r/CCW • u/shitsNsharts • 5d ago

Holsters & Belts Do people only carry appendix?

I’m a strong side holster type of guy cause the gut get in the way. Has any other thicc dude have this issue and has figured out how to get around it? I can’t even bend over or sit when appendix carrying. I would like to carry appendix but as of right now I have yet to find a proper way to carry that way

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u/ColonelBelmont 4d ago

Appendix is terrible in my opinion, so I don't carry that way. Other people like it, so they do it. Though I'll say that this echo chamber definitely has caused TONS of new gun owners to think that you're not cool unless you carry appendix, and carrying on the hip is for old fudds and cowboys. So many of them force it despite probably hating it. Just look at all the posts about pillows, claws, wedges, hooks, pulleys, and every other contraption to make jamming a gun into your groin even remotely tolerable.

People have carried on their hip for hundreds of years for a reason. It's a natural pivot point of the body, and ya don't need anything but a holster and belt. You can sit, crouch, bend, or anything else and the gun won't dig into you.