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Repurposed Planner for Concealment

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:22 pm
by Toadstone
I don't know how useful this will be for me, but it's good to have I guess. I found a 2008-2009 daily planner calendar thing while cleaning out my wife's car. The external dimensions are about 5" x 7 3/4". I yanked out the "binder" part and, well, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves:

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Out with 2009, in with a Glock 19, with room for an extra mag. I actually rotated the gun in the case before I zipped it up (between pics 2 and 3) so that it would be easier to access because you'd only have to unzip it about halfway before you could reach in and grab it. As you can see in the third picture, the magazine in the gun is bulging against the zipper. That's the only indication that it isn't just an ordinary day planner, however. The thickness is just right.

I'm actually not too keen on the planner-as-holster idea because I'd probably accidentally set the damn thing down somewhere and walk away. Or somebody could steal it. If I do decide to use this thing, I may look into modding it by adding some elastic loops to hold the gun and, more importantly, the spare mag in place.

Re: Repurposed Planner for Concealment

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:35 pm
by USA1
I made one a while back. I mounted a cheap Uncle Mikes holster and mag holder inside.
I used it occasionally. Mostly just for spur of the moment trips to the ice creme parlor and such.
People either thought it was just a day planner or a Bible. Theses days I prefer on body carry though.
Here's some pics.

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Re: Repurposed Planner for Concealment

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 5:57 pm
by mikeintexas
USA1, how did you mount the holster/mag holder in the planner?

Re: Repurposed Planner for Concealment

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 6:16 pm
by C-dub
It doesn't look like it is "mounted." I was thinking that a few strips of Velcro with some hot glue or some of the Velcro with adhesive. If I were to do this I wouldn't want the mag to be sliding around inside on its own.

Re: Repurposed Planner for Concealment

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 6:30 pm
by USA1
mikeintexas wrote:USA1, how did you mount the holster/mag holder in the planner?
I used high quality double sided tape made by 3M
It's very strong and holds everything from moving around.

Re: Repurposed Planner for Concealment

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 6:41 pm
by WildBill
USA1 wrote:
mikeintexas wrote:USA1, how did you mount the holster/mag holder in the planner?
I used high quality double sided tape made by 3M. It's very strong and holds everything from moving around.
This looks like a really good "planner".

Re: Repurposed Planner for Concealment

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 6:49 pm
by USA1
WildBill wrote:
USA1 wrote:
mikeintexas wrote:USA1, how did you mount the holster/mag holder in the planner?
I used high quality double sided tape made by 3M. It's very strong and holds everything from moving around.
This looks like a really good "planner".
Galco makes one but they cost something like $100.
They call it "The Hidden Agenda" I've seen another one called "The Discrete Planner"

I made mine for free using junk I had laying around.

Re: Repurposed Planner for Concealment

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:55 pm
by Grog
I did that back in 1997 when I needed a gun close by yet not on my person. Worked with a Glock 23 rather well.

Re: Repurposed Planner for Concealment

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:09 pm
by Mike1951
At $24.95, Dillon's is one of the cheaper options.

http://www.dillonprecision.com/#/conten ... ay_Planner" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Of course, some of the better ones actually ARE day planners.

Re: Repurposed Planner for Concealment

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:41 pm
by surprise_i'm_armed
On a thread somewhere within the last month or
so, some forum member had a day planner that was
kind of a 2-story deal.

In one compartment you store your gun and it's got its
own cover, completely hiding the gun.

The other compartment actually looked liked a day planner
and you could leave it open on a desk, without the gun
being exposed.

I can't remember who it was that showed us this.

SIA

Re: Repurposed Planner for Concealment

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:03 pm
by karl
Great idea! I mountain bike frequently and, after seeing this, plan to sew in a pocket along the back in the main compartment with some protection for when I wipe out.

Re: Repurposed Planner for Concealment

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:33 pm
by bdickens
Don't ever consider using something like that if you have ADD!

Re: Repurposed Planner for Concealment

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:08 pm
by JJVP
surprise_i'm_armed wrote:On a thread somewhere within the last month or
so, some forum member had a day planner that was
kind of a 2-story deal.

In one compartment you store your gun and it's got its
own cover, completely hiding the gun.

The other compartment actually looked liked a day planner
and you could leave it open on a desk, without the gun
being exposed.

I can't remember who it was that showed us this.

SIA
Here are some:

http://www.securityprousa.com/lecoorho.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.jaxknives.com/jagwear/jwplanner.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.creativeconcealment.biz/Hols ... O-7758.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.creativeconcealment.biz/Hols ... O-7759.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;