BTW - I have a 432 with 32 HR Mags as one of my pocket guns. Such a light, neat gun.
BTW - I have a 432 with 32 HR Mags as one of my pocket guns. Such a light, neat gun.
Cloud Yeller of the Boomer Age
The Aholsters look nice and slim...I was impressed with my LCR 38 then picked up a LCRX .22 as a less expensive ammo trainer, decided I'd carry a snub as a bug rather than my old LCP, picked up a 642 Pro because it's a little more pocket friendly, put a Bamtam grip on the LCR and woah, makes a pocket difference, the 642 spent several months in a warranty cluster fuck, I started shooting and pocket carrying the 38 LCR which I had already shot better than the Smith, after a bunch of BS I got the 642 back in good shape but would rather carry/ shoot the LCR's so...picked up the 9mm so I wouldn't have to continuously be hunting for some kind of 148gr LWC at $30-$50 a box. So far I'm quite pleased with the 3 LCR's, the .22 went back to Ruger on warranty, for some reason it locked up tight, Ruger's customer service was outstanding and I had the gun back in 2 weeks time, door to door, just one experience but, a very good one. I just made a big circle to get back where I started, I'm not sure If I'll be keeping the J or move it along to finance another LCR.
I'm a terrible photographer @Gun Mutt, but I'll attach a pic of my 9mm in my left hand AHolster below.
I tried it in both the left and right hand holsters and couldn't appreciate any difference in any of my LCRs.
I checked my old emails and it looks like I purchased the holsters in July 2018 (email says for S&W J frame). Possibly a manufactoring variation? IDK
Interesting.
@Jamie it’s been a while on the Aholster, but as I recall it had at least one unnecessarily stabby part molded in. I currently use either a Desantis Nemesis for pocket, or a Dark Star gear for AIWB (at the gym, mostly).
Good choices imho.Originally Posted by RJ
Yes Sir. My AHolsters came with a very sharp pointed area/protrusion on the front/sight end...a hook that is used to catch the pocket when drawing. I just rounded that portion off with an emery board. I never understood why they left it that sharp.
I certainly understand your issue with it.
Thanks for the response.
Actually this is great info. I appreciate you taking the time to write up your thoughts, especially comparing them.
I agree with you on wadcutters and velocity. I buy wadcutters specifically so that I can practice with my LCR, and use the same load for SD. Previously I've used Federal Gold Medal Match, which seems to be unobtainium lately. I don't care much for hot ammo, as it hits my hand too hard and makes shooting very unpleasant.
Aholster has changed the design and no longer uses the sharp point. I sanded down the sharp points in the holsters I had with them. Sharp point or not, I wrap the pocket hook by the rear sight with Moleskin, so that the roll of Moleskin extends beyond the end of the hook. This goes a long way towards preserving pockets.
I have probably tried close to a dozen pocket holsters at this point, some of which are far more expensive, but have not found one with the combination of concealability and dependable access of the Aholster.
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With the different round count in the different cylinders, I’m betting the Aholster backbone model would work equally well with all. My J frame one has been great with 5,6,7,8 round cylinders.
When I called them last year they weren’t doing the cuts at all. I ended up buying the sights from them and having the work done locally. None of the Novak front sights were tall enough so I went the custom route on those too. Ended up using takeoff Ruger MKIV front sights adapted to work on the LCR’s.
See pages 83-86ish on these. ☝️
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Alternate Force has a couple of different versions of the LCR Rings Blue Guns on clearance. They are $35 right now.
https://www.alternateforce.net/ruger-lcr-with-crimson-trace-laserguard-blue-training-gun-clearance.htm
I bought one of the LCR Crimson Trace versions. Even though I don't have an LCR right now it feels more akin to the way my J Frames are setup than the current blue gun offerings for S&W.
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