What holsters have you tried?
One of them little flat pistols, maybe?
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For pocket carry, none. Any suggestions?
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it should come with one. My LCP did
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Yes, it definitely has a bite when shooting it but, its the only gun I can comfortably carry. I don't like IWB or OWB. I think I was like the OP, I searched for and bought and carried many guns until this one including; most that are mentioned here. I barely know its in my pocket, which is the whole idea of concealed carry. I often see people at Walmart of Costco open carrying OWB, I don't like drawing attention by open carrying. My second choice are an NAA 22mag with holster grip or a charter arms 38 special undercover ultralite, at 12 oz it makes the SW Air weight a heavy weight. I do sometimes carry the charter in a waist pack. I do have the factory short grip on it now, the grip in the pic is the long grip.
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I believe that @TarDevil was referring to pocket carrying my Shield Plus.
Two sided Recluse. It will bulge, but no one but a gun freak will know. My wife didn't, and she's seen me pocket carry for years.
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Something like this? https://recluseholster.com/smith-wesson-shield-recluse-ts-solo-pocket-holster
I guess I need to find my 10-round mag to try that. Maybe not as much fun as a new gun, but cheaper for sure.
That be it.
Yeah, I hate ejecting the 12 round mag, but the Recluse makes it worth it
It may not work for you. I just had to get over thinking I had an overstuffed pocket. Reality is, the only one who really noticed was my wife, and she thought it was a new and larger cell phone.
Yeah, I hate ejecting the 12 round mag, but the Recluse makes it worth it
It may not work for you. I just had to get over thinking I had an overstuffed pocket. Reality is, the only one who really noticed was my wife, and she thought it was a new and larger cell phone.
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Gun + Holster + Mags + Ammo....
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You're not wrong.
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Check out a P365 before you buy.
People reflexively go to Ruger’s LCP line, and rightfully so due to popularity, but it shouldn’t be the end of the search.
People reflexively go to Ruger’s LCP line, and rightfully so due to popularity, but it shouldn’t be the end of the search.
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$80 for a pocket holster??? that’s expensive
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While I understand the notion, it's one I have let go to the wayside, as "paying for comfort" turns out to be worthwhile to me. Whether it's "worth it" to others is a question I cannot answer.
Mind, I recently (re)discovers that I so, in fact, own a "pocket holster." It's in an end pocket of my big camera bag and fits my Colt 380 Gov't. Not that my camera bag is much worried about printing, but it does have a nice logic for how I used said bag in Texas while driving cross the State.
And owning/carrying guns is not?
What price do you attach to the best personal SD system?
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It's relative, there are pocket holsters at a much lower price point, and it's not hard to make your own for next to nothing with Kydex.
At that point $80 seems comparatively high, at least to me.
I'm sure, if you are set up for that.
If it's cheaper and easier to start from scratch, I'd love an abbreviated tutorial.
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No problem, see my post here: https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/first-attempt-at-kydex-pocket-holster.908440/
Yeah, thanks! I remember that now. I'll give that a shot for an OWB for my Shield.
However, the kydex still doesn't have the double side that prevents printing while pocket carrying.
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Mine is just one design, anything is possible with a little imagination.
I absolutely love my P-365, but it is on the very top end of size to pocket carry. Could you? yea, but I do believe the OP wants something smaller/thinner.
The Beretta Pico is a great little pistol, and is light and thin, very good trigger, I would carry it pocket style no issues, but it's my wife's.
I'd like to handle the LCP Max.
The big difference for me is the weight between my LCP Max and Hellkitty.
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I have a Recluse TS for my RM380. It’s seen 6 years of nearly daily pocket time, up to 18 hours per day.
No regrets with the purchase. I’d buy it again.
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A Hellcat or a Sig 365 is not in the same class of pistol as an LCP variant. Not even close.
It's unsafe and I wouldn't carry that way, but I can stick the barrel and trigger guard of an LCP into the little change pocket of my jeans and let my t-shirt hang over it. That is completely impossible with the SA and Sig.
Similarly, in cool weather I really like to carry in the breast pocket of a padded flannel shirt. An LCP type pistol will do that easily (with pocket holster). Even though the pocket is unbuttoned, no one ever notices. That would also be completely impossible for one of the 9mm's.
It's unsafe and I wouldn't carry that way, but I can stick the barrel and trigger guard of an LCP into the little change pocket of my jeans and let my t-shirt hang over it. That is completely impossible with the SA and Sig.
Similarly, in cool weather I really like to carry in the breast pocket of a padded flannel shirt. An LCP type pistol will do that easily (with pocket holster). Even though the pocket is unbuttoned, no one ever notices. That would also be completely impossible for one of the 9mm's.
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