Is the medium/large frame revolver obsolete for concealed carry?

I like to carry a medium framed snub 44 special in colder weather, but it isn't that suitable for concealing on a hot humid Texas day.
 
As long as the weather dictates that I am wearing anything other than a t-shirt, I can carry my Model 65 with a 3 inch barrel quite well. The K frame trigger is smoother than the snub nose and the gun is just easier to shoot in general than a J frame. With a speedloader in my pocket, I figure I can handle whatever comes my way short of a gang war.
 
As long as the weather dictates that I am wearing anything other than a t-shirt, I can carry my Model 65 with a 3 inch barrel quite well. The K frame trigger is smoother than the snub nose and the gun is just easier to shoot in general than a J frame. With a speedloader in my pocket, I figure I can handle whatever comes my way short of a gang war.
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Is that a speedloader in your pocket, or are you just glad to see her? How about a speedstrip maybe?
 
"Is the medium/large frame revolver obsolete for concealed carry?"

Certainly not, for me. I carry either my 10mm Kimber Eclipse 1911, or my .44mag S&W69 5-shot L-Frame, about 50-50. In homemade under-the-shirt vertical shoulder holsters. Both conceal very well, and are comfortable and convenient to carry (full-time, from pajamas-off until pajamas-on).
 
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No, I think a Medium sized S&W ...K Frame...in .357 Mag ( like a model 19 or 66 )....in a 2 1/2" or even a 4" barrel is just fine for carry.

I think the K frame revolver is easier to carry than any of the double stack semi-autos out there...and while its heavier.../ its easy to carry in an IWB holster...like a Kramer, horsehide, with a forward FBI Tilt...( at least for me )....and its pretty easily concealed like most any semi-auto under a "vest" or a windbreaker...or a large shirt that hangs properly.

Carrying anything inside waist band in really hot climates has its issues...
 
Anyone of these below will do fine if YOU can shoot.

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All are tested and shoot right on the money.

Deaf
 
Carry both...

J-frame and k-frame with no problem from my end.

The K was mostly hiking ( also include in this a .357MAG Ruger SS6)

never felt conspicuous.

Try it, you'll like.
 
Always has been for me as far as an "on my person" carry. Otherwise, concealed carry in my glove boxes or on one of my boats is a different story.
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That's a good point. A medium or large frame revolver in a glove box is concealed but still easily accessed.
 
For me, not at all. I'm not a big guy at all and I carry a GP100 during the winter. Mainly because I'm wearing something will comfortably conceal it. Now could I CC my 629 w/ 6" barrel and 2x Nikon.......... maybe in a backpack or briefcase. To this day my grandfather swears by his Model 19. I've seen that old man on more than one occasion put a full cylinder in 8" circle at 50yds with one hand, granted he only has the use of one hand. For me at least, he has redefined the definition of trigger control.
 
Is a medium frame or large frame revolver obsolete for concealed carry?
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God I hope not, I've been carrying one daily since 1974. A 2 1/2" model 19/66 can be a little bulky to C/C, but to me the inconvenience is well worth it. Both the aforementioned revolvers feel like I've got a real gun in my hand, unlike the J frames. Yet when the weather finally warms up, here in NC, I will be carrying my J frame from time to time.
 
If I wear a Golf shirt or something like it during the warmer months I will carry my GP100 4 " in a inside the belt holster. If not I carry my 2 inch Rossi 357 quite easily.
Doc
 
Before my recent move back to the People's Republic of Maryland, I often carried a S&W Mountain Gun in .41 Magnum. I never had a problem. :)
 
Is a medium frame or large frame revolver obsolete for concealed carry?
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No it isn't. Furthermore why would it be?

If you want to dress around it, there is simply no good reason not to carry a large revolver.
 
If you are fortunate enough to be able to read the gun magazines from the 50s on, up through the 80s, you will find many articles talking about concealing autos vs. revolvers. You can find them still today, but no where near the frequency of decades past when revolvers were the main choice.

And an interesting thing you can find in these kinds of articles, both the "obsolete" clothing, (and criteria) and the fact that barrel length was not the biggest factor.

For a revolver, it was (and still is) the cylinder. For autopistols, its the butt. And what concealed easily under the looser styles of the past doesn't do as well with form fitting attire.

Not sure how well "obsolete" fits, but by the numbers, revolvers aren't as popular as they once were. And while I'm about as far from fashion aware as you can get, even I know that today's suits aren't cut like the ones from the 1930s.

Fit your gun to your wardrobe, or fit you wardrobe to your gun, I don't really see another option..
 
Looking at photographs of people in the 1930s, they seem to be wearing a lot more clothing and the clothing seems baggier than today's styles.
 
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