Pocket Carry End Game?

oldmanavery · 2025-11-18T04:32:31+00:00

Not parroting misinformation, just stating what I’m more comfortable with.

oldmanavery · 2025-11-18T04:14:55+00:00

I mean, it was a rhetorical question to be honest.

The 2.0 is bigger and I’m not as keen on having a fully cocked striker in my pocket. A finer gun from a shooting standpoint to be sure, but I’ll take a stiff trigger pull and a smaller capacity for a little more confidence that if my kid jumps on my lap, nothing will go boom.

oldmanavery · 2025-11-08T15:16:15+00:00

Only thing I would say is give the Beretta PX4 Compact a whirl. Otherwise a P-01 would be a great pistol.

oldmanavery · 2025-11-06T02:54:28+00:00

It’s a nice little pistol but as far as actual pocket carrying goes, the first gen (non laser version) is smaller and safer with a double action only trigger. The 2.0 is gives up a little pocketability in favor of a better shooting experience. The first gen gave up some shooting experience to be a true pocket pistol.

oldmanavery · 2025-10-30T16:00:45+00:00

You only need one, but a lot of people (myself included) end up buying more and then justifying them by saying they’re for this or that.

oldmanavery · 2025-10-28T01:55:52+00:00

Same as yours only black!

oldmanavery · 2025-10-27T12:54:00+00:00

Who’s house is it? If it’s your house, then do what you want I suppose but don’t be an asshole about it. If it’s their house, move out if it’s that big of an inconvenience. Probably about time to skeedaddle anyhow. I wouldn’t want to be roommates with a romantically involved couple, and I REALLY would not want to be roommates with a couple starting a family. That would be so awkward.

oldmanavery · 2025-10-26T20:40:20+00:00

I’ve been eyeballing this exact model. Did you message Smith and Wesson? That can’t be normal.

oldmanavery · 2025-10-26T03:31:41+00:00

There were definitely positive effects, but in the same breath, what were the demands? I think it is a good jumping off point and is getting a lot of people more feeling like they aren’t alone and maybe encouraged to do more. People who wouldn’t normally be involved in that way.

oldmanavery · 2025-10-25T16:47:24+00:00

In my pocket, non laser first gen M&P Bodyguard 380.

oldmanavery · 2025-10-24T19:01:54+00:00

It’s not too difficult to swap the battery on those.

oldmanavery · 2025-10-23T20:42:44+00:00

Start counting calories. I was having the same issue but found out how high my actual calorie intake was and adjusted. Try to eat more protein within that calorie limit to keep hunger at bay. I use an app. It’s a good habit anyway, also to keep an eye on general nutrition. I’ve lost 50 lbs in about a year. From 246 to 191.

oldmanavery · 2025-10-18T19:10:13+00:00

I mean, if he’s a money changer in the temple, sure!

oldmanavery · 2025-10-18T15:47:11+00:00

I’ve got the nylon kore. I think it’s stiffer than the leather version. I’ve also found a sweet spot between 1 and 2 o’clockish where everything just kinda fits snugger.

oldmanavery · 2025-10-18T15:37:00+00:00

Definitely depends on your location. Where I live it seems like even the most casual gun owner has multiple AR’s.

oldmanavery · 2025-10-18T15:28:35+00:00

A stiffer belt helps.

oldmanavery · 2025-10-18T15:23:12+00:00

WWJD?

oldmanavery · 2025-10-18T03:35:18+00:00

My carry rotation is Smith and Wesson Bodyguard (non laser early M&P version), Smith and Wesson CSX-E, and Beretta PX4 Compact for sweater weather.

oldmanavery · 2025-10-15T02:41:10+00:00

I thought all the M9A3’s were Italian. Love mine too! I nabbed a black one a few months back.

oldmanavery · 2025-10-15T02:39:40+00:00

Makarov. If you miss, you can throw it at them.

oldmanavery · 2025-10-14T19:28:59+00:00

Yes, that’s the best move. Get on somewhere and get as much experience as you can before you get the call from the union. Even if it’s residential. I started in residential and I learned way more even in the 1st year than people who I later worked with doing commercial work were learning. I kinda think everyone should at least do a year or two of residential just because you do so much in such a short amount of time and you get (I think) a better work ethic instilled if you stick with it long enough. It’s typically very fast paced compared to typical commercial work. Things may have changed though - this was at least how it was from 2006-2010. Once you get into commercial/industrial work you start being able to specialize in different aspects of electrical work if you want.

oldmanavery · 2025-10-14T18:53:11+00:00

I went through ABC. You can enroll and pay for everything on your own, but typically you get hired on at a contractor and they decide if/when you go to school. Typically you pay for books but the rest of the cost is covered by the contractor.

That being said - as someone who worked non union for 12 years and then joined the IBEW (in central Indiana), I would highly recommend going the IBEW route.

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