cross draw

[sweettooth]

 If I bought a double cross draw holster set could I turn it around for shooting ? Would I be beaking any " Degree "  rules.
  Thank you                    S.T.

[Prof. Bullspit]

Nope.

That should be fine. This configuration is called a "crotch rocket" rig by some. As with the crossdraw, make sure the guns stay in the holster during movement!

[Hemlock Mike]

It's hard fer me to picture such a rig but if you keep the barrels down range --

I guess so unless there's some PH ro who don't like it.  I used one side cross draw and did the little "dance" for a couple years.

Think SAFETY.....

Mike

[Marshal Will Wingam]

I've seen a couple pards using double cross-draws. For a right-handed person, that would be a lift side cross-draw and another left side one on the right side (crotch rocket). Both drawn with the right hand. Not my choice but it seems to work fine if you like to stand with your left foot ahead of your right. No dance that way. Reverse all that if you shoot left-handed. Anyway, I'll keep using my double strong side holsters.

[Luke MacGillie]

I dont understand this dance thingy.  Can someone explain it?  Im just a nug who spends way too much time with an M4 and M9 in a drop leg holster so I cant picture what everyone is talking about.

[Prof. Bullspit]

The dance isn't alwasys dance, it's a shorthand way of saying that the shooter must do whatever it takes to make sure that the muzzle of the gun being drawn or reholstered is pointed downrange. Sometimes this means taking a little step to turn your body to make sure the muzzle is pointing downrange (that's the dance) sometimes it means just positioning your body so the muzzle is pointing downrange.

If you position two crossdraw holsters to the butts of the guns are to the rear you don't have to worry about the muzzles because they will be pointed the right direction. You can just stand square to the line, draw and fire with no body movement.

If you were to wear the hosters so the butts were forward you would have to turn your body each time you drew or reholstered.

People who wear a conventional crossdraw and a strongside holster typically start off a pistol run with their body turned so the crossdraw gun is pointed downrange and they start with that gun.

Hope this helps!

[Luke MacGillie]

OK got it I think when it comes to the dance.

Now as to the question about standing with one foot slightly in front, does not everyone stand that way?  Understand Im coming from a POV that shooting standing still is not a smart thing to do, shooting while moving is much better.

[Prof. Bullspit]

You need to get out to a cowboy shoot to see the many different approaches to shooting that are on display. Those who shoot gunfighter seem to me to be the people who stand most sqaure to the line. However I have seen quite a few isosoles stances by traditional shooters (two handed, on pistol) too.