in the world of personal defense pocket pistols are often called upon to provide effective protection in a package that can be easily carried as the gun community becomes more diverse people are more interested than ever in pocket pistols they call for a firearm that's well.

Hidden until needed and is reliable shootable and comfortably carried designed for concealed carry in either the front or back pocket of your pants the pocket pistol is a suitable option for those who want to protect themselves or their family at any given moment in times where a bigger more capable gun is tough to carry.

A pocket pistol gives you options sometimes it's impossible to carry anything bigger due to your clothing and activities many of these guns are chambered in calibers that are the same as full-size assemblies and what they sacrifice and accuracy they make up for in concealability.

They don't need a belt or shirt to conceal so they're easiest to carry all day every day even at home so how do you settle on a decent pocket pistol browse through the enormous collection of pocket pistols and you'll be exhausted by the options at your fingertips.

Fortunately we took the time to sift through the selection and filter out the best pocket pistols on the market today in today's video we'll talk about the top picks for modern cutting-edge pocket pistols for everyday carry we'll break down pocket pistol features price points.

And more introducing the taurus spectrum taurus spectrum's breakthrough design completely reimagines the concealed carry experience delivering better comfort better responsiveness and better control bridging design with ergonomics.

The taurus spectrum is a truly exceptional blend of comfort and functionality its enhanced grip design features unique contours that enable the hand to naturally conform to the firearm providing a more secure grip taurus spectrum's functionality is enhanced with the use of proprietary.

Polymers while typical designs rely on grip texture to keep the gun secure in the user's hand this soft touch material is used to improve grip retention in wet or dry conditions providing a stable firm grip and maximizing comfort.

The tour spectrum replaces traditional slide serrations with a stylish design that allows the fingers to engage indentations on the slide providing positive contact points for enhanced traction minimizing short strokes while racking and enhancing safety the soft touch material that is used on.

The grip is also incorporated into the slide design to enhance traction and create a comfortable manipulation when chambering around  with a safe long and smooth seven to nine pound trigger the tour spectrum offers the crisp release common to a striker-fired system.

Unique to taurus this true double action only trigger system features a non-energized striker with no precock or preload applied ensuring no contact between the seer and striker the taurus spectrum pairs fashion and function with more elegant color choices delivering a sophisticated look and a.

Concealed carry handgun  keeping safety in mind the trigger does not have to be pulled to disassemble the gun take down requires only one turn on the takedown pin separating the slide assembly from the frame.

 for even greater versatility the taurus spectrum boasts a reversible magazine release for right or left-handed shooters  the revolutionary new tourist spectrum is shaping the future of everyday carry this is a ruger lcb2.

Chambered in 22 long rifle it's a fantastically compact little gun but still very easy to shoot only to low recoil and light drag force now if you already own a 3d auto version of the lcp then you know there's quite a bit of recoil and it's not so much fun to practice with.

This makes a great training opportunity where you can get good trigger squeezes good sight pictures rounds down range alternatively if you don't like the recoil of 3d at all or you can't really manipulate the side on a larger gun it's a great alternative.

 now the 22lr version features a two and three quarter inch stainless steel barrel and it's a tilt barrel blowback so that barrel drops down and makes feeding that much easier this feeds from a ten round magazine giving you honest ten plus one capacity.

And we're able to fit those rounds in the same length as the lcp magazine with this patent-pending floor plate design now making this even easier to manipulate are these slide cocking gears located on the back of the slide this just gives a little surface for your fingers to.

Purchase on you don't have to squeeze really hard to grip the slide and get the gun into action very low recoil nice easy trigger this is a secure action trigger just like the bigger center fire guns crisp trigger break clean reset.

And still has last round hold open is a training pistol this features a new manual external safety push forward to fire requires just a nice firm click so you can easily push it to fire but require deliberate action to return it back to safe additionally.

There's a magazine disconnect making sure the gun won't fire with the magazine removed it's no substitute for safe gun handling but it's a nice layer of security  the pico 380 was designed absolutely from the ground up with concealment in mind it's the narrowest 380 on the.

Market at only 18 millimeters wide and of course all the controls are flush on the side which in conjunction with its narrow profile make it really easy to conceal carry and also draw from concealment without worrying about snagging or picking up so what you can see is we have a flush.

Slide stop on the side and the magazine release is also flush it also activates in a downward motion so you avoid accidentally releasing the magazine potentially by pressing on the side in addition to being really concealable and easy to carry the pico 380 is very easy to shoot and shoot accurately.

Which is really a challenge for such a small pistol the pico is designed with an operating system that provides both reliability and low recoil the barrel actually tilts from slightly up to flat when it feeds and when it recoils which helps with recoil but also helps.

With reliable feeding because the rounds just need to go straight into the barrel in addition to that the pico has full size real real full-size pistol type sights with three dot sights coming standard they are adjustable and removable by the user with the wrench no need for gunsmithing.

And they can also be replaced with optional accessory trijicon night sights which are available as well so very easy to shoot and the pico can also handle plus p ammunition which you won't find on all small 380s it's built to be that durable and that reliable and handle those high.

Performance 380 personal protection loads the next really key thing about the pico 3d is that it's a modular design and what that means is that the fire control mechanism and the serialized chassis can be removed from the grip frame housing you can see that really easily by just taking the slide off so i'll.

Remove the magazine just turn this knob simply slide that off now you can see the chassis that's easily removable and allows you to change that out for different colors or for laser light you can put it right back together the grip frame housing then can be.

Removed very easily and replaced with either a colored option so you can customize your picot to whatever color you might prefer but it also allows some performance options and we've developed some great grip frame housings with laser max one being a integrated laser grip frame.

And then another being an integrated light so if you prefer a light or a laser on your pico you can add that and it's added in a way that's completely integral to the pistol not something that's added on could fall off could come detached at a time or makes the pistol bulkier when you go to attach that.

So those are terrific options that take advantage of the modularity of the pico so all in all the pico is a fantastic 380 that really provides durability performance ease of carry and terrific ease of shooting which is obviously the most important thing for any self-defense pistol.

What i've got right here is the 938 sas so sas stands for sig anti-snag coming at you from the custom shop inspired by those guys and you got all these rounded off features kind of the melted look really everything's molded around it off so if you're carrying it maybe in a pocket or a belly band something like that.

Nothing's going to get snagged up on you comes out nice and clean and boy it really has a nice clean classy look to it it's got custom walnut grips made by hogue they got a nice look to them and they're very practical get a good purchase on the gun feels real good up on top you got the sig light night.

Sights so those are going to glow in the dark so for everyday concealed carry find yourself in a low light situation those really pop out at you like all the 938s it is a single action only gun so it's carried with the hammer [ __ ] back and the safety lever up and the safety lever on the 938 sas is.

Ambi so it's on both sides for your righties or lefties once you drop that safety down you got seven and a half pounds of a nice clean crisp trigger pull very manageable gun in a compact little nine millimeter package right here so that's the 938 sas aluminum and ice frame got that two-tone.

Finish with the brush controls and brush slide solid stainless steel real classy little concealed carry piece  you