Airweight Clipdraw safety

[Quilbilly]

Has anyone had and experience with a clipdraw on a J-frame? I am not a big guy and I cant find a IWB holster that works for me. The clipdraw works MUCH better for me but my gun has an exposed hammer so I cant carry loaded (so whats the point, right?). It would be nice to find a "saf-t-blok" type trigger block. Any input would be appreciated. Or if any of you smaller guys have an IWB holster that works let me know. I am probably stuck just buying holsters until I find one that works. Thanks.

 

[electrode1998]

Hi,
I personally am not a big fan of the clipdraw option for the j frame. I have a hammerless s&w 642 and I personally would not use one. Even though I do not have a hammer and a heavy trigger draw just the idea of a fully exposed firearm in that location makes me uneasy.

You might want to check out the 642 part deux thread for some information. We have lots of members that might send you in the right direction with your holster search.

Electrode1998

 

[rcmodel]

has an exposed hammer so I cant carry loaded

Are you thinking a hammer impact could fire the gun?
Such is not the case with any modern S&W with all it's parts intact.

If you are worried about the trigger getting pulled double-action, it wouldn't matter if it had a hammer or not, would it?

I think you can find a Kydex pocket holster that will add very little bulk or weight.
http://www.fist-inc.com/holsters/k1/gen.htm

I have also seen handy folks make a very nice Safety-Block out of a piece of shoe-heel rubber and a long pop-rivet.


rcmodel

 

[Quilbilly]

Actually I was worried about the hammer getting pulled back somehow. Then just a bump and it goes off.

 

[isp2605]

I tried a clipdraw on a J frame but didn't like it. It carries the gun with the cylinder even with the top of the beltline. The gun tends to work its way up and out. I had carried a Colt 70 Series for several years with the pre-Clipdraw made by Browne & Pharr and it worked very well on the 1911 style. It's just with the J frame there's not that much below the beltline.
I then tried a Barami Hipgrip which worked much better than the Clipdraw. The Barami carries the gun lower in the pants with the cylinder riding below the beltline. Never had it work up with the Barami.

 

[Pat Cannon]

I've carried a Ruger SP101 with a Clipdraw for about the the last year, pretty much daily with no problems. It's tremendously convenient and doesn't feel unsafe to me, but then I carry it at my hip, pointing back a bit where an ND would give me a painful superficial wound, not in front pointing at my nads and/or femoral artery.

I have, however ordered an IWB holster 'cause I do want the gun to stay put better so I know where to grab for it when I want it, and so it's more secure if I should take a fall or something. The Clipdraw lets it 'float around' a little more than I like.

Here's mine. The Ruger needs to use the 'unversal' Clipdraw that sticks on; your Airweight I believe can use the frame screws.

 

[isp2605]

Pat's Clipdraw carries a bit lower, almost like the Barami, than does the model of Clipdraw that uses the screws from the sideplate. With the style Pat shows the Clipdraw should carry much more secure.

 

[rcmodel]

Actually I was worried about the hammer getting pulled back somehow. Then just a bump and it goes off.

Actually, a S&W doesn't work that way.

Unless the trigger were forcefully held back somehow, while the hammer was falling, it would snap back forward and the hammer block & rebound slide would be back in place to block the hammer, before the hammer got there.

The only possible way a modern S&W can fire, is by fully pulling the trigger, as if you intended for it to fire.


rcmodel

 

[MrTuffPaws]

The only possible way a modern S&W can fire, is by fully pulling the trigger, as if you intended for it to fire.

All modern revolvers work this way. The only way to be worried carrying a revolver is if it is cocked.
I guess in some rare case, you could manage to hit the gun in such a way as to cock it while it's still in your pants, but that would be near impossible. If your luck was that bad, you would get hit by a truck crossing the street before it would happen.

 

[Quilbilly]

Thanks so much for your input guys. and to think I almost didn't start this thread.

 

[jt1]

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