Pocket Holster

Fella's;

I recently got the monthly Midway flier & made a small order from it.  Among the things that caught my eye was a DeSantis pocket holster for just under $15.00.  I figured it's hard to go wrong at that price & ordered one.

It arrived this weekend & my initial impressions are mixed.  The idea is good, the soft nubby exterior does indeed hold the unit in the pocket when drawing the gun.  And it keeps the gun from printing rather well.  I mean, you can tell there's something in the pocket, but it could be anything.  The print doesn't scream "GUN"!!  The gun draw is another story.  How the holster is positioned in the pocket makes all the difference.  And a large part of that positioning is the shape of the pocket itself.  The denim jeans I first tried it with have a pocket that's deep enough to severely inhibit the draw.  If I were to know that these were the pants that I'd always be carrying this rig in, I'd probably sew up the bottom of the pocket & shorten it by about an inch.  As it is, the pocket is large enough to even let the holster cant, making it hard to get a repeatable sure grip on the gun.  It's possible that shortening the pocket might correct the situation, but it's also possible that the width of the pocket may need to be reduced.  Probably easier to find a different pair of jeans that the holster fits better. 

OTOH, the pair of jeans I used were from a very well-known major player in the industry.  Which makes me wonder why DeSantis wouldn't size the holster to "the standard of the industry", ie. the Levi Jeans Company.  I'll try the holster in a few other brands & styles I've got & hope something matches better.  But if the holster wanders around in the pocket of a pair of Levi's, I'm not expecting to get warm fuzzies from anything else.  So, further testing will include Carhart, Arizona, and anything else I find that would be a semi-dress pant.

After all, I bought the holster to house my Ruger LCP rabid mouse gun.  You know, the kinda gun you carry to social occasions where you're definitely not expecting trouble, and concealment is more important than the howitzer factor.  Given that caveat, the holster works, but I'm not entirely happy.

900F

I will sometimes throw my S&W 37 into a DeSantis Nemisis. I like the holster for short periods of time. I am not fond of carrying anything in my pockets so I don't do it often.

I like the holster though, very grippy in the pocket and releases the gun easily.

bob