I keep saying this
but what the heck.
I'm 5'9"/175lb with a bit of a spare tire, but not all that much.
I carry either a G22 or a Para Tac Four, and don't own a compact gun.
The only holster I use anymore is a Texas Heritage from Tucker Gunleather. It's an IWB tuckable. In the cool months I don't tuck, and in the warm ones I do. If I place the gun at my 8:00 or so there isn't much of a bulge, though you can see it if you already know it's there. When tucked, the gun just about disappears except of course for the clips.
I wear the gun all the time. Office/hospital work. Church. Off duty, fishing, hunting, yard work, wood chopping, all of it. Some of it in pretty sweaty conditions, and I mean wringing my shirt out before putting it in the dirty laundry. I have had no problems, and no discomfort. Good IWBs have a sweat guard or chafe guard, a tongue of leather extending up on the shik side to cover the hammer and end of the slide.
No one thinks there's a gun there because no one expects me to be carrying. They see what they expect. My LEO brother in law spotted it right away, but that's his job.
The only gun worth having is the one you'll have on when trouble calls. The only holster worth having is the one which will encourage you to carry. For me a tuckable IWB does the job whatever season or setting, and I don't have to keep changing holsters all the time. Maybe if I had a different job or lived in a different area/climate, I'd wear something else. But my holsters work fine for my purposes.
I might add that comfort chamges with time and wear. A new hoslter is stiff as a board but as it breaks in and conforms to your body that problem goes away. I have to be careful not to forget I'm carrying sometimes.
but what the heck.
I'm 5'9"/175lb with a bit of a spare tire, but not all that much.
I carry either a G22 or a Para Tac Four, and don't own a compact gun.
The only holster I use anymore is a Texas Heritage from Tucker Gunleather. It's an IWB tuckable. In the cool months I don't tuck, and in the warm ones I do. If I place the gun at my 8:00 or so there isn't much of a bulge, though you can see it if you already know it's there. When tucked, the gun just about disappears except of course for the clips.
I wear the gun all the time. Office/hospital work. Church. Off duty, fishing, hunting, yard work, wood chopping, all of it. Some of it in pretty sweaty conditions, and I mean wringing my shirt out before putting it in the dirty laundry. I have had no problems, and no discomfort. Good IWBs have a sweat guard or chafe guard, a tongue of leather extending up on the shik side to cover the hammer and end of the slide.
No one thinks there's a gun there because no one expects me to be carrying. They see what they expect. My LEO brother in law spotted it right away, but that's his job.
The only gun worth having is the one you'll have on when trouble calls. The only holster worth having is the one which will encourage you to carry. For me a tuckable IWB does the job whatever season or setting, and I don't have to keep changing holsters all the time. Maybe if I had a different job or lived in a different area/climate, I'd wear something else. But my holsters work fine for my purposes.
I might add that comfort chamges with time and wear. A new hoslter is stiff as a board but as it breaks in and conforms to your body that problem goes away. I have to be careful not to forget I'm carrying sometimes.
