On a Tac vest is a chest holster foryour sidearm pratical? - The Firearms Forum

coreyacp · 12-06-2009, 09:31 PM

If it is why on your chest why is a chest holster better than a side holster?

red14 · 12-06-2009, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by coreyacp

If it is why on your chest why is a chest holster better than a side holster?

Saw some today at a gun show. They ought to call it rub-zierre.

coreyacp · 12-06-2009, 09:39 PM

Yeah I've seen them too and they look cool but whats the point?

artabr · 12-07-2009, 02:23 AM

Wearing your weapon on your chest gives you extra points on the tacti-cool mall ninja scale. It also allows for a quicker draw when using the Praying Mantis Draw concept.

On a serious note, I guess there could be an advantage if you have your rifle to your shoulder and you need to make a quick transition to your pistol. It would be a more natural & much shorter move to shift your hand a few inches across your chest than to reach down to your hip or thigh.

Art

Alpo · 12-07-2009, 08:47 AM

Having a chest rig, instead of an underarm rig, would come in handy if wearing a pack, or if in an aircraft seat that is armored (since the armor goes up on both sides of you, it makes it difficult to move your arm out to the side, to draw). It woiuld be nice, intight quarters, for the same reason - not having to move your arm to the side. So I can see it being useful or the military.

Non-military usage - looks kewl as hell, and really tuff, yo.

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artabr Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Iberia, Louisiana Contributor Posts: 7,859	Re: On a Tac vest is a chest holster foryour sidearm pratical? Wearing your weapon on your chest gives you extra points on the tacti-cool mall ninja scale. It also allows for a quicker draw when using the Praying Mantis Draw concept. On a serious note, I guess there could be an advantage if you have your rifle to your shoulder and you need to make a quick transition to your pistol. It would be a more natural & much shorter move to shift your hand a few inches across your chest than to reach down to your hip or thigh. Art __________________ God and the soldier we like adore, In times of trouble, not before. When troubles ended and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier is slighted. Francis Quarles 1592 - 1644 __________________ When asked for my race, I answer CauCajun. Hope is not a plan, and not all change is good. The resistance is here; the resistance is now. RESIST! These hands are neither cold nor are they dead!!

12-07-2009, 08:47 AM	#5
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