I've carried J-frames, Bulldogs, full and reduced size 1911's. Like others below, the LCP is ALWAYS along. I personally don't find the sights an issue. I can purposely shoot well out to 15 yds or so and I can point shoot well enough closer in.

There's loads of good choices out there. Have fun and try 'em all!

Keltec P3AT, etc). The 442 is good, too. Just a different finish.

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Sincerely,

Hobie

Art,

I switched on and off for the last few years between a S&W 442 (same as the 642 but blued) and a Ruger LCP. I found that I tended to carry the LCP more often...just a little less bulky in the front pocket. I just recently sold the 442.

There is NOTHING wrong with a 442/642 for every day carry. It is a matter of preference. My 442 just sat in my desk drawer and got carried less and less so down the road it went.

Just my $0.02.

Matt/PA

So far as comfort is concerned, it just depends of what you're accustomed to. I find that I have carried so long that it feels uncomfortable to NOT have a gun on.

Admitted that nowadays deep concealment is usually not as important as it used to be for me and still is for many. I am fortunate to live in a place where firearms are extremely common and nobody bats an eye if a holster peeks out from under a jacket. Ain't sayin it's the thing to do, but it happens a lot.

A crew was putting up a prefab metal building at my place last week, and I noticed that the crew chief had an empty holster on his belt. I asked him what good an empty holster was, and he said his gun was in the truck. Said he was always taught it wasn't polite to go to another man's house carrying a gun unless the owner said it was OK. That's an OLD mountain tradition, and I asked him where he was from.

East Tennessee, of course! I was taught the same thing when I was a kid.