Mouse Gun Carry

[357smallbore]

How do you carry your mouse gun in the pocket?
Do you use a holster like a Remora, or an in side pocket holster or just pocket the gun without a holster.
I have an LCP I am thinking of pocket carry.

 

[Old Dog]

You're carrying a mouse gun as a back-up gun, right?

Even if it's in a pocket, it should be in a holster.

 

[bannockburn]

357smallbore

To me there are two things that you need to do if you're pocket carrying. First one is to use a holster and the second one is don't carry anything else in that pocket.

 

[guyfromohio]

Absolutely get a pocket holster. They are extremely inexpensive and a must. I’ll pocket carry a 642 on a hot day.

 

[CDW4ME]

Wearing gym shorts, going to the gym, I have a 38 snub in a Smartcarry and a LCP 380 holstered in gym shorts pocket. When I get to the gym I put the holstered LCP 380 in a locked locker and the 38 snub stays on me so that I'm not disarmed at the gym; the snub does not interfere with my exercises and the ridiculously heavy trigger plus pocket hammer are assets in the Smartcarry. If I stop anywhere going to/from the gym then I have the LCP 380 in pocket which is quicker to access than the snub.

I do not consider a snub nor a LCP 380 a primary carry and that is the only situation when I carry either, excepting push mowing lawn, best I can do.

 

[Tallball]

I pocket carry an LCP frequently. I always use a holster (DeSantis Nemesis) and never put anything else in that pocket.

The breast pocket of an overshirt or jacket is easy to draw from sitting or standing. Cargo pockets also, though they're typically too large for an LCP.

The back pocket of pants is good while walking if I know I won't be sitting.

I don't prefer the front pocket of pants because it's so hard to draw from the sitting position.

Please use a holster.

 

[chicharrones]

I use leather pocket holsters. Cheap to a little more expensive than cheap. Brands like Hunter, Azula, Recluse. I've even converted a leather IWB to pocket duty, I think it is a Bianchi?

I've tried fabric pocket holsters. Some made squeaky noises as I walked and others weren't stiff enough to stay off the gun when drawing from the pocket. So, I don't use fabric holsters. My Ruger LCP Max came with one. That thing sits in the box unused. I'd rather that Ruger include an extra mag than provide fabric pocket holsters.

 

[wayneinFL]

I've had good luck with Uncle Mike's pocket holsters. This is with a J-frame, a Micro-9, Sig P238, Glock 43, Kel-Tec 3AT, Kel-Tec P11.

They don't lay down in a pocket perfectly, but the other ones didn't either.

So you can't exactly quickdraw out of your pocket. But the whole advantage of pocket carry is you can usually have your gun In your hand without anyone noticing.

 

[Speedo66]

I carry my original LCP in this Kydex holster I made for a few bucks.

The projections, top and bottom, keep it properly oriented and make it stay in my pocket when I draw.

It also breaks up the shape of the gun so it doesn’t print.

 

[Brutus54]

Just ordered a DiSantis pocket holster for my Walther PPK/s. Fed Ex says it's out for delivery today.

 

[entropy]

I carry my Taurus 738 in a Remora, usually as a backup, sometimes by itself. It's the one gun that doesn't pull my jammy pants down.

 

[Shivahasagun]

In-pocket kydex holsters.

Ruger LCR .327, Beretta M21A .25.

Much better than the soft ones.

 

[Overkill870]

If I pocket carry its a 642 and I just drop it into a pocket. The trigger is long and heavy enough that I am not concerned with an accidental discharge.

 

[Rexster]

Kramer Pocket Holster. Horsehide. Some sizes are reinforced with Kydex. This is what I have used, for decades, for handguns from Seecamp LWS-32 to Ruger SP101.

 

[.455_Hunter]

A holster is necessary. Something like a soft Uncle Mikes is perfectly fine with DA or DAO guns that have safe full-weight, full-stroke triggers. Any guns using fully or partially energized firing systems need a rigid body holster, such as kydex. Most of the trendy sub-compacts fall into the second category.

 

[entropy]

If I pocket carry its a 642 and I just drop it into a pocket. The trigger is long and heavy enough that I am not concerned with an accidental discharge.

Accidental discharge is not the reason why a pocket holster is a good thing. It's so the gun is where you expect it to be in that pocket when you need it, and also to break up any printing.

 

[Jimster]

Sticky Holster for all my handguns. Check them out.

 

[unclenunzie]

LCP/II/MAX in one of these made for the specific model. https://aholster.com/product/pocket-aholster/

 

[Great Scot]

LCP Max with Desantis Superfly holster. Smith model 36 in a plain Jane Uncle Mikes pocket holster. I like that the trigger is covered and it doesn’t look like a gun in my front pocket.

 

[Armored farmer]

My lcp is in a DeSantis Softuk iwb usually.
If I'm not using a holster, (pocket carry or techniclip carry)...I carry an empty chamber

 

[weregunner]

I carry a Taurus 732 in .32ACP in a leather pocket holster. Neat little gun.

 

[Nasty Canasta]

I Picked up this nice pocket holster from https://www.pcsholsters.com/ for my Kel-Tek P32. Works best in a cargo style pocket, not great in jean pockets.

This is about as small as they get-Beretta 950 Jetfire 25ACP, pocket it or wear it like a necklace it’s so light

 

[WheelGunMan]

LCP Max in a DeSantis Nemesis pocket holster

 

[357smallbore]

You're carrying a mouse gun as a back-up gun, right?

Even if it's in a pocket, it should be in a holster.

Yes it's a backup

 

[Captains1911]

When I pocket carry, it’s an LCP Max in either a Desantis Nemesis or Alabama Holster. In warmer weather I often carry a NAA mini revolver for killing copperheads, in some basic leather pocket holster I found on Etsy, of course I have a larger gun on me as well.