Been carrying a Glock 43 with +2 mag for several years in a stiff pocket holster. Thinking about moving up to a 45 Shield with a safety. Thus I could pocket carry with out the holster. How safe would that be? Or should I just stick with my Glock
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I have a Shield 45 with a thumb safety that I pocket carry regularly. I carry it in a DeSantis Nemesis soft pocket holster, and it it works very well. The Nemesis has a grippy outside that clings to the pocket, allowing the pistol to be removed easily when you need it. Safety or not, I would never carry without a holster.
BTW, the Shield 45 is a great gun. I've got 8,000 rounds through mine and I love it.
BTW, the Shield 45 is a great gun. I've got 8,000 rounds through mine and I love it.
I use a DeSantis Sticky. As comfortable for pocket carry as any I've found.
While my gun has a long, somewhat resistive trigger pull I feel more at ease with something covering the trigger guard.
While my gun has a long, somewhat resistive trigger pull I feel more at ease with something covering the trigger guard.
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A safety can get bumped off. Also a mechanical item so things can fail.
Stick with a pocket holster no matter what you carry.
Why tempt Murphy?
Stick with a pocket holster no matter what you carry.
Why tempt Murphy?
The pocket holster can also help keep pocket lint out of the gun...
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^^^^^^^What all these guys said. I would never pocket carry without a holster.
Stick with your Glock. External safeties on a SD gun will get you killed if you fumble with them in a high stress situation.
I would never carry without a pocket holster.
Keeps your gun more secure, trigger safer, and keeps your gun cleaner.
I had a G43. Good little gun. I did pocket carry as well.
I have thought about the 45 Shield myself (but I'm a very big revolver guy) and I do not like safeties on guns, AT ALL.
If you get one, why have the external safety as Glocks don't?
If you want thin, try AHolster Kydex, or for other materials, Mika, Remora, DeSantis, etc.
Keeps your gun more secure, trigger safer, and keeps your gun cleaner.
I had a G43. Good little gun. I did pocket carry as well.
I have thought about the 45 Shield myself (but I'm a very big revolver guy) and I do not like safeties on guns, AT ALL.
If you get one, why have the external safety as Glocks don't?
If you want thin, try AHolster Kydex, or for other materials, Mika, Remora, DeSantis, etc.
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Love my 2.0. Using a Tier One Concealed holster. No safety.
My 45 Shield (w/safety) goes everywhere with me, but not often in a pocket. I normally use a Lobo Enhanced Pancake at 3 o'clock. When I do put it in a pocket holster it's a Sticky. I would not ever carry a pocket (semi-auto) gun without a safety.
In fact I traded off every semi-auto I've ever tried that didn't have a safety, including at least 3 Glocks I tried to like. They are just not for me. I don't begrudge anyone that does like them either. Choices are good.
In fact I traded off every semi-auto I've ever tried that didn't have a safety, including at least 3 Glocks I tried to like. They are just not for me. I don't begrudge anyone that does like them either. Choices are good.
Stick with your Glock in the pocket holster. Don’t over think it. You’ll be fine.
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The thought that a safety could be knocked off hit home. I carried a S&W 1911 in a crossbreed holster a number of years ago and sometimes at night I found the safety was off. I think I quit carrying that gun for that reason. I had forgotten about that.
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A pocket holster that covers the magazine release reduces the chance of releasing the magazine when drawing in a pressure situation.
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I would never recommend pocket carry without a holster, it's just too risky unless you're carrying something with an extremely stiff DA Trigger, and the M&P45 Shield isn't it.
I don't own an M&P45 Shield, but I do own an M&P40 Shield which serves as my warm weather carry gun. It can definitely be pocket carried, but I carry mine IWB.
The only gun I pocket carry is my Ruger LCP in a Desantis Nemesis Pocket Holster.
I don't own an M&P45 Shield, but I do own an M&P40 Shield which serves as my warm weather carry gun. It can definitely be pocket carried, but I carry mine IWB.
The only gun I pocket carry is my Ruger LCP in a Desantis Nemesis Pocket Holster.
Several years ago, a local was (coat?) pocket carrying a Glock. While sitting in the car, the gun discharged, bullet struck the femoral artery and he bled out in front of his kids while the wife was in the grocery store. Don't recall the speculation on what caused the discharge.
I do believe there's a moral or two here.
I do believe there's a moral or two here.
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The Glock "discharged" because the trigger was pulled one way or another.
I like semiautos with safetys. But everything is a tradeoff of some sort. I'd pocket carry without a holster with a gun with a longer, heavier trigger w safety, except pocket carry without a holster is holy heck on your pocket and will destroy it in short order.
Also, there's too many situations where extracting from a pants pocket can be problematic. I carried a PF9 in the chest pocket of my riding jacket without a holster a lot. There's no safety but it has a long revolver like trigger and it isn't preloaded.
I'd carry my Shield 9 v. 1 with safety without a holster without reservations. I'd be leery of a Shield II without a safety, and somewhat even with a safety.
Also, there's too many situations where extracting from a pants pocket can be problematic. I carried a PF9 in the chest pocket of my riding jacket without a holster a lot. There's no safety but it has a long revolver like trigger and it isn't preloaded.
I'd carry my Shield 9 v. 1 with safety without a holster without reservations. I'd be leery of a Shield II without a safety, and somewhat even with a safety.
