Best Pocket Pistol For Concealed Carry? (OR Are They Worthless?)

In NC if you have a CCP you are only allowed to carry one concealed firearm!!

Aren’t these the azzholes that take your money and then refuse to defend you when the 💩 hits the fan???

Blah, blah,blah. Get to the point!

S&W 380 bodyguard for me with Hornady Critical Defense ammo!!😊

Love my pocket pistols. Deep concealment in non-permissive environments.

Train with them as you would anything. Get good with even a 22, and you'll be confident and have the muscle memory to do what you have to in order to survive a dangerous encounter.

People always like to poo poo the j frame. Yeah, you should practice if you want to get proficient at hitting a target at 20 yards, but at that distance are you even justified in using your gun to begin with. The 340pd is a wonderful pocket gun that weighs next to nothing and carries like nothing and if someone is on top of you, it's easy to grab out of the pocket and get to work. People need to stop scaring people away from the j frame!

Bond Arms derringer in 45 LC / 2.5 410. Fits perfect in your pocket with very little profile. A little heafty but it will definitely get the job done.

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I purchased a Beretta Bu9 Nano in 9 luger, I find it comfortable and reliable, I think it is an excellent pocket pistol.

Ruger Max 9 fits in my pocket comfortably with most pants. 10+1 rounds of HST will do the trick. If I need smaller I have a LCP in a pocket holster. Haven't carried a bigger gun IWB for years. Just easier and less likely to go without.

Glock 43x or Hellcat is my pocket pistol depending on the pants or if it’s cold and I have a jacket

A 1911 can be a pocket pistol so problem solved

Not good video. You must practice with ever any carry gun. All of them. Small pistols are just as hard to master. Anything bigger doesn’t fit good in pockets.

Ruger got it right with the LCP MAX. Often carry mine (front pocket) in a De Santis G3 pocket holster.

Get your wife a Glock 42 - relitivily light, smooth shooter and acccurate. Nuff said.

RUGER LCP WITH 7 round ruger magazine and using standard for back up is the best option , with the 7 round mag ,that’s 8 total with 1 in the head in a very compact pistol.

A bullet is a bullet! I would not want to be shot by any caliber, big or small. The important thing with any firearm is to practice with it and also respect it. I feel like some people who own these small guns just get complacent and carry them without a proper holster or throwing it in a bag. This is how accidental discharges occur. Always make sure that something is covering that trigger so that it will not go off unless you pull it out. And ALWAYS carry with one in the chamber!

I’ve pocket carried a lightweight J Frame or LCP .380 for years. As a retired senior citizen my orbits are pretty tame and a pocket gun is the most comfortable.

If do, .38 spl airweight, hidden hammer, and 147grain. But as primary.

That's a small table

Thank you for wasting my time . Wtf .

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My Carry Gun's Are The:
Ruger LCP MAX In .380,
In My Front Pocket & The S&W 442
In .38, Appendix Carry...

In May 1990, Marlene Warren was murdered by a clown at her front door with a .380 if you google it, they caught the killer In May 1990, Marlene Warren was murdered by a clown at her front door. They caught the lady dressed as the clown years later from hair dna Sheila Keen-Warren

Stop police brutally, defund the police

Itsa a .380 or a 9mm auto and at least 1 extra mag!

I am 6 foot 5 I pocket carry 365 extended mag front right pocket of my shorts all summer long Santos holster

380 small pocket pistol is best for me because in a crowded room you can’t shoot with a large caliber pistol but a 380 at 10 feet civil defense round will only penetrate 1 foot at 10 feet. when the bullet comes out of the barrel at 1500 ft./s

My LCPII with a Crimson Trace laser is just fine. Just point & shoot...

The gun you have with you is the one you better be good with whatever it is.

Ruger LCPs and LCRs are not target guns they are shoot and get away guns.

