longo244

Ok...I got my hands on a Ruger LCP about a month ago. I bought a cheap Uncle Mikes to throw it in until I came across something better. Last week I bought a Galco pocket holster. I was looking to use this gun as an "anytime" gun that I could just throw in the pocket when I didn't feel like strapping on the G27.

Carrying the LCP in my pocket in the Galco pocket holster is not anything near what I expected it to be. I carry it in my strongside front pants pocket. It looks and feels like I'm carrying a copy of the Oxford English dictionary in my pocket. It feels better in my back pocket but that that doesn't make much sense as it's tough to get to. Am I missing something here????? I can conceal my Glock 27 IWB in a Galco USA much better than I can the tiny underpowered Ruger LCP. Why did I waste my money on the LCP and a $40 pocket holster if I can conceal my G27 better (I guess this is a question I should be asking myself)???

Does anyone else feel their "cover" is compromised when carrying in a pocket with an LCP, a Kel-Tec, Seecamp, etc.???

I may be selling an LCP soon...........the frustration continues.

gg12

You should try to carry the LCP in the front pants pockets of a pair of women's jeans!!

For reason's I fully do NOT understand, pocket holsters are thick. The whole point of the LCP is thin, then the pocket holster adds double the thickness, and now I look like I'm suffering from some sort of anatomical deformity.

I'm going to make a bra holster for mine.

longo244

You're right about pocket holsters being thick. The Uncle Mike's is better than the Galco in all respects except the gun doesn't stay in one place...it sort of wanders about in the pocket (I cut the clip off as I don't intend to carry IWB...that's what my Glock is for).

I'm not a small guy either...6'3" 220 lbs. and I still get the "anatomical deformity" feeling.

Ron

I carry a S&W 642 snub nose all day in perfect comfort in a Mika Pocket holster. I wear shorts and T shirt most days here in Florida. No printing and holster stays in the pocket on the draw.

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rhinokrk

How does the "Uncle Mikes" conceal for you? If you wear tighter jeans anything will be hard to hide. In jeans (relaxed fit) I use a UM size 1 for my P3AT, in dockers or cargo pants I use leather. Look into kydex, thin and light I know Stockdesigns
Makes a popular one for the KT line, maybe he'll make them for LCP.
One more option is a P3AT clip, looks like a knife clip. It most likely work on the Ruger.

Good luck and don't quit just yet.

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HowardCohodas

The DeSantis Nemesis Pocket Holster has good reviews by LCP owners. One place to get it is http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpag...eitemid=115445

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retsupt99

No one is listening?

Go to Fist holsters thru the "Related Links" above...
Search out the Fist kydex pocket holster. It is molded in such a flat, thin way that it hugs the thigh, absolutely no printing, stays upright in the pocket...and the 'designed' thumb push guarantees that the holster stays put when drawing the gun...also allows EASY reholstering...it worksit works

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HowardCohodas

This thread on this forum may offer some insights. http://www.defensivecarry.com/vbulle...ruger-lcp.html

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TXBulldawg

I recently started carrying a 642 in a Galco pocket holster. The holster is ambi, and it's horsehide, so it's stiff as a board and doesn't have a built-in curve to conform to your leg.

I had mine all of an hour before I was soaking it in hot water and doing some molding of my own. I boned the backside better to the gun, and I formed a curve so everything would blend in better in the pocket. Left the front side unmolded.

Works out great in the Carhartt shorts I'm generally wearing when I'm not at work.

Camjr

x2 here in Texas. While the 642 certainly lags in the "capacity wars", I feel it it a perfect pocket gun in the perfect pocket holster (Mika)(especially when stuffed with the Gold Dot +p short barrel rounds and a couple of speed strip reloads). I had a Desantis Nemesis holster that I liked, but the Mika really reduces the printing.

Cheers

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