I am currently looking into getting my Ohio concealed carry permit and have been on an internet searching binge, along with heading out to a couple stores to hold a few guns, and am constantly waivering on what I want to carry.
First of all, if I am getting my permit, I want to carry anytime I possibly can. This also is a point of frustration, because I don't think I will carry all the time unless it can be front pocket carry. Even then, I am constantly worrying about the gun's thickness and how it prints.
I wear 31x32 boot cut jeans typically, and these are low rise, fairly snug fitting, and have small back pockets. I don't see IWB or OWB holsters working for me, and my jeans back pockets are so small that a Ruger LCP sticks out the top with no holster.
The gun I would like to have would be a Kahr MK or PM, 9mm or .40 S&W, however, they seem too heavy and large for front pocket carry for someone as small and thin as I am, especially considering the clothes I typically wear. So I decided that I probably will end up with an LCP, but its plastic trigger and unknown reliability have me uneasy. I then am very close to buying a S&W 642 for its reliability, but I just know that cylinder will be too fat when in a holster, especially in dress pants.
Anyone have any suggestions? I want to carry front pocket, all the time, am thin and wear relatively snug fitting clothes, and reliability as well as concealability are extremely important to me.
Am I just asking way too much out of a firearm?
First of all, if I am getting my permit, I want to carry anytime I possibly can. This also is a point of frustration, because I don't think I will carry all the time unless it can be front pocket carry. Even then, I am constantly worrying about the gun's thickness and how it prints.
I wear 31x32 boot cut jeans typically, and these are low rise, fairly snug fitting, and have small back pockets. I don't see IWB or OWB holsters working for me, and my jeans back pockets are so small that a Ruger LCP sticks out the top with no holster.
The gun I would like to have would be a Kahr MK or PM, 9mm or .40 S&W, however, they seem too heavy and large for front pocket carry for someone as small and thin as I am, especially considering the clothes I typically wear. So I decided that I probably will end up with an LCP, but its plastic trigger and unknown reliability have me uneasy. I then am very close to buying a S&W 642 for its reliability, but I just know that cylinder will be too fat when in a holster, especially in dress pants.
Anyone have any suggestions? I want to carry front pocket, all the time, am thin and wear relatively snug fitting clothes, and reliability as well as concealability are extremely important to me.
Am I just asking way too much out of a firearm?