two j frames?

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slab jockey

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i already carry a j frame for ccw. i really like the feel
and concealability. i'm debating whether or not to carry
a second j frame or going the route of a small 9mm?
does anyone else carry a pair of j frames? would it
be more practical to just go with a 9mm which could
carry the same number of rounds as the two revolvers?
 
Ain't nothin faster than a NY reload ;)

Besides, if you carry a 9mm, you still need a back-up, so you're gonna end up carrying a J-frame as well. After all, what if your 9mm jams (stage 3 malfunction :D ) then you're outa action, and those last 12 rounds in the mag are only good to you if you brought a slingshot.

NOW, having said all that, I like semi-autos much better, but I'm still looking at a J-frame for pocket/backup... So I'll have one of each (in .40 s&w instead of 9mm though)
 
I knew a fella who, when he couldn't carry, as he put it, "a real gun" would carry a j-frame in each pocket.
 
Hello,

I've been carrying since 1995 and I often find it easier to go with my pair of Smith & Wesson Centennials (M-640 and M-642) in many cases.

One that comes to mind are when I am in a tailored suit the M-640 in my Alessi upside down shoulder holster with a speedloader with the M-642 in a pocket holster in my front pants pocket. Same setup for a tuxedo as well.

If the temperature is going up and down a lot, as it does here in Texas, two J-frames in the right and left zippered pockets of my windbreaker makes an unobtrusive pair or one in the jacket with the other in my pants pocket.

I own a Kahr K-40, but find it does not conceal as well my two S&W J-frames when space is very limited. For me, the Kahr is most at home on the belt.

- Anthony
 
When The Wife and I are out together she doesn't carry, so I have my Taurus CIA either in my front right pocket or IWB off the right hip, and her Rossi M88 IWB behind my left hip.
 
I do this in the winter carrying a Smith M38 in the top outside pocket of my parka in a pocket holster that is a bit large for a pants pocket. The other, a Smith 649, is carried in an Uncle Mike's pocket holster in a pants pocket. The M38 is available to either hand, even while I'm in the car.

I haven't found a convenient way to do this when I'm not wearing a jacket.
 
My "always" carry has become a 640-1 in an Alessi APX. I've collected a drawer full of leather for this little gun, and now there is a 649 to go along with it. It will also fit many of the holsters already on hand, so they go together as part of my "rotation", now.
 
A j-frame in a pocket with your hand on it is worth more than two 44s in opposing shoulder rigs...I had a friend in NYC who worked undercover and got jacked by two drug dealers...one grabbed him from behind and the other was about to stab him from the front....little did they know he had a j in each pocket of his trench coat....he twisted his right hand behind him and shot the rear guy in the gut and took out the other guy from his left....neither gun ever came out of the pocket....from that day on his nickname was "Joe guns"...
 
I think it's a good concept-simplifies the issue of reloads for the BUG, and gives you a second piece that can easily be manipulated with the weak hand.
 
I have always felt that your main gun and your backup gun should be the same caliber.

The best pair of semi-autos would be two Glocks, G23-IWB, and G27 in a ankle holster, becouse you can use the G23 magazines in the G27. (G19, and G26)ect.ect.

For revolvers I like my L-Frame S&W 686+ or my S&W 386PD-IWB, and my J-Frame 360SC in a ankle holster. Both guns are the same caliber, and the AirLite 360SC is a lot easier to carry on your ankle all day then the G27 is.

Just my .02
 
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