An Airweight with an Uncle Mikes Combat Grip has been my EDC for more than 25 years, for most all of that time I carried it in a nondescript waist pack. What became obvious at the White Settlement incident was what I had always read, if you can’t get the gun out and presented in two seconds or less you might as well hang it up.
I was reasonably fast getting it out of that waist pack but for me it’s even faster coming out of a front pocket where it is contained in an uncle Mike’s pocket holster. In the woods I always carried a Glock 19 in that same waist pack but have now gone to an outside the waistband holster just behind my hip, my son has the Glock so now I’m using a 9mm Springfield Armory XDs, Only half as many rounds as the 19 but I shoot it well, hopefully 8+ 1 will be enough.
Waist packs suck for drawing your weapon, IMO, Mike.
They also scream GUN. I’ve tried in vain to talk many of my CHL students out of using one.
If I can wear a holster, pocket carry is my preferred method. And much faster than a waist pack. Especially if your hand is already grasping the handgun, if someone is acting suspicious.
Had a couple of neredowells try to approach me while filling up my truck after midnight at a gas station in a bad part of Dallas. Put my hand in my pocket on a snubnose J-frame as I squared up to face them. They quickly turned and decided they had urgent business elsewhere. 🤠
