At the risk of having a public conversation with myself, I thought that I would pick some more meat off this "practice your draw" bone.
It was certainly worth the risk! Good stuff!
Drawing my primary while seated in my cars and wrapped up in seat belt is very difficult.
It is indeed! I carry Ruger LCP max in a kydx cross draw holster for that.
During draws with my hand starting outside my pocket, I found that I could not grab the gun quickly; my hand had to enter the pocket very slowly to not foul in the pocket material while trying to establish a good firing grip
I, too, had that issue with pocket carry.
Starting with my hand on the gun in a pocket, I found that I had to make sure that the hook on the holster caught the pocket on the draw; otherwise the holster emerged with the gun. This happened several times.
And that one, too.
This starting position [ hand on gun in pocket] IS faster than starting with hand outside of the pocket.
Of course! But we cannot go through life with a hand in our pocket.
We can take advantage of that speed advantage
if we happen to become aware of the immediate need at a time when we can safely put our hand in the pocket timely and without being noticed, so as not to get shot in self defense or accused of having initiated the confrontation.
I'll point out that standing with both hands at our sides when practicing the draw may a be useful exercise, but it is just not realistic. We may have to draw while our strong hand is occupied; while seated; while walking, perhaps while using a banister or on rough ground, and so on.
While it seemed a bit extreme at first, I have found that carrying my primary piece OWB at around 2:00 and carrying a backup cross draw is quite comfortable, it affords me a relasonably good starting position regardless of the circumstances, and it provides---backup.
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