Need A Conceal Carry Solution...

[GunBugBit]

Have you explored crotch carry?

[moonshot]

If you are going to eliminate pocket carry, ankle carry, or wheel gun carry, your options are limited. I would recommend a quality (no Keltec's allowed) single stack semi-auto (personal preference would be Kahr P9 or PM9).

Select a tuckable leather backed / kydex front holster (my preference is the M-tac) with velcro belt attachments. It's comfortable even next to bare skin - no undershirt needed. Wear at the 3 o'clock position and blouse your tucked in shirt over it a little. Learn to reach over with your non-dominant hand and rip your shirt up. It's easy and fast. Don't carry past 3 o'clock or the reach is too cumbersome. AIWB is even easier, but I don't like having a barrel pointing at my femoral artery. With this setup, go with a P9 (or similar).

Another option is the Smart Carry. You could go shirtless with this holster. I've done it and it works. A G26 will work with this holster (I've played tennis carrying a non-functional blue G26 with no issues), but I prefer and recommend a smaller platform. For this, I recommend the PM9. I wish I still had mine, as it was perfect in my Smart Carry - fast, comfortable, and almost invisible. The biggest issue is that re-holstering sucks, and it's not great when seated. It's doable, but not great.

[TomD]

Is your job AO so hazardous that you need to be armed?

[J-Dub]

Man purse? I mean European carryall....

I would think an ankle setup would be your best solution. Ya its not ideal, but its better than nothing.

p.s. I've carried a G35 in a crossbreed holster at 4 o'clock with a tucked polo and you could not tell I was carrying (minus the holsters belt clips). I would think it would work with a much smaller pistol like a shield or similar single stack.

[Alex V]

I was wondering the same thing. Not that I can carry in NJ, but I won't be here for ever. I wear dress cloths every day, dress shirt and pants, no jacket unless I am meeting high end clients. Always wondered how I would ever carry in that case. Plus, I wear tight shirts lol.

[SteyrAUG]

Is front pocket carry of the P7 an option?

These guys make a kydex pocket holster for it
http://www.alabamaholster.com/produc...ocket-holster/

I have one for my J-frame and it works well for my needs.

That might work. Thanks for the link.

[SteyrAUG]

Is your job AO so hazardous that you need to be armed?

Yes it's in FL and criminals don't always schedule an appointment ahead of time.

[GunBugBit]

Have you explored crotch carry?

...Another option is the Smart Carry. You could go shirtless with this holster. I've done it and it works. A G26 will work with this holster (I've played tennis carrying a non-functional blue G26 with no issues), but I prefer and recommend a smaller platform. For this, I recommend the PM9. I wish I still had mine, as it was perfect in my Smart Carry - fast, comfortable, and almost invisible. The biggest issue is that re-holstering sucks, and it's not great when seated. It's doable, but not great.

It's Smart Carry that I had in mind when I asked if SteyrAUG had explored crotch carry.

I ordered one for a CZ 75 P-01 and find that it works for several handguns I have. I think that size would work with a Ruger SP101. In fact I think the Ruger would be almost the perfect handgun for this way of carrying, in terms of how well it would conceal.

If you can get past the comfort thing, the other big downside is accessibility/draw speed. As you touched on, deploying or re-holstering the gun when seated is *blechhh*.

But if good concealment in a lighter mode of dress is needed, I believe this is one of the better solutions.

[JoshNC]

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Is your job AO so hazardous that you need to be armed?

This strikes me as an odd question to ask on M4C.

[TehLlama]

If you can find long polo shirts, especially in performance fabrics you can buy a bit of excess tuck overlap, it helps some. I say performance fabrics because they cover up the extra-long sleeves that come with those well enough they don't stand out as goofy looking. The side benefit is that the good golf polo shirts aren't too absurdly pricey (the Oakley ones are my favorite, but I'm also using a stack of Goodwill sourced golfing ones that are impressively nice, I don't understand why those shirts arrive at the $0.99 goodwill in such good shape, but I'm not one to complain).
AIWB for a mini-9mm (LC9, Shield) is where I'd be looking, as I was basically in that need range you have, but with the luxury of being able to run untucked polo shirt. The other good option are high quality chinos (like the 5.11 ones, they're actually pretty solid) and going with pocket carry for the same size.