9mm for pocket carry

[ISCS Yoda]

If 37 rounds isn’t enough to end a gunfight, then neither one of us was very dangerous.

That just tickles me so much!

My preference is a J frame generally but in looser pants/cargo pants I can easily carry a Walther CCP. Especially in "church".
Well, my "pastor" is a rabbi from Maryland and we don't discuss this much.

As for that 37 round gunfight, I figure between 5 and 9 rounds will resolve the matter. YMMV

I have not tried my CZ75 Compact in a pocket holster yet but I will, eventually. That way I get away from polymer and the striker, although I have learned to live with it in that CCP but that's my sole venture into that world and that's because it has a normal trigger.

Other pocket options include S&W CS 45 and CS 9.

Under certain circumstances I still fall back on mouse guns.

Actually, just the Beretta on top there.

 

[Bustedup]

Shield 9mm with Mag-guts base plate loaded with Civil Defense or Hornady 9mm Lite.

 

[otis24]

Just my opinion but I think round guns are better in a pocket than square ones.

If the OP is set on 9mm, the 940 is not a bad way to go.

Try finding a S&W 940 at a reasonable price! Don’t disagree though. I don’t like loading moon clips but for its limited role, church carry, the 940 would excell!

 

[hardluk1]

Pocket carry may work for some so long as your not attempting to draw it while seated .

 

[Doug M.]

Pocket carry is somewhat of a niche mode. I use it most in my daily life as to the vast majority of people I appear conspicuously unarmed. I have pocket carried a G33 and its predecessor G26 for most of 3 decades (wow, I'm old). A quality pocket holster is important, along with making sure nothing else ever goes in that pocket. I have a Kramer holster for this gun and at least two Mikas for others. After my bypass when I was not supposed to be shooting, I carried my G42 in a Mika. Better than hope and a sharp word. I don't wear jeans, and usually wear Duluth fire hose pants or whatever they are called. If I have to wear dress trousers, the same rig works fine.

 

[bushmaster1313]

365 standard

 

[Muley Gil]

I went with the less expensive EC9S. Disappears is my pocket.
My only wish is if they’d have made it with a stainless slide. There are a couple of spots I have to keep my eye on or they’ll start showing rust.
I’m thinking of having it hard chromed.

The Ruger EC9s is also my choice. Been carrying mine about 4 years now. It's a fine little pocket semi.

 

[S-W4EVER]

Walther PPS 9mm. I like my PPS M1 so much I bought a PPS M2. I still carry my 442 but there are times I slide one of my PPS’s in a pocket (because they’re so thin).

 

[hillbillyhunter]

A Sig P365 would be my pick. You said SA was out, but the Sig 938 small and fits most pockets well.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Pocket carry may work for some so long as your not attempting to draw it while seated .

This is true. As a routine thing, keep yourself VERY aware of your surroundings when seated and pocket carrying. If you go into alert mode stand up.

 

[gdogs]

I'd put a cocked and locked single action in my pocket before I would a Glock or any other striker fired pistol that lacks a safety, but the reality is they are about the same. A light trigger pull in the pocket is a bad idea in my opinion. I've got a PPS in 9mm and 40 and while both might be ok for a pocket, the real benefit to these pistols is that they are so thin that with a kydex holster they are very comfortable inside the waistband. The same is true for j frames, ok for the pocket but with a clip style grip IWB is probably a better option. I have a Rohrbaugh 9mm (scaled up Seecamp) that is small enough I could see pocket carrying, but it's kinda on the heavy side (the Sig P290RS is similar but with its polymer frame is certainly lighter). While not a 9mm, I've found the Remington RM380 to be the best pocket carry option for me - though I do occasionally carry it IWB as well.

 

[Doug M.]

With a quality holster, there is no reason to worry about carrying a striker fired platform (especially the Glocks). Without a quality holster, pocket carry of anything is sub-optimal. I used to pocket carry a J frame and found it needed regular cleaning in large part because it was not in a good holster; the pace at which it accumulated dust bunnies was amazing.

Of course, this mode of carry also requires that you never have anything in the same pocket as the pistol. This is so ingrained in me that when I use a belt holster for some reason, it feels funny to have access to that pocket.

 

[RobzGuns]

Pocket carry may work for some so long as your not attempting to draw it while seated .

This is true. As a routine thing, keep yourself VERY aware of your surroundings when seated and pocket carrying. If you go into alert mode stand up.

Why stand up???... or even attempt to draw while seated???

If in a restaurant, drop to one knee (the knee opposite your carry side being bent... preferably behind the table) and draw as normal.

As for me... Before the Shield came out, I daily pocket carried a PF-9. I've been easily Front Pocket carrying the Shield since 2012.

 

[gdogs]

With a quality holster, there is no reason to worry about carrying a striker fired platform (especially the Glocks).

And yet if a complete study could be done on negligent discharges, Glock would overwhelmingly be the #1 offender (if for no other reason than because so many people carry them), and I have no doubt that ND's from a pocket would overwhelmingly be striker fired. I don't have a problem with striker fired guns (own a bunch of them), and no doubt a good holster is a requirement when carrying them, BUT there is absolutely no way they are as safe in a pocket as a DAO gun.

 

[M29since14]

My pocket EDC is the 340PD. I just found all the 9MM too heavy for pocket carry.

FWIW, I completely agree with Old Cop. Much as I like the P365, for me, putting it in my pants pocket does not work. It’s too heavy empty, and fully loaded even worse, but it makes an inconspicuous belt gun with a minimal type of holster, like Hume’s JIT Slide. Now in a winter coat pocket, yes, doable - but barely. I’d much rather have the gun on my belt.

 

[alwslate]

Once again, Glocks are not your typical striker fired design. They are perfectly safe to carry chamber loaded in a pocket. All you have to do is follow the simple rule. Keep your finger off the trigger until you intend to fire the gun.

 

[malph]

I have a CS9D I like in the pocket carry role.

It's DAO only design and the DA is not something that is going to get pulled on accident.

It's a square revolver.

 

[DeplorabusUnum]

When I need to pocket carry it's the Kahr CM9. Tiny enough to carry in tight jeans, and light enough to carry in baggy pants. The Sig P365 rides on my belt IWB.

 

[Bald1]

Kahr CM9. Simple, concealable, affordable. There’s a new one for sale currently on this forum.

 

[chief38]

For me the P365 has been the ticket for 4.5 years now. Utterly reliable, ultra compact for pocket carry, super accurate, great night sights light weight, holds 11 rounds (10+1) with standard magazine, will take 18 rounds with extended magazine, a pleasure to shoot, manual ambi. safety, and backed up by a great Company. The FCG can be put into a bunch of different frames in minutes. What's not to like?