Switching over to warm weather carry...

[AZ115]

I'm getting close to saying goodbye to my M&P 40c for a few months. This is my favorite CCW. The 40c has been my daily carry for the last 6 months. I have several holsters, but the heat here in the Phoenix area is just too brutal for me to carry the 40c. I usually go down to the bare essentials...Shorts and t-shirts.

In the warmer weather, the best I can do is go to my Ruger LCP, pocket carry...Quite comfortable, But definitely lacking what the 40c brings to the table.

Maybe it might be time for me to buy the "Shield". Either way, Im gonna carry my 40c as much as I can.

 

[snubbyfan]

Carry my 442 all year every day. The only thing that changes is it moves from my right hip under a cover garment to my right front pocket. Two loaded Quickstrips ride in my left front pocket.
In the summer it's shorts and a tank top.

 

[Old cop]

Just like Snubyfan above I carry my 442 daily in a pocket. Winter I use a speedloader in my jacket pocket and summer a speedstrip in the off pocket.

 

[offduty]

40c here also. Have a couple more months here in Michigan before I will have to put it away. I then will switch to pocket carrying my Bodyguard .380. Sure miss the 40c but still happy with the bg. Will look into a shield also when more come available. Wife carrying a 442 year round.

 

[Springfeildkid585]

I carry my .45 year round, a long, open untucked button-up works wonders

 

[robertrwalsh]

I carry a .38 snubbie about 8 months out of the year and something slightly bigger and nastier during the winter, when the trolls wear more clothing.

 

[Scrat]

the only thing that changes with the weather on my carry is the loads I carry otherwise it's from jeans and tshirts to shorts and tshirts

 

[MichiganScott]

A 642 goes in my pocket daily, winter and summer. I have never felt under armed with a couple of speed-loaders in the off side pocket.

 

[Berserker]

LCP was my summer carry, but with all the jams, I don't know I will ever carry it again. Ruger tech told 5 in 400 is actually good.

 

[Martya]

I don't switch for the seasons - my 4513TSW is along everywhere in an IWB. A pull-over knit shirt is all I need in the summer to cover.

 

[Jeff45]

The new alloy frame single action Sig P938 is a 9mm that is not much larger than the 380's. Mine is accurate, reliable, and comes with night sights. Check them out for summer carry.

 

[slabside2]

I carry my 340pd all year round with a clipdraw. Try one on your J Frame and you'll never wear a holster again.

 

[rj112275]

J-frame or LCP 90% of the time... variety of holsters to suite the occasion... OWB, belly band or ankle carry. I'm not a huge fan of pocket carry, not sure why? Anyway, summer heat is a coming!

 

[GLV]

Carry something that starts with a 4

year round. Bug is 642, or 296.

To each his/her own.

I am too old to run, fight, so only one option left, and I want enough gun. I pray it will never be needed!

 

[Old TexMex]

Bodyguard, since it's summer most all the time. Some guy tried to buy it off me, started tellin me how valuable it was that I shouldn't be totin' it around...sheesh.

 

[szuppo]

I switch from my P229 to my P229. Same OWB holster and everything!

I've never switched, don't see the need. Whether I'm in a t-shirt or wearing a winter coat.

 

[Berserker]

Since people have less clothes on in the summer, you could argue you don't need as much gun.

 

[357-RevolverGuy]

Crossbreed Supertuck holster for me all year round. I had ordered mine in horsehide and it's held up well for several years now. It's a very comfortable IWB holster. I always wear an undershirt so it never comes up against my skin.

 

[WC145]

Colt 1911 off duty, either a compact or commander, OWB all year round. Even if I'm wearing shorts and a tshirt in the summer I throw a lightweight cover garment on, like a subdued "hawaiian" style shirt, to keep things concealed.
The exception is a jframe in an ankle holster when working in scrubs in the hospital.

 

[chief38]

I carry the same gun every day........... boring yes, but I NEVER have to remember which gun I have and how it handles if the SHTF. It's my trusted M60-7 with the BB 158 gr. +P LSWCHP-GC.

I carry it either in a DeSantis Nemesis Pocket Holster (70% of the time) or a Kramer Horsehide Belt Scabbard (30%).

I know........... I am boring. But when I am in the woods........ I will go to my 3" M65 which is basically the same gun in a K Frame with Magnum BB's (180 gr.). That's about it for me as far as variation goes.

 

[shutupdata113]

I wish it was warm here...seems like it snows every day. When it warms up I will be packing my airweight 637 on the regular...

 

[Yiogo]

No change here. When I tote it's a 38 special Airweight with a ct laser. Year round. Yiogo

 

[Arik]

Im a skinny guy and wear form fitting clothes and im still able to comfortably conceal a full size gun. I dont carry anything smaller then a G19 IWB.

I dont trust little calibers and dont carry anything under a 9mm. Small 380 semi autos i find to be unreliable and to small to fit in my hands. I have a m36 snubby in 38spl that i carry only when i have to really hide a gun. Like when its a formal occasion where i cant just use a iwb holster and a full size gun. In this case something is better then nothing, the revolver is reliable and the caliber in +p hp is enough to at least make someone think again

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[Berserker]

I realize a small caliber is not going to stop some one, but I also believe it is better to have some thing.

I just got rid of my 380, had some jams, and said screw it. But I really liked that for the summer. I am thinking about a 22 mag pocket gun.

I am thinking about NAA sidewinder.

 

[RussellD]

J frame in a right front pocket-all summer long. Works for me.

 

[Nitrous SSC]

4040pd or my 3913tsw work excellent with just an inside the waistband and a T-shirt.

 

[Old cop]

I'm shocked that a Ruger tech thinks it is okay for the LCP to "jam" 5 times out of 400 rounds. Any gun carried for self defense must run 100% or be set aside for something else. One of those five malfunctions may happen during a deadly encounter and as has been said, there is no second place winner in a gunfight.

 

[gchabal]

I now carry my Shield .40 with Crimson Trace laser every day in the concealed right pocket of my Blackhawk pants and Blackhawk shorts. Also carry an extra mag too. Works for both cold and warm weather carry.

 

[BigBlueSix]

If summer ever comes to Michigan, I will be happy with my 442 in my pocket or belly band and a speed loader/speed strips. If I have to wear "clothes" my 9C conceals nicely. Like I say, that assumes summer will ever come.

 

[brokenprism]

When the sun comes out here the 629 goes from IWB to OWB. It's all I have.