Carry options for desk jockies?

[ExtremeDooty]

Currently, I carry an XD-40 (4" model) in a RafterS IWB and belt. Our dress code is non existent so I wear jeans and an untucked over sized shirt. It's very comfortable driving and sitting.

Sounds like your dress code is somewhat more strict. Can you wear 5.11 pants?
You can hide all kinds of things in 5.11's, especially with a decent holster.

 

[sigstroker]

Seecamp

 

[cliffy109]

It's important that I don't get made at work.

I'm in the same position. If I get caught at work, it will cost me my job. Deep concealment is required. I played around with several different options. I tried the ankle holster but if you sit a lot, remember what happens to your cuff. It creeps up and can expose your gun.

I have carried a Kel-Tec but I consider that to be a BUG and not something I would prefer to have as a primary defensive tool.

Tuckable IWB holsters can work, but eventually, somebody is going to ask what that bulge is on your hip. It just doesn't look natural.

If you ALWAYS have a sport coat in, a standard IWB will work and Milt-Sparks makes some great stuff.

I settled on two different carry methods. Both of them require a light, flat gun. I settled on a Springfield Micro 1911.

1. Smart Carry or thunderwear. I have the SC and use it when wearing polo shirts in the summer. Its not terribly comfortable. I can't figure out how the guys on the web site can actually bend or sit with the thing sitting straight. I move it so the gun is over my right thigh and it gives me decent mobility and I can tolerate sitting. There is no friggin' way to be spotted like this.

2. I have a chest rig from www.action-direct.com. This is the one I wear with a button-up shirt. Its essentially a belly band that is worn at chest level. Its fairly easily accessed but in an emergency would require the ripping of buttons. Again, its just about invisible, but I do have to be careful of back-slapping co-workers and touchy office staff. The only down side to this is that its VERY hot and scratchy in the summer.

 

[medic_guns]

ankle holster combined with dress cowboy boots. Thats my plan

 

[Krenn]

http://www.action-direct.com/234.htm

I think one poster already mentioned it.

 

[P. Plainsman]

in a Desantis Nemesis, my J-frame looks like a paperback book wedged in my front pocket. It doesn't quite scream "GUN!" but close.

That's interesting. Perspectives differ. I'm your size and to my mind, that very gun in that very holster in my front slacks pocket doesn't look like much of anything. Could be key chain, building ID card, what have you. I've never gotten a question, or even a suspicious look that I recall.

However, I wouldn't lose my job if I got made, either. It makes sense that you want to be very fastidious about depth of concealment.

 

[sm]

Get a different 'desk'

Good advice already given.

Dress around the gun(s),good belt, holster, and remember "comforting" not "comfortable".

That said [tm]

You really need to get a better 'desk'.

I used to keep a Ithaca 12 ga on one of my 'desks', along the Ithaca the Model 19 and Gov't Model of 1911.

870s and 1300s adorned other desks...

ALL the desks had at least one gun,( in it for sure) most often atop it. under the register, in the safes, kitchen drawers...

Basically Shotguns, Handguns and even Rifles were 'here and there'. All Loaded and ready to employ.

This did not include the firearms folks had on person...

This was a wholesale/ retail business.
Customer service was paramount.

For the BGs we had a different motto:

This ain't Burger King - and you ain't gonna get it your way for damn sure".

 

[Colt]

Something to consider...

For those of you that work in a no-firearms workplace like mine, consider wearing an ankle holster and then just leaving your handgun in your car. Lock it up if you're nervous or have to park in a bad area.

My primary motivation for carrying at work is really to be have a gun on my way to/from work, especially in a SHTF situation. I want to be sure I can get home to my loved ones without someone taking my car from me.

I say ankle rig because it's practically invisible, and very comfortable when empty. Even if people do see it, it's empty, so there's no violation of company policy. It is also extremely easy and inconspicuous to holster and unholster while seated in your car, and is one of the prefered methods of carry while actually in the car.

Just something to consider.

 

[another okie]

I have a Galco ankle glove, which I recommend and which works for me. You do have to dress around it a little - make sure your pants are a little long and put your left hand on your knee as you sit down so the pants don't ride up.

I also have the Kramer undershirt. I think it's called the "undercover" or something like that. It works, but is extremely slow. I guess if you heard gunshots three floors away you could have it out by the time they came for you. You probably don't want to carry a semi chambered in the undershirt rig, and you will need to avoid very thin fabrics in your shirts and probably avoid white shirts as well.

 

[Waitone]

P3AT in a pocket holster is about as concealed as it gets.

Might also consider a .38spl snub with a Barami Hip Grip. Hides as well as anything I've seen and is light. I most likely will get flamed for that suggestion.

 

[oct_97]

Belt fed machine gun mounted to the desk, behind the modesty panel!

I have a Kel Tec p32 that's barely larger than a palm pilot and it comes with clips to allow you to tuck into the waistband without anything sticking out.

The clip sticks out. As an experiment I put my clipped pocketknife IWB of my pants as you would the Kel Tec. First day my boss asked if it was a gun. I do carry a P3AT in a pocket holster, I also have a G-19 in my glovebox and a Sub 2000 with two 33 round magazines in my trunk.

John