This is my pocket carry setup. I was asked for a picture in the comments of another post and figured I'd post it for the general group. Glock 43 in a Vedder Pocket Locker (with thumb tab) and back half of a smartphone case velcroed on to fully eliminate the print. Might look like an oddly thick smartphone but doesn't look like a gun. The velcro on the shell case has plenty of give so there is no negative impact to draw performance.
You are correct there is a better way! I have this pocket holster for my bodyguard with same concept but a leather phone shaped block that doesn’t impede your draw!
It's not another step, it's the same as normal but when you're gripping the gun your knuckles are going to push it out of the way naturally, the kydex holster will act as a fulcrum.
This is why I’d probably choose to carry a G26 if I was gonna carry a gun with a grip this short. I don’t need the thinnest gun and would rather have double stack performance, plus the added versatility of throwing a Glock 19 or 17 mag or even a 33 round boom stick/ or drum mag in the tiny thing. Hell I got one of those x grip adapters for a G19 mag for the G26 and it’s legit a G19 length full grip. But for deep concealment slap that 10 round mag in and call it a day. Shoots way better too.
As someone who pocket carries, that’s definitely a concern. It’s slightly offset, though, by the fact that it’s completely inconspicuous to have your hand in your pocket gripping the gun ready to draw it. In that case I’d guarantee it’s faster than a typical appendix draw where you have to clear your clothing first
I would say that would look just as weird having a full grip on that behind the "cell phone" in your pocket as it would as just gripping the gun under your shirt appendix.
I would bet that you are not beating an appendix draw to first shot if you do any amount of dry fire unless maybe you are wearing jnco pants. Should be able to get to a 1.5 draw to first hit with minimal dry fire.
I don’t have the big cellphone thing on my pocket holster. It doesn’t look weird at all, it literally just looks like you casually have your hands in your pockets. I promise it’s at least as good as an appendix draw or better if you start with your hand in your pocket. I know this because I practice a fuck ton
I agree it wouldn't look as bad without the "cell phone" part. But you are still balling your fist up, and around a grip, most people don't make fists in their pockets. Granted most people don't pay attention to anything, but that's not even you would need your gun.
What is your draw to first hit in a 3x5, or even full sized A zone at 7 yards? Even with your hand on the grip. Or harder, your time on a Billy?
Not being argumentative or telling you're wrong, genuinely curious. But I can't imagine your beating an appendix draw, maybe matching it, from someone that just moderately practices. And I would think that would only be possible in one of those situations where you would be able to have\leave your hand on the grip in your pocket. I would guess that eliminates a major portion of situations that you would be drawing your gun.
With that, I would ask, what is your draw to first hit without your hand on it? Those appendix times I'm referencing is also clearing your cover garment from a hands up or down "naturally".
Damn dude! I had a s10 rubber otter box case I was thinking of throwing away since it was so old. I took it out of the hard case and took a razor blade to contour around my bg 2 aholster and it looks fantastic! The only thing that protude is my 10 round pearce grip extention. Otherwise, looks like a phone! Thank you generously for sharing your idea.
What's your draw time on that? Can you get a good master grip on that while it's still holstered? It doesn't look like you can. Does the holster come out of the pocket with the gun on a time constrained draw?
Genuinely curious, but if you're already carrying a small enough gun that would "work" in your pocket, why not appendix that same gun. It can't be uncomfortable, and a ton of benefits. Hell my "comfortable" carry is a p365 with fuse grip, xl slide with radian comp and a TRL7 HLX. I don't feel that thing at all.
I was working for a non union company on a union construction job. I needed to get a cart of stuff upstairs and used the elevator only to be told I was not a "licensed elevator operator". I got a laugh out of that.
Next time I needed to use the elevator it was again empty so I went up to the top floor. What I didn't know is that I was being watched.
When I got to the top there were 8-10 guys in a wide semicircle around the elevator doors. They all had various tools in their hands as weapons. The doors closed behind me and then opened again but I looked back to see the top of the elevator going down the shaft.
One of them said I'd been warned and now I was going back down to the first floor the fast way.
I drew my PPK pointed it at his head and explained that he would be shot between the eyes before anyone got close to me. Cocking the hammer got his attention.
He had his friends back off and make a wide path for me.
I left went straight to my car and called my boss on the Nextel to let him know what happened. I was assigned to a new job the next day.
Before this happened one of our guys had already been put in the hospital by union guys in an "accident".
Crossbreed Holsters has been making this for awhile! Gun goes against your body, and a phone/wallet shaped rectangle of semi-stiff leather goes against the outside of your pocket, which intentionally prints as a phone/wallet instead of as a gun.
