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Pocket Carry
« on: June 22, 2025, 11:58:16 AM »
I've been thinking about adding it to my concealed carry options. If you do, what are you carrying and why?

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2025, 12:51:26 PM »
What you will carry everyday without exception.

I carry a 380 LCP in pocket holster.

Too big or uncomfortable you will leave it at home. Too hard to conceal you won’t carry it.
I have carried non stop for 40 years.
I have several handguns to choose from. But the one everyday without fail is the LCP.

If on a long road trip, it’s two Bond Hand cannons in double shoulder rig.

If hunting it might be 9mm SVE, Judge, 40 SVE , but the LCP is always there.
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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2025, 02:10:49 PM »
Ruger LCR, 357 mag.  Fits in a pocket, ankle holster, IWB, pretty much any way a guy could think of carrying a gun.

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2025, 02:32:41 PM »
Depends on what I’m wearing
Usually one of these
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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2025, 02:43:10 PM »
Ruger LC9s
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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2025, 02:44:51 PM »
I am usually carring a Ruger LCP 380, a AMT backup 45 acp, or a S&W 442 Pro. I prefer the S&W 442 Pro as I prefer a revolver for ease of use and less potential for issues. If I need something smaller the LCP is hard to beat. I forget it is in my pocket most of the time. The AMT is just a little beast.

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2025, 03:40:31 PM »
More often than not I have S&W 442 in my front pocket. I also occasionally have and lcp in the breast pocket of a jacket or vest.
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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2025, 03:49:14 PM »
I'm leaning towards a snub nose revolver for ease of use.

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2025, 03:52:02 PM »
Usually s&w 642 in a pocket holster for me.

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2025, 03:54:56 PM »
Depends what I'm wearing.  In mild or cooler weather it's a P365 in a Vedder IWB hybrid holster. 

In hotter weather (or greater stealth) LCP in pocket holster.

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2025, 05:31:25 PM »
When wearing summer clothes (shorts) I carry a Diamondback 380 with a shoot through wallet holster. It fits in my shorts pocket and you dont have to take it out of the holster/wallet to shoot.
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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2025, 10:16:37 PM »
Another vote for the LCP 380. Pocket pouch the thing goes everywhere.

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2025, 10:26:22 PM »
S&W Bodyguard .380. Has a crimson Trace built in laser.

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« Reply #13 on: June 23, 2025, 08:13:49 AM »
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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2025, 08:20:33 AM »
LC9, but get the trigger mod so that first pull isn't so long (about $100). And some True Glo sights.
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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2025, 08:34:17 AM »
Like others have said, It depends on what I am wearing. In cooler weather where I can wear bulkier clothes or a long shirt, my go to is a H & K P30 SK 9mm with two extra mags on a belt holster. In warm weather where I wear a lot of cargo shorts and t-shirts, I carry a Walther P22. It is thin and fits in my back pocket along with a couple extra mags, which are also small. Many will say a 22 is too small, but I shoot this one well and ammo is very cheap, so you can practice a lot.

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #16 on: June 23, 2025, 06:36:12 PM »
Browning 1911-380  IWB holster
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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2025, 07:20:12 PM »
Glock 43x with Shield Magazine. 15 in the mag and 1 in the chamber. Pocket cary in a kydex holster. If really hot and wearing the wrong shorts I use a fanny pack. Fanny pack also has room for two 30 round mags.

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #18 on: June 23, 2025, 07:56:10 PM »
A .22 is better than nothing

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2025, 08:38:43 PM »
A .22 is better than nothing

And it’s easy to carry lots of rounds

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #20 on: June 23, 2025, 10:27:52 PM »
I carry a M&P shield for a pocket gun and have a Sig P238 for the summer.... I won't carry in my pocket unless there is some kind of "holster" to cover the trigger ... really worries me.

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #21 on: June 24, 2025, 12:39:55 AM »
I carry my wifes Ruger LCP 2 every so often in pocket.  Came with a nice holster for pocket carry

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #22 on: June 24, 2025, 07:46:17 AM »
Hoppe's or Otis dry lube keeps those cargo shorts from getting oil stains.
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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #23 on: June 24, 2025, 08:53:30 AM »
Just to add, usually got to clean my pocket gun once a month, attract some lint even in the pocket holster. Might be less of an issue for revolver guys .

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #24 on: June 24, 2025, 09:21:42 AM »
Kimber Micro 9mm

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #25 on: June 24, 2025, 03:23:37 PM »
Hoppe's or Otis dry lube keeps those cargo shorts from getting oil stains.
Do you add it to the wash or dry cycle?😀

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #26 on: June 24, 2025, 04:56:59 PM »
Just to add, usually got to clean my pocket gun once a month, attract some lint even in the pocket holster. Might be less of an issue for revolver guys .

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I had the same issue with a revolver, lint gets in between the cylinder and frame as well as the trigger.  I never had it not fire, even intentionally leaving it in there just to see but I would guess it would happen to any gun that spends a lot of hours in pockets.

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #27 on: June 24, 2025, 05:11:59 PM »
I carry a M&P shield for a pocket gun and have a Sig P238 for the summer.... I won't carry in my pocket unless there is some kind of "holster" to cover the trigger ... really worries me.

MP shields are sketchy little things - my wife has one and it is 100% impossible to keep the magazine in it when she carries it in her gun purse

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #28 on: June 25, 2025, 07:39:26 AM »
My go to for the pocket is a BFR 12 inch in 50AE, if you're gonna be packin' :chuckle: you might as well look like you're really packin'! :chuckle:
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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #29 on: June 25, 2025, 02:25:52 PM »
For pocket carry revolvers the hammerless J-Frame S&W's or Ruger LCR IMHO are both about as good as it gets.  I've had a couple 442's and they were great light little revolvers.  Currently have two Ruger LCR's one is a 38spl the other is the 357mag version and they are both equally good little guns. 

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #30 on: June 25, 2025, 02:32:45 PM »
S&W Bodyguard .380. Has a crimson Trace built in laser.

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #31 on: June 25, 2025, 04:09:20 PM »
I always use an inside the pants holster without a belt clip to keep debris out and to protect the trigger. It also hides the shape a little.

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Re: Pocket Carry
« Reply #32 on: June 25, 2025, 06:35:19 PM »
Kimber K6S IWB most of the year, pocket carry LCP in the summer.

 


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