body muscle. Having done this, my shoulders and chest are now wider than my waist and as a result, all my shirts hang off my shoulders creating a perfect concealment system. I conceal my Glock 23 with just an untucked T-shirt all the time. And I carry OWB, in either a Fobus right hand paddle holster or a Blackhawk right hand SERPA holster.

mcp1810 · May 9th, 2007, 10:08 AM

Over the last fifteen years I have put on significant weight.

That being said, I can conceal full size pistols more easily now, but it is less comfortable. Because of my current build ( large beer tumor) I usually find myself wearing my jeans on the low side. This takes SOB holsters out of the picture for me. My "handles" tend to get poked by beavertails etc. when using my IWB. If I arrange everything to fit comfortably I constantly have to pull my pants up because they slip down off my gut. I guess about fifty pounds ago I could carry anything just about any way I wanted.

I guess I could stop using the exercise bike as a coat rack and solve this problem, but that would almost be like work.

Pitmaster · May 9th, 2007, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by mcp1810

I guess I could stop using the exercise bike as a coat rack and solve this problem, but that would almost be like work.

Or cut out the beer.

mcp1810 · May 9th, 2007, 10:43 AM

Well, I called it by it's common name. In my case it is actually a Mountain Dew tumor. During the last eight years when I was on midnight shift I used to drink about two liters per shift! I would fill up my 52 ounce "bucket" at 7-11 on the way in and at lunch time dump another liter in. Whole lot of calories there, but also kept me alert!

Redneck Repairs · May 9th, 2007, 04:05 PM

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Or cut out the beer.

You should be banned from the forum for even thinking such a thing .

May 9th, 2007, 12:29 AM	#1
Gideon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 804	Size Matter's! I just figured something out...(I'm a little slow on the uptake). The bigger we are the less holster can't seem sto be an issue. I've lost 30 pounds over the past 8-9 months. Before I lost my weight a regular FBI cant would conceal fine (15degrees), however, now that I'm trimmed up, a regular FBI cant lets the grip stick out and prints more. To solve the problem I've had to move to a 20 - 25 degree cant. I've seen pics of some nice holsters with a straight drop in cant but on me that pokes straight out away from my body. I guess it's just harder to conceal when we do manage to loose those extra pounds! Any one else notice this or had to go to a more extreme cant to get a grip to lay up and along the back versus poking out? Anyway, I feel better without the weight even if I have to get some new leather! God Bless Gideon

May 9th, 2007, 12:40 AM	#2
BIG E Distinguished Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: KY Posts: 1,444	Looks like a good excuse to get some new pants and some new leather to go with them. Congrats on losing the weight. I need to get started myself. Now where did that peanut butter jar go to??? __________________ Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft! -- Theodore Roosevelt --

May 9th, 2007, 04:21 AM	#4
cockedlocked01 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: S. California Posts: 939	I've always been more comfortable with more cant. On the straight drop, sounds like you could carry the gun lower. It might be riding too high. __________________ "Use human means as though divine ones didn't exist, and divine means as though there were no human ones." Baltasar Gracian Integrated Close Combat NRA Member Para Ordnance LW LTC Glock 19 Kahr PM9 Kel-Tec P-32 S&W 442 Dan Wesson 14-2 AMT SA .380 Back-up

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May 9th, 2007, 02:30 AM	#3
AnimalKracker Distinguished Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Eastern Arkansas Posts: 1,382	Check out one of Sam Andrews MacDaniel II you can adjust the cant as needed. Ask anyone that has one and they'll tell you how happy they are with it. I've got 4 -5 of them. http://www.andrewsleather.com/

May 9th, 2007, 10:08 AM	#7
mcp1810 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 1,167	Over the last fifteen years I have put on significant weight. That being said, I can conceal full size pistols more easily now, but it is less comfortable. Because of my current build ( large beer tumor) I usually find myself wearing my jeans on the low side. This takes SOB holsters out of the picture for me. My "handles" tend to get poked by beavertails etc. when using my IWB. If I arrange everything to fit comfortably I constantly have to pull my pants up because they slip down off my gut. I guess about fifty pounds ago I could carry anything just about any way I wanted. I guess I could stop using the exercise bike as a coat rack and solve this problem, but that would almost be like work.

May 9th, 2007, 10:43 AM	#9
mcp1810 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 1,167	Well, I called it by it's common name. In my case it is actually a Mountain Dew tumor. During the last eight years when I was on midnight shift I used to drink about two liters per shift! I would fill up my 52 ounce "bucket" at 7-11 on the way in and at lunch time dump another liter in. Whole lot of calories there, but also kept me alert!