Fred Fuller
Moderator Emeritus
Now that winter is here and the heavy coats have come out of the closet, it's a good time to think about modifying carry habits to fit the weather as well as changing the wardrobe. How do you quickly access your normal IWB carry piece when you have it all zipped/buttoned up inside a heavy parka and maybe another layer or two?
Answer is, you don't.
But it might just be a good time to slip a concealed hammer snub into that parka pocket, in case the Santa's little elf you run into turns out to be a goblin instead. Coat pocket revolver carry is a realistic and practical option and has been known to and practiced by olde pharts for a long time. But an occasional reminder never hurts.
As with any pocket carry without a pocket holster, you should never allow anything else in that pocket- no keys, no mitten, no chapstick, no spare ammo, no nothin'. And like any other tactic, it needs to be tested and practiced in live fire before it is ventured on the street. Goodwill sells cheap coats... or you can whipstitch a 'patch' pocket onto a work coat that mimics the size/shape of the coat's actual pocket. Gas from the cylinder gap might well do damage to the coat even if you don't shoot through the actual pocket, so a chore coat would be preferable to experiment with.
And keep in mind that it's a close range/contact tactic, the pocket equivalent of a 'speed rock' might be necessary to get rounds into COM of the target.
Shooting through a coat pocket was part of the POI at the Snubby Summit some years ago ( http://www.shooting-center.org/snubby.htm ), where it was demonstrated and participants had an opportunity to practice it live fire.
Take a look at the video linked below, in which pro trainer Dave Spaulding demonstrates against a timer 1) drawing from under a coat, 2) drawing from the coat pocket, and 3) shooting through the pocket.
hth,
lpl
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Go to http://ruger.com/resources/videos.html
Click on Ruger Tactical Tips
Then click on All Weather Carry
Answer is, you don't.
But it might just be a good time to slip a concealed hammer snub into that parka pocket, in case the Santa's little elf you run into turns out to be a goblin instead. Coat pocket revolver carry is a realistic and practical option and has been known to and practiced by olde pharts for a long time. But an occasional reminder never hurts.
As with any pocket carry without a pocket holster, you should never allow anything else in that pocket- no keys, no mitten, no chapstick, no spare ammo, no nothin'. And like any other tactic, it needs to be tested and practiced in live fire before it is ventured on the street. Goodwill sells cheap coats... or you can whipstitch a 'patch' pocket onto a work coat that mimics the size/shape of the coat's actual pocket. Gas from the cylinder gap might well do damage to the coat even if you don't shoot through the actual pocket, so a chore coat would be preferable to experiment with.
And keep in mind that it's a close range/contact tactic, the pocket equivalent of a 'speed rock' might be necessary to get rounds into COM of the target.
Shooting through a coat pocket was part of the POI at the Snubby Summit some years ago ( http://www.shooting-center.org/snubby.htm ), where it was demonstrated and participants had an opportunity to practice it live fire.
Take a look at the video linked below, in which pro trainer Dave Spaulding demonstrates against a timer 1) drawing from under a coat, 2) drawing from the coat pocket, and 3) shooting through the pocket.
hth,
lpl
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Go to http://ruger.com/resources/videos.html
Click on Ruger Tactical Tips
Then click on All Weather Carry
