Sidearms & Scatterguns Keeping the pistol from hitting the rifle?

[SquarePizza]

For those of you that find yourself at a match, or hunting season, or whatever the occasion when you have both a pistol and a rifle, how do you keep the rifle from bumping into the pistol when you have the rifle slung on your shoulder?

My problem is that I always carry IWB/OWB strong side around 3 O'clock and every step the butt of the rifle clunks the grip of the pistol. I've considered a drop leg... but thats a little too tactical for me, so I am trying to think about other solutions first.

 

[big_matt_duq]

Bungee sling with rifle across chest. I don't shoot matches yet but do it hunting. It is actually pretty comfortable. Otherwise I have always just sling the rifle farther back towards the middle of my back or wore a shoulder holster. I'm probably going to have this problem this year as well since I'm loving the smith m69 44 I just picked up. I might be trying cross draw this year.

 

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....sling the rifle on your other shoulder......

 

[Rthur]

Cross sling muzzle down.
Strong hand can control the barrel/muzzle easily.

R

 

[Veer_G]

Do what I did. Lose the ability to comfortably shoot a medium to large caliber pistol with your right hand, switch to the left, and continue to shoot rifle from the right side. It baffles the crap out of 'em.

 

[Rerun7]

I sling across my chest as I also usually have a pack with me.

or just switch shoulders

 

[jrassy]

chest rig for the pistol, i carry a marlin 1895 in 44 magnum slung and a Ruger superblackhawk in 44 in a chest rig. with a back pack, no issues.