bzdog

While I don't have any holster suggestions, I thought I might point out it might be a lot easier with a lighter firearm. A S&W 640PD or such comes to mind. 12oz.

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kazzaerexys

Unless the dress comes with some sort of jacket or cover-up, I think the thigh rig is pretty much your only option. The Aegis is a 3" barrel? It'd probably fit, though I am not sure I 'd be comfortable with cocked and locked in something like that (I am thinking ankle rig, myself, as something that could slip off). At the risk of starting a huge sidetrack here, this might be the day to consider carrying Condition 3, since it isn't a one-handed or quick-draw operation under a dress, anyway.

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Well, now you've gone and done it.....!!!!!

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ozshadow

From the wedding dresses I have seen - you could conceal a Barrett 50 BMG in one with all that fluffy stuff.

cvhoss

Your best bet is to hope that your Smart Carry will work. If it doesn't and you want to go with a thigh holster, I'm afraid you're going to need a smaller / lighter firearm. The Galco Thigh Band holster isn't even offered for 1911 style firearms. If the Smart Carry or a smaller firearm aren't an option, the only other thing I can think of would be a Tactical Thigh holster in conjunction with a thin web belt around your waist under the dress.

BTW, congratulations.

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Just knowing my wife has a gun on her is hot!

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houndawg75

Depending on how well the dress is fitted, you could wear a bellyband and have the dress altered with an access slot that is held closed with velcro or very light snaps. Of course you could always insist that your fiance purchase you a new BUG for the occasion.

limatunes

I'm thinking of my wedding dress here and how I would have concealed a firearm in it had I had the legality to do it (our wedding was in WI where no carry is allowed).

My wedding dress was/is very form fitting, all the way down to the hips and the only way it would have been even remotely possible to conceal ANY handgun under it would have been thigh. However, I would have chosen or borrowed another gun (a Kel-Tec P3AT comes to mind) rather than even TRY to carry my Kimber under there.

My CDP is about the same size and weight as your Aegis, perhaps a little heavier but I'm talking by a very few ounces.

I can see it now, on the alter, in the middle of exchanging the vows and it starts to slip down.. further, further, and what am I going to do? In front of all those guests am I going to turn around, jack up my skirt and try to keep my gun from spilling out on the alter floor? I think not. How embarrassing!

Not to mention the chaffing and funny walking up and down the aisle when I'm supposed to be gliding on air!

Yeah, I would have definitely tried to get my hands on a lighter gun, even if it was just for the day.

Second, if you go the thigh route I would recommend something that (gentlemen, cover your eyes and if I see a SINGLE comment about what I'm about to talk about I'm going to delete it!) you can hook in some fashion to your under garments even if you have to sew a button to it and attack it via elastic just as some insurance that you aren't going to loose the whole set-up in the middle of walking down the aisle.

It's one thing if you are going to be sitting at the opera or at a desk all day, it's another thing entirely when you are walking down an aisle, standing at an alter (THE CENTER OF ATTENTION) and then dancing, moving around to greet guests, and basically on your feet the entire day.

Resist the urge to just strap the thing as tight as possible or get a smaller size to make it fit tighter because you ARE going to want circulation to your leg. I'm an easy-going gal too and my knees were still shaking on that alter, adding no circulation to a leg and I probably would have toppled over.

Second, chickdiver was right, you aren't going to get to the thing in a hurry if you need it and while it's more of a symbolic thing for you (which is fine) I'd recommend having a place to stash the gun JUST IN CASE you decide this was just one symbolic thing you are going to have to give up on. You may make it the whole night, but there may come a time when you say, "You know what? This wasn't the greatest of ideas." You want to take it off but if you don't have a place to put it you are stuck being uncomfortable on the day you are supposed to be the happiest of your life.

Just have a backup plan in case you later do want to disarm.

I remember it did take a bridesmaid coming with me to help me pick up my dress so I could go to the bathroom and it took TWO bridesmaids to put up my bustle and all THREE of my bridesmaids to help me put my garter on because I forgot to do it before I put the dress on. There was NO WAY I was getting to a gun quickly without help.

If you're expecting trouble, I recommend asking the groom to carry, too..lol

Third, practice, practice, practice with the thing. If you do end up getting a thigh rig for your aegis and fixing it up so it WILL NOT slip off, make sure you have it ready in plenty of time to do a couple "dry-runs" with it. Try it on with your wedding dress, walk around with it, wear it to your rehearsal and see how it feels. The last thing you want is to get it on and be walking down the aisle and find that the rear sight or grip safety gouges your leg every time you take a step. Trust me, you don't even want to be remotely uncomfortable at the alter, you will miss the most important and beautiful part of the entire day and you WILL regret it.

I'm sure you are going to do all you can to make this the wedding of your dreams (after all, you're only doing it once, right?) just make sure you aren't even putting a single snare in your wonderful day because of your gun. In 50 years you are going to look back and you aren't going to give a darn whether you were carrying a gun or not, but you are going to give a darn whether or not you remember all the other wonderful moments of the day. I'd much rather remember my husband's smile than the agony I felt when the checkering on the main-spring-housing chaffed my thigh while I was dancing.

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rocky

If it is more symbolic than a need, consider a NAA derringer or similar , you have less weight and more options to conceal it. Plus you can own a last ditch , up close and personal , take anywhere gun. Heck I have gone swimming with mine in a sandwich bag.

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