Just for some fun~what gun did you take to your CCW class?

I just took my class yesterday (and breezed through it BTW) I used this:



Anyone else bring something "odd"

I qualified with nothing for my PA license to carry firearms...

PA has no such requirement. All it takes is $25 and a background check and 10 minutes later (at least in my county) you're out the door and legal to carry.

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- The Federalist #46 -

....and it was REALLY funny to hear the girls standing behind me squeal as hot 10mm brass drifted down their low cut shirts

I offered to remove it, but they declined

Here I take a class,then take the paper to the Sheriff's then I wait for the background check to clear and get my permit.

It was funny that the instructor said two to three hours,and we were done in an hour and forty five.

Colt Gold Cup (customized) 45acp.

S&W 686 4"

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Hook686

I took my 40VE since I bought it to be my carry gun, during the range session I got the chance to shoot the instructors 1911 and fell in love with it, then I went and got my own.

I took two, a BHP and a Colt Commander, both in 9mm.

I always carry the one on my side and a range bag in my vehicle that has 5 guns in it.

So I carried a Glock 22, S&W 66, Colt 1911, S&W 29, S&W 63 and a S&W 25-5 in 45 LC.

But only shot the Glock 22 and loaned a few guns to others that were having problems with the guns they brought.

In Florida you have to show "proficiency with a firearm". When I took my class 17 years ago, I used a PPK/s and fired 50 rounds, with an instructor/deputy. No a problem for me, as I had been shooting since I was 4 or 5. I was already proficient.

Several of my friends took a class at a gun show, then had to go to a local range to shoot. They said the instructor dressed in a bullet proof vest that went to his knees, and a full face shield. He loaded one round in a revolver and placed it on the table. If you had shot before, you came up with your shooting hand raised, picked up the pistol, fired one round and placed it back on the table, all with one hand. If you had never shot before, you came up with both hands raised and he gave a few instructions, then you fired one round.

When my wife took her class several months ago, she took her new M&P9c. I sat in as a refresher with my H&K. Many in the class had just purchased guns from that shop and this was their first time shooting. The instructor wanted to see everyone shoot and reload at least once. You could shoot 1, reload and shoot 1 more, or shoot a whole box. He was right there to help any that needed it. With some, I felt would have felt more comfortable standing in front of the target than behind them.

Anyway, point is I like to see some shooting involved. Our fee is $137 for the license. The class was another $75, and was well worth it. With the new digital fingerprints, you get your license back in less than two weeks.

Ohio requires a couple hours range time as part of the instruction. I fired 22's 32's 38's 45's and 9x19's. Most classes it seems you shoot what you brought, then try out what everyone else brought as well. For newer shooters I think this works out great to get the feel of severial firearms before you decide what you like.

My police surplus Glock 19, courtesy of Summit Gun Broker.

I used an old Colt 45 acp, model 1911, built on an Essex frame.

Despite having several newer and more modern 1911 type .45s on hand along, with a few 9mms, my wife and I have always accomplished our concealed carry qualification with this old Augusta Arsenal rebuilt World War I Colt Model 1911. It is her favorite to shoot.

We had to use the Hi-Power last year though because the front sight fell off the Colt after 90 years. Do you know how difficult it is to find a correct replacement narrow half moon sight for one of these? I spent over two years looking for one. It is at the gunsmith right now having the sight replaced. I wonder if Colt would have fixed it under warranty, hah!

TX CHL instructors have to requalify every two years, with both pistol and revolver, and I have done so since first qualifying in 1995. I've taken the class with a different pistol and a different revolver almost every time, just for fun. For revolvers, I've shot a 6" 686 Power Port, a 3" PC 681+, a 5" 625, a 696 and a 3" CS-1. I think I may have shot the 3" 681+ twice, but memory fades. For pistols, I've shot a 5" Kimber Custom .45, a Glock 35, Nighthawk Talon II Bobtail in 9x23, Glock 17, a Kahr K-9, and last time, I shot my 5" Aegis 9x23.

If Texas allowed to carry an auto after qualifying with a wheelgun, I'd use my 1917


Instead, I'll borrow a Glock or some other thing and get it over with.

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I miss my 4546 the most.

Beretta 92f

My wife and I both used a model 18 Smith and Wesson.

