Driver Seat Holster Mount Ideas

[TheInfamousDrew]

I wasn't intending this to turn in to ******* contest. Just trying to find something that suited my needs.
I figured with all the other truck holsters and magnet mounts there might be some people in here that understood my pain.

 

[Donovan]

I am a huge fan of this company.

alien gear holsters
sport rhino.

I have the alien gear for my kit, no issues and warranted.

Cloak Dock IWB Holster Mount

Alien Gear Holsters solution to mounting your IWB holster. Set it up anywhere from your nightstand to in the car!

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[MrGable27]

So I carry appendix year round, other than occasionally wearing my 1911 during the winter months. IF I ever remove the weapon/holster off of my person while in the vehicle, I either put it in the center console or in a small handgun safe I have under the rear bench seat.

Idk if I’d be comfortable with tucking my pistol under the front seat (even if it is attached to a molle panel). Sounds like kind of a pain in the *** to reach under there and grab if I needed it. Idk, I’m just rambling at this point.

 

[Donovan]

It is an absolutely pain in the **** to reach anywhere that far to retrieve it.

You don't want it too far. IMO.

And in MD, if you have it off your person and "not concealed" its considered in transport mode, then it has to be separate from the magazine.

 

[Evil Peaches]

Appendix carry while driving is not safe (depending on where the actual firearm is positioned in relation to the seatbelt.) That being said, I think there are plenty of places I could put a pistol that are quicker and easier to access than under the seat. I think this is a tacticool solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. If the gun isn’t being left in the truck there isn’t much need to work that hard to conceal it.

 

[FitzyGoesOffroad]

I am a huge fan of this company.

alien gear holsters
sport rhino.

I have the alien gear for my kit, no issues and warranted.

Cloak Dock IWB Holster Mount

Alien Gear Holsters solution to mounting your IWB holster. Set it up anywhere from your nightstand to in the car!

www.google.com

My Alien Gear "core carry" kit comes today. LOVE the concept, and the people I've talked to that use it love it, too. Kit comes with traditional IWB and appendix carry base holsters plus OWB slide and paddle holsters (range days for me when not practicing from concealed carry). Position is adjustable on all of them, so I'm hoping to find a comfortable AC position, but open to 4 o'clock carry if I can avoid the print.

The idea with their "shape shift" line is that you can relatively quickly and easily move the gun shell from one holster mount to another.

For me, the option I'm going with for the truck is their shapeshift holster mount with a standalone shell. I actually ordered shells for both my carry/defense pistols (sig 365x and hk vp9). I'm new to carry (and firearms in general; undergoing enhanced carry license and tactical training before I start ACTUALLY carrying), so I'm not sure of my final configuration, but my thinking is that I can move the gun while still holstered to the truck mount, then easily detach and leave in the console vault if I don't want to carry (or attach to my OWB if headed for the (private) range) or at worst unholster and reholster on my waist.

Either way, I'm not relying on a simple magnet mount or having to remove my entire holster assembly just to sit down comfortably.

All of that to say: Alien Gear gives me a ton of options for how and where to carry, including secure mounts in the truck, with one system.

 

[FitzyGoesOffroad]

And just to wade in on the wider discussion on carrying/guns: if you've only ever shot standing still at a range, even with an instructor, I HIGHLY recommend you find a stress course or tactical training option that'll let you move around, get your heart rate up (not like sprinting, just the adrenaline rush), and then try your aim.

I'm pretty on it plinking 3, 5, 7, and even 25 yard static targets from a stall, but hoo boy. On my first walk through an AR/pistol stress course, what should have been a 6 minute course and a single pistol mag turned into 15 minutes+ and 3 pistol mags (no idea how many AR rounds I was supposed to fire, but I shot a lot more than that). Heart rate was 170-ish and I was on the verge of passing out by the time I finished. The stress is INTENSE, and it WILL mess up your aim, even at close targets.

