Average Joe
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My friend pocket carries it, but for me it's just a little too big to do that... to each his own.
Hellcat a pocket pistol?
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halfmoonclip
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A guy on the Glock board always talked about pocketing a G26; always figured he must be immense, or suffered a lot of questions about "is that a gun in your pocket".
A base P365, with flat floorplate, can be pocketed without too much drama. I'm a skinny old fart, and it works with an Alabama pocket rig. It's a great pistol, accurate, and mine have been reliable since the first magazine.
Lately, gone to a Smith BodyGuard .380, for its LCP size and more manageable recoil. But when the world gets crazy (think of summer 2020), I'm back to the 365.
Moon
A base P365, with flat floorplate, can be pocketed without too much drama. I'm a skinny old fart, and it works with an Alabama pocket rig. It's a great pistol, accurate, and mine have been reliable since the first magazine.
Lately, gone to a Smith BodyGuard .380, for its LCP size and more manageable recoil. But when the world gets crazy (think of summer 2020), I'm back to the 365.
Moon
someguy2800
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My everyday pocket pistol is an LC9s. It is very well rounded over at all corners and the grip kind of has a scallop shape in the middle section that fits well against the curve of my thigh. It doesn't print at all if I am standing up and is comfortable enough that I forget I have it sometimes till I take my pants off. I have tried a Max 9 and a P365 as a pocket gun but I found that even though they have almost the exact same dimensional specs, they are a good bit wider in the middle of the grip, which is just enough difference in shape to make them occasionally uncomfortable, and the slides are much more blocky shaped which also makes them a little more uncomfortable and they print really really bad in my pocket. I haven't tried a hellcat, but I am certain I would have the same complaint. The market has all but forgotten about them, but there is still a place for a single stack 9mm. I carry with a MagGuts magazine follower so it holds 8+1 rounds with the flush fit magazine. I sometimes carry a spare 8 or 9 round mag in my other pocket depending on what I'm doing.
wally
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I've been pocket carrying my Hellcat with Holosun Red Dot in front pants pocket for a couple of months now. 11+1 in the gun and 13 rounds in a spare magazine in the left hand pocket. I use a home made pocket holster to keep it upright, and in place and to cover the trigger. With my car keys in the cargo pants pocket below and cell phone in the cargo pocket on the left it works great for me. Discussed this before, but I can have my hand in my pocket on the gun and it nearly out but nobody can see it since my hand still covers it so with proper situational awareness it is every bit as fast as an IWB holster which discloses that you are carrying as soon as you lift the cover garment.
Downside, is it is quite a handful and it took me about six months of weekly practice to get as proficient with it as I was with my S&W Shield .40 before I felt ready to switch over to it being my primary carry. I tend to prefer "deep cover" type concealment to avoid the "shoot me first" aspect of a sudden situation.
Downside, is it is quite a handful and it took me about six months of weekly practice to get as proficient with it as I was with my S&W Shield .40 before I felt ready to switch over to it being my primary carry. I tend to prefer "deep cover" type concealment to avoid the "shoot me first" aspect of a sudden situation.
