Today, with the growing concealed carry movement in the United States, pocket carry is hugely popular.
Obviously, the practice requires small handguns and fairly capacious pockets.
The True Value
Understand from the beginning that pocket draw has great strengths and great weaknesses.
Massad Ayoob demonstrates how to insert a CCW pistol into your pocket. Always place gun in pocket holster, andtheninsert holstered gun into pocket. Image: Gail Pepin
The weakness is that if you start with your hands clear, its slow.
The trick of course is getting your hand on the gun before the fight starts.
We had to draw from where we usually carried our backups, and hands clear of weapons.
Pocket guns need pocket holsters for both tactical and safety reasons. The Sticky brand is one of the author’s favorites. Image: Gail Pepin
My snub-nosed .38 cleared quite nicely out of its left-side Safariland pocket holster.
My thanks to holster designer Bill Rogers.
The cop got a snubby .38 revolver out of his weak side Mika pocket holster and put four 135-gr.
A good pocket holster covers the trigger guard for safety. It will also anchor the gun in your pocket to ensure it remains in the same place for a consistent draw. Image: Gail Pepin
+P Gold Dots into the attacker before the would-be cop-killer could shoot him again.
His attacker did not.
The OUTs
Different pants have different pocket cuts.
When drawing from a coat pocket, the author keeps his thumb on back of slide to prevent it from snagging the edge of the pocket. Image: Gail Pepin
Cargo pockets in cargo pants?
They make huge sense in very cold weather.
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Sticky HolsterSM-5 Small Sticky Holster
HellcatSeries
As the pistol clears the pocket, the author rotates the Hellcat muzzle up toward the threat or target. Image: Gail Pepin
The author draws his Hellcat from a pants pocket. His thumb starts on the back of the slide to narrow the hand’s profile for a cleaner draw while his trigger finger is straight outside the pocket holster. Image: Gail Pepin
