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Friday, June 14, 2013

The Belly Band

As I stated in a previous post I was very dubious of the belly band for a carry option, thanks to GunDiva I had the opportunity to try one out.  Like her, it is a bit too big for my gun so there would have to be alterations made but I do believe that my sewing machine will handle it, I'll have to get some really sturdy thread.  I haven't carried with it yet but I tried it on and was really impressed with the comfort, the fact that I can put it into really comfortable positions and it hides the print of the gun. When I bend over the most that it looks like is maybe a back brace but in no way could I tell that there was a gun there.  I also liked that I don't have to try to cram all this stuff into the waist of my pants which is a bit uncomfortable and causes a lot of pressure on my back, the belly band doesn't at all.

Thank you so much GunDiva for sending that to me, it was wonderful to be able to try something out, especially since I was pretty uncertain about it.

I'll post more once I go out into the world with the belly band. Tonight's event I'm wearing a dress so I'll be carrying with the thigh holster tonight.  Today was also the first day I carried to work, I did have to leave my gun in the car though because we are not allowed to bring guns to work, there was a memo several years ago about that, only at my company would there be such a thing. We are all such gun lovers here; I love that about this company.





6 comments:

  1. What thigh holster do you wear?

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    1. This is the one I got: http://www.thewellarmedwoman.com/apps/store/web/view/profile/itemid/39591/default.asp

      I wanted to make sure I could do a thigh holster before buying the one from Calco but I recently found out that they discontinued their thigh holster. I just didn't want to pay $150 and find out that a thigh holster wouldn't work.

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    2. Thank you! I'll pass this on.

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    3. Cool, I'm always telling people about this site because I had a hard time finding female carry holsters locally, especially thigh holsters. It's pretty comfortable too. I do recommend lots of practice since the retention strap is velcro and not just a quick draw, unless you have a method.

      My method that I found that works for me is as I'm grabbing my hem of my dress with my weaker hand, I'm also reaching for the retention strap as well, as that is happening my draw hand is reaching for the gun.

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  2. I can't wait to see the finished product.

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    1. I was really hoping to have time this weekend but I figure I should have some time tonight to work on it, unless I motivate to go to (ew) Firing line but it's lady's night and my trigger finger feels itchy. lol

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