Your anxiety is born of a lack of familiarity and practice. And I think that is normal. We all know that one in the pipe is the proper way to carry, but for the inexperienced that seems a little dangerous at first. If you have a hard sided holster (leather, kydex, or something similar) as long as the gun is in the holster with the trigger covered their is little chance of an ND. Unholstering and reholstering is where you need to be very, very careful. If you are in environments where you must disarm frequently I would probably try to take the holster off with the gun still in it. Luckily for me, I put my gun in the holster first thing in the morning and most every day it doesn't come back out until I go to bed.TheSoundGrip wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:19 pm I will occasionally carry a round in the chamber, but it's normally when I am carrying 3'o clock IWB or in my OWB holster and while at the range. Anyone else have this anxiety at first? How'd you overcome it? I am confident in my own gun safety practice while carrying and do exercise caution while holstering, but it's kinda just the thought that I've got something that fires a projectile at around 1500 ft./s pointing towards my body that I am just not used to yet...especially when I'm carrying appendix with a firearm pointed at my...appendages. Any advice?
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As for carry position and comfort, it's hard to beat 3:00 for a right hander and 9:00 for a left hander. Just figure out what works for you. The cant of your holster will make a big difference in comfort too. Set it to different angles at first until you find out what is most comfortable for you. And like others have said, a good gun belt is essential.