Your favorite pocket gun

[Carl the Floor Walker]

As I mentioned, owned 4 lcp's, found the Pico and fell in love with it. My Kahr CW380 arrived and have to say I love it. Will be a contender with the two Pico's I own. Mild, shooter as well and great quality.

[damienph]

I must either wear my pants too tight or need larger pockets. There is no way that I could conceal a J- frame sized revolver or semi-auto in my pants pocket. I typically wear Carharrt, Wrangler or Key jeans. The only two handguns that I own that I could pocket carry without people noticing would be my NAA .22LR Mini or my Davis D22 Derringer. Both of which I have carried loaded with CCI Stingers.

I have a S&W 360J that is light enough but still too bulky to hide in either front or back jeans pockets.

YMMV!

[gilfo]

Just be careful if using hollow points. You can have a "rim lock" situation, believe me it can happen, happen to me at the range thank God not in a real fight situation. If you never heard of it I urge you to google it.

[fastbolt]

My "favorite" pocketable (holstered) handgun is a toss up between the S&W J-frame (5-shot snub) and the Ruger LCP.

I have more than half a dozen J's, but only a pair of LCP's, and I've had a lot more years experience with the J's (and I'm a longtime revolver shooter). I didn't start adding the LCP to my range time and training until 2012, so they're a relatively recent addition.

As much as I like shooting and using the assorted J's, I added the LCP's (after 25 years of not wanting to own any .380's) because I can pocket holster one in many jeans where the front pockets are too short or tight to let me carry a snub revolver.

I like sometimes adding one or another of my NAA Minim .22LR/MAG revolvers, but those are more in the way of an "Onion Field" type hide-out weapon of last resort.

[JERRYS.]

if I have to pocket carry to be discrete, the weight of the gun is not the issue, its the size.

here is my LWS32 next to a Beretta Bobcat for size comparison, and of course the old stand-by, an airweight J frame.

[JackC]

LCP2 is my favorite pocket gun. Reliable, more accurate than it should be, and disappears in my front pants pocket.

[YARDDOG(1)]

LCP also ; )
Y/D

[ifithitu]

I pocket carry these .
S&W 683-3 & 442-2 .38 SPL.+P
G 42 & S&W M&P BG 380's

[Buckeye!]

P32 loaded with Geco FMJ..

[shirojiro]

My pocket pistols are:

Beretta Tomcat .32
Seecamp .32
Sig P238 .380
Ruger LCP 2nd Gen .380
Keltec P11 (big pockets)

I put wood grips on the Tomcat.
Hogue grips on the LCP.

My favorite is the Beretta, frame crack issues and all.
It was my first small pistol, and I love the way it shoots.

[Roland Thunder]

For the last few years, my carry gun has been a Kahr PM9. Recently, I bought a Kel-Tec P32 and it has replaced the PM9 as my favorite carry gun, mainly because I will carry it more.

[billcarey]

I don't carry often but with lightweight shorts, t-shirt and flip flops I carry a 25 Raven. Next step up is an I frame S&W 32 long. Not exactly potent but better than none and go when I can't carry my 357. Looking to upgrade with a Keltec 32 or S&W 380...with an edge going to the smaller Keltec.

[ranchito457]

For a pocket gun my favorite is my S/W 340 ct. When it's in my pocket I hardly even remember that's it's on me.

[muzzleblast...]

My top two pocket guns: Ruger LCP and S&W 342 Airlite titanium.

[Shed]

LCP II. Reliable with a great trigger, good texture on the frame, and lower recoil for such a small gun. Personally I'm not a big fan of .380 ACP or pocket guns with short barrels in general, but it's way easier to take on and off than my Glock 19 in an iwb. My G19 is my primary carry, but I run the LCP II on the days when I know I'm going to have to lock the gun in the car.

[FM12]

cHARTER aRMS uNDERCOVER IN .38 SPL, RIGHT HIP POCKET, COVERED BY A SHIRTTAIL.

[105kw]

Two guns. Keltec .380, or S&W 442. With a Blackhawk size 4 inside the pocket holster. In winter I move from front jeans pocket to a coat pocket.

[RP2012]

I like my Kahr PM9

[chaim]

Yesterday on my trip to Cabelas in Northern VA, I picked up a DeSantis Nemesis for my SIG P290. Today for the first time I carried my P290 in a pocket holster for most of the day. I take back everything I've ever said about it only being "pocketable" and being too heavy to be seen as a true pocket pistol. It carried just fine (maybe I'm just used to having a lot of stuff in my pockets, but it was barely noticeable). So, my answer must be revised to an unequivocal SIG P290RS.

That said, I do need a better pocket holster. Like many "one size fits many" holsters, the Nemesis doesn't fit the P290 perfectly and it is a bit tight. Most of the time when I draw the holster tries to come with the gun and I have to very purposefully push the gun and holster apart which greatly slows my draw. Nothing a well designed holster that is built specifically for the P290 won't solve.

[RickB]

I've just about decided it's too big for a pocket, but I've been experimenting with different ways to carry a SIG P938.
I have conventional belt holster, appendix IWB, compression shirt with built-in shoulder holster, and pocket holster.

The "sticky" pocket holster is a bit too bulky for the front pocket, and it doesn't keep the gun oriented butt-up in a cargo pocket.
I've also discovered that the weight difference between empty and fully loaded makes quite a difference in comfort; loaded, it seems like I have a large pendulum in my pocket.

[Screwball]

Originally Posted by RickB

I've just about decided it's too big for a pocket, but I've been experimenting with different ways to carry a SIG P938.

P938 works great in a cargo pocket with the right holster...

[Scout]

Smith 642 Airweight