640-1 w/148gr WC the first time. I foolishly let my CW permit expire and had to get a new one (prior to our new state CCW law) I used my 696 no-dash w/240gr SWC. The instructor, a state LEO, had never seen one, so after the class I let him try it. I made a new friend that day!

When I first applied, some years back, there wasn't a practical aspect to the process

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"Non sibi, sed patriae"

Not the way it was with me. I live in WV also. My class lasted 7 1/2 hours. We shot about an hour. Then we had a written test. (For the shooting part I used my 9mm SW9VE Sigma.) Two days later I went to the local Sheriff's office, payed my money, filled out the papers, had my picture taken, and went home and waited. One week and 2 days later I received my CCP permit.

TLG in WV

This one thing I forgot to mention:I paid a bit extra and got a private class,I don't feel the need to be on a firing line full of folks whole have never seen a handgun before!

I told the guy I didn't want to chance losing it and beating someone about the head if they pointed their gun at me

Here in Washington you don't have to take a class or show proficiency, or at least you didn't when I got my CCL back in the 90's. I personally don't agree with no class or live fire time. I think folks need to be able to prove they know what they are doing. Just my 2 cents.
When I lived in Oregon you had to take a class and qualify with a 50 round live fire test. I used my S&W 66-2 4''. BTW, I passed with flying colors. :^)

I qualified with a 1970's era Dan Wesson .357 Magnum using 158gr +P .38 ammo.

The class I took was basicly the same. It was me and another guy. Both of use have been shooting for lots of years. Myself, 45 years. I didn't mention, we also got a great Pizza lunch served to us. The class was at the instructors home. Even after 45 years of shooting, I learned some bad habits that I had picked up over the years. 7 1/2 hours was really to little.

My class as it was cost me $60. I would like to take advanced classes someday. One can never have "enough' training!!!

TLG...63 years old and counting.....

I actually had fun with it and I'm thinking of taking some other courses later on not only for learning new things but for the enjoyment of it.

I qualified with a Model 19 (S&W, not Glock oddly enough), blued, 2 1/2" barrel. It is now a safe queen after being "claimed" by my daughter. Wears ivory stocks, and just sits looking pretty waiting on her 21st Birthday. I haven't fired it since she asked for it.

Incidentally, the instructor was "assisted" by a Barney Fife wannabe who asked me what I was firing. When I told him .38 Spl. Wadcutters he ran to the instructor and tattled that I was shooting a .357, but I wasn't firing .357's in it, and that just wasn't right! In Tennessee, it doesn't matter if you qualify with a .22lr, by the way.

My wife qualified with her Glock 26. I attended the class as a refresher with the instructor's permission, and then fired my Kimber Custom Target .45.

I loaned one of the guys in wifey's class a Ruger because the piece of junk he brought wouldn't run.

We shot a modified combat course at my club, more than the state required but this was 6 months before the law even passed and they wanted to be sure all bases were covered.
I shot my Kimber Ultra CDP as that was to be my carry gun. After a couple years I went to mostly revolvers for carry.
We don't requalify to renew though.

4" nickel 586. At one point the young guy two lanes over (who wasn't shooting so hot) looked down at his plastic fantastic, looked over at my Smith, then looked back at his piece. He looked almost bewildered the whole time and I could see that the revolver light was going on in his head.

Beretta 92F

My Old trusty 39-2 9mm I have had since I was 16.....

In addition to my Federal (Retired LEO) and Florida CCW, I took the Tennessee CCW with my Wife. Eight hours classroom instruction and fired 48 rounds at the range. My Wife used a S&W Model 625-6 .45acp Revolver and I used a Model 25-2 .45acp Revolver. We both qualified.
Jimmy

Yep, me too.

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Infected by Smith&Wesson

You mean my first class? That would be Richmond, Virginia 1994 when the law was first signed by Gov. Allen...
I used my Ruger SP101 .357mag; the only other handgun I owned was a Beretta .22 Bobcat, and they required a centerfire handgun for the permit class. I was a 25 year old starving student, I had used all my money on a new Honda CB750 motorcycle, and I was so busy chasing skirts I barely had time to fit that class in on a Saturday... sigh.

I shot my young (at the time) Sigma 9VE. She only had around 300 rounds in her and was about a week old.


Now she has over 5000 rounds in her and I still love her.

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Don't look, reload and shoot!

