Truck carry Where to hide a handgun

[Ray Z]

I've got a pick up truck with a console on the front seat. I've tried using the console to conceal my handgun and it never fails, whenever I open the console the gun is always under all the junk I've got in there. Needless to say if I ever needed it in a hurry I'd be fishing around in there for way too much time. Anybody got a better place to conceal a handgun in the truck? I tried just keeping it on my hip but that even makes it harder to get to under that roll of fat I hid my belt with.

[bud]

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[Ray Z]

Damn! that makes since. I'm thinking Velcro to hold it. But will it stay there in the Summer heat?

[bud]

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[Ronald_55]

A few ideas

This is not permanent

http://www.earthquakestore.com/holsters.php

This one belts around the seat.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.gunauction.com/search/displayitem.cfm%3Fitemnum%3D4534030&ved=0ahUKEwi3n-ixl73SAhWBSyYKHdwkAWsQFggkMAI&usg=AFQjCNFLHco12dlwehtRk23UoeRF8yP5Qg&sig2=A-kr7UibyL7wkyL_jDwNfg

 

These just clip into dash

I think this one screws in.

 

Most of these are more visible than in the console, but more accessible.

 

And just for fun

 

 

 

[2.ooohhh]

Mine stays on the back of the console. It's mounted via a Blackhawk QD setup. This allows me to change the holster or if I park and leave my pistol I can remove the entire holster with the gun and pop it in the glovebox.

View of the back of the console-


View from the drivers seat-


View of the QD setup with the pistol removed in holster-

[Vindicare]

I think many of the pics I Googled had screws through the kydex or leather holster, right into the plastic of the console.
I'd probably use metal backer plates on either side of the plastic to support the screws/bolts if its in a discreet posotion. Depending on its thickness, that plastic probably wont support a lot of drawing and reholtering without the screws walloring out (Is walloring a real word, or do we just say that in the country?).
There are many magnetic holders available online now too if a less permanent attachment point is needed.

Wallowing.


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[bud]

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[Shorty]

Depending on the model of truck you have, and are willing to spend a little cash, Tuffy may have an underseat drawer that mounts using the seat bolts. Seemed a little more secure to me than in my console.

[monkeylizard]

Vindicare is correct. "Waller" is how we southerners lazy-up the word "wallow". I've never heard it used in the screw-head context by anyone but Southerners. "Stripped" is the adjective I've heard used in other places.

Wallow (noun) - an area of mud or shallow water where mammals go to wallow, typically developing into a depression in the ground over long use.

So wallowing (or wallering) out a screw head is making it into a shallow depression.

 

[Vindicare]

I believe Waller in this case is a verb.

roll about or lie in mud or water, especially to keep cool or avoid biting insects.

Or

(of a boat or aircraft) roll from side to side.


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[Hozzie]

I have a similar setup as post 2, second picture.  I simply used a small drill bit to create a small hole in the plastic where i wanted the holster and used small screws to hold it.  Been there for 7 years with zero issues. 

[boaz shadmot]

My personal point of view is that your hand gun should be on your body and not in the car... 

[bud]

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[Ray Z]

2 hours ago, bud said:

I agree that leaving your carry gun behind in the car is not going to help you when you need a gun.

I think the OP is looking for a place to stow his gun while he is driving the vehicle so that it will be accessible should he need it while driving and so that he'll be more comfortable without it being on his waist while driving.

I do have a M&P shield that I carry outside the truck. What I want to conceal in the truck is a full sized/hi cap 40. Have you ever tried to draw from your hip while sitting in your truck? With the console on one side and the door on the other it takes quite a bit longer than a standing hip draw on the street.

[Vindicare]

My normal practice had been to stuff my full size into the crevice between the seats next to me, in a holster of course. It keeps it in an easily accessible place and you can even put your had on it if needed without drawing any attention. When I'm ready to get out I just put it in the console and lock the doors. When I have practiced drawing from this position the holster stays in place between the seats.


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[2.ooohhh]

My personal point of view is that your hand gun should be on your body and not in the car... 

Sure, but I can't draw the gun on my hip while seat belted. So I have a second mounted to the console. Saves me having to draw/reholster my carry piece as I enter/exit my truck.[emoji854]