A lot of food for thought. Thank you everyone
I'll get comfy with big guns again in flannel season, like the 2 G19s ove been shooting since the sumemr, because a flannel is my concealment hack lol. Everything about them is great for concealment. Weighty material that pulls itself down, pattern breaks things up, thick material. But then 2 or 3 weeks ago, we went to a new busy playground after church, and it was beautiful and warm. I took off my flannel and untucked my tee shirt to enjoy the weather with my family.
Then I spent the entire time I was playing with my daughter all over the playset with half my focus on keeping my 19 from printing like nuts as a I moved and wind and picked her up and down. Thats when i said screw it.
That night I kept working on my g42 Enigma deep carry rig until I was happier with it, and when I saw that it was working well even with the extended mag, thats when I said screw it again, I'm going to a 365xl or 43x or something and just carry that year round.
G43X. The 43 length muzzle is a game changer for deep carry mobility for me vs a 48 which I carried most of last summer before just going to 2x 19s.
42 setup I'm using with the 43X now
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Fourth of July in New mexico. Wore the gun all day, got home and put it on the night stand. Didn't wipe it down, which I guess is my fault but I've never had a pistol rust before, at least nothing anywhere near that. Woke up the next day and it was completely rusted. I'll see if I have photos. Prior to that I only ever had the mags rust which basically seemed like if your breathed in the same room the moisture turned then orange
I'm running a PDP Compact with 509T (which is a pretty big honkin' rig) in a JMCK 2.5. The back right corner of the optic sometimes prints through. I have wondered if an optic with a round shape, like an SRO would be as noticeable. I'm fortunate that my little social circle is, at worst, ambivalent about me having the pistol on me.
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No one is coming. It is up to us.
Same for me. Tenicor zero is the best belt I've found for concealment.
I'll echo what others have said about the enigma. But I've come to the conclusion I can't carry anything bigger than a 365xl without printing beyond my comfort level. Full size guns are a no go for me. I do find the optic harder to conceal and will often carry irons for that reason in warmer months.
"Shooting is 90% mental. The rest is in your head." -Nils