I'm out of shape and new to shooting, but still: if you haven't trained it, please do. You (and any bystanders) will be safer for it.

/derail

 

[smurfslayer]

And just to wade in on the wider discussion on carrying/guns: if you've only ever shot standing still at a range, even with an instructor, I HIGHLY recommend you find a stress course or tactical training option that'll let you move around, get your heart rate up (not like sprinting, just the adrenaline rush), and then try your aim.

I'm pretty on it plinking 3, 5, 7, and even 25 yard static targets from a stall, but hoo boy. On my first walk through an AR/pistol stress course, what should have been a 6 minute course and a single pistol mag turned into 15 minutes+ and 3 pistol mags (no idea how many AR rounds I was supposed to fire, but I shot a lot more than that). Heart rate was 170-ish and I was on the verge of passing out by the time I finished. The stress is INTENSE, and it WILL mess up your aim, even at close targets.

I'm out of shape and new to shooting, but still: if you haven't trained it, please do. You (and any bystanders) will be safer for it.

/derail

heck, we’re long since off the rails here and who wants to hole their 70+K dollar truck, right?

If you haven’t practiced getting to the gun in the vehicle, getting to or exiting from the vehicle, you should. Get a blue gun or pull the slide / bolt carrier to work with. It’s a little more intricate than it looks like it is and if you’re needing to work around a seat belt, it gets even more interesting. If you have to traverse the steering wheel or address a target strong side, again not as simple as it looks. I’m not out of shape or new to shooting, and it’s still a significant challenge to get to and deploy a firearm with a vehicle involved.

 

[FitzyGoesOffroad]

heck, we’re long since off the rails here and who wants to hole their 70+K dollar truck, right?

If you haven’t practiced getting to the gun in the vehicle, getting to or exiting from the vehicle, you should. Get a blue gun or pull the slide / bolt carrier to work with. It’s a little more intricate than it looks like it is and if you’re needing to work around a seat belt, it gets even more interesting. If you have to traverse the steering wheel or address a target strong side, again not as simple as it looks. I’m not out of shape or new to shooting, and it’s still a significant challenge to get to and deploy a firearm with a vehicle involved.

Excellent points! Will definitely add drills from the truck to the training regimen.

 

[John M BUNMAN]

Food for thought and to continue flying off the Rails …
Based upon my 42yrs of Firearms Instructing and Firearms Instruction that I have received. I offer these tidbits that I share with all my students..
1. The key to winning a Gun Fight is..
Taking Your Time in a Hurry-Wyatt Earp-
2. A Fast Miss, Never Stopped Anyone and puts you further behind in the Gun Fight.
3. Smooth is Fast
4. Under stress you will revert to your training and muscle memory.
Ie: If you have carried your Firearm on your right hip your entire life and now switch to appendix, kidney, shoulder, up ur azzz… unless you practice 1500-2500 draws (depending on which school of thought you prescribe to) you will NEVER access your Firearm under stress in a timely manner.
See: My friend who switched from a level 1 holster to a Triple Retention holster, practiced maybe 10-15 draws, confronts bank robber 2days later, tries to draw under stress, could NOT get his Firearm out of the holster. Pretty much soiled himself, immediately went home and switched back to his level 1, that he had already carried for 10yrs and Thousands of draws.
See video of Texas DPS and Sherriff’s Deputy conduct car stop on White Supremacy folks. Shooting starts, Deputy could Not get his FA out of his holster. IMHO He practiced and did his qualifications with the holster unsnapped so he could be Johnny Lighting. The streets are Dangerous so he snapped it up tight so he wouldn’t get it taken away and shoved up his azzzzz.
I could continue for days because I like to hear the sound of my own voice…
Bottom line is this…
THERE IS NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL,
CARRY WHAT THE F<>K WANT, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CARRY IT
PRATICE PRACTICE PRACTICE AND THEN PRACTICE SOME MORE…
That is all for now…
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