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For really warm weather here in southeast Texas, I have a couple of brightly-colored Hawaiian shirts which I wear unbottoned in the front over a T-shirt to conceal a pistol in an IWB holster. I sew a few very small fishing weights to the hem of the shirt to help keep it down in the wind. I also have a couple of plain tan long-sleeved BDU shirts, too, which don't look particularly like military garments.

I like fleece vests in the winter. I sometimes wear a Royal Robbins 5.11 vest in warmer weather, too.

I have been known to carry a Smith 642 in a pocket holster, too. Improvisation is required to avoid being obvious. My sweetie said, "Before I knew you, I used to think all those older guys wearing vests were photographers. Now I know that most of them are carrying." Yeah.

The Smith, which has an enclosed hammer, is also the hot ticket for cold weather carry when placed in the outside pocket of a heavy coat, because it can be fired if necessary through the coat pocket - and a guy with his hand in his coat pocket looks perfectly natural in cold weather.