@orionz06 All the love to Tom for being the guy to highly praise another craftsman when deserving.
I like the CCC bmc design a lot. It's hard to get much more minimalist.
I gotta say I had one of Tom's pouches for Glock, before I got out of Glocks only to get a couple more anyway, and it was excellent. I really liked the fixed biothane loops.
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I’m surprised no one mentioned horizontal carry. One of the reasons / benefits of carrying IWB is so nothing shows below the belt line. I wanted the same in a mag holder, but I didn’t want to jam something else inside my pants. Horizontal carry at 11:00 solved that for me.
I’ve got a few, but I’ve been using the Mag Holder with good success.
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As I went through this thread, I checked out all the suggestions. I notice Dale Frickle offers a horizontal pouch. I think I’m goint to order one up and give it a try.
I have Alien Gear mag carriers. The clip attaches with a "gear and spline" and rotates 360 degrees and has two ride heights. Today I tried the horizontal orientation at the 10 - 11 o'clock position and found it problematic. Carrying with the opening facing forward made drawing the mag a little tricky. Carrying with the opening facing backward was easy to draw but in many positions - sitting for example - actually had the carrier opening facing somewhat down instead of horizontal. Might the mag drop out with enough movement?
Also, I usually carry horizontal at 9 or 10 o'clock. I can draw the mag in those positions with my strong hand if necessary. I'm not feeling good about horizontal after trying it for a day. It definitely conceals better but I'm not sure it's worth the negatives. Maybe with more practice? Don't know.
Most magazine pouches carry the magazines high enough so that the likelihood of the portion below the belt becoming exposed is insignificant.
Horizontal carry would potentially cause the portion of the magazine or case that is not attached to the belt to come away from the body due to the straightness of the magazine and curvature of the body.
I tried it a long time ago when I carried a P7M8. Carried at 1 o'clock it was OK, but there really wasn't any advantage to it.
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It does seem like horizontal pouches were quite popular for some period of time several years ago, but it seems they are less popular these days. I've never tried horizontal pouches though.
Well I'll confess, I have a little bit of "extra insulation" above the belt line. If I carry a mag holster that sits high, the "insulation" tends to push it outward. The middle to lower models (like the Kytac ones I have) work really well, except now we're back to having stuff "show" below the belt line.
Looking forward to trying the Dale Frickle model I just ordered.
Doesn't that leverage cause the low riders to poke you in the hip/side below the belt?
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