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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Jeremy S on June 26, 2010, 02:05:29 PM

Title: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: Jeremy S on June 26, 2010, 02:05:29 PM: I was just wondering how people carry in summer without being noticed? When the sun comes out I'm a cargo shorts and tank top kind of guy and I can't have a shoulder harness. I have a compact pistol but I'm pretty toned an I don't wear extremely baggy clothes so even an "in the pants holster" is easy to see. I know I'm going to get crap for this but when I'm not chambered I usually carry in my belt holsterless, "like a thug" as some people here seem to believe. A good friend of of mine as well as my cousin who were undercover officers at one time said it was common practice to carry in the belt on the front or in the small of their back and I imagine they were chambered. While I'm hunting I have a standard hip holster "just in case". Any suggestions?
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: ribka on June 26, 2010, 02:15:09 PM: In the pants or in a fanny pack in hot weather. Or tucked in ghetto style. ( With a good belt of course)
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: Jeremy S on June 26, 2010, 02:17:33 PM: I'm not doing the fanny pack! hahaha :chuckle:
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: jackelope on June 26, 2010, 02:21:06 PM: dude...rock the fanny pack!!

I saw a pistol holder in the cabelas catalog that was designed to hold a little pistol like a Ruger LCP that looked like a cell phone holster.
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: jackelope on June 26, 2010, 02:23:06 PM: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0076818230154a&navCount=0&podId=0076818&parentId=cat604854&masterpathid=&navAction=jump&cmCat=catrtsr-cat604854_TGP&catalogCode=IA&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat604854&hasJS=true (http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0076818230154a&navCount=0&podId=0076818&parentId=cat604854&masterpathid=&navAction=jump&cmCat=catrtsr-cat604854_TGP&catalogCode=IA&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat604854&hasJS=true)
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: ribka on June 26, 2010, 02:27:24 PM: Mark my words fanny packs, especially leather ones, will come back into fashion one day ;)
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: Jeremy S on June 26, 2010, 02:33:47 PM: Quote from: jackelope on June 26, 2010, 02:23:06 PM
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0076818230154a&navCount=0&podId=0076818&parentId=cat604854&masterpathid=&navAction=jump&cmCat=catrtsr-cat604854_TGP&catalogCode=IA&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat604854&hasJS=true (http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0076818230154a&navCount=0&podId=0076818&parentId=cat604854&masterpathid=&navAction=jump&cmCat=catrtsr-cat604854_TGP&catalogCode=IA&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat604854&hasJS=true)

I suppose you think I should get the pink one. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: jackelope on June 26, 2010, 02:35:15 PM: Yes I do.
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: Caseyd on June 26, 2010, 02:38:27 PM: Quote from: jackelope on June 26, 2010, 02:21:06 PM
dude...rock the fanny pack!!

I saw a pistol holder in the cabelas catalog that was designed to hold a little pistol like a Ruger LCP that looked like a cell phone holster.

Since cell phone belt holsters look about as cool as a fanny pack :chuckle:

I can't stand when people carry phones like that.....it is however a pretty niffty holster!
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: Jeremy S on June 26, 2010, 02:42:38 PM: Quote from: Caseyd on June 26, 2010, 02:38:27 PM
Quote from: jackelope on June 26, 2010, 02:21:06 PM
dude...rock the fanny pack!!

I saw a pistol holder in the cabelas catalog that was designed to hold a little pistol like a Ruger LCP that looked like a cell phone holster.

Since cell phone belt holsters look about as cool as a fanny pack :chuckle:

I can't stand when people carry phones like that.....it is however a pretty niffty holster!

