I use it, Kel Tec PF-9.
Ping
The .32 tomcat/defender is one of my favorites...
I got a rocket in my pocket!
I don’t own a pocket gun, mostly because I’ve always wondered if lint and other pocket debris would make it misfire or worse. Anyone have any first hand knowledge?
You left off the Kahr MK9- smallest 9mm made, even smaller than the Detonics.
Sold mine recently and regret it greatly.
I use it, Kel Tec PF-9.
My current home/self defense weapon is a S&W 9mm However the desire / need for a smaller weapon has recently become appearent.
We are bikers. We began day trips to State Parks in PA and MD and WV this year. Take a picanic lunch and some hiking boots and make a day of it.
Our schedules allow us to do this mostly during Monday through Friday. Recently we visited a State Park in Pa that we had never been at before. We were in the park proper hiking for sometimne. We had not seen another human being in the park. On a rest break my wife happend to check her cell phone. No signal. The thought crossed my mind, what if something (not good) happens here? How do we either help or selves or possibly attract attention and get help?
Thus the decision to locate a decent “pocket pistol” I put my 9mm in a fanny pack and lugged it around the house the other day to see what that felt like. Decide that it would be a large pain in the rear on many of the hiking trails we have used. So have now begun the process of searching out a suitable small handgun to carry will on these trips for personal protection.
In 25 years of work (Police Officer then Corrction Officer and then mostly private Security I have carried a variety of work weapons and personal weapons but all were to large bulky and heavy for this particular application.
Anyone have any suggestions?
PM9 in my pocket right now. I have carried S&W J-frames in the past, but find that a pocket auto is much easier to conceal.
My favorite off-duty pocket gun is the Kahr 9 mm. I have a problem right now with a stuck magazine release and must send it to be repaired. Aside from that, if 7 rounds of 9 mm can’t get me out of a bad situation quickly, then I should have been paying more attention...
Sounds like you are a FFL. Can you get extra mags and finger hook mag extension for it?
You missed one, my personal favorite for a mini-pocket gun.
The Baby Browning or Colt .25 Auto, of which so many clones and copies have been made. I have one that’s pre-WW2.
Another KelTec P-32 owner here.
Very small and light package.
No J-Frames?
I have two Kel Tecs: a P3at and a P-11. The P3AT is a “true” pocket pistol, invisible and unfelt in even normal (none cargo) pants pockets. It’s like it ain’t there.
Can’t hear from all of us if you don’t put the post on the bang list.
Iver Johnson 38S&W Hammerless pocket pistol.
My dad left this to me when he died and he got it from his father. It originally belonged to a police officer from Worcester, Massachusetts named Tom O'Niel.
I have a Jennings J22. Call it a saturday night special if you want but it’s never misfired on me, it was inexpensive and it fits in my back pocket between my wallet and my butt.
Lovely little gun on my list to aquire.