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Most of the time I carry a Les Bear PII and might have a S&W 2'' on me, as backup.
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I have been carrying concealed as long as I can remember,well over 40 years . Yes I carry a spare and extra ammo for both firearms. . What would you do I your semi auto pistol jammed ?Tell the bad guy "Hey wait ,my gun jammed" .I don't think so. drop it and grab another loaded one and go to work!My main carry piece is a Sig P229 in 357 Sig and my BUG is a S&W 340PD 357 mag. I carry and extra magazine for the Sig and a speed loader for the J frame. I also have in my car a Rock River AR pistol 7 1/2 barrel with 2 30 round mags. Over kill ?Maybe but I want to go home at night and will do what it takes to do so. Also I will say that A j-frame S&W has been carried buy me for as long as I can remember. .
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I carry a slow to reload gun that contains only 5 shots, a Smith & Wesson J frame, so yes, I carry a backup, another Smith J frame and sometimes three.
Any time trouble has come my way it was at least two guys and often it is three to four guys and sometimes more. Guys who are looking to do harmful things operate in wolf packs, so having a gun with only 5 shots doesn't sound wise unless you have a backup.
Should I carry a gun with a larger capacity? Well I like the way the J frames just drop into a pocket, no harnesses, no belts, no rigs, no holsters (depending on the pocket), just grab the gun and go. There are plenty of other reasons I like the J frames over a larger higher capacity gun.
It's best to view the J frame as one half or one third of a gun, this way it doesn't sound so odd that a person would carry two and possibly three J frames, and at 11 ounces or 13 ounces for the scandium J frames, they weigh next to nothing.
I also carry pepper spray as a less than lethal option for problems where pepper spray would suffice and it has come in handy on more than one occasion. For what it's worth, though I didn't intend to buy this brand, it worked out that I have Smith & Wesson brand pepper spray.
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I usually carry two guns. But just today I started thinking about changing to one gun and a can of pepper spray.
The thought process was that is I could easily find myself in a situation where I definitely would need to take defensive action of some sort. If I have my usual 2 revolvers there will be shooting....if I had my revolver(s) and pepper spray in many situations (especially indoors) shooting could be avoided. The idea of two guns and pepper spray seems like too much gear.
I will have to find out if I still feel secure with a single gun and the spray.
Does this make sense?
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Sort of but not exactly. I usually carry a Ruger SP101 in .357 mag with a speed loader, but I always keep a 5903 in the truck with spare mags.
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Do you carry?
As a retired LE type I still run to some of my old customers. Even though I've been retired since 2001. And yes I carry two a S&W 442 with Crimson Trace grips a KelTec P-32 and a SOG knife. I also travel a lot, so it's nice to be prepared where ever you go. And for the places that are not "gun friendly" I just don't go there or spend my money there. Not paranoid just to old to fist fight now. You got to be care full with "old men" cause they'll just shoot you...LOL
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On rare occasions, yes I do. What I always carry, nowadays though, are extra magazines.
True Story: A number of years ago I was practicing at a remote local gun range (A large, really nice, but very isolated place where I usually got to practice in the best way I know how - all by myself!) when I shot my S&W Model 29 completely, ' dry'. I'd gone through about 75 rounds; and I didn't have a single cartridge left! So, one last time, I opened the cylinder, relaxed, turned around, and - voilà, all of a sudden - I saw this slender, swarthy, very neatly dressed man standing about 25 feet away from and directly behind me.
Where he came from I could only guess? Right off, I liked his clothes! He was casually, but expensively, dressed in the same manner that I used to do before I retired. That was all fine; but, what bothered me about him was he had this big, rather strange, leering grin on his face! Somehow, his wide grin gave me the impression the guy thought he, ' owned' me.
As I walked back to the bench I was holding the Model 29 in my right hand with the cylinder open, two fingers curled around the top strap, and my thumb against the cylinder. All of a sudden, and in a rather ominous sounding voice the fellow says to me, ' You shot 'er dry; didn't you!' That was it! I didn't need to hear anything else.
That guy had done an excellent job of sneaking up on me while I was busy engaging a row of targets by firing and speed loading my way across the line. Except for my SUV the parking lot appeared to be empty; so he'd already walked quite a distance in order to get behind me! (Probably along the tree line at the edge of the lot.) I immediately recognized that I, now, needed to distract him; so, I held up the empty 29, flashed the open cylinder at him and replied, ' You mean this?'
He laughed at me and said, ' Don't you know you should never do something like that, and - especially not - in a place like this!' He was perfectly correct, of course; and, while he was speaking, I used the time to reach behind my left hip and draw a fully loaded, S&W Model 59. (My, ' Serpico pistol'!)
