Just looking for thoughts,opinions and personal experiences regarding the Ruger LC9s. Summer is upon and a slimmer ccw would be nice.
My current ccw is a 2.25" sp101 in a galco iwb holster at 2:30.it works well but prints badly with just a t-shirt so I wear button ups and becomes invisible. Howerver with the heat coming it would be nice to just wear a t-shirt occasionally . I tried aiwb and do not like it. My waist size is a limiting factor . I fit comfortably in 32" pants,but have been getting 34" for extra thigh room/ ccw room. So for me grip size is a big factor. Based on my body type if the grip is too long it WILL print,in order to not have an obvious corner poking out the gun sits in a cruddy spot comfort wise. For example I could not carry my cz p01 comfortably w/o printing even in a alien gear cloak tuck 3.0 ,an aiwb, or a standard iwb kydex holster. I got frustated with and traded it for a ruger flatop bisley.
So for hot weather a single stack is the only option. Being a Ruger fanboy I'm leaning towards the LC9s,but not disconsidering others like the sheild 2.0. Thoughts?
Edit to add:
Not interested in .380's ,just 9mm. I am also in NY so capacity is limited to ten anyways. So double stack doesn't make much sense if a single stack will be that much more comfy,concealable.
My current ccw is a 2.25" sp101 in a galco iwb holster at 2:30.it works well but prints badly with just a t-shirt so I wear button ups and becomes invisible. Howerver with the heat coming it would be nice to just wear a t-shirt occasionally . I tried aiwb and do not like it. My waist size is a limiting factor . I fit comfortably in 32" pants,but have been getting 34" for extra thigh room/ ccw room. So for me grip size is a big factor. Based on my body type if the grip is too long it WILL print,in order to not have an obvious corner poking out the gun sits in a cruddy spot comfort wise. For example I could not carry my cz p01 comfortably w/o printing even in a alien gear cloak tuck 3.0 ,an aiwb, or a standard iwb kydex holster. I got frustated with and traded it for a ruger flatop bisley.
So for hot weather a single stack is the only option. Being a Ruger fanboy I'm leaning towards the LC9s,but not disconsidering others like the sheild 2.0. Thoughts?
Edit to add:
Not interested in .380's ,just 9mm. I am also in NY so capacity is limited to ten anyways. So double stack doesn't make much sense if a single stack will be that much more comfy,concealable.
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