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    Quote Originally Posted by rob_s View Post
    Lightning Arms Sports typically has VMIIs in stock
    Since this post is so old, let me apologize if it's been said elsewhere already, but I just discovered that Lightning has ceased all dealings with Milt Sparks.

    The only MS holster I have is a govt-sized SS, but I love it for warm weather carry. I just ordered another, commander size, from Brownells, and placed an order with MS for two VM-II's (time to step up from the lesser-quality stuff I have been using in the winter).

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    Quote Originally Posted by charmcitycop View Post
    While I have carried Mexican from time to time it has usually been for brief periods in a controlled environment i.e. From the locker room to my office.
    I seriously question the wisdom of Mexican carry "on the streets" as it were.
    And that is your opinion. So what kind of "street issues" have you had?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Uglyguns View Post
    Please don't.



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    Do tell.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeyd501 View Post
    Do tell.
    Trying to convince someone the Mexican carry is just plan wrong is counter productive to this forum, because for the most part, people here are smart enough to know that's a dumb thing to do. So coincidentally its for the most part a non issue because most of us here use holsters. While I can go into length about how it's dangerous and offers no retention in case of a fight or trip and fall or a wardrobe malfunction most here know it's just a plane bad idea so I wont. You can fix a lot of things, but you cant fix stupid. So if you want to Mexican carry knock yourself out. I hope nothing bad happens and you can continue to sing the praise of walking around with a loaded firearm pointed at your junk secured only with a belt. Be well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Uglyguns View Post
    Trying to convince someone the Mexican carry is just plan wrong is counter productive to this forum, because for the most part, people here are smart enough to know that's a dumb thing to do. So coincidentally its for the most part a non issue because most of us here use holsters. While I can go into length about how it's dangerous and offers no retention in case of a fight or trip and fall or a wardrobe malfunction most here know it's just a plane bad idea so I wont. You can fix a lot of things, but you cant fix stupid. So if you want to Mexican carry knock yourself out. I hope nothing bad happens and you can continue to sing the praise of walking around with a loaded firearm pointed at your junk secured only with a belt. Be well.

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    Thanks for sharing. Who schooled you on Mexican carry? I won't go into all the reasons I think you are wrong. I will just point out one. No one said anything about appendage carry. I carry at the 4 O'clock. Just like I do when I choose to wear a holster.

    Since I wear pants with a belt there are no wardrobe issues. Your milage may vary depending on how fat you are and the type of pants you wear.

    I really hate debating close minded children. It brings me down to their level. Keep buying holsters and misinforming others.

    Live long & don't scrape your knees.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeyd501 View Post
    Thanks for sharing. Who schooled you on Mexican carry? I won't go into all the reasons I think you are wrong. I will just point out one. No one said anything about appendage carry. I carry at the 4 O'clock. Just like I do when I choose to wear a holster.

    Since I wear pants with a belt there are no wardrobe issues. Your milage may vary depending on how fat you are and the type of pants you wear.

    I really hate debating close minded children. It brings me down to their level. Keep buying holsters and misinforming others.

    Live long & don't scrape your knees.
    Oh... In that case

    No debate here, it's stupid. Listen, however you want a classify your modified Mexican carry and justify it as a viable and adequate solution to a problem most here have already solved is fine with me. I'm not here to get into this and derail this thread. Like I said I hope everything works out for YOU.

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    Uglyguns I don't know you. I'm sure you are a nice guy to people that you know. Why would you tell someone that something is dumb or stupid? There is merit to the type of carry option that I mentioned. Just as there is with a holster. People will disagree on which is the best holster for IWB carry as evident by this thread. Mexican carry is not for everyone period. I know that.

    Your ad hominem on my suggestion was uncalled for. Your straw man claim that people here think this or that is putting words in other peoples mouths to support your claim.

    If it does not work for you, don't use it. Don't act like a politician and try to make it sound that you speak for all on this forum and please stop stealing Ron White's material.

    Here's your sign

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeyd501 View Post
    There is merit to the type of carry option that I mentioned.
    Mikey, respectfully, would you care to expound on exactly what merit mexican carry has over holster carry? If you didn't notice my previous reply to your first post, I believe that the only advantage mexican carry might have is convenience. Not here to argue, just want to hear more basis for your opinion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TXSUT View Post
    Mikey, respectfully, would you care to expound on exactly what merit mexican carry has over holster carry? If you didn't notice my previous reply to your first post, I believe that the only advantage mexican carry might have is convenience. Not here to argue, just want to hear more basis for your opinion.

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    Pete,

    It requires no wait time. No breaking in period. No changing of belt loop locations to make the holster fit. You can switch from strong side to support with out purchasing a second holster. One size fits all. These are some of the advantages.

    There are down sides as well. If you are a ninja doing dynamic rolls into every building, Mexican carry may not be for you. If are are a klutz falling over your own two feet every time you walk, Mexican carry may not be for you. If you get into fist fights everywhere you go, Mexican carry may not be for you. If you wear baggy pants and no belt, Mexican carry is not for you.

    It's not the only way I carry. But I do carry that way more often than not. Now just to be clear, I don't carry a Desert Eagle .50 cal like some here. I carry a full size 1911 & I do have a nice collection of custom IWB holsters as well as some production models too.

    I hope this helps or at least gives some here more fodder.

    Mike

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    Thanks Mike, much appreciated. I am none of the examples you cited (although I do trip over stuff from time to time...LOL), but I am too fanatical about the attributes of holster carry that I mentioned previously (particularly the safety aspect, keeping the trigger protected) to consider mexican carry as a viable mode of carry. And I don't recognize any of the advantages you listed as significant, personally speaking.

    On the aspect of safety, do you Mexican carry in condition one?
    Last edited by 40Arpent; 06-17-11 at 20:38.

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