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No, I'm not talking about you cutting a hole in the pocket of your best overalls and fondling your junk during Sunday service. I'm talking about pistols small and light enough to conceal in a front pocket.

My only pocket pistol is a Keltec P3AT. I guess maybe I got lucky, mine has always seemed to function okay. But I kind of have the itch for something else. I've been mulling a S&W 638 or one of the 642 series, but the Ruger LCR revolvers and the Ruger LCP Max look nice too.

Does anyone have a pocket pistol they really, really like?

Just like my favorite fish is the one on my plate... and years ago my favorite beer was the one in my hand ( especially if you paid for it)


my favorite is the one in my pocket.

642 and LCP are gone.
P365 in a holster for the win

S&W model 442. My hand loads, and in a Sam Andrews pocket holster.

My S&W 632 .32 Mag rides in my back pocket almost daily. It is a little chunky for front pocket. For front pocket, you might find me with an LCP, Colt Mustang, or shudder, Beretta 950 .25 Auto.

LCP

I don't even need to wear baggy pants

I have a hammerless CIA model .38 but I'd call that a coat pocket gun

442 Smith filled with full wadcutters.

Man, that 442 looks like it has had a full life. Love it.

Keltec P3AT is my only real pocket pistol. Mine has operated fine over the years I've owned it. It even has a notch for a close range head shot on a red squirrel. 90 gr. Hydra-shok to his rodent brain pan put the tree rat down immediately.

G43 is a perfect pocket pistol.for the Big & Tall crowd.

Kimber Micro 380 W/ Federal low recoil personal defense ammo. You just can’t beat a double action trigger IMHO.

2" J frame .38 loaded with Federal HST 130 gr hollow wadcutters over 3.6 gr Titegroup (803 FPS). Or Ruger LCP loaded with 90 gr Lehigh Xtreme Penetrator all copper solid over 3.2 gr Titegroup (940 FPS). Either one should cause hostilities to cease at close range.

Sig 365xl and a ruger sp101 Wiley Clapp.

I have a Springfield Armory 911 that came with a pocket holster that drops in my front pocket like it belongs there. They aren't made any more, but the Sig 238 IIRC is an almost exact copy of my 911 and should work great for this. Not sure where you would get the pocket holster though. My son has a Sig P365 and it would also be a perfect pocket pistol. Only slightly larger than my 911 and very well built, like most Sigs

S&W 642 loaded with .38+P Hydrashoks

Sig P238:



Carries and shoots great. With the right load, .380 packs a solid punch. I use a Kydex pocket holster made for it by Alabama Holsters.

You lost me right there.

Sig P365 9mm

LCP with chambered JHP and 7rd mag of hardcasts in a Desantis Super Fly holster

Glock 42 with Ameriglo Agent sights, loaded with 100 grain Buffalo Bore hard cast, 90 grain XPs (shown) or 68 grain XDs.


The Sig P365-380 loaded with Underwood 68 grain XPs is a superior combination, but it is a smidge bigger and has not replaced the 42, yet.