When my sweety goes to work and the neighbor is not around and I am going to be out here in the country by myself I strap on my 1851 and go about my day.
Yes it tends to get in the way on occasion, but mainly when I want to sit down or use the bathroom. Most of what I do around here it isn't in the way.
I garden with it, when I clean the chicken coop, when I do house work. It is a bit of a safety blanket. The idea of being 30 minutes from law enforcement and being a girl by herself in the woods without a pistol is unapealing. There have been break ins around this area the last few years....
So far I have only had to pull it on a coyote but it is handy. If there is a coyote at my birds I don't have time to run for the shot gun if I want to save the chicken.