Former SEAL Team 6 Sniper Chris Fettes Shows His Daily Carry Kit

On the Shawn Ryan Show, former SEAL Team 6 sniper Chris Fettes, who now runs an ice cream cafe, does the show's everyday carry pocket dump and explains what he carries as a civilian, husband and father.

Key points

• The kit: An inhaler for his asthma, earbuds, Chapstick, a wallet, a 108-bead meditation set with three markers and a Sig Sauer P365 XL.
• Breathing beads: He moves one bead with each exhale instead of setting a timer, for two minutes up to a full 45-minute cycle.
• The pistol: Fettes called the P365 XL "the best EDC carry pistol that was ever created." As a reconnaissance sniper, his sidearm was a suppressed HK45.
• Fanny pack carry: He is in and out of a vehicle all day and does not want to keep putting on and removing a holster. He says the pack does not print and he can draw from it almost as fast.
• Family: When he travels he leaves an unloaded shotgun within reach, and he starts his children on safety habits around age seven or eight using Nerf guns.

Quick take

Fettes said the most common mistake he sees in new gun owners is impatience, comparing it to learning jiu-jitsu or skydiving, and urged them to put in dry fire and reload practice before moving to dynamic drills. He also warned about "trigger nerves," an unconscious habit of fidgeting with a trigger or safety.

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