IMHO you have the best gun for concealed carry. Hopefully it is a hammerless snubnose. If not, you could cut the spur down on the hammer so it doesn’t snag on your clothes. Best method of carry, in your pocket, with or without a pocket holster. You can carry it that way even in hot weather, can slip your hand onto it without drawing undue attention, and you will be far more likely to carry it with you every day than other carry methods.
Bingo! IMO. your’s is the best summer carry advice.
Cargo shorts front pocket, doesn’t matter how large or small the carrier’s body frame. Although I have reservations about cutting the hammer. If mine was not hammerless, I would just use the hammer with the thumb over it as a means of orienting the weapon as it is withdrawn.
We no doubt agree that whatever is carried by a new user, withdrawal and firing should be well practised at the range.
(Your tagline is another bingo! Robert Duval had an instinct for selecting acting roles, perhaps not a perfect instinct but a great one.)
Open Range is one of my favorite westerns...the scene in the jail house when they wake up and he cloroforms them agin is priceless...Great actor.
Good thread too, good advice.
I agree with this — I bought a S&W 642 .38 revolver earlier this summer and have found myself switching to carrying it almost exclusively. It shoots really well (although the recoil is brutal with +P rounds, not something I ever expected in a .38spl) but at the same time is amazingly concealable. My other carry gun is a glock 29 in 10mm, but it’s bigger and requires more attention to the holster than the revolver does. The .38 revolver, in contrast, as Hugin says, can just be slipped into a pocket and the lack of a hammer spur means it can be drawn instantly. it also works really well for appendix carry, meaning that the pistol is always in the most available position for defensive use.
Accuracy is excellent but takes practice on the long hard DA trigger pull.