Leather belt holster is so much better than pocket holster

[alterspaces]

I've always been obsessed with pocket guns and so I got a pocket holster. I like using my pockets, I put so much stuff in them, I carry several phones for example and they all go in my pockets. So the pocket was the go-to spot to put anything and everything, and of course my eventual pocket pistol. Well I didn't like it. It weighs a ton (more than everything else in my pocket), and it bounces around my loose pants.

Just this week on Monday, I received my Ruger LC9 I just bought, and while the gun is ugly and I contemplated selling it right away, it came with a leather belt holster, which I just arbitrarily decided to try on last night and it was surprisingly extremely comfortable. It was basically unnoticeable, wow! This gun is bigger than my pocket pistols, but is less of a hassle to carry! Now I suddenly reconsider selling it, but I still hate the Ruger. Even though the holster is custom to Ruger LC9, it's leather and can still fit Kahr CW9 with decent snugness. So I might still get rid of the Ruger and keep the Kahr.

 

[Tnhawk]

Why did you buy a Ruger LC9 if you hate it?

 

[seeker_two]

Why did you buy a Ruger LC9 if you hate it?

I've heard the same question asked to Glock owners.....

 

[craigntx]

Nothing else in pocket but the piece (holster free) is the way for me. Cargo pants give you 5 more pockets

 

[ronr68]

Have you even shot the LC9? Mine is a nice shooter.

 

[alterspaces]

Have you even shot the LC9? Mine is a nice shooter.

I only got it a few days ago, haven't gone to the range yet. I'll try it out this weekend for sure.

Nothing else in pocket but the piece (holster free) is the way for me. Cargo pants give you 5 more pockets

I wear cargo too, but it's precisely the loose/baggy part that makes the gun swing around that I don't like. you also get lint in the gun without a holster, and I thought if you conceal carry, it must be in a holster.

Why did you buy a Ruger LC9 if you hate it?

I didn't know I would hate it. I just saw a cheap gun, so I wanted it despite being ugly. Problem is that what I was really looking for was something really small that's not a 380, and LC9 ended up not being small enough. When I received it was the first time I ever saw one in person so I had no idea how big or small it is. Pictures online, even by scaled rulers are 2-D and too hard for me to tell how big it is in reality. Now that I'm holding it, I realize it's too big for my liking and I'd rather just have my Kahr.

 

[alternative]

I thought if you conceal carry, it must be in a holster.

If you open carry it must be in a holster. If you are concealed carrying it is very smart to use a holster but not required by law.

 

[zackmars]

Why did you buy a Ruger LC9 if you hate it?

I asked myself that same question as i looked at the handful of ruger products in my safe that i hate.

 

[Tnhawk]

I only got it a few days ago, haven't gone to the range yet. I'll try it out this weekend for sure.


I wear cargo too, but it's precisely the loose/baggy part that makes the gun swing around that I don't like. you also get lint in the gun without a holster, and I thought if you conceal carry, it must be in a holster.


I didn't know I would hate it. I just saw a cheap gun, so I wanted it despite being ugly. Problem is that what I was really looking for was something really small that's not a 380, and LC9 ended up not being small enough. When I received it was the first time I ever saw one in person so I had no idea how big or small it is. Pictures online, even by scaled rulers are 2-D and too hard for me to tell how big it is in reality. Now that I'm holding it, I realize it's too big for my liking and I'd rather just have my Kahr.

I prefer my P938 over my Kahr and Ruger pistols, however different they are, each functions as designed and is dependable.

 

[craigntx]

I wear cargo too, but it's precisely the loose/baggy part that makes the gun swing around that

Gun to pocket size ratio is all off. Mine only flops on the rar occasion that i run. And lint might bother a ruger, not a glock

 

[seeker_two]

I owned a Gen 1 LC9. It was a dependable gun, but much too small for my hand. Grip sleeve helped a lot. I also hated the field-strip procedure with the tiny pin. Ended up selling it to get something else.

My three pocket carry guns are the Ruger LCPII .22lr, Taurus 856 steel-frame, and the Taurus GX4. The GX4 is a better fit for me than the LC9, and it's field-strip procedure is better.

And, if you carry in the pocket, USE A FRIGGIN' HOLSTER! Don't free-ball your carry gun.....

 

[DoubleDuty]

I have the LC9s it's a great little gun for pocket carry.

 

[alterspaces]

I finally got around to trying the LC9 at the range and I was pretty bad with it. The double action only trigger made it difficult to keep shots on target at 5 yrds. Certainly comfortable to wear though.

 

[paknheat]

I finally got around to trying the LC9 at the range and I was pretty bad with it. The double action only trigger made it difficult to keep shots on target at 5 yrds. Certainly comfortable to wear though.

Well if/when you gotta use it for realsies, just stick in right in their guts or the taint.

Betcha don’t miss then.emoji106]


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[alterspaces]

Well if/when you gotta use it for realsies, just stick in right in their guts or the taint.

Betcha don’t miss then.emoji106]


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yeah, that's certainly a possibility, the only conceivable way I could see a NAA-22LR being used.

 

[Pistol Pete]

I've had an LC9 for many years, since before the LC9s. It's a great little gun but not a pocket gun for me. It will beat you up in a cargo pocket, it's too large for a front pocket, it's fit but you can't get a firing grip on it and draw it. Ended up with a 642 revolver for pocket carry, best with no holster. I find a belt holster most comfortable with any handgun but doesn't conceal as well.

 

[majormadmax]

 

[MountainGirl]

@majormadmax Úlfhéðnar is plural. How many are you?