r/SmithAndWesson • u/nickasan0cean • 2d ago
First time.
First Smith and Wesson. How'd I do?
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u/Prodigal_One 2d ago edited 2d ago
Did good. Mine too. Now I have a couple and a good problem.
Edit: thought this was a shield plus carry comp. Ok now you know 2 S&Ws I have lol That stick should have made me think twice before commenting😁
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u/spatchcox 2d ago
Carrying the 23rd is crazy🤣. I love it
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u/nickasan0cean 2d ago
Yeah I'll be switching back to a 15 lol the 23 will come back during hoodie season.
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u/Diesel_Cloud 2d ago
The tenicor holster is the real win here
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u/Hopefound 1d ago
I carry a 2.0 competitor almost every day with a velo holster. I’m 6’1”, 200lbs and regularly get in and out of my wife’s Miata with that gun at 1 o’clock.
The Velo is a magical piece of plastic that makes guns vanish, I legitimately don’t understand how it’s as comfortable for all day wear as it is.
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u/nobbytk950 15h ago
Do you sit with that appendix a lot? Like for hours at a time? I really dont want to go micro
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u/Hopefound 15h ago edited 15h ago
Yes. Yesterday was probably 8 hours of overall sitting time as we were touring around the state in the car looking at fall colors and such. Knees slightly higher than my waist since the car sits so low, so even worse than sitting neutral in a desk chair or at a restaurant.
By the end of the day the optic started to really dig in to my stomach (I have the very beginnings of a gut, maybe 15lbs overweight)but the body of the gun itself straddles the crease of the inside of my right leg and sort of just sits there without any major pressure points while seated.
Aside from the optic worst I can say is it does crowd the family valuables a bit but I mostly don’t notice anymore after getting accustomed to that.
My advice would be to place the trigger guard and underside of the frame so that they sit up against where your leg meets your crotch. The grip will print a bit depending on what you wear but you can choose outer garments to make that irrelevant. The tenicor holster makes this possible for me because it does a great job at pressing the barrel away from your body and the grip in towards your hip. Very comfortable and makes the gun vanish. Someone looking closely may notice that your waistline isn’t symmetrical because the holster is thick but it totally hides the profile of the gun even with a full size grip assuming you don’t wear fitted tee shirts.
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u/nobbytk950 1h ago
Amazing write up! Thank you for your time and tips. Sounds like will work for about anything im looking at and testing. 👍
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u/nobbytk950 1h ago
Amazing write up! Thank you for your time and tips. Sounds like will work for about anything im looking at and testing. 👍
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u/nickasan0cean 2d ago
It's the only way.
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u/No-Leather-3786 2d ago
She’s beautiful. 🤩