Help with Smart carry

NRATodd · December 11th, 2007, 08:28 PM

So I just got a Smartcarry but I just can't make it comfortable. I put it lower, to the right or left of center and it still pushes into my abdomen no matter I do when I sit down. What am I doing wrong?

I'm actually wearing it at 3 or 5 O'clock now- terrible on the draw but actually comfortable.

Knuckledrager · December 11th, 2007, 08:33 PM

What weapon are you using the smartcarry with?

kentuckycarry · December 11th, 2007, 09:03 PM

3 or 5 oclock isn't the way it's designed to work. It needs to be right over your crotch. I carry a 642 in mine on occasion and find it comfortable. Can't say how it would feel with a larger gun.. I'm sure you read the instructions that came with it, so why are you wearing it at 3:00? What size gun are you using.?

P95Carry · December 11th, 2007, 09:04 PM

It would help to know the gun - and whether the SmartCarry is sized to suit.

Of course too there are build factors plus style of pants - but if you do not use hip-huggers and have SmartCarry ''belt'' not too tight, it should sit fine in the ''special place''.

I got mine (occasional use only) originally for my P95 . and that takes some space . but even now I can put my EDC 226 inside and get it set up to suit.

All that said I am not as practiced as some because of very occasional use and, it is not perfectly comfortable. It is tho manageable and suits when 'deep'' means deep. I think other folks do find also that turning it a bit this way or that does help - in essence, whatever works. The draw will by default anyways be slow - par for the course.

NRATodd · December 11th, 2007, 09:49 PM

Hk P2000 Sk

P95Carry · December 11th, 2007, 09:53 PM

Well if SmartCarry big enough and calling this effectively full size ... you should be Ok but as I said - in the end it's down to what works!!

Experiment.

DrLewall · December 11th, 2007, 10:31 PM

The only time I wear my smart carry is when I am in a kilt..can't get access otherwise.

NRATodd · December 19th, 2007, 08:56 PM

I know 3 O'clock isn't the way it was meant to be carried but it actually works pretty good- slow draw but better than nothing at this point.

I still haven't really heard any suggestions as to what I might be doing wrong or how I could make it not push into my abdomen. Any ideas?

Freedomofchoice · December 19th, 2007, 10:42 PM

My only thoughts as to why your abdomen is hurting is that you don't have the straps of the SC low enough. It is designed to be worn with straps around your hips, with the firearm only about an inch or two off center. Also, try not to slouch....that pushes your abdomen downward against the grip of the gun.
Very often I carry at 3 o'clock; G-26, G-19 / Smartcarry, and I lift the grip just above belt-line. This makes draw pretty easy and yet keeps the gun very well concealed.

Trouble I find with most IWB holsters is that the firearm sticks up too high and as a result prints a gun profile. By lowering the gun, you still have enough to grab, and your pants belt holds the grip very close to the body.......without printing.

NRATodd · December 19th, 2007, 10:56 PM

When I put the SC really low then when I sit down you can totally see the barrel- like I have an upside down hard-on.

December 11th, 2007, 08:28 PM	#1
NRATodd Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 150	Help with Smart carry So I just got a Smartcarry but I just can't make it comfortable. I put it lower, to the right or left of center and it still pushes into my abdomen no matter I do when I sit down. What am I doing wrong? I'm actually wearing it at 3 or 5 O'clock now- terrible on the draw but actually comfortable.

December 11th, 2007, 08:33 PM	#2
Knuckledrager Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: PA Posts: 691	What weapon are you using the smartcarry with? __________________ "The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization." Sigmund Freud

December 11th, 2007, 09:04 PM	#4
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,468	It would help to know the gun - and whether the SmartCarry is sized to suit. Of course too there are build factors plus style of pants - but if you do not use hip-huggers and have SmartCarry ''belt'' not too tight, it should sit fine in the ''special place''. I got mine (occasional use only) originally for my P95 . and that takes some space . but even now I can put my EDC 226 inside and get it set up to suit. All that said I am not as practiced as some because of very occasional use and, it is not perfectly comfortable. It is tho manageable and suits when 'deep'' means deep. I think other folks do find also that turning it a bit this way or that does help - in essence, whatever works. The draw will by default anyways be slow - par for the course. __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

December 11th, 2007, 09:53 PM	#6
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,468	Well if SmartCarry big enough and calling this effectively full size ... you should be Ok but as I said - in the end it's down to what works!! Experiment. __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

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December 11th, 2007, 09:03 PM	#3
kentuckycarry VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: kentucky Posts: 2,188	3 or 5 oclock isn't the way it's designed to work. It needs to be right over your crotch. I carry a 642 in mine on occasion and find it comfortable. Can't say how it would feel with a larger gun.. I'm sure you read the instructions that came with it, so why are you wearing it at 3:00? What size gun are you using.?

December 11th, 2007, 09:49 PM	#5
NRATodd Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 150	Hk P2000 Sk

December 11th, 2007, 10:31 PM	#7
DrLewall Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Drakes Creek, AR Posts: 874	The only time I wear my smart carry is when I am in a kilt..can't get access otherwise.

December 19th, 2007, 08:56 PM	#8
NRATodd Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 150	I know 3 O'clock isn't the way it was meant to be carried but it actually works pretty good- slow draw but better than nothing at this point. I still haven't really heard any suggestions as to what I might be doing wrong or how I could make it not push into my abdomen. Any ideas?

December 19th, 2007, 10:42 PM	#9
Freedomofchoice Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wesley Chapel, Florida Posts: 468	My only thoughts as to why your abdomen is hurting is that you don't have the straps of the SC low enough. It is designed to be worn with straps around your hips, with the firearm only about an inch or two off center. Also, try not to slouch....that pushes your abdomen downward against the grip of the gun. Very often I carry at 3 o'clock; G-26, G-19 / Smartcarry, and I lift the grip just above belt-line. This makes draw pretty easy and yet keeps the gun very well concealed. Trouble I find with most IWB holsters is that the firearm sticks up too high and as a result prints a gun profile. By lowering the gun, you still have enough to grab, and your pants belt holds the grip very close to the body.......without printing.

December 19th, 2007, 10:56 PM	#10
NRATodd Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 150	When I put the SC really low then when I sit down you can totally see the barrel- like I have an upside down hard-on.