TINY pocket auto's for CC...what is your fav.?

I carried a Glock 26 for years before switching to a Kahr PM9. Now that Glock came out with the 43, i am most probably going back to Glock. I made the mistake of shooting one the other day. The trigger is so much easier to shoot well with compared to the Kahr.
 
I prefer the Kahr PM9 for deep concealment. One of the smoothest triggers I've shot in a DAO pistol. You can pocket carry, but I generally have it behind the hip in a IWB holster.
 
A Taurus TCP or a Remington RM380 are always in my front pocket. I can carry my Kahr CM9 in some of my cargo pants front pockets but it is usually carried iwb.
 
Tiny pocket autos? The only pocket guns I have that qualify as tiny are a Beretta Bobcat and a NAA Guardian .32ACP.

From a styling standpoint, I like the Beretta better.
 
I am not a big pocket carry fan, though for a while I envisioned that becoming my main way to carry. I don't live in a carry state so I will never really get used to carrying, and I do have a UT non-res permit so I carry where I can legally carry on that. So, I figured the more deeply concealed it is the better since otherwise I'd feel pretty conspicuous. Well, I carry a lot in my pockets (wallet in front pocket due to a bad back, keys, phone, Kleenex, medications, knife, etc.), I'm not a woman so I don't carry a purse, so I need my pockets. It really didn't take me long to get used to IWB as my main method of carry.

All that said, I have or have had several pocket guns and slightly larger but pocketable guns (autos and revolvers).

Currently own:
-Ruger LCP
-Kel Tec Pf-9
-SIG P290RS
-S&W 442
-Taurus 85CH
-2" Rossi 461

Used to own:
-NAA Guardian .32ACP
-Taurus 605

Have shot often:
-Kahr PM9 (best friend used to own one)
-Kahr MK9 (best friend used to own one)
-Kel Tec P11 (used to rent one often)

Shot occasionally:
-Kel Tec P32 (a range buddy let me shoot his)
-Beretta 950 Jetfire (a buddy had one less than a year)

Out of those I used to own, I don't regret selling them so that should say something. Out of those I currently own, I only plan to keep the P290RS and maybe the Taurus 85. The 461 is quite unpleasant when shooting magnum, the PF-9 shooting 9mm and 442 shooting +P aren't much better. The LCP's sights leave much to be desired.

Out of those I didn't own but have shot, all were fun in their own ways. The ones I like best are the two Kahrs.

I love my P290RS and don't see ever getting rid of it. I would love an MK9 as well. Either will do for occasional pocket carry, though for regular and extended pocket carry both are a bit heavy. For a true pocket gun, the Kahr PM9 is my favorite of the bunch.
 
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Keltec P32 with a chrome slide in a Desantis pocket holster. I have carried it for 15 yrs. when I am not carrying a S&W or Colt snubbie. BTW the P32 is carried a majority of the time.
 
The Glock .380 hardly qualifies as a pocket pistol. None of the 9mms is a true pocket pistol.
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Agreed. People are already starting to call the glock 26 a pocket pistol in the thread...yea it is if you have a monster sized pocket but tha'ts not what we are talking about when we say pocket pistol...might as well just say i use a full size handgun in my coat pocket and call it a pocket pistol too.

I have a ruger LCP that can go with my anywhere. No bigger or heavier than my wallet. Anything bigger than a normal mans wallet or cell phone shouldn't really be a pocket pistol.
 
I carry a Sig P938 in my pocket or in the supplied belt holster. Sometimes switch off to a Sig P320 in a belt holster. It is too big for pocket carry for me.
 
IBMIKEY

That Star collection needs to have some pics posted...
to have 8 of the DK line alone is astounding :eek:
the rest are just icing on the cake ;)

Wouldn't hurt to do full writeups on each model...
think of it this way, 90% of the people on here now...
weren't born when these pistols were originally sold ;)
 
I only have two tiny autos, an Iver Johnson TP-22 in 22lr and a Beretta 950BS in 25acp. But those two will do all I ask a small auto to do.
 
Come on Bill my PPK/s ,Bauer, 950 Berettas . KelTec 32 and 380 Astra 22 short , are pocket pistols. But that PF-9 in DeSantis pocket holster.
Works fine in my 40 /32 jeans and lot more power. It fits doesn't print then its a pocket pistol. People call S&W snubs pocket pistols also:D
 
Big shrek, All together i have about eighty of the Star pistols most of the smaller frames but a good representation of Spanish BM police markings and both Army and Airforce model A's ( have issue number 00004 AF pistol). Many are here in Washington and a bunch at my buddy's home in Texas where I frequent.
Unfortunately i have not tried to learn the photo process for the forums and am definitely not a computer person.
One of my favorites is a model S .380, Nazi import with the " shooting policeman" logo stamped on the side by the importer Albert Kind for sale to German Officers.
By the way there are two DK's on GB now for reasonable prices.
 
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