Plus-Sized CC

[Delford]

harmon rabb
done and done. the only major issue I found after googling was extreme recoil and ftf-s. on to more research on Bersa...
thanks

 

[B1gGr33n]

I started a thread somewhat recently on the same issue. I've since settled on a PT111 in a simple leather holster carried at about 3:30-4:00 position.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=606030

 

[Ben86]

I have a fat friend who conceal carries and he tells me the fatter you are the less room you have for your gun. He says that his...um...girth pushes the gun away from his body. Therefore if it's a big gun it becomes harder to conceal. However he is able to CC a S&W M&P9C IWB. It's not impossible you just have to figure out how to work with your body shape.

A 1911 is a pretty slim gun. Given loose fitting clothing, a good stiff belt and a good holster I don't see why you couldn't carry one. This may take a good deal of experimentation to figure out what works.

If you need something slimmer I recommend going with Kahr's line of pistols. They are super thin, moderately priced and made for CC. The CW9 and CM9 are my favorites.

P.S. I originally thought that I could bolster the 9x18 round by purchasing frangible rounds for home defense and practicing with surplus rounds but have been recently disillusioned of this notion by the lack of reliable data on the penetration of the Glaser(TM) frangible rounds as well as the inappropriateness of practicing with a different round than you plan to use for carry or HD.

Do yourself a favor and stick with premium jacketed hollow points for defense. Not only are they more affordable but they offer much more reliable terminal ballistics than frangible nonsense. It's not bad to practice with a different round than you carry. I couldn't afford to practice with the ammo I carry in any appreciable manner. That said the difference in recoil between my 115 grain fmj practice ammo and 124+P ammo is hardly noticeable. Point of impact is so close to being the same it's negligible.

 

[mgmorden]

It's not bad to practice with a different round than you carry. I couldn't afford to practice with the ammo I carry in any appreciable manner. That said the difference in recoil between my 115 grain fmj practice ammo and 124+P ammo is hardly noticeable. Point of impact is so close to being the same it's negligible.

Absolutely. The guy who puts 5,000 rounds per year of FMJ practice fodder downrange is going to be a lot better shot - REGARDLESS OF BULLET TYPE - than the guy who insists on practicing with his carry ammo but only gets 750 rounds per year worth of practice because that's all he can afford.

 

[Rexster]

It is not a matter of girth or weight, but a matter of whether there is a place on your anatomy, at belt level, where your clothing has the necessary amount of space under the drape of your outer garment. A 1911 is actually quite slim, making it easier to conceal, for some folks, than a "compact" double-stack auto.

 

[gym]

I have many guns and carry for 37 years. I carry a Glock 26 and a LCP. At a younger age carried anything from a Glock 23 to a double stack para alloy P-13. It depends what you are into, and what you are comfortable with. Many of the older guns like PPK's, which I carried from the 1970's into the late 80's were great in their time. But don't confuse a classic with new advances in modern weapons and ammo. We had no choice back then, there were no small 9mm, and no 40 caliber pistols, or we would have carried those. You should make use of the ability to carry smaller yet more powerful pistols, not nostalgic guns of the past. If they would have had Glocks in 1972 you can bet your butt everyone would have had one instead of a 5or6 shot snubby, or PPk. There are a lot of great old classic pistols, but if you want the most efficient weapon for today, stay with the newest technology, a Sub compact or compact in 9mm 10mm 40 or 45.don't go for something that's day has past unless you already have several guns and are just collecting fin older guns.