I have the same issue. I decide on what sized gun to wear based on the MAXIMUM expected daily temp. I don't want to decide to pack a full sized gun, and then have it warm up to a temp at which I will need to shed clothing, and then have a hard time concealing.However, it’s not the extreme differences between winter and summer temperatures here in Southeast Idaho that trouble me the most when it comes to concealing my carry guns. It’s those other two seasons, spring and fall that trouble me the most. During those two seasons here, it’s not at all unusual to see frost in the morning, which on occasion has made me wish I had not left my jacket at home that morning just because I knew it was going to be 80 degrees by 2:00 in the afternoon.
Spring and fall also present concealed carry problems for me depending on where I’m going and what I’m going to be doing. I’m long time retired, so problems with carrying at work don’t concern me personally. But there have been threads on these message forums lately about carrying at church. This time of the year (spring) my wife and I pull on jackets or coats when we leave for church in the morning. But of course those jackets or coats come off when we get there. And by the time church is over, it’s often too warm outside for the jackets or coats we pulled on that morning. It’s the same story on Saturday mornings when we usually go into town for breakfast or brunch before running our Saturday errands.
Seriously, most concealed carriers obsess about printing, and go way out of the way to avoid it.
It gets gosh darned hot here. The high last year was 118 degrees. I'm wondering if a P32 might be a better option than an LCP!
I've kinda stopped posting in these threads as I have started to believe that those who cannot commit to carrying a decently-sized handgun, both in caliber and size, also aren't typically serious about training with their chosen platform.
None for me...I dress to the gun, not the other way around.
I've kinda stopped posting in these threads as I have started to believe that those who cannot commit to carrying a decently-sized handgun, both in caliber and size, also aren't typically serious about training with their chosen platform.
Agree and it doesn't require any change on my part.None for me...I dress to the gun, not the other way around.
I grew up in the lake states, and have spent considerable time in the SW. I'll take 110 and dry over 90 and humid any day of the week. It's a big part of why I left the lake states and won't live there again.Sure it's no 100 degrees like the southwest gets but Midwest 90s and 80% humidity is unpleasant to anyone.
I grew up in the lake states, and have spent considerable time in the SW. I'll take 110 and dry over 90 and humid any day of the week. It's a big part of why I left the lake states and won't live there again.
I prefer to be baked rather than steamed.
As it happens, I've lived in Arizona, Eastern Washington (where, believe it or not, it gets sizzling hot for half the year) and Southern California for long periods of my adult life -- and have been able to successfully carry concealed decent sized pistols with little difficulty. It's just simply not that hard.Old Dog writes:
.. and he's addressing an OP from Texas (as well as others from the Deep South) about summer concealed-carry, while posting from Puget Sound...
This was not opened as a(nother) "minimum caliber/handgun size thread."
Why cannot you train with multiple weapons?
You know, I am still working on a good concealed carry for my mile swims, what y'all think?
Seriously pretty tired of 90+ degrees at 90+ ten months of the year.
Same here!LCR pocket carry year round.