I'm still trying to figure out pocket carry. At the moment I'm using an inexpensive Desantis Nemesis pocket holster for a Sig P365X with iron sights. It works for my jeans pocket and my jeans completely cover the top of the gun. But the grip prints badly. I have also tried using the shorter P365 grip module and it prints less, but I really dislike the reduced grip size.
I ordered a Recluse two sided pocket holster for use with curved bottom pockets. That will greatly reduce the printing, but it will still be obvious that there is something in my pocket. The only saving grace is that I also carry a lot of crap in my other front pocket, like wallet. cell phone, and knife, so that pocket also bulges.
The Desantis Nemesis holster will not stay put in my coat pockets when I draw and is therefore useless for that application. If I like the Recluse holster, I'll also buy the version designed for larger square pockets.
To reduce printing and make the P365 grip more comfortable, I radiused the front lip of the magazine floorplate and bottom rear of the grip. It made a visible reduction in printing, as well as makes it much more comfortable in my hand. I did the same to the P365XL grip module and magazine floorplate.
I also radiused the corners of the beavertail to reduce the possibility of the web of my hand between my thumb and forefinger catching on it during a draw.
To further reduce the width of the pistol, I cut off the manual safety lever from the right side of the pistol, which I never use anyway. If need be, while holding my P365X in my non-dominant left hand, I can still actuate the manual safety lever using either my left thumb or left forefinger.
A striker fired pistol makes more sense to me for pocket carry, as there are fewer ways for foreign objects and/or contaminants to interfere with it's operation.
I also think that the corners of the front sight should have been radiused to reduce the possibility of getting caught on something.
Even though I have an extended magazine release button my my P365X, no matter how hard I press the P365X into my body, it will not actuate the magazine release. As long as I only carry a gun in that pocket, I don't see any way that the magazine can be accidentally released.
The plain hinged trigger of the P365 does not seem vulnerable.
Also note that it finally got warm enough to start riding my bicycle with cut off jeans. I cut the legs about 1" longer than normal to make sure that the bottom of the jeans didn't ride up over the pocket. I did not have any problems with the gun pocket being exposed. While I am conscious of the grip of the P365X printing, I'm not sure that most people would ever notice. Nobody has said anything so far and I haven't noticed anyone, including security guards or cops, looking at my gun pocket.
Pocket carry will work for short trips on my bicycle, but I wouldn't want to carry that way on a 20 mile ride. It's just too much effort to be pedaling that extra weight up and down. So I'm continuing to work on my fanny pack holster.
I do need a magazine pouch that will hold the magazine to the outside edge of my left rear pocket. As long as the magazine stays on the outside edge I can comfortably sit with it. I am imagining a pouch with a flap of leather to fill the entire pocket width to hold the magazine upright and to the left side. The leather flap should also reduce the printing.
I might be missing something, but other than radiusing the corners of the front sight, I don't see anything else that I would want to change on my P365X for pocket carry.
