Owen Sparks
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Many prefer a SOB (Small Of the Back) holster that conceals your pistol nearly parallel with your belt right in the small of your back. Other folks have a fear of falling on it and damaging their spine. I had a real revelation that made up my mind.
The other night I home just about the same time there was a sudden cloud burst. Being relitivly young I sprinted to the house at full speed trying to beat the rain. The porch was wet as it had been raining on and off all day and both feet flew out from under me. WHAM! I landed flat on my back. It knocked the wind out of me and I tasted brass in my mouth. Other than a mild headache though, I recovered within a few munits.
If I had been wearing a SOB style holster at the time I would have come down right on a solid steel 1911 with my spine. Thinking back I tend to fall like this once or twice a year depending on how bad my luck is. I have NEVER had to shoot a bad guy. I came close a couple of times but never had to fire a shot. I have sliped, triped and fallen off over things all my life. Had I been wearing a SOB holster some of those times I likely could be riding a wheel chair now. This could be even more dangerous for people who routinly ride horses, motorcycles or 4 wheelers. Come off one of those on a pistol and your back is done.
I have come to the conclusion that the average person is more likely to be hurt falling on a SOB holster than to be hurt by a criminal and I will carry my pistol elswhere on my body.
The other night I home just about the same time there was a sudden cloud burst. Being relitivly young I sprinted to the house at full speed trying to beat the rain. The porch was wet as it had been raining on and off all day and both feet flew out from under me. WHAM! I landed flat on my back. It knocked the wind out of me and I tasted brass in my mouth. Other than a mild headache though, I recovered within a few munits.
If I had been wearing a SOB style holster at the time I would have come down right on a solid steel 1911 with my spine. Thinking back I tend to fall like this once or twice a year depending on how bad my luck is. I have NEVER had to shoot a bad guy. I came close a couple of times but never had to fire a shot. I have sliped, triped and fallen off over things all my life. Had I been wearing a SOB holster some of those times I likely could be riding a wheel chair now. This could be even more dangerous for people who routinly ride horses, motorcycles or 4 wheelers. Come off one of those on a pistol and your back is done.
I have come to the conclusion that the average person is more likely to be hurt falling on a SOB holster than to be hurt by a criminal and I will carry my pistol elswhere on my body.