How do you carry your J's?

[36general]

I'm finally the proud owner of a 340pd with no lock!! I have been hunting for one for a while now and located a LGS with a 340 in stock. Immediately, I drove down to look. Finally arrived and saw the 340 with No Lock!!! I bought it immediately for $899 + tax!! No canted barrel, NIB, and beautiful. Has a test fire date of 9-13-13, must be back in production! Came home, cleaned and oiled the gun, and fired about 120rds through it. Fired 100 158gr .38s and 20 135gr Speer .357s. This thing is a cannon! After all the comments about recoil on the intranet, I was expecting bruised and bloody hands. With .38s she is a pussycat, .357s go bang but no discomfort or pain. I don't think I'll be shooting 180gr out of her but the speers were not bad at all.

Anyway, it will be my new EDC and I would love some input on holsters. Pocket, IWB, or pancake? I would like to move away from IWB as that is what I have been doing with glock 23 and a crossbreed. At times it can be to much to lug around. I'm leaning towards pocket for summer and OWB for winter/fall. So if you guys could please post some pics and opinions on the best way to carry a J frame. Thanks!

 

[koz5614]

My 940PC is carried all summer in a DeSantis pocket holster in my cargo shorts.

 

[SixgunFife]

638-3 in a pocket holster by J.W. O'Rourke:

 

[zombie66]

I usually pocket carry my 340 in a cheapy Uncle Mikes holster which is kinda odd as I have tried the spendy Remoras and other pocket holsters with no luck as they were way too bulky and took up too much room in my front jeans pocket.


Sometimes I cannot get away with pocket carry and thats when it goes into a Galco Ankle Glove which in my opinion has been the best 70$ I have ever spent.


But like the dreaded "what kind of gun should I get for CC?" Threads that has plagued the Firearm Forums for many years get what is gonna work best for your needs.


BTW I was not trying to compare you to one of those people it is always nice to get ideas as to what everyone else is using.

 

[fyimo]

This time of year in a coat pocket and in the summer in my Motorcycle vest.

 

[butchkent]

Inside the waistband. Best concielment option for me in all weather and under light clothing. Just in front of pocket. Most of the time I use an Uncle Mikes IWB fabric holster . They are not expensive and can be replaced often. Also they are less bulky and not as hot in summer as many others. Currently I am making one of my own design.

 

[S&W45Colt]

My 940PC is carried all summer in a DeSantis pocket holster in my cargo shorts.

Same here with my 442, the Desantis Nemesis is a great pocket holster.

 

[robertcriss]

I carry my model 60 in a DeSantis Summer Heat IWB. Very comfortable and well hidden.

 

[Florida J Frame]

Mika pocket holster

 

[Threadkiller]

Usually AIWB in a Alessi deep cover,occasionally RFP in a Galco Horsehide pocket holster.

 

[Black_Sheep]

Bianchi "Professional" IWB...

 

[Buford57]

Galco Horsehide for pocket carry; Backwoods 101 for IWB; Harry Ryskamp #52 paddle or Roy Baker Pancake for OWB.

 

[snubbyfan]

In the summer, I pocket carry in my Dollar General cargo shorts. When the weather gets cooler, I usually carry owb. Sometimes I'll stuff my snubby in a jacket pocket. I make all my own holsters.

 

[Donn]

Either a Tuff pocket holster or a Galco IWB.

 

[Fredo Batali]

I'm really fond of the Don Hume "JIT" OWB I actually have two, a left and right hand. Lets me carry two J Frames (New York Reload).

De Oppresso Liber

 

[slabside2]

Clipdraw. Yep that's right. I heard it all....you have to protect the trigger....it will fall down you pants....I've been carrying my 340pd for years this way and works out great for me. The best $16.95 I ever spent. Lets face it holsters are pain in the neck to put on and take off and bulk to the gun. On a J frame you beat a clipdraw. Other guns not so much.

 

[SS57]

For me my 642 is strictly a pocket gun with Uncle Mike's pocket holster. If I am going to hang a holster in my belt, it will be my 23C. Both have their roles and qualities.

 

[2ndAmendmentNut]

I carry my 649 90% of the time in a pocket holster. For the other 10% I have an Alessi shoulder holster and an Alessi ankle holster. Between those three modes of carry there is never a day I don't have it with me.

 

[mjolnir2]

DeSantis Pocket holster for me 95% of the time. Keeps the pistol upright in my pocket and the sticky rubber dots keeps it in my pocket. Like the pocket the best since I can have my hand in my pocket resting on the grip when I walk out in the pocket lot and no one is the wiser.

DeSantis Nemesis Pocket Holster Ambidextrous S&W J-Frame 2-1/4 Barrel

 

[hotrod150]

IWB at 1 oclock in an Ace Case soft holster.