Ankle holster for J frame

[safearm]

Since you've never carried on your ankle before, you may want to consider a less expensive holster to see if it's for you. I've used an Uncle Mike's nylon ankle holster for years. I also have one for a Ruger LCP. They're lightweight, retain the gun, easy to clean, and hold up relatively well. If you find you don't like ankle carry, you're not out a lot of money.

 

[okc-zee]

I have a Galco ankle glove as well and really like it a lot...

 

[NFrameFred]

just my $0.02 but ankle carry is the worst method ever devised. if you need to draw your gun, you are in a prone, stationary position, vulnerable from every direction.

get any decent pocket holster, try it yourself and see how you like it. the j frame centennial is the perfect pocket carry piece.

. . . . and a .22, .25,.32, .380,etc. is useless for a self defense gun . . . unless that's all you can adequately conceal/carry or all you have with you at the moment when you really need something.

Like everything else, an ankle rig is a compromise between the "best" way to carry and "what you can reliably get by with". Depending on where you travel in your daily routine, how your job dictates your attire, how much you're in a vehicle, how your attire varies with the weather conditions, blah, blah, blah . . .

If I don't agree with what someone else carries or how they carry it - I simply don't make it a practice to do it myself. I do what works for me. I love the Centennial style Smiths, own several, and carry one more often than anything else. I've tried a pocket holster and it's useless - for me. But I would not say something to you to the effect of "a pocket holster is absolutely useless since they don't fit my pants and it prints too much and I can't make a smooth draw with one."

There are dozens if ideas/products introduced every week and some gain a handful of folks who like the idea but they never catch on in general. They die in the market place to become an oddity or a collectible on the table of some gun show 20 years down the road. Ankle holsters are used by enough people and made in enough different versions that I think the concept has been proven valid - for those who like them and use them.

YMMV

 

[Norton 750]

I hate ankle rigs, but sometimes that is all that will work. Galco Ankle Glove gets another vote!

 

[Norton 750]

I forgot to mention I am 5'5" and if I try and carry a j frame in my pocket it looks like I am trying to smuggle a canned ham. Pocket carry works for some, but not me, even if the Zoot Suit comes back into style.

 

[Angry Bill]

Another vote for Renegade. I bought mine directly from Renegade in Arizona. Google them and call the #. And the ankle holster does perform a useful role, exp when seated in a car or when deep undercover is required, and obviously as a backup.

 

[Double-O-Dave]

Norton,

For what it's worth, I'm 5'5" tall, stocky build and my EDC is a J frame - usually a 642 in an Uncle Mike's #3 pocket holster. I carry in my front, strong side pocket and I've always passed the "where's the gun" test" from the wife and kids. I've had no problems with this method of carry wearing anything from jeans to Dockers. Now, a K frame, well, that's a different story.

Regards,

Dave

 

[psp7304]

I carry my 442 in an Galco Ankle Glove and highly recommend it.

 

[Beretta682]

I carry my 342PD in an aknle rig custom made by Sam Andrews of Andrews Custom Leather located in Florida. Typically my ankle rig is secondary to my primary rig. When not on the ankle the 342 has barami hip grips and a tyler t grip for use in the waist band.