How do you carry when you go to a black tie event

I carry a Kahr CM9 AIWB w/a Covert Carrier combo grip/clip:

Tomac

Black tie? Beretta 418 in chamois pouch shoulder holster. Any thing else is...uncivilized.

Me in a suit, .380 Seecamp in a trouser pocket.

I added this photo of the CTD! trouser holster (TRW-330, $19.97) to post #42.

PPK/s in a good shoulder rig.

Same as always; 1911 strong side OWB; SP101 offside ankle; it's really not that difficult of an issue.

Very rare but if I do have to dress up I use a Tuckable type holster for my LCR357 and pocket my 442 for backup.

The last formal event I went to was at a country club outside of Austin TX.

There were, of course, a couple of options.

I went with the one on the top right. '68 PPK. In a very simple hip holster.



Some of the others would have been a bit pretentious.

Ok y'all So i have to go to a a black tie banquet dinner suits the whole 10 yards anyways my question to you is how do you carry in this situation.

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Glock nineteen with four spare magazines carried underneath my sombrero.

thorazine said:

Glock nineteen with four spare magazines carried underneath my sombrero.

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"Mexican carry" taken to a whole 'nother level!

kahrs or ppks

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Is it much different to everyday carry when wearing a jacket?

1911 in a crossbreed IWB or a Galco Miami classic, depending a little on how tightly the jacket fits.

Versacarry works great

I have tried a lot of different concealed carry holsters and Versacarry is my choice.
I use all the time, for .380, .38 revolver, and 740slim.
I will be getting one for my officer 45.
It holds the gun by the inner barrel, and is the smallest holster I ever used, and
I have a drawer full of holsters
.http://www.versacarry.com/

I carry happy

Carry with a smile.

Heck, my #2 son got married with a Ruger Flat Top .357 (a wedding gift from his bride) strapped to his hip, under his tux. in a Tom Threepersons open top holster. I noticed the bulge and so did his mother. Truly a Kentucky wedding! Rod

In that atire I could carry any pistol I own Iwb.

The event was actually white tie, my sister's wedding back in '73 I had a lightweight commander in my cummerbund. I only report what I did. I don't necessarily encourage anyone to follow my example. I risked the .45 sliding down my pants leg and rattling across the floor. I reccommend less my warning to my future brother-in-law. "I know you'll be nervous. When you walk down the aisle you may feel an impulse to bolt. Go ahead. I love runnings shots."

My only viable option if I'll be taking off my jacket is a Taurus 738 on my weak side interior ankle. It's the only thing I have small and light enough for ankle carry without discomfort. But such a gun is strictly utilitarian and hardly seems appropriate for black tie.

If I knew for sure that my jacket would not be coming off, which is the case most often for a suit and almost invariably for a tuxedo, the options open up to anything I can carry in an IWB rig or a higher-riding belt rig. I'd carry something with more capacity or at least in a larger caliber. And since it's black tie, carrying a plastic gun would be just wrong, so it'd be either a Baby Eagle, a BDA, or a revolver.

I'd have to pick up a black holster for my 2.5" Security Six. Yeah, I think that'd be my choice.

When I go to a black tie affair, I carry a sword.

You York Rite Vern?

I carry a KelTec P3AT, when I want to be extra discreet.

Knights of Columbus.

Whenever I have to dress formal or wear a suit and tie, I carry the smallest gun I
have, the Ruger LCP, in a pocket holster in the inside pocket in my jacket. Wearing
a suit jacket actually makes it somewhat easier to carry in most situations.

Like the fellow mentioned above, wearing a suit to a black tie (read tuxedo) affair is cause for revocation of the gentleman card. A metaphor I used with my young sons years back to teach them the fine art of behaving properly with women.
To retain ones card, only a real tux will do. And with that tux, any item of mass and weight in a pocket will distort the shape and fit of the garment and you're within a hairsbreadth of losing ones card.
The only technique is a tight-fitting shoulder holster with a modest sized gun (a plausible reason why James carried a small caliber weapon) and/or an ankle holster with another modest sized semi.
No gun in pockets or in cumber bun. And while we're at it, no baseball caps turned backwards. Nothing.
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