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I agree Razorhog! Jeff Cooper used to say he’d rather have a rock or a wine bottle than a .25. Not this kid. A .25 to the eye sockets would be way better than any rock or bottle.

Ron

Paul Harrell, on his video about his FN Baby Browning, admitted to often carrying it as his only gun. He claimed he was skilled enough with it to make it effective.

Walther PPK .380

I like Paul Harrell. He’s a common sense kind of guy. I pray that he’s doing ok with his cancer.

Ron

I’m not a big guy at 160lbs, so I find it nearly impossible to pocket carry anything bigger than the LCP Max. Still, 23 rounds of 380 in your front 2 pockets isn’t awful.

My G26 usually rides comfortably in an IWB holster. But if I need deep cover or need to tuck my shirt a $10 Uncle Mikes holster turns it into a pocket pistol.

Not really a pocket pistol although you can easily carry it in a pants pocket. I've been through a few compact pistols and revolvers. But my favorite so far is a Glock 43 that carries a Shield 9 round magazine.

Pocket carry is cumbersome. I prefer a compact autoloader in a canted IWB holster these days. A Glock 43 fits my hand very well, shoots where it's pointed, and is very unobtrusive and concealable in a IWB holster.
With the Shield magazine it has 10 shot capacity. I don't think there's much improvement to be made on a G43 with 10 round capacity in a comfortable IWB holster.

If in the unlikely event that I run through 2 mags out of my Shield .45,there’s 2 more rounds in a Bond,in my right-hand pants pocket…

To my way of thinking, a pocket pistol is a backup to one's primary. I also like to have a weak-hand option. With that in mind I have a money clip gun, a Kahr .380 that goes everywhere my money clip goes

Depends. Ruger LCP Max or a Max 9.

There's been several people mention the little Kahr 380. They weren't even on my radar. I'm gonna have to look into them.

For summer carry SIG 938 loaded with Cutting Edge Bullets 90 gr. Raptors bullets....for a back up a first generation S&W 340 with Cutting Edge Bullets 105gr Raptors...
For when I start putting on some heaver close and a jacket Colt 1911 loaded with Cutting Edge Bullets 150 gr. Raptors....for back up the S&W 340 with CEB 105 gr. just like the summer....

How easy was it to switch out the mag release?

the little Kahr is one of the few guns in 380 or bigger that can truly be considered as pocket sized IMO , and it has much better sights and trigger than some of the other choices


in general though and after trying it out some , pocket carry sucks , again IMO . A small to midsized gun in a clip on IWB holster is much more handy for me

Agreed. I only pocket carry when avoiding any level of possible printing from IWB carry is an extremely high priority. So, like 1 to 2 percent of the time. For 99% of the rest of the time, it's the Glock 26 carried IWB, and for the remaining 1%, the Glock 42 (.380) carried IWB, which just about disappears under an untucked polo shirt.

I didn't switch it out.

Yes it has!

It was a gift from friends for graduating a state police academy more than a couple decades ago. I carried it as a BUG the whole time I worked inLE. Carried it off duty as well. It was my "always gun".

I stopped keeping track of the rounds fired after I was done with LE. I was north of 5K rounds. I know I have fired at least another 1K rounds, but don't think I am at 7K yet. It has been used as an ammo testing platform for a while now, for building loads. Just a very well built gun.

It does show some signs of use though.








I periodically check for cracks and other signs of wear after a shooting session, due to its condition, but all is good so far.







The only thing I have ever had to do is replace a firing pin a few years back.

I know pocket semi autos are very popular, but this old J frame just works well for me.

German made Sig Sauer P232 in 9mm Kutz (380 for all the rest of you)
Well made, easy to carry and good shooter.

Kahr CW9 with a Crimson Trace grip laser sight.

Won't that be problematic?