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[Click177]

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In another thread (original or stealth, what's your favorite) we got off-topic and started discussing how people organize their pockets to accommodate CCW.

I am starting this as a new thread because:
1) It is where I could use some help right now
2) The group seems intested in the topic
3) We were getting way off-topic for riffraff's very legitimate question on original vs. stealth R9
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OK, I am new to the world of CCW. I have carried a set number of articles in my four basic pockets for decades. As I move forward in my CCW pursuit, I am committed to safe rapid access to a semi-auto hand gun in my strong side front pocket (to be very open with you, it is a Ruger LCP .380 for now, but I am saving for a R9s two tone). It is logical to me that safe rapid access is best achieved (or perhaps only achieved) by putting nothing in that pocket but a pocket holser and the weapon.

The problem... how to manage all of the other articles in the remaining three pockets.

Do you guys carry the following "basics" on a daily basis?
1- Pocket knife
2- Keys
3- Pen
4- Cell phone
5- Change
6- Comb (OK, I could shave the head, but one life change at a time )
7- Wallet (bills, credit cards, membership card, photos of those I am protecting)
8- Spare magazine (perhaps optional)

Am I a walking hardware store, or is this normal?

OK, aside from your strong side front pocket, what do you guys carry? Where do you carry it? Are you reasonably comfortable?
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[Jack_Bauer]

Prior to pocket CCW:

Front right: Microtech "Assailant" wallet (w/ cash and CCs), Pen
Front left: Keys, Listerine Breath Strips, Carmex
Rear left: Creds
Rear right: Knife (clipped)

Pocket carry:

Front right: R9S in Del Fatti holster
Front left: Keys, Breath Strips, Carmex, Spare mag in Del Fatti
Rear left: Creds, Microtech Wallet
Rear right: Knife

If I'm wearing 5.11s the pen goes in the "cell phone" pocket. If wearing Columbia ROCs pen goes in the pen pocket. In jeans I go penless.

Blackberry goes on the belt.

[Aglifter]

Well, you can do various things -- one is start wearing shirts w. a pocket, others are get pants w. more pockets.    I keep my cell in my shirt pocket -- easier to hear, and I always feel it vibrate.  Just make sure that the phone stays in the front of the pocket, it falls out less.  I also carry a note card and a pen in the same shirt pocket.  

I carry my wallet in my right back pocket, keys and a reloads in my left front pocket (for my primary - G29, and my pup), pocket knife clipped to the same pocket as the wallet.  And, if I get any change -- I usually avoid it, it goes in my left rear pocket.  Dad carries his change in a v. small leather change purse he got from a local boot maker -- in any case, NEVER carry change in w. your reloads.

[Click177]

Jack_Bauer, the before and after descriptions you provided are very helpful. I see that you are better utilizing your rear pockets than I have been.

Parking the Blackberry on the belt is probably inevitable, but since belt carry of my Motorola Q bothered me enough, I returned to a non-PDA phone for its lower profile.

Since my original posting I bought a pair of LL Bean Double L Jeans and discovered an interesting thing about them... The fifth pocket is larger than those provided in Levi or Wrangler jeans. Shown below with Motorola Razr2 cell phone and pocket holstered gun nicely concealed.

Shown below... Motorola Razor2 cell phone lifted halfway out of my fifth pocket, to show relative size in the horizontal position.

Alternatively the fifth pocket could be used to carry a spare magazine. If your strong side is on the right (right handed) admittedly the fifth pocket would provide rather inconvenient access to the spare magazine as you would probably access it by reaching across with the left hand. However if your left side is the strong one (left handed) the fifth pocket might be an ideal spot to carry the spare magazine.

I have discovered however that my very low profile Motorola Razor2 fits (vertically or horizontally) in the fifth pocket, and does not even interfere with rapid access and drawing of my gun from the right front pocket.

Hopefully this discussion while not strictly Rohrbaugh in nature is both interesting and helpful to the pocket packing readership of this forum.
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[Click177]

Aglifter, thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience with organizing the pockets to accommodate CCW. I have been experimenting with the shirt pocket for my cell phone, but get concerned that it will slip out while jumping, bending over, or flushing the toilet

I have been wondering if your caution to keep change and the spare magazine separate also applies to exposed keys and magazines (sounds logical to me). Most of my keys are in one of those leather bi-fold things, but since my car keys are of the electronic remote entry style, they have just been loose in my pocket, since they do not fit into the leather bi-fold.
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[Jack_Bauer]

Harley-Davidson jeans have the coin pocket on the left side. I'll have to pull out a pair when I get home to see if the mag conceals in it.

[Click177]

Jack_Bauer, great. Please do report back. I looked online at the 5.11 pants and Columbia ROC pants that you mentioned earlier. I should have mentioned that they look like interesting options. Do you like the Columbia ROC pants for "office casual"?
Thanks,
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[Jack_Bauer]

I had forgotten how big the Harley jeans coin pocket is. There's an R9 mag in the pocket. The floorplate of the mag is at the bottom of the label.

[Click177]

Wow, having a left side coin pocket which is also large enough to conceal a spare 9mm magazine opens up an interesting option! Hmmm, now to find a brand of jeans that has these large coin pockets on both sides.

Many thanks for getting back with this.
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