All of a sudden like, he lost his scat-eating grin! That Model 59 made the silly little Sterling pistol he was holding look like a peashooter! With the encounter between us already decided, I said to him, ' Enlighten me!' ' What kind of game are we playing, here?' Nothing came of this event. Nothing came of it, probably, because I'd been carrying a large and exceedingly formidable, second pistol!
Funny thing is, though, that morning, as I was carrying my range bag to the truck, a very quiet, ' voice' had whispered in my ear, ' Go back to the house, get your Model 59, and take it with you today.' I swear! It was that same quiet voice which, over the years, I've learned to never, ever ignore. (Because every time I haven't listened something really bad has happened to me; but, then again, as I've discovered: One of life's greatest lessons is, in fact, to learn ' How' to listen!)
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On rare occasions, yes I do. What I always carry, nowadays though, are extra magazines.
True Story: A number of years ago I was practicing at a remote local gun range (A large, really nice, but very isolated place where I usually got to practice in the best way I know how - all by myself!) when I shot my S&W Model 29 completely, ' dry'. I'd gone through about 75 rounds; and I didn't have a single cartridge left! So, one last time, I opened the cylinder, relaxed, turned around, and - voilà, all of a sudden - I saw this slender, swarthy, very neatly dressed man standing about 25 feet away from and directly behind me.
Where he came from I could only guess? Right off, I liked his clothes! He was casually, but expensively, dressed in the same manner that I used to do before I retired. That was all fine; but, what bothered me about him was he had this big, rather strange, leering grin on his face! Somehow, his wide grin gave me the impression the guy thought he, ' owned' me.
As I walked back to the bench I was holding the Model 29 in my right hand with the cylinder open, two fingers curled around the top strap, and my thumb against the cylinder. All of a sudden, and in a rather ominous sounding voice the fellow says to me, ' You shot 'er dry; didn't you!' That was it! I didn't need to hear anything else.
That guy had done an excellent job of sneaking up on me while I was busy engaging a row of targets by firing and speed loading my way across the line. Except for my SUV the parking lot appeared to be empty; so he'd already walked quite a distance in order to get behind me! (Probably along the tree line at the edge of the lot.) I immediately recognized that I, now, needed to distract him; so, I held up the empty 29, flashed the open cylinder at him and replied, ' You mean this?'
He laughed at me and said, ' Don't you know that you should never do something like that - and, especially not, in a place like this!' He was perfectly correct, of course; and, while he was speaking, I used the time to reach behind my left hip and draw a fully loaded, S&W Model 59. (My, ' Serpico pistol'!)
All of a sudden like, he lost his scat-eating grin! That Model 59 made the silly little Sterling pistol he was holding look like a peashooter! With the encounter between us already decided, I said to him, ' Enlighten me!' ' What kind of game are we playing, here?' Nothing came of this event. Nothing came of it, probably, because I'd been carrying a large and exceedingly formidable, second pistol!
Funny thing is, though, that morning, as I was carrying my range bag to the truck, a very quiet, ' voice' had whispered in my ear, ' Go back to the house, get your Model 59, and take it with you today.' I swear! It was that same quiet voice which, over the years, I've learned to never, ever ignore. (Because every time I haven't listened something really bad has happened to me; but, then again, as I've discovered: One of life's greatest lessons is, in fact, to learn ' How' to listen!)
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Would love to hear what happened next at your practice session! Perhaps a PM if you don't want to post it?
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I carry a backup Smith & Wesson 642-1 Revolver as a backup weapon to my Glock 30 (45 Caliber) Short Frame. I carry spare
magazine for the Glock and several speed loaders for the Revolver. I prefer an extra gun just in case the semi automatic
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Arc Angel
On rare occasions, yes I do. What I always carry, nowadays though, are extra magazines.
True Story: A number of years ago I was practicing at a remote local gun range (A large, really nice, but very isolated place where I usually got to practice in the best way I know how - all by myself!) when I shot my S&W Model 29 completely, ' dry'. I'd gone through about 75 rounds; and I didn't have a single cartridge left! So, one last time, I opened the cylinder, relaxed, turned around, and - voilà, all of a sudden - I saw this slender, swarthy, very neatly dressed man standing about 25 feet away from and directly behind me.
Where he came from I could only guess? Right off, I liked his clothes! He was casually, but expensively, dressed in the same manner that I used to do before I retired. That was all fine; but, what bothered me about him was he had this big, rather strange, leering grin on his face! Somehow, his wide grin gave me the impression the guy thought he, ' owned' me.
As I walked back to the bench I was holding the Model 29 in my right hand with the cylinder open, two fingers curled around the top strap, and my thumb against the cylinder. All of a sudden, and in a rather ominous sounding voice the fellow says to me, ' You shot 'er dry; didn't you!' That was it! I didn't need to hear anything else.
