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Just finished listening to the whole program about an hour ago.
Worth every minute spent.
My usual off duty IWB carried standard Glock 9s and .40s have been causing hip pain for the last few weeks.
I qualified with and am now carrying my 3” M64 NY-1 loaded with +P 158 grain LHP Remington rounds.
No more hip pain carried IWB and will do its job if I do mine.
Last edited by deputyG23; 11-17-2019 at 09:47 PM.
Different shape, I believe.
The muzzle end of the slide presses into an area which now hurts. Glock slide is square and thick. Revolver barrel is round and not as thick and doesn’t seem to aggravate the issue.
I use a proper belt so cinching it too tight is not a factor.
I had a bulged disc at L4/L5 and a bout of sciatica in the winter of ‘16 that kept me out of work for six weeks. Freaked everyone out when I came to the end of term re-swearing in using a cane.
Only off duty gun I could tolerate was an Airweight five shooter with one speed strip.
My compact Glocks would sometimes, after I went back to full duty, would press on the hip right on the end of the muzzle and cause discomfort.
A G17/22 did not do this until a couple of weeks ago when I bought a trade in G22 G4 to replace my old agency marked Gen 3 one I gave my daughter earlier this year.
Cleaned all the excess lube and gunk out of it, shot it, and carried it IWB in the usual place for a day or so.
Right hip and middle of lower back got pretty sore so went back to just airweight in pocket for a few days, then tried the M64 in the same place. No reoccurrence yet.
Last edited by deputyG23; 11-18-2019 at 06:18 AM.
The above is why I went to Appendix Carry, as I was having the same issue with IWB with my Glocks or 1911. Using Sparks VM2 or SS2 with either gun caused the same issues. Switched to Appendix Carry and the problem went away. Of course now I have about $600 worth of really nice leather holsters I'm not using....
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I’m late to the party on this.
I think for some people the “wall” on a glock trigger can send the brain a message that recoil is about to happen. On a good smooth da trigger there isn’t as defined of a physical stimulus to cause us to react to recoil before it occurs.