has this happened to anyone else? I have been carrying concealed for 7+ yrs, almost always the smallest/lightest gun I could get away with,98% has been pocketcarry, recently I have been carrying a pre-sell out S&W CS45 that I have become very proficent with,and like very much. I have been carrying it daily in a bianci waist pack. Yesterday I was heading out and stuffed my much carried seacamp 32 in my pocket. I immediatly started having second thoughts about this weopon and thinking if somthing everhappened and I had to use a gun,I dont want this to be it,I put it back in the safe and tucked the CS45 in my pack and went on. I had the same feeling you get if you carry daily and then can not for whatever reason. what happened? will I ever go back to my beloved pocket guns?
small guns/pocket carry
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Gopher .45
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Pocketman - pocket guns serve a purpose for many of us. That is, to be able to carry when larger guns just aren't an option. The nice thing about the Seecamp is that you can still carry it while you carry your CS45 and just consider the Seecamp as a backup.
Carry as large as is reasonably possible for the circumstances, but know that each gun has their place. Besides, the Seecamp is supposed to be extremely reliable and has a wonderfully small size. That combination is hard to beat!
Carry as large as is reasonably possible for the circumstances, but know that each gun has their place. Besides, the Seecamp is supposed to be extremely reliable and has a wonderfully small size. That combination is hard to beat!
riddleofsteel
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i carried a S&W centennial .38 special loaded with +p Glasier saftey slugs for about a year in a Kramer pocket holster. it was a very light weight and easy to shoot revolver. i still think it would have done the job if i had used it in defense. i did have to pull it once but i was lucky and the fellow turned tail and ran.
i used to carry it in my left back pocket like a wallet. that is how i got to draw it on that mugger/carjacker even though he had his knife already drawn. i threw my keys on the hood of the car and while he was distracted i reached as if for my wallet. when i pulled that 642 i thought he was going to crap a brick.
long story short it went away on a trade when the nickle finish began to chip and peel from the frame. i traded it for a Weigland custom SP101. great gun but to heavy for back pocket carry even though it fits the same holsters.
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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what is for lunch.
Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the outcome of the vote.
Let he that hath no sword sell his garment and buy one. Luke 22-36
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. Song of Solomon 3-8
The man that can keep his head and aims carefully when the situation has gone bad and lead is flying usually wins the fight.
i used to carry it in my left back pocket like a wallet. that is how i got to draw it on that mugger/carjacker even though he had his knife already drawn. i threw my keys on the hood of the car and while he was distracted i reached as if for my wallet. when i pulled that 642 i thought he was going to crap a brick.
long story short it went away on a trade when the nickle finish began to chip and peel from the frame. i traded it for a Weigland custom SP101. great gun but to heavy for back pocket carry even though it fits the same holsters.
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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what is for lunch.
Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the outcome of the vote.
Let he that hath no sword sell his garment and buy one. Luke 22-36
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. Song of Solomon 3-8
The man that can keep his head and aims carefully when the situation has gone bad and lead is flying usually wins the fight.
A wise man once said to me, "you never go backwards (for long) -- which ever way 'backwards' might be for you".
Meaning, that if you started out carrying a small gun and then graduated to something larger, you will never again feel comfortable with the smaller gun (even though you may carry it from time to time when the bigger gun is too big to carry); instead, you will find yourself drawn to even larger guns. And the opposite is also true: If you started out carrying big guns and were attracted to the more concealable package of the smaller guns, you will never go back to carrying the big stuff.
I obviously can't speak for other but for myself, I feel that this is very much true. I started out carrying a Kahr MK9 because I felt that my Smith & Wesson 3913TSW was too big to conceal. However, I do like the extra rounds that the 3913TSW has and I've been finding myself carrying it more & more frequently. I still carry the MK9 about 50% of the time but I feel much better armed with the 3913.
As I type this, I'm looking at my 3913TSW as it sits next to my 4513TSW -- the difference in size isn't that big and I can see myself graduating to that gun sometime in the future.
Another example of this is my wife's uncle. When I first met him at our wedding, he was carrying a full-size 1911 .45ACP. Now, he carries a NAA .22LR SA revolver -- those tiny ones that disappear in your front shirt pocket.
Like the man said ... you never go backwards (for long) -- which ever way 'backwards' might be for you!
Share what you know, learn what you don't -- FUD
Meaning, that if you started out carrying a small gun and then graduated to something larger, you will never again feel comfortable with the smaller gun (even though you may carry it from time to time when the bigger gun is too big to carry); instead, you will find yourself drawn to even larger guns. And the opposite is also true: If you started out carrying big guns and were attracted to the more concealable package of the smaller guns, you will never go back to carrying the big stuff.
I obviously can't speak for other but for myself, I feel that this is very much true. I started out carrying a Kahr MK9 because I felt that my Smith & Wesson 3913TSW was too big to conceal. However, I do like the extra rounds that the 3913TSW has and I've been finding myself carrying it more & more frequently. I still carry the MK9 about 50% of the time but I feel much better armed with the 3913.
As I type this, I'm looking at my 3913TSW as it sits next to my 4513TSW -- the difference in size isn't that big and I can see myself graduating to that gun sometime in the future.
Another example of this is my wife's uncle. When I first met him at our wedding, he was carrying a full-size 1911 .45ACP. Now, he carries a NAA .22LR SA revolver -- those tiny ones that disappear in your front shirt pocket.
Like the man said ... you never go backwards (for long) -- which ever way 'backwards' might be for you!
Share what you know, learn what you don't -- FUD