carry expensive gun?
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I think I finally came up with a scenario where I'd rather not have my 686 and carry something of less personal value.
That would be when flying with a gun. I don't trust TSA or baggage crews with my most prized gun, so if I ever decided I needed to bring one on vacation I'd probably buy something I was ok with being lost, damaged or destroyed. I just saw a video from Colion Noir on the subject which I'll link below. So there is one scenario where I'd actually not carry my best guns after all.
The Truth About Flying With A Gun - YouTube
That would be when flying with a gun. I don't trust TSA or baggage crews with my most prized gun, so if I ever decided I needed to bring one on vacation I'd probably buy something I was ok with being lost, damaged or destroyed. I just saw a video from Colion Noir on the subject which I'll link below. So there is one scenario where I'd actually not carry my best guns after all.
The Truth About Flying With A Gun - YouTube
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If you are involved in a legal self defense shooting if the cost of your firearm enters your mind you need to refocus. Hell is about to rain down on you and your gun will not matter.
tomrkba
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Lawyering costs $500+/hour for a self-defense case. So, count the price in lawyer hours.
After you get to several hundred billable hours, the eight hours your 1911 cost doesn't even register as an expense worth looking at. Maybe you'll get lucky and only spend $20k and never get to the Grand Jury. Perhaps the cost will matter then.
If you want to carry a fancy gun, then do so. If you don't care that much, then carry a production service grade gun like the M&P or Glock. Both types of gun will work just fine for the situation.
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Just wondering. Do you tell your wife to leave her $6000 engagement ring at home just in case she loses it? What other things do you or you wife leave the house with that might cost more than your gun? It is it really a thing to even worry about? Sure you can insure some of those things, but some are still irreplaceable.
Rosewood
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I have a 4 digit Centennial I carry in my pocket and a 3 1/2 in. 27-2 for a big gun. From reading some of the comments I think some people would consider them too expensive to carry.
If a bad guy kills me my pride don't want me found dead with a cheap gun.
Larry
If a bad guy kills me my pride don't want me found dead with a cheap gun.
Larry
I don't carry guns that have sentimental value or would be difficult to replace.
My 642 checks all the boxes - reliable, very carryable, I can shoot it, and is easily replaced.
My 642 checks all the boxes - reliable, very carryable, I can shoot it, and is easily replaced.
DWalt
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For many years my carry gun has been a small Galesi .25 Auto. In my front pants pocket. Lightweight and dependable, never needed to use it, hope I never do, but if I ever do, it will be enough.
Well, I'll put my .02. I am a traditionalist. I love my old revolvers, and John Browning autos. I shoot them fairly well, for an old guy. I am a Smith and Wesson collector, my S&W revolvers are not tools! They are prized possessions, even heirlooms. My EDC requirements are much like my car requirements. Absolute reliability, user friendly, not too big, not too small. Not a status symbol, and doesn't attract attention from bad or good people. I drive a RAV4, I carry a Glock 48 with TFO sights. I can shoot it as well as any other pistol. I carry one extra mag. It looks like a ****, but it's a fine tool.
THE important thing is that you actually have it with you. That EDC that lives in the sock drawer is useless for SD as it's not WITH you. If you're going to carry, then DO IT-All the time. My 'ol J frame and holster goes in my pocket when I get dressed in the morning, and come out when I go to bed that night. The only exception is if I go in somewhere where carry is verboten ( post office/ courthouse) in which case it goes in the lock box in the truck and is retrieved as soon as I come back out. That NAA .22 in the pocket will beat that combat master that's in the sock drawer,
pantannojack
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My first, and likely my last plastic fantastic, a 45 shield, because I could not find a 46. loaded magazines do not weigh a ton, and shooting twice is silly.