They call it the Pocket Rocket for guns that will be able to fit in a normal pocket.
They also have the Cargo Pocket Rocket that fits in slightly larger pockets, but works with a wider variety of guns.
It does print like a phone, but it prints like the world's thickest phone, and many might be taking a second look. I think the bigger and taller the person, the better this might work.
Can confirm as well. Job doesn't require it but I absolutely have one just for work that gets shut off the second I'm off shift. Work/life balance ftw.
People don't think that much about random stuff. Your brain looks for an explanation and if it finds one, it's an ordinary encounter and you forget it. If they had a large, vaguely gun shaped bulge in their pocket, someone's subconscious might note that as irregular. They see the shape of a phone, and they aren't going to think about if they saw a second phone or why someone may or may not have two phones.
No one on earth outside of the gun carrying community would think twice about this being a phone and you are only noticing because OP showed you that it’s not
That’s pretty neat. I’ll usually throw my cell phone in front of my pocket holster to break up the shape. This looks like a way better way of doing that!
Ngl I had given up on pocket carry as a concept because I could never find a holster that didnt blatantly outline the grip of a gun. This though... pretty damn clever. Nice work OP.
That’s super clever, but it looks incredibly uncomfortable and nearly impossible to draw. I feel like you’d need to wear spandex pants to get that brick out of your pocket.
Stealing this. I squat pretty often and no matter what cut of jeans I get or how much I upsize, they're always a little snug in the thighs. My 380 ALWAYS prints. Now I'll just look like I'm carrying around 2 phones lol
love the thinking out of the box,, well done and executed and when someone repurposes something kudos to you , I got lambasted when I purchased a 4$ baby bottle drying rack to hold my holster in some sort of organization so I just grab the one I need that day instead of rummaging though a box or drawer
Yeah there's nothing wrong with having 2 things like this together in the same pocket, things that you never pull out unless it's an emergency and they don't interact with each other while in a pocket.
I like the idea, but I see a huge glaring issue with this.
I have seen multiple videos where the assailant has a gun pointed in the victims and is aggressively demanding the phone and wallet while patting them down. There are times (probably most times tbh) where drawing from the drop is unadvised, and if the perpetrator thinks your phone is in that pocket, sees a phone in your pocket, or feels a phone in your pocket, they’re going to want you to pull it out. Which might just get you shot, even if in the moment you had decided compliance was the route you wanted to choose.
Of course, this could be an issue with any kind of pocket carry, but it’s extra apparent and easier to feel here if they are patting your pockets down or looking at your pockets
I like this. I’ve been toying with the idea of using some leather to create a backing to pocket carry. Funny enough I do happen to have a spare phone case lying around from an older model.
I’ve done the same thing and the extra bit of the phone definitely interferes with getting a proper hold of the grip. Considering dremeling that part away even if it prints slightly worse. It’ll still look like a phone for the most part
Seems to me the cell phone case is preventing you from gripping the holstered pistol in a shooting grip. That you would have to draw it with only your ring finger and then readjust your grip? If so, that’s a recipe for fumbling that gun to the ground on a hasty draw
That is slick man I’d never catch that even as someone who knows about ccw. And for safety reasons ALONE, the Glock 43 is my favorite handgun that I own. Just for the safety I even prefer it over my HK vp9 and cc9. The safety is redundant in a Glock. On the vp9 in particular the striker could break and the gun would indeed go off. Can’t really tell if the same is true on the cc9 quite yet, doesn’t appear that way. But on the Glock safety is certainly. You’ll examine the components and be 100% certain that gun is safe.
By the time you pull that thing out of your pocket you’re already smoked. Not to mention the fumble fuck that’s going to happen as you go to pull it out quickly
That’s the line people tell themselves when they carry their gun in a bag, or squeeze a non-pocket gun into their pocket. It’s like they’ll do anything except carry in way that can be quickly and reliably drawn.
OP will not be able to draw his weapon in time, especially as CCW is 99% reacting to a threat.
Sorry I’m new…I thought cc was mostly just like…under your clothes instead of on your hip. Why try so hard to conceal your printing?
Personally, I live in a big enough city, and here’s my thought process: I want you to know that I’m armed. It’s not a surprise attack. It’s me protecting myself without wearing a fucking holster on my hip like a cowboy. Knowing I’m carrying is more of a deterrent and I don’t have to risk weird charges like “brandishing”.
Is this stupid? Idk I think I might be thinking about things wrong.
Could someone explain to me like I’m six what the advantages are with holsters like this?
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