I decided it was safest to carry it with hammer down on an empty cylinder ala Colt SAA. I don't trust half cocks. I carry the spare cylinder full figuring it won't go in the gun unless it's a shooting war going on and I'm desperate behind cover wanting firepower. And, I always have my .22LR NAA for a NY reload.
The super companion has become a specialty carry for me, to carry when nothing bigger is prudent. As such, it will be loaded, carried for the event in which I need it, then unloaded and stored. I doubt I'll ever carry it daily and in the past I haven't need to carry such a small gun, but on rare occasion. The .22 is easier to keep up with as a daily also carry. It's smaller and easier to hide than a P32 Kel Tec and SHOULD have as good or better penetration, though I haven't experimented with that. Neither thrills me with power, but it's a notch below my .380 in size, so handles the niche for me. The P32 isn't appreciably smaller than the P3AT, so I really don't consider .32 has a place in my collection. And, well, I mainly bought the super companion because I've been thinkin' I wanted one for a while just because. Whether it's a legit carry from time to time was less of a consideration, but it has proven itself worthy to me as an option for special situations, like I say, where nothing bigger is prudent. And, I'll probably clip the thing to the top of my T shirt as I've been doing with my .22 version when I'm wade fishing. Keeps it dry. Don't wanna wade in salt water and get my .38 wet. I'll keep it in a dry box in the Kayak and use the .22 super companion to fight my way back to the .38, as it were.
And, well, the most I'll probably need it for out there on the bay is to pop a shark if I snag one too big to get my hand around. I do that occasionally. It's a low threat environment, not exactly like a dark parking lot in an urban mall or something. Chances of being accosted out there are nil, I just don't like being totally unarmed. Must be the boy scout training.
And, I'm getting better with this thing, able to get 4-5" groups at 40 feet with it off hand, all-be-it my sight picture is a might weird considering it hits low/left. It is a better "better than nothing" gun than my .22LR version, though, as it has 33 percent more velocity and reloads are quite a bit quicker with the spare cylinder..