Well my cheap pocket holster for my 642 has finally wore out. I am looking for a good leather pocket holster to replace it. I have been looking at alot of web sites and found alot of nice products. I just wanted to ask peoples opinions that are using some of them and what you guys prefer.
Best J frame pocket holster
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Check with Ray Cory of Lobo Gunleather. I have two of his for my 640, one made rough side out of a lightweight cowhide (pictured) and another made smooth side out of a slightly thicker cowhide. Excellent design, quality workmanship, fair price. Plus, Ray is a member of this forum and a great guy to deal with.
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I have used the DeSantis Nemesis model for my 2" Chief's Special over the past 6 years and have found it to be very comfortable, sweat resistant (in the summer) and light weight. I am on my second one since wearing out the first about a year ago, but at $17.99 each, it's no big deal. I have tried the leather pocket holsters, but have not liked the fact that they absorb sweat.
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Robert Mika. Hands down. DeSantis Nemesis - runner-up.
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enfield
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I've used a Kramer pocket holster for years, but Kramer seems to be pricing themselves out of the business.
oldogy
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Leather is fine but IMO there is a lot of advantage to the "sticky" "gripping" outer texture of the DeSantis pocket holsters. At less than $20. I can replace mine every several years if necessary.
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ab4ka
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I got a Galco Pocket Protector from S&W and I really like it. It doesn't come out of my pocket unless I want it to, and the mouth is reinforced and it stays open. I've also had good luck with the Uncle Mike's pocket holster.
sipowicz
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I have a rough suede side out like the lobo...thin and doesn't come out with the gun...works great...I tried the Mika and it worked well but was bit thick for my tastes...IMO, with pocket holsters, less is more.
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On duty, my model 38 Airweight Bodyguard rides in a DeSantis "Nemesis" pocket holster.
Off duty, it rides in a Milt Sparks "PCH-R" with a shark skin front.
Off duty, it rides in a Milt Sparks "PCH-R" with a shark skin front.
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The reason I don't like the DeSantis is that it is so unecessarily thick and bulky. It makes a much larger bulge in my front pocket than a horsehide or Uncle Mikes (Maybe that is a good thing? 
). Notice the difference in the picture below comparing the DeSantis with a horsehide holster. The reason it is so bulky is they do not make a holster specifically for the J frame. They sell one for the J frame, but it is exactly the same holster they market for some other guns, like small autos. Any time you go to the one size fits several, you give up some benefits...
). Notice the difference in the picture below comparing the DeSantis with a horsehide holster. The reason it is so bulky is they do not make a holster specifically for the J frame. They sell one for the J frame, but it is exactly the same holster they market for some other guns, like small autos. Any time you go to the one size fits several, you give up some benefits...
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The reason I don't like the DeSantis is that it is so unecessarily thick and bulky. It makes a much larger bulge in my front pocket than a horsehide or Uncle Mikes (Maybe that is a good thing?
Who makes the horsehide one in your pic?
stiab
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Sorry, I should have said that in the post. It is a Galco I got for $19.95 in the bargain box at a gun store.
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I agree. I keep coming back to the uncle mikes foamy after trying at least two of the other more expensive holsters mentioned in this thread. The cylinder bulge in these small revolvers already make for a higher profile package than say a pocket auto, and there is no sense in exasperating that condition with an unnecessarily thick or stiff holster.The reason I don't like the DeSantis is that it is so unecessarily thick and bulky. It makes a much larger bulge in my front pocket than a horsehide or Uncle Mikes (Maybe that is a good thing?
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photoman
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It's not leather, but I use Mika. After a month or two, they really fit the gun well and lose a lot of their thickness.
All of the leather pocket holsters I've tried have been too tight. From what I read, lot's of people like the Galco.
All of the leather pocket holsters I've tried have been too tight. From what I read, lot's of people like the Galco.
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I've been looking at the Mika's myself. What makes the roundcut better than his other style?
photoman
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No difference other than the square tab on the bottom (in front of the trigger guard). I tend to use the round more than square as I don't carry in a back pocket and my pants have round bottom pockets in the front. Some of my cargo shorts have square front pockets and the gun stays vertical and the draw is a bit easier.
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Stiab,
Is the rubber around your revolver's grip (the one on the left in the photo) a cut down bicycle inner tube??
I am not joking. That is what I used 40 years ago!
Chief38
Is the rubber around your revolver's grip (the one on the left in the photo) a cut down bicycle inner tube??
I am not joking. That is what I used 40 years ago!
Chief38
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