I'm really glad to see you Hotrod, on the Forum. The tube sits nicely in the rear of my pocket holding 3 5 shot moon clips. It is made out of leather and was origingally a flashlight pouch. It is only sightly larger than the moon clips and since the cylinder is the larger part of the revolver they do not print at all. With a little practice I can reload right out of the tube. That played a part in my decision to pack the 940 lefty at all times, dumb the empties with one hand, with the other(right) hand the tube comes out, thumb flips off the cap and holding the last two clips by slightly squeezing the tube slightly, one drops neatly into the now empty cylinder. Only slightly slower than inserting a new mag from a pouch. In a pinch I can reload the 940 by feeding rounds into it from a BHP mag-with the obvious downside that my next reload is going to be really slow with no moon clip. Also if I am doing that, it means the BHP is either broken or nowhere to be found easily, and it is really a bad day. If I can not settle the matter with the first 18 rounds from the BHP, or the next two mags, I have a real problem and my life insurance carrier is not going to like it. Yes I have reliable 17 round mags for the BHP(KRD), never use less than 15 round mags for it. With the standard BHP mags I follow the SA protocol of loading 12 instead of 13 in the mag, that means I have 13 rounds and I don't lke that number. Just me, got to have some sacred rites............
J frame for pocket carry
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My 637 is probably my most carried SD firearm. In the warm months it goes in the cargo pocket on my shorts, and the cooler weather in a jacket pocket. At other times it rides in an IWB holster. I load the 637 with either the Speer 135 gr. SB load or the old classic FBI load, and I carry a speed strip with six extra rounds.
oneounceload
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My 642 is my constant companion in my pocket. If I was to IWB, it would NOT be a snubbie, but for pocket carry, it is hard to beat
Marshal Tom
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I carry an M&P 340 in my front pocket all the time, loaded with 135gr Gold Dot .38's. I have pocket holsters but seldem use them. I carry it in the hand warmer pocket of my jacket in the colder months, regardless of any other weapon that I might be carrying as well.
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BJoe
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Amen to that. With a THIN holster it becomes invisible. I am 6' and 165, and even with a thin/athletic frame have never been called on it.
Rolling
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I call BS on the .38 shooting incident from above. Anyone shot in the chest six times with a .38 will go down. Unless maybe they are wearing body armor.
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oldguyshoot
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In Dallas I have on cargo shorts 7-8 months out of the year and am fortunate to be able to wear them to work. This allows pocket carry of my M&P 340 with the longer/thicker/softer CT 305 laser grips, loaded with 357 Corbon DPX.
I've owned a lighter PD J-frame before and loved it for carrying 38s, but I moved to the M&P with the heavier SS cylinder which makes a world of difference controlling the 357s. The 305 grips also cover the backstrap and help tame an already great firearm. The XS big dot night sights are icing on the cake.
A J-frame with 357s has got to be one of the most compact, reliable, powerful, and with practice, accurate self-defense weapons available.
I've owned a lighter PD J-frame before and loved it for carrying 38s, but I moved to the M&P with the heavier SS cylinder which makes a world of difference controlling the 357s. The 305 grips also cover the backstrap and help tame an already great firearm. The XS big dot night sights are icing on the cake.
A J-frame with 357s has got to be one of the most compact, reliable, powerful, and with practice, accurate self-defense weapons available.
I retired from NYPD in 1988 and my 642 is my always gun around the house. It's loaded with Speer 135 grain gold dots and is carried iwb appendix in a De Santis dual carry holster. I qualify for LEOSA annually with my 642 and Glock 27. I always score better with my 642, old dogs adage I guess. 
I sometimes pocket carry the 642 J frame, I always carry at home.
I sometimes pocket carry the 642 J frame, I always carry at home.
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AZretired
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Since I retired my "always" gun is either a 642 or a 638 loaded with 135 gr. Gold Dots. I pocket carry most of the time but sometimes it's in an ankle holster or IWB.
I didn't mention in my previous post that I found the little change pocket on jean shorts make a great place to carry speed strips and or a speed loader. I carry one of each in the little pocket and it works well for me as I am right handed. HKS speed loader and a Bianchi speed strip.
M.Cunningham
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I keep this in my pocket all the time in a cheap Uncle Mike's Sidekick.
In 1960 the standard .38 ammo in a lot of departments was the 158gr lead round-nose, and not a +P load, as I remember. Six rounds of today's +P hollow point .38 might produce a different result. But then again, who knows? I saw weird things happen sometimes on the street that no one could really explain.
Never say never. Large, heavy BG, thick clothing, high on something, depending on where the rounds hit.... lots of possible variables. I've seen people who should have been dead before they dropped, live for several minutes or more.
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