Any satisfied users of tuckable IWB holsters?
One of my carry rigs is a tuckable custom Kydex holster for my Ruger LC9S. I have concluded that using the tuckable feature is impractical. I now use it strictly IWB with an untucked shirt.
Using it IWB with a tucked shirt has two problems:
1. If you have to draw the pistol, a tucked shirt presents a much more difficult draw with something more likely to go wrong.
2. Even with a mouse gun (and the LC9S is about as narrow as any of them), the level of concealment is less than ideal. This is not so much from the gun printing under the shirt as it is the bulging hip that is exposed by the tucked shirt. Especially when viewed from the front or rear, the hip appears deformed and unnatural because of the extra thickness of the gun and holster inside the waistband. This is not even counting the visibility of belt clips associated with such holsters if the shirt is tucked. I use a small C-clip or a behind-the-belt J-clip to minimize that issue.
I carry at 3 o'clock and straight up and have no desire to change that position.
Am I missing something regarding the practicality of this type of holster? Or are they limited to positions like appendix carry?