Coat Pocket Carry

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With winter and heavy coats, I've been carrying my BUG J-frame in my large coat pocket. The long coat makes it difficult to get to my primary IWB or BUG front pocket carry.

My coat has two pockets on each side, one is open to the rear (I suppose to put your hands in) and another with a flap and opening on top. I put my J-frame in the latter.

The only problem is I can't use a pocket holster because the pocket is so large and loose. On the plus side though, I can easily carry two or three speedloaders in my inside breast pocket.

Do any of you guys carry in a coat pocket?

Does carrying without a holster bother you?
 
I think you could still use a pocket holster If nothing get a cheap one a pin inside of pocket I have a leather one and it stays in place in my jacket pocket. I have a old fashion slap jack in other pocket (legal to carry with my permit)
 
You can actually bolt the holster inside the coat. Good hardware stores have the kind of bolt that is used on leather holsters or handsaws. These bolts have a washer head and work well.
 
DeSantis Nemesis holsters are excellent bases for anything requiring a quality pocket hosted.. I don't carry loose. :D
 
Back in the ancient days when "cap n' ball" revolvers were used, our ancestors carried Colt's pocket revolvers in .31 caliber typically in the coat pocket.

Works now as it did then.
 
Try a Remora holster. They are made for IWB carry without a bet. They also "stick" in the pocket. About $20 delivered.
 
I tried my Desantis Nemesis in the coat pocket, pinning it to the inside with safety pins as Michael T suggested. This is simple to do and actually worked pretty well.

(This is a large coat pocket BTW, big enough for a paperback novel)

Drawbacks:

You do lose the ability to gain a firing grip (and possibly shoot) inside the pocket.

It's more difficult to get a good grip on the draw.

Ironically, I think it prints more, though I don't think anyone would notice.

Benefits:

The gun won't move around and the holster protects the trigger guard.

The gun is always in a known orientation so that improves the initial grab somewhat,

The inside of the pocket holster is slightly slicker compared to the inside of the pocket


I loaded the gun with snapcaps and tested drawing from the pocket both with and without the holster.Speed wise I think it's a wash. The draw from the pocket is consistent with the slicker pocket holster, but it's easier to fumble the grip. Without the holster, the grip is solid, but the position of the gun might not be consistent when you first go to grab it.

I'm not entirely sure though that the pocket holster improves safety if the coat pocket contains only the handgun and nothing else.
 
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