That guy had done an excellent job of sneaking up on me while I was busy engaging a row of targets by firing and speed loading my way across the line. Except for my SUV the parking lot appeared to be empty; so he'd already walked quite a distance in order to get behind me! (Probably along the tree line at the edge of the lot.) I immediately recognized that I, now, needed to distract him; so, I held up the empty 29, flashed the open cylinder at him and replied, ' You mean this?'
He laughed at me and said, ' Don't you know that you should never do something like that, and - especially not - in a place like this!' He was perfectly correct, of course; and, while he was speaking, I used the time to reach behind my left hip and draw a fully loaded, S&W Model 59. (My, ' Serpico pistol'!)
All of a sudden like, he lost his scat-eating grin! That Model 59 made the silly little Sterling pistol he was holding look like a peashooter! With the encounter between us already decided, I said to him, ' Enlighten me!' ' What kind of game are we playing, here?' Nothing came of this event. Nothing came of it, probably, because I'd been carrying a large and exceedingly formidable, second pistol!
Funny thing is, though, that morning, as I was carrying my range bag to the truck, a very quiet, ' voice' had whispered in my ear, ' Go back to the house, get your Model 59, and take it with you today.' I swear! It was that same quiet voice which, over the years, I've learned to never, ever ignore. (Because every time I haven't listened something really bad has happened to me; but, then again, as I've discovered: One of life's greatest lessons is, in fact, to learn ' How' to listen!)
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LOL.....my 3913 is always along for the ride....................................and I always have a loaded gun on me..........................
I shoot at a local gun club that is often inhabited by.....just me ........
Even on the rifle range ..... I take my rifle with me to check targets...... empty yes....... but a loaded mag in my pocket/belt pouch...............
I've seen lots of guys lay down an AR...loaded mags near by.... and head down to the other end of a 100yd range........
or leave 5/6 handguns on the bench while 25-50 yds down range........
safety rules are great ......but .......
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I always carry a primary handgun and a BUG.
I have since I was a young lad on patrol and my District Ranger taught
me the in and outs of being a good officer. First I was carrying a S&W
Model 19 on my gun belt and a round butt Model 36 in an ankle holster,
except when I was on boat patrol, then I carried the Model 36 in a
Bianchi Shoulder Holster. When I was a Chief of Police I carried a
Sig 220 in a Shoulder Holster and a Sig P230 in a Ankle Holster.
I've been retired since 2003 and I'm now still carrying a BUG besides
my main mostest gun. Earlier this summer I was at the Beach in South
Texas. I was still carrying two handguns, two Glock 43s. One in the
Front of my Speedos and one in the Back, I was quite the Dude on the
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A long time ago I made some holsters for an FBI agent that carried 5 when he traveled overseas. Two were shoulder rigs, two were IWB and one was an ankle rig. He was a big guy and one shoulder was a .44 while the other side was a .357.
He wouldn't say if he ever needed to use all, or any of them. Interesting guy.
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No, according to that, it's one . . .
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No.
If I didn't trust my first CCW with my life, I should buy a new CCW, not a second one.
I wear a belt, or suspenders, but not a both together. One gets the job done.
I wear a seatbelt while driving a car, but I don't also wear a helmet.
If I find myself in a situation so messy that one fully loaded CCW can't extricate me...it may just be I'm getting called upstairs.
All that said, I support your constitutional right to carry 5 CCWs if that's your bag.
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I've considered carrying a second because sometimes the semi auto jams so I need a backup or visa-versa...revolver has 5 shots and if problem is bigger than 5 go to semi auto or another revolver. I don't carry second but have considered it. I find it's just too much to carry. RESOLUTION??? Carry a larger revolver with more ammunition....just saying.
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Not anymore. I carried a back up for work though.
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Why I carry a BUG.
Houston PD.
Police Officer Charles Clark was shot and killed while responding to a silent alarm at a check cashing store on South Loop East.
Officer Clark arrived less then four minutes after the alarm button was pushed. As he entered the store, the suspects opened fire, striking him in the shoulder. He returned fire but his service weapon jammed after firing the first shot.
As he called for assistance one of the men shot him in the head execution style. The subjects then executed the female store clerk before fleeing. The three men were apprehended the following day. The shooter of the clerk was sentenced to death and a defendant was convicted of related charged. In 2013 the subject who murdered Officer Clark was granted a new trial and then released on a technicality.
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My Sig P238 .380 is always on me 24/7, or within reach. Depending on where I am going and what I will be doing, I will carry a 2nd gun, maybe 30% of the time.
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Honestly, I think carrying a backup 2nd handgun for personal protection is over-kill. If I owned an all-night market or liquor store or pharmacy or some other high-risk business, a back-up might be understandable. But generally - no.
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