I never new they had them.... but I like it, and I'll have to get an LCP to go with it.
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: MikeWalking on June 26, 2010, 03:49:35 PM: If I manage to remember where I'll post a link. I saw some button up shirts that have mesh pockets built into them just in front and below the armpit, with elastic to keep them from sagging. Put your wallet/keys in the other and no one would notice...
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 26, 2010, 06:11:18 PM: i just still use my inside the pants holster most the time i have a longer carhart shirt on and i just tuck a little of the fabric under the clip on my pants and it keeps it hid all day long
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: chrisb on June 26, 2010, 07:01:06 PM: depends on what your carrying but you may be able to use a pocket holster or and IWB tucked into the cargo pocket on your cargo shorts
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: rasbo on June 26, 2010, 07:07:20 PM: why not open carry...I use my back pocket some times,the sp101 fits good there
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: PA BEN on June 26, 2010, 07:16:40 PM: As long as you put your fanny pack on the hip or backside, it's not GAY. NEVER AND I MEAN NEVER ON THE FRONT. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: Cascade Hunter on June 26, 2010, 08:37:25 PM: Quote from: jackelope on June 26, 2010, 02:23:06 PM
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0076818230154a&navCount=0&podId=0076818&parentId=cat604854&masterpathid=&navAction=jump&cmCat=catrtsr-cat604854_TGP&catalogCode=IA&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat604854&hasJS=true (http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0076818230154a&navCount=0&podId=0076818&parentId=cat604854&masterpathid=&navAction=jump&cmCat=catrtsr-cat604854_TGP&catalogCode=IA&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat604854&hasJS=true)
Do they make one big enough to fit these: (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi845.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab17%2FCascade_Hunter10%2Fguns004.jpg&hash=8ef793af68cf490be9ac3fdfa957f20f851bf76b)
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: Special T on June 26, 2010, 09:03:38 PM: Its so easy to print a gun on someone in the summer time don't even worry about it! AS FOR THE FANNY PACK??? When i see some old ass red neck with one i can't see the gun, but the cabelas shirt gives it away! Full size guns are always hard to conceal.... especially during the summer time... If some one is loooking they will find it! :twocents:
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: jackelope on June 26, 2010, 09:48:49 PM: you'll need a small friend with a fanny pack to help you carry that Witness.
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: yorketransport on June 27, 2010, 06:58:36 AM: Just wear a light weight button up shirt over the tank top/ tee shirt. I'm in the same position (lean build, not a real big guy) and a cover garment combined with a quality IWB holster has worked well for me. I carry a Commander size 1911, and most of the time my wife can't tell I have it on. The people who are most likely to notice if your gun "prints" are gun folks anyways, so it really won't matter.

Andrew
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: PA BEN on June 27, 2010, 07:22:14 AM: I carry a full size 1911 in a fanny pack made to carry. No one can tell I have a gun.
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: runamuk on June 27, 2010, 08:07:17 AM: Quote from: PA BEN on June 26, 2010, 07:16:40 PM
As long as you put your fanny pack on the hip or backside, it's not GAY. NEVER AND I MEAN NEVER ON THE FRONT. :rolleyes:

HEY I wear my fanny pack on the front dont be calling me names like that :rolleyes: :rolleyes: lets see my fanny pack and my purse are both plenty spacious enough to carry my blackhawk ;) I almost always have one or the other with me ;) I do not really want one of those tiny little pocket guns...although might look cute in a garter holster under my skirts in summer :dunno: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: PA BEN on June 27, 2010, 10:55:57 AM: Sorry I should have said men only. :P
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: halflife65 on June 27, 2010, 11:04:57 AM: Here you go...you'd never know this guy had a pistol in that thing - it's perfect concealment plus you'll look great!
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: Bscman on June 27, 2010, 11:31:25 AM: Opt for a new concealed carry piece...if you're worried enough about your safety to pack a firearm, whats another few hundred bucks?

The Ruger LCP will dissapear in just about everything but a thong...and for summertime carry along with modern bullet technology it's about as effective as a 9mm during winter carry--you don't have to worry about penetrating extra layers like carhartt jackets, thick sweatshirts, multiple under-layers, etc.

A small, 5-shot revolver in .38spec. will dissappear very easily with an IWB holster being covered by nothing more than a t-shirt. With nothing more than the thin grip rising above your belt line it'll be very hard to spot.

Also look into supertuck holsters...I'm 5'11 and 190lbs and it makes it very easy to conceal a Sig 229 (by no means a thin gun) with most attire.

And I'm sorry, but a fanny pack is not a good concealed carry holster IMHO.
Sure, it's not obvious you're packing a pistol to the typical NW WA Liberal...but any firearms enthusiast (or even a criminal) will see it and know with 90% certaintly you're packing. The pistol itself may be out of sight, but there aren't many people out there...nor many reasons to wear a fanny pack these days.
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: high country on June 27, 2010, 12:09:39 PM: Quote from: halflife65 on June 27, 2010, 11:04:57 AM
Here you go...you'd never know this guy had a pistol in that thing - it's perfect concealment plus you'll look great!

it's not a pistol, its a piss tool.
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: MikeWalking on June 27, 2010, 12:53:22 PM: Quote
Here you go...you'd never know this guy had a pistol in that thing - it's perfect concealment plus you'll look great!

Yeah, in San Franthithco.... :chuckle:
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on June 27, 2010, 01:30:09 PM: Cargo shorts side pocket with a pocket holster, compact .380 or .38 snub.
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: MuleySniper on June 27, 2010, 03:02:08 PM: Quote from: MikeWalking on June 27, 2010, 12:53:22 PM
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Here you go...you'd never know this guy had a pistol in that thing - it's perfect concealment plus you'll look great!

Yeah, in San Franthithco.... :chuckle:

:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Nice type lisp!
MS
Title: Re: Concealed Carry In Summer
Post by: wildmanoutdoors on June 29, 2010, 02:50:12 PM: I only wear shorts and tanks in the summer too. I use a Bianci leather clip style inside the pants holster but I buy a left handed and wear it SOB style. The middle back gives it a place to sink in a bit. I carry a sp101 in it. I have never had anyone notice it. Even my full size 1911's.