Greybeard
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IWB, 4:00, butt forward most often works for me. Most comfortable here sitting, driving. Accessible with either hand.
How do you conceal your J frame?
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Jim March
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fallingblock
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Uncle Mike's pocket holster- either side.
When I get back to the U.S....the 640 is now 'banned' in Australia
When I get back to the U.S....the 640 is now 'banned' in Australia
ChristopherG
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Just got a barami in today's mail, put it on and stuck it in the waistband. I'll report a new user's opinion tomorrow!
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Hutch
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649 in an otherwise empty right front pocket. No holster.
ChristopherG
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Barami update
Got my barami in the mail yesterday just about 15 minutes before heading out the door to the range, so I've had a chance to both carry and shoot it a little bit.
Short review: I like the way it feels a lot. It puts my 340 in much easier-to-access position than pocket carry, yet is totally discrete with the simplest cover (any untucked shirt). I'm carrying at 3:30-4:00, and it's perfectly comfortable to sit, drive, walk, whatever.
I'm not so crazy about the way it looks. It's chintzy black plastic, and I had to remove an attractive pair of wood combat grips that I bought from S&W, then shaped to my own preference and oiled.
Nor am I entirely crazy about shooting with it. Don't get me wrong; it did not impede control or accuracy, using 38 +p ammo in my little 12 oz. snub. I shot a box of 50 and got only a small blister on my thumb; but I've gotten to where, using other grips, I can shoot a couple of boxes with no such problems and no discomfort to speak of.
So, barami is a very workable option that is very good at what it's good at: discrete, easy carry. I'm going to run with it for a while, and suspect my other grips will be relegated to times when I'm showing off my ultralite wonder at the range or expecting to use other modes of carry (pocket or bellybag) for a while for whatever reason.
MikeJ--I don't know how much of an effect the extra 10 or so ounces of your gun would have. I think with the right pants and belt, you'd be fine. With my gun, I've been carrying in pretty light shorts all day without any slippage. The 640 is a great weapon; hope you enjoy it.
Chris
Got my barami in the mail yesterday just about 15 minutes before heading out the door to the range, so I've had a chance to both carry and shoot it a little bit.
Short review: I like the way it feels a lot. It puts my 340 in much easier-to-access position than pocket carry, yet is totally discrete with the simplest cover (any untucked shirt). I'm carrying at 3:30-4:00, and it's perfectly comfortable to sit, drive, walk, whatever.
I'm not so crazy about the way it looks. It's chintzy black plastic, and I had to remove an attractive pair of wood combat grips that I bought from S&W, then shaped to my own preference and oiled.
Nor am I entirely crazy about shooting with it. Don't get me wrong; it did not impede control or accuracy, using 38 +p ammo in my little 12 oz. snub. I shot a box of 50 and got only a small blister on my thumb; but I've gotten to where, using other grips, I can shoot a couple of boxes with no such problems and no discomfort to speak of.
So, barami is a very workable option that is very good at what it's good at: discrete, easy carry. I'm going to run with it for a while, and suspect my other grips will be relegated to times when I'm showing off my ultralite wonder at the range or expecting to use other modes of carry (pocket or bellybag) for a while for whatever reason.
MikeJ--I don't know how much of an effect the extra 10 or so ounces of your gun would have. I think with the right pants and belt, you'd be fine. With my gun, I've been carrying in pretty light shorts all day without any slippage. The 640 is a great weapon; hope you enjoy it.
Chris
tiberius
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I have a model 60 .357 and a Taurus 85Ti and I usually have one of them with me. I carry them in several different ways depending on how I'm dressed.
Shorts , dockers - strong side front pocket in pocket holster.
Jeans, shirt untucked - strong side rear pocket in pocket holster or IWB at 1 O'clock
Jeans with tucked shirt, or nicer pants that I don't want to abuse the pocket - SmartCarry with the gun at about 12:30.
I used to carry "mexican" a lot at about 1 o'clock but it has come loose before and it really is just as easy (and safer) to use an IWB in the same position.
Shorts , dockers - strong side front pocket in pocket holster.
Jeans, shirt untucked - strong side rear pocket in pocket holster or IWB at 1 O'clock
Jeans with tucked shirt, or nicer pants that I don't want to abuse the pocket - SmartCarry with the gun at about 12:30.
I used to carry "mexican" a lot at about 1 o'clock but it has come loose before and it really is just as easy (and safer) to use an IWB in the same position.
FotoTomas
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1960's vintage S&W Model 38 Bodyguard is normally carried in front strong side pocket in a Uncle Mikes #3 or #4 pocket holster. If I am carrying something bigger as well, the Model 38 gets sent to the weak side front pocket.
The Model 38 is always with me. My "always" pocket rocket.
The Model 38 is always with me. My "always" pocket rocket.
NJ3
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My S&W M38 is carried strong side front pocket in an Uncle Mikes #3.
JohnBT
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For summer carry of a 442 with an untucked t-shirt, I use a Covert Carry IWB between my belt buckle and my hip bone. The belt clip works well and it's made so your shirt will tuck down into your pants if you like.
Depending on the shorts I'm wearing, I use the same holster in a front pocket from time to time.
www.wildbillsconcealment.com/waist.html
John
Depending on the shorts I'm wearing, I use the same holster in a front pocket from time to time.
www.wildbillsconcealment.com/waist.html
John
Brian Williams
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I use an old Nylon belt holster that I cut all but one of the belt loops off and slip it IWB at 4 o'clock and occasionally belt it on. Once in a while I will just slip it in my pocket with my 3 additional moonclips, if that does not tell you what I carry, here is help it is a S&W 940. I will use the same set up when I carry my 3" mod 60-4.
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