I qualified with my nickled 19-3 with a 2.5 inch barrel. Its a lot of fun to shoot that pistol and was the first time I had shot it in 29 years. It got me back to shooting as a hobby again.

I shot mine double action using my Ruger Service Six. Passed easily.

No .22's?

My M&P40c sounded like a canon after the .22 that those ahead of me shot. I'm no stranger to shooting so I was confident with anything, and I bought the 40c to carry, so I figured why not.

It was a family affair: my brother shot my 40c, dad shot his 6906, and mom shot her 60LS. It was a small group of mostly friends, so with the exception of one person whose shiny new CZ locked up solid, everyone else shot the same .22 roundgun.

If I'd done it again, I would have loved to use the old 1905 4th .32-20 and made a single hole

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Fast is fine;accurate is final

Good thinking.

To the original question:

A couple of years before I got my license in FL, I had some spare money and took Massad Ayoob's LFI-1. Being a bit of a freak for training honesty, I took my Model 40, and used a "shoestring" holster made of parachute cord. Of course Mas put me on the left end of the firing line because I was drawing crossdraw. During the qual at the end of the course, Mas had occasion to call out words of encouragement to the group to the effect of "A guy with a five-shot snubbie is whipping your a**es." I was kind of used to shooting that 40, even with its thin front sight.

One time I used a nickel plated Colt Army Special in .32-20. Not only did I have the only revolver, I had the only .32-20... Well the latter was a given.

Another time I simply used a borrowed Beretta 92.

I used my S&W 1006. It was the only semi-auto I owned at the time, although I generally prefer revolvers.

In 1980, 4 years after my CWP was issued, a new sheriff was elected and all Deschutes County, OR permits were "called in." We had to attend class and show proficiency. I used my nickel 19-2 2.5" Model 19 in a Bianchi Pistol Pocket and a 34-1 .22 rimfire. It seems like we fired 40 rounds. At the time we were allowed to put 2 guns on the CWP. Prior to this, CWPs were issued on an individual basis and no classes or training were required.

I used my Walther PPS and my wife used a Smith and Wesson .45 revolver.

My pre 80 series Colt SS Lightweight Commander

They told me not to bring one. The instructor set a glock 17 on the bench and told me to pick it up and put two in the target at a whopping five feet. They took my picture and prints and my permit came in the mail two and a half weeks later.

I was at five and maybe contact distance,I literally shot a fist-sized hole in the target since we were so close.

Since I was doing so well he showed me a type where you shot two in the chest,then one in the crotch area (break the hip) the chest (heart/lung) and finished one in the head-I tried it slow then faster,pretty much pulled it off every time I drew and fired after that.

Glock 19.

Take it the shooting portion with a semi-auto. If you take with a revolver you cannot carry a semi-auto. If you take with a semi- you can carry either semi or revolver.

Colt Govt Model 70 Series 45ACP. Had to shoot an auto to be able to carry autos and revolvers.

Iowa has recently passed shall issue, but previously it was different in all 99 counties. When I got my first permit at age 20 in 1985, they gave a classroom lecture, a written test and a shooting qualification. My Dad bet me I would not beat his score several years earlier of 99% on the written test. I got a 98%. The shooting test was basically you had to hit a target about 10" in diameter at least 6 times out of ten at about 10 yds. They said "If you have a revolver, load only 5, shoot them, and then load 5 more and shoot again". I just put six rounds in my revolver, carefully shot them all double action into a nice group and called it quits. The gun was a 4 screw K-22 that belonged to my Dad. I know, a 6" .22 revolver is hardly a carry piece, but they let you qualify with anything you wanted, and I figured I'd do a lot better than with a Chief's special.
Two friends of mine took the class in December. Neither had any experience with handguns. They both asked for my help. After a training session where I stressed safety issues we did some shooting with several of my handguns. They did very well. One of them took my 60 year old Ruger Standard Model .22 automatic to the class, the other took my 5 screw Combat Masterpiece .38 Spl. Both passed without any trouble.

In Texas if you qualify with a revolver, your card says 'Revolver Only'. There's a caliber limitation, either 32 or 380 is the minimum, I forget which. First time I shot a Glock 19, on the two subsequent trips to the range I shot a Glock 36. I usually carry a S&W 638 in town and a Ruger Security Six out in the desert.