Gun Skills - Concealment, Part 2

Last month, we talked generally about concealment considerations—we advised you to dress for it, to adjust your holster to the extent it allows, to accessorize your holster to decrease printing even more, to consider carrying in a different position and, if all that fails, to get a different gun you might be able to conceal better.

This month, we're going to go a little deeper into the same concepts; after all, any concealed-carry setup can be a bad one if you don't know what to look for in your body, clothing, holsters and accessories. So, what do you look for?

Assess Your Body and Clothing
Let's start with your body and what carry position you want to use. Everyone's body is different, so the concealed-carry setup that works great for your bestie or your spouse may not work at all for you. So, what should be you be looking for when you carry?

1. Assess the general real estate:
Where are the best places on your body to carry for your situation? For example, people with shorter torsos are going to struggle more to carry on their torso—particularly for appendix carry and especially if they need to be seated a lot. They still may be able to carry higher on the torso, of course, but then accessibility becomes an issue. Perhaps it's better for you to wear a blazer and carry behind your hip or to carry on the ankle. Perhaps you have larger legs that can discreetly support ankle carry best. Or perhaps you have a long torso and can easily support appendix carry even while seated. .....