WinThePennant
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I like my S&W BG380 for super light carry.
Lightest handgun available (for CCW while running)
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I carry a S&W 442 IWB for 3 miles every day. If it is exceptionally hot/mid-day I'll just wear my NAA .22wmr.
Both work fine, just buy a cheap soft IWB holster and crank down on the drawstring. In my experience some light chaffing may occur until you get the right placement down. I carry mine Appendix so that I can always tell if the firearm is completely concealed or not. My CWL is clipped to the outside of my pants at 4 O'clock by my pocketknife that is clipped IWB, the clip is strong and I have never lost the license while running.
I hope this helps, it works well for me after several hundred miles now and is very simple.
-Jake
Both work fine, just buy a cheap soft IWB holster and crank down on the drawstring. In my experience some light chaffing may occur until you get the right placement down. I carry mine Appendix so that I can always tell if the firearm is completely concealed or not. My CWL is clipped to the outside of my pants at 4 O'clock by my pocketknife that is clipped IWB, the clip is strong and I have never lost the license while running.
I hope this helps, it works well for me after several hundred miles now and is very simple.
-Jake
Thanks for everyone's input.
I am an active person that runs, walks, cycles, multiple times per week. I will be looking into the Pistolwear.com options.
Currently (as of today on my bicycle ride and walk with the wife), when running or walking, I have been using a home-made belly band. It consists of an ACE chest wrap, (6" wide) with a piece of swede leather sewn to the body side of it. On the out facing side, I traced the outline of my LCP and sewed several seams along the outline as well as reinforcement stitching. I wrap this around my waist, insert the LCP, pull up my biking bibs or running shorts and away we go. Used it 2x today. Don't really know it is there.
When using it as a BUG, I do the same but wear it under dress clothes with the LCP under my weak arm for cross draw use.
I have also done the run using my EDC combo which is a Springfield XD45c and a Crossbreed ST. When running with this, I first dawn a technical fabric tee, then the Crossbreed on my 511 holster belt. After that my running shorts and my running shirt. The technical tee keeps the belt and holster from my skin as well as wicking away sweat. This was FAR more comfortable than I would have imagined. Since this is the combo I wear everyday, as well as when shooting IDPA, (I shoot the XD9 those days) I am very comfortable with it. Draw is quicker than with the bellyband but it is larger and more difficult for me to pull off.(5'10" and 135lbs - difficult to conceal a double stack 45 in a tight fitting tee) Most days, I find myself working out with the LCP rather than the Springer.
Anyway, it is more about the carry method and getting comfortable with it than the weight of the gun.
Good luck in your search. I will be investigating some of the options listed here as well since my homemade bellyband is loosing it's elastic and needs to be rebuilt or replaced.
Dale
I am an active person that runs, walks, cycles, multiple times per week. I will be looking into the Pistolwear.com options.
Currently (as of today on my bicycle ride and walk with the wife), when running or walking, I have been using a home-made belly band. It consists of an ACE chest wrap, (6" wide) with a piece of swede leather sewn to the body side of it. On the out facing side, I traced the outline of my LCP and sewed several seams along the outline as well as reinforcement stitching. I wrap this around my waist, insert the LCP, pull up my biking bibs or running shorts and away we go. Used it 2x today. Don't really know it is there.
When using it as a BUG, I do the same but wear it under dress clothes with the LCP under my weak arm for cross draw use.
I have also done the run using my EDC combo which is a Springfield XD45c and a Crossbreed ST. When running with this, I first dawn a technical fabric tee, then the Crossbreed on my 511 holster belt. After that my running shorts and my running shirt. The technical tee keeps the belt and holster from my skin as well as wicking away sweat. This was FAR more comfortable than I would have imagined. Since this is the combo I wear everyday, as well as when shooting IDPA, (I shoot the XD9 those days) I am very comfortable with it. Draw is quicker than with the bellyband but it is larger and more difficult for me to pull off.(5'10" and 135lbs - difficult to conceal a double stack 45 in a tight fitting tee) Most days, I find myself working out with the LCP rather than the Springer.
Anyway, it is more about the carry method and getting comfortable with it than the weight of the gun.
Good luck in your search. I will be investigating some of the options listed here as well since my homemade bellyband is loosing it's elastic and needs to be rebuilt or replaced.
Dale
Soldiernurse
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I, too, have in my collection of holsters a PT-One... and highly recommend it!
Madcap_Magician
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I would recommend a Smartcarry holster with an airweight, titanium, or scandium J-frame. Ammo is heavy, so if you want to minimize that, a S&W 351C would be a nice choice. Seven shots of .22 magnum. It's not as good as a .38 Special, sure, but it's just about as good as a .380 ACP if you pick the ammo right, so it's a good bit of firepower in such a small package.
The Smartcarry is nice because it doesn't bounce and because it's heavily sweat-resistant.
The Smartcarry is nice because it doesn't bounce and because it's heavily sweat-resistant.
Elm Creek Smith
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KelTec makes a 10 round magazine for the P32, too, that extends the grip a little and may make it a bit more comforting. A belly band holster would keep it from beating you to death if you wear the pistol on your center line (belly button). I traded my P32 after I chronographed some "premium" defensive ammunition. I don't run anymore due to past injuries, but I go armed on long fairly fast walks with two alloy-framed .38 Spl snubbies, a walking stick, and a Mk3 10% pepper spray.
ECS
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Some pretty good ideas here except for those that basically tell the guy to get a treadmill or hide behind the couch.
This is real life in an America with a changing and diverse population of every sort of haves and have nots out there and unless you live in the country or some sort of gated community the ills of society ARE ALREADY THERE.
All that being said I intend to look into the Pistolwear product because when I go for my afternoon run and walk,which I just returned home from,I find even with my nifty little Kel-Tec P32 trying to place it in my pocket,using an Uncle Mike's holster placed in my lightweight running shorts is simply too much weight for the elastic waistband of the shorts to support and so you get a continual flopping and pulling of the shorts.
I too have carried my Benchmade in lieu of the Kel-Tec but like the OP I also live in an area that has issues but I am not going to allow that to keep me from enjoying my life and pursuits.
It's not Dodge city on Saturday night here but it certainly is not the Ritz either.
It is what it is.
This is real life in an America with a changing and diverse population of every sort of haves and have nots out there and unless you live in the country or some sort of gated community the ills of society ARE ALREADY THERE.
All that being said I intend to look into the Pistolwear product because when I go for my afternoon run and walk,which I just returned home from,I find even with my nifty little Kel-Tec P32 trying to place it in my pocket,using an Uncle Mike's holster placed in my lightweight running shorts is simply too much weight for the elastic waistband of the shorts to support and so you get a continual flopping and pulling of the shorts.
I too have carried my Benchmade in lieu of the Kel-Tec but like the OP I also live in an area that has issues but I am not going to allow that to keep me from enjoying my life and pursuits.
It's not Dodge city on Saturday night here but it certainly is not the Ritz either.
It is what it is.
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