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I just picked up a 642 that I intend on pocket carrying but I am running into some issue. I am about 6'2", 220 and wear Wrangler Retro's and Wrangler George Straights religiously. I mean I haven't owned another pair of jeans since probably the 90's. Now if you have ever worn either of these, the GSs especially, pocket room is somewhat more of a theoretical quality in these pants than an actual concrete thing. I knew this going into the situation of pocket carrying and I have a possible solution in mind.
As a disclaimer, I am in no way an expert leather worker or seamstress so this may take a few tries to complete. So in my research as to how I might carry this gun, I came to a few conclusions.
First, carrying front pocket in these jeans is impossible. It's hard to retrieve a pen from the front pocket in time to sign a receipt more or less a gun to save your life. So that leaves the back pockets. I know, I know, "MD, why not just use an IWB holster and call it good?" Well because this is going to be my "always on me" gun and I may have another weapon in the IWB position back there from time to time dropping this to BUG status and two guns can't occupy the same real estate. That and I enjoy a challenge
Won't work here ^^^
Second, when the gun sits in the back pocket of my jeans, the grip shows about 3/4 of an inch so a normal pocket holster just won't do. Sure a Tshirt will hang low enough to cover it 95% of the time but that one time I bend over or raise my arms will be the absolute WRONG time with my luck. Which brings up my third issue.
Not here says I ^^^
Third, the gun needs to stay all concealed, all the time. I attend the University of Kentucky and whether or not you know, they prohibit students from carrying weapons on campus. It's my understanding that they can't get you in legal trouble if you are legally carrying but they will fine the sh*t out of you if you are a student. Now I likely wouldn't always carry to class but when I am out, I occasionally walk through campus and the campus is rather sprawling if you have ever been to Lexington.
So what does this leave? I had a revelation one evening when browsing the interwebs. I saw this:
and thought man would that be cool to have for my 642! But alas, they don't make one. However, I used to mess around with leather forming when I was a bit younger and wondered if I could make one myself. Or at least something similar. Something that goes right with George Straight Wranglers and Kentucky are these:
So I was thinking that maybe I could make something that was a cross between these two things. The extra height would serve to look like a checkbook style wallet and also completely conceal the grip of the revolver. In a pinch, the the fake top could be flipped out of the way giving access to the revolver. Just a project I may start next week. Let me know what you think.
As a disclaimer, I am in no way an expert leather worker or seamstress so this may take a few tries to complete. So in my research as to how I might carry this gun, I came to a few conclusions.
First, carrying front pocket in these jeans is impossible. It's hard to retrieve a pen from the front pocket in time to sign a receipt more or less a gun to save your life. So that leaves the back pockets. I know, I know, "MD, why not just use an IWB holster and call it good?" Well because this is going to be my "always on me" gun and I may have another weapon in the IWB position back there from time to time dropping this to BUG status and two guns can't occupy the same real estate. That and I enjoy a challenge
Won't work here ^^^
Second, when the gun sits in the back pocket of my jeans, the grip shows about 3/4 of an inch so a normal pocket holster just won't do. Sure a Tshirt will hang low enough to cover it 95% of the time but that one time I bend over or raise my arms will be the absolute WRONG time with my luck. Which brings up my third issue.
Not here says I ^^^
Third, the gun needs to stay all concealed, all the time. I attend the University of Kentucky and whether or not you know, they prohibit students from carrying weapons on campus. It's my understanding that they can't get you in legal trouble if you are legally carrying but they will fine the sh*t out of you if you are a student. Now I likely wouldn't always carry to class but when I am out, I occasionally walk through campus and the campus is rather sprawling if you have ever been to Lexington.
So what does this leave? I had a revelation one evening when browsing the interwebs. I saw this:
and thought man would that be cool to have for my 642! But alas, they don't make one. However, I used to mess around with leather forming when I was a bit younger and wondered if I could make one myself. Or at least something similar. Something that goes right with George Straight Wranglers and Kentucky are these:
So I was thinking that maybe I could make something that was a cross between these two things. The extra height would serve to look like a checkbook style wallet and also completely conceal the grip of the revolver. In a pinch, the the fake top could be flipped out of the way giving access to the revolver. Just a project I may start next week. Let me know what you think.