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Jim March · March 30, 2012, 12:24 AM

I've played around with concepts like this too, using a mix of leather and kydex. But...what I found was, I'm a modern eye-level shooter even with old-school guns. So I want to do a draw where I launch the gun up to about nipple to mid-sternum height and then start rotating outwards to fire. In this style of draw a lot of the outward motion happens as the gun is at eye level, so you're picking up the sights at the same time you're prepping for fire - and if the issue turns out to be bad-breath-range-close, great, you fire faster than that.

So I've gone to a very high-ride crossdraw setup, dancing on the edge of "shoulder holster" territory. Still pics are in the middle of the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57jf8yfPwoI

March 30, 2012, 12:24 AM	#11
Jim March Senior Member Join Date: February 14, 1999 Location: Pittsburg, CA, USA Posts: 7,417	I've played around with concepts like this too, using a mix of leather and kydex. But...what I found was, I'm a modern eye-level shooter even with old-school guns. So I want to do a draw where I launch the gun up to about nipple to mid-sternum height and then start rotating outwards to fire. In this style of draw a lot of the outward motion happens as the gun is at eye level, so you're picking up the sights at the same time you're prepping for fire - and if the issue turns out to be bad-breath-range-close, great, you fire faster than that. So I've gone to a very high-ride crossdraw setup, dancing on the edge of "shoulder holster" territory. Still pics are in the middle of the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57jf8yfPwoI __________________ Jim March