ArmedAndPolite wrote:With the P22 I feel a holster is unnecessary. What are your thoughts on pocket holsters?
Welcome to the forum, and thanks for sharing.
It is
ABSOLUTELY a safety issue. Look at it this way....... pocket carry without a holster is no less dangerous than IWB carry without a holster....maybe even more so.
By way of recommendations, I recently received an Alabama Front Pocket Holster for an XDS-45:
http://www.alabamaholster.com/product/f ... t-holster/
Here's a couple of pictures of it....
Note a couple of things about it (keeping in mind that this is a left-handed holster):
- The trigger is entirely covered in a hard shell of kydex. Nothing is getting into that trigger except your finger.
- The outward facing surface of the holster breaks up the outlines of the gun so that it looks like a wallet in the pocket. (I'll probably put the OEM magazine floorplate back on for pocket carry.)
- The inward facing surface of the holster has a sort of shelf at the top edge, where the (left-handed) user can push down with his thumb while drawing the gun, to keep the holster in the pocket, so it doesn't come out with the gun. (The right-handed version would be a mirror image of this one.)
I carried my XDS this way just last night for the first time, and I have to say that this holster is far superior to the Desantis Nemesis I had been using. I am going to order two more of these to fit my J-frame snubbie and my PM9.
). I've lost 54.6 lbs since March 8th as of this morning, but it is going to be a loooong time before "no belts" works for me. I suspect though that for most of us who don't have property to work around and spend most of our time at a desk, a belt is de rigueur for avoiding gun-related wardrobe malfunctions.