How to safely carry a revolver with hammer in a chest pack

[Jesse Jaymes]

Dale Fricke makes kydex trigger "guards" that cover the trigger and trigger housing. Not certain if they are tight enough to prevent the trigger from moving and cocking a revolver?

My wife has really struggle with many handguns and finding comfort, accuracy and confidence. She's found all those.....in a S&W 617 4".

We had a VERY close encounter with a rattlesnake at our place last summer. I was just inches from being struck right in our garden. Was pretty traumatic for her. I made her retrieve the handgun and shoot the snake (CCI shot shells). Loading a 10 round cylinder with 2-3 rounds of shotshells followed by 7 rounds of HP really gives her confidence.

She actually wears her Hill People Gear chest pack very often. I would like to swap out her G19 for the SW 617. She wants to also. So I am inclined not to fight it.

Not sure I am a fan of a revolver with an exposed hammer knocking around in a chest pack though. I could index it on an empty chamber I am sure. Just a lot of "moving parts". She's really taken to the revolver for just those same reasons....minimal moving parts...."Pull the trigger"

 

[EastHumboldt]

IMO it’s gotta be in a holster, and the holster must cover the trigger and strap down the hammer. Does anybody make a chest pack with a holster, or a holster designed for a chest pack?

 

[Dennis]

Diamond D Leather might fit your needs? Take a look at the Guides Choice leather chest holster which has a hammer strap to prevent hammer from being cocked.

 

[Coopsdaddy]

Any decent holster,a revolver isn’t going to just go off.
It will be fine in a hpg kit bag.

 

[jkoehle1]

A DA revolver (with the proper safety setup) is miles ahead of any striker fired handgun in my opinion for safety.

Its pretty tough to imagine pulling the hammer back on something snagged.

 

[Golt199]

You can absolutely do this safely. Trigger guard + hammer on empty chamber + good pack discipline = a solid setup. Let her run what she's confident with. The fact that she's willing to carry it and she's comfortable with it is 90% of the battle. Now go shoot that rattlesnake if it comes back, and tell your wife she's got good taste in wheelguns.

 

[Golt199]

You can absolutely do this safely. Trigger guard + hammer on empty chamber + good pack discipline = a solid setup. Let her run what she's confident with. The fact that she's willing to carry it and she's comfortable with it is 90% of the battle. Now go shoot that rattlesnake if it comes back, and tell your wife she's got good taste in wheelguns.

 

[StupidLightweight]

Don't overthink it. A revolver in a chest pack is about as safe as you can get. I'd be more concerned with the exposed hammer snagging during a draw than I would about it going off unintentionally.

 

[Chris in TN]

Diamond D Leather might fit your needs? Take a look at the Guides Choice leather chest holster which has a hammer strap to prevent hammer from being cocked.

I have one of these. It's an incredibly well built holster and I enjoy it. To be clear, the handgun mine is fitted for is way more than I'd ever tote on a western hunt, but when I do carry it around home, I enjoy it.

 

[Choupique]

Guides Choice leather chest holster which has a hammer strap to prevent hammer from being cocked.

I have one of these. Excellent rig. There's no conceivable way the gun could accidentally cock or fire.

That said, I'd absolutely carry one in a hill people chest rig. Just toss the gun in there (with nothing else) and head out. No way it could cock or fire inside there without drastic intentional effort to make it do so.