A Pair and a spare

by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Thursday, August 04, 2016, 11:56 (3040 days ago)

Shooting two guns at once is silly to me, more for fun than a practical exercise. But, I have many times carried a 1911, or XDs on both sides. A broken wrist, that is now arthritic and occasionally gouty, forced me to look at options...

I have never intended this to be a practicle holster for self defence purposes, as the magazine is very slow and one must juggle the gun and mag to effect a reload...Mike Barranti posted a picture of a LEFT SIDE J frame holster with a single 1911 magazine pouch built into it... that gives a man some options!
It also reminded me of one of my products; The Field & Stream...
I made a left handed 1911 version and added our bolt on patent pending Inside the waistband (IWB) straps;

The spare; I have long followed Bill Jordan's advice and carried a back up gun in my off side front pocket... it gives a man some options: I can have my left hand in my pocket, on my gun, standing in the bank or grocery store. It's a rather casual look, but I have practiced this for years. It does not work well with skin tight jeans...it works great with business casual attire, dungarees, loose, light outdoor pants and shorts...

3 flat light and reliable pistols a Kimber Super Carry Custom , a Les baer/Colt Custom and a newer LCP.

during a recent 250 class at Gunsite, during the final exercise of the day, The West Wash, I went to slide lock on my right hand gun, my LCP came into play for weak hand 20 foot head shot. BTW I used my IWB Cuda pancake for the entire class, it was flawless.
Tiger McKee recently wrote about carrying two guns; in the climate in which we find ourselves today, I think the idea has merit.
http://www.thetacticalwire.com/features/230975

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