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Long story short, I Chitcago a kid was trying to pull his pocket gun on me, except it kept getting tangled in his pocket and he couldn’t get it out in time. Had I had my gun he’d be gone. I just stepped back into a building while he struggled, kinda laughing.
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Pocket carry requires a pocket holster. It does several things. It keeps the trigger covered. It positions the gun in the correct orientation. It keeps things such as lint and debris out of the pistol's action.
Small pockets are not good. Small pocket entry is worse. Large, deep pockets are better. In other words. loose fitting jeans are much better than dress pants. With dress pants, a tuckable inside the waistband holster is far better if not wearing a jacket.
Here's some pocket rigs I use with small semiautos.
This is what I carry most often. Down here in Florida, I wear shorts 10 months out of the year. I made a custom pocket holster for it. This is a S&W 642 Air Weight 5 shot double action J-frame. It has received an action and trigger job. The factory grip was replaced with a Hogue grip. I load this with Underwood Xtreme Defender 100gr +P ammo. These generate nearly 1,100 fps muzzle velocity from the 1.87 inch barrel. Relatively low recoil, with exceptional terminal ballistics.
Accuracy is outstanding (for a snubby) at 10 yards. Note the cruciform holes in the target and the rounds on the speed strip. Those are the Underwood Xtreme Defenders. These are solid copper that use fluid transfer technology. In Government testing, the proved to do greater damage than conventional hollowpoints, with superior penetration of barriers.
