Recommend a concealed carry gun...

[Texas Dawg]

Forgot the Cross Breed tuckable holster.

You beat me to it. I carry in one of these and find it to be about as comfortable as you will find.

 

[dodge man]

If you want small, look at the LCP. Great price, but its in 380. Its a true pocket gun, I carry it in back in a wallet holster. If you want 9mm, LC9. Just a little bigger than a LCP, depending on what you are wearing might still be a pocket gun. I've got a co-worker with one of the small Sig 9mm, its also a very nice pistol, but not really a pocket pistol.

 

[JRobyn]

Since you are already a Ruger owner, I recommend the Ruger LC9S or LC9S Pro. Quite inexpensive; about $350. They are the same size/weight as the original LC9, but are striker fired vs hammer and have a vastly better trigger. The difference is that the Pro model does NOT have a magazine or manual thumb safety. So you can have it in whatever configuration suits you best.

They have "melted" corners and conceal extremely well in either an IWB holster like the Crossbreed, or a pocket holster like the Remora (we have both). We have owned two of the original LC9s and now two of the LC9Ss. Of course, they are up-close personal defense pistols, and not range guns, but I recently hit my 10" gong 7 out of 10 shots standing offhand at over 25 yards.

A few folks on the Ruger Forum (Ruger Pistols - Ruger Forum) have had minor problems, especially when they were first released, but Ruger Customer Service is superb and quickly takes care of any issues. Ours are fitted with the "iron on" Talon grips.


Now, for when even a small single-stack 9mm is hard to conceal, or just to ALSO have in your pocket for fun (ref: Jim Croche), it's hard to beat one of the several excellent models of the North American Arms .22 mini-revolvers. Anywhere from about $200 to $500 depending on model. I have the Sidewinder, fitted with larger "Black Widow" grips. The larger grips make it much more manageable to shoot accurately than the stock bird's head grips, at the sacrifice of only a little bit of concealability. They will soon be releasing a new edition of a beautiful breaktop "Ranger" patterned after the old Schofield design.


YMMV

- Jay

 

[Texas Dawg]

Bond Arms also makes some pretty nice carry pieces, but they are not cheap.
Bond Arms - The Worlds Smallest Most Powerful Personal Protection You Can Carry

 

[coobie]

Glock 43 9mm or Smith & Wesson shield 9mm..I carry both very nice compacts.My IWB carry holster is a N8 tactical. N82 Tactical

 

[k0ua]

Glock 43 9mm or Smith & Wesson shield 9mm..I carry both very nice compacts.My IWB carry holster is a N8 tactical.

These would be good to check out, or one of the Kahr's. I have several of those. I tried to buy a Shield a few years ago, but they were backordered forever. The Glock 43 is fairly new, I haven't held one of those, but they look good. Lots of good carry guns, just find one you like.

 

[kcflhrc]

Academy Sports has the S&W 9mm Shield for $390. The 9mm is going to cost less to shoot and also less recoil than a 40 cal.

 

[LD1]

Taurus Millennium in 40 S&W

:mur: heheehee, jlgurr, we were typing about the same time when I said I only want 9mm...

They make em in 9mm too. I have one. Nice shooting little gun. I also have the larger 24/7 in 9mm also. It has the larger 17rd mag, I can also use those mags in the millennium and its like an extended mag with a place for the pinkey finger to go.

 

[MacLawn]

As I type I'm watching old hickok45. Y'all know him. I'm watching the one about pocket carry guns. I really like the idea of just putting it in one of my front pockets. I just can't get to liking holsters for concealed carry.

 

[DT86]

Ruger LC9s.