I often leave the house with a 5 shot snubby

Carrying a 380 or 22 is crazy. Im not worried about a Possum or Raccon trying to rob me or cause me any harm My pocket pistol is my M.P Shield 2.0 chambered in 45

Actually I have never had a failure with one of my Gocks so I carry extra ammo now. Having to draw another pistol and have it in a convenient place doesn't appeal to me. I wear a cargo pants and I can even put a 33 round magazine in those with no problem. I'm an old combat vet and I don't like running out of ammo.

Just remember that the smaller the pistol, the less accurate it is. I took my Ruger LCP to the range, and was embarrassingly inaccurate. Yet I'm very accurate with my Ruger EC9. So I switched what I carry.

Practice alot. But what you gain in more comfortable concielability, you lose in accuracy.
Also, a touch activated Armalaser is helpful.

I carry a Ruger LCR 9mm in the pocket. Why are you interviewing an attorney?

LCP Max is the best, in my opinion, pocket pistol out there right now.

I carry one gun. A Smith & Wesson M&P Bodyguard 380. It's a pocket pistol ...but, I carry it in a IWB tuckable holster. I've never carried "pocket", lol.

My daughter shoots and carry a ruger lcp max 380 and at 25 yards she hits bullseye every time. You have to keep practice all the time to know your gun and your self. I my self use a Taurus tx22 and always shoot at 25 yards or more and practice for chest and head shoot. Years ago assassins used 22. It’s not the caliber it’s the person shooting.

Just buy a Ruger 380 use critical defense or solid lead ammo buy the upgrade stainless steel pins and guid rod and trigger you will be fine the gun is vary simple to service i can drive nails with it also paint the front sight

The entire concept of “pocket carry” depends on the size of your pocket. My current situation and environment allows me to wear cargo shorts 75% of the time. Based on this, I can carry a Ruger EC9S (with laser) in a pocket holster, with a reload and other EDC items on my belt, or in another pocket. If I have to wear pants, I can carry the same gun IWB around 4 o clock with little difference in my draw stroke. So, I guess the new question would be if pocket carry is appropriate for a primary firearm? BTW the Sig P365, Hellcat, and Shield Plus are relatively the same size as the EC9S.

I’ve got a .25 cz it fits under my belt in my change pocket! And easy to draw either with expanding bullets.

I had 642 S&W airweight 38 snubbed nose for years. easy to carry not necessarily a pocket pocket gun and miserable to shoot. 380acp is perfect for civilian self-defense pocket carrying.
I own the tiny kahr CW 380 and a Lil Glock42 both fantastic small pistols.

My pocket gun is the Taurus 605 357 mag stubby

The Ruger LCP Max is the ultimate pocket pistol for handling personal space-level violent confrontations. Locked breach, .380ACP, 12+1 capacity, shrouded hammer, front tritium sight, shelf on the face of the rear sight for emergency racking, easily conceals in a pocket & easy to draw when needed.

I have a NAA 22mag. I have a 22lr cylinder for it and I train with it. I can hit a 5 inch circle at 10 yards with a second to aim. Quick shot it’s a get off me gun. I’ve carried it for 40 years and it’s been where no other gun can go. That said I’ve got lots of pocketable guns. The LCP max is the largest pocket gun I’m comfortable with. I train with a LCP 22. I’d prefer to carry my sig 365

I pocket carry a 9mm Glock G19 in a Vedder pocket holster. Works fine for me

Do some states prohibit a back up gun

Love your dialog. But I disagree on which guns are first recommended to new shooters. Pistols are introduced first. And ccw ones are often 9mm. Best to learn on 22lr for sure. Then graduate to a compact 9mm. One great method is rent a 22lr. Then rent a 9mm. Your teacher, in a short time, will have the learner up to speed quickly!

Not a fan of S&W semi-autos but I do carry their Bodyguard .380 during the Summer. I originally had a Ruger LCP .380 but never was able to be very accurate with it, my sister carries it now in her purse.