CCW options ... One, two, or more?

[USMCshooter]

I rarely switch - P938 99%. But the other carry options are Shield 9 or Glock Model 36.

 

[Rick_A]

A man's gotta have choices...

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[Goldstar225]

A Kahr K-40 is my primary with my 642 or 60-15 on my also carried list.

 

[ClayCow]

G42. G32 or G19 after that

 

[JaPes]

I will carry any gun I can conceal. Right now the following are in rotation:

1. Glock 29SF. 10mm FTW.
2. Glock 19 Gen4.
3. H&K VP9
4. Sig P938
5. Kahr CW380

I don't subscribe to the single gun mindset. Sights are sights. Trigger control is trigger control. Gun has a safety? No problem. Gun has no safety? No problem. At minimum, I can shoot any gun with combat accuracy. I attribute this to a single hard earned skill. I put in the time and effort to learn to shoot a truly heavy DA revolver trigger well.

Call me old-fashioned. I believe a firearms enthusiast should put in the time to learn how to shoot a DA revolver trigger. Master this skill, and every other pistol trigger type is easy.

... I also believe that anyone who drives a car should learn to drive using a manual transmission...< end premature old-guy rant>

 

[MattO]

I have 2 that I use depending on what I'm in the mood to carry. Primary is a M&P 40C in a IWB holster from Hidden Hybrid Holster company. When I feel like carrying a revolver I have a custom made IWB holster and it holds a SP101 .357. I practice with both, and am very comfortable with either should I need to use it. Hopefully I will never need to use the training I have with either.

 

[Jim1392]

I carry my S & W 640 Pro with a speed strip everyday. The only time I don't is when I take my dog out for a walk in the morning and evening in my neighborhood. Then I usually drop a NAA Pug Magnum in a holster in my pocket. But anywhere other then my neighborhood the 640 goes with me.

 

[cmort666]

Due to the need to disarm, I primarily pocket carry my Smith 36, but on a previous job, I used to regularly rotate several semi-autos, the 36, and a 3" 65.

 

[bhayles]

I don't subscribe to the single gun mindset. Sights are sights. Trigger control is trigger control. Gun has a safety? No problem. Gun has no safety? No problem. At minimum, I can shoot any gun with combat accuracy.

I go with single gun because...

As you say, sights are sights, trigger control is trigger control, etc. You are absolutely right.

I go with one gun not because of the gun but because of the carry.

In a high stress situation, like it would be if having to use your gun for self defense, I do not want to have to hesitate for even a single second while I figure out where the gun is...IWB right forward cant at 4 o'clock for the big gun, pocket holster in right front pocket for the itty bitty revolver, shoulder rig for this gun, ankle holster for that one, and a waterproof derringer stuffed in my speedo when I go to the beach...

If I ever have to pull I want to reach for it in in one place and know what's there, exactly where "there" is, and how its carried (vertical, forward cant, etc).

Sure, I could practice all of that at the range, or even dry firing exercises, and do it perfectly, but...

The split second it takes to remember which piece of training for which gun to access mentally is still there and in a high stress situation we all will devolve to our training.

... I also believe that anyone who drives a car should learn to drive using a manual transmission...

Cars can have automatic transmissions if the owner wants, but every puckup should come with a manual only...

< end premature old-guy rant>

Old farts rule!

 

[tim c]

Primary ccw S&W 1911 pro series sub-compact 45acp
then Mod.37 and Model 638

 

[Rowlette]

My EDC S&W MPC 357SIG

 

[KSDeputy]

I think it important to always carry the same firearm, qualify with it, know everything about it. That is what we did when I was working, in uniform we were all issued the same firearm. In retirement I always carry a CS45, and sometimes a PPK as backup.

 

[YNC(AW) TangoCharlie]

The weather dictates what I'm carrying that day. Most days here around Tampa I'm carrying my G42 since that will slide right into my pocket. If weather will be cooler (later this week) will be carrying my 9 Shield OWB with open over shirt.

 

[Friggs]

I hope this doesn't get me thrown out of here. But I carry either my Ruger SR9c or my Taurus 850. Mostly my Ruger. But switch to the 850 when I am in the mood for a revolver. Can also depend on where I am going and think I might need the capacity of my SR9c. But once I get my 442, 642, or 637 I will be using that most likely.


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[ChattanoogaPhil]

90% that little LCP on top is carried.

As far rotating guns.... the guns below all go bang when the trigger is squeezed.
I have seen countless experienced guys try to shoot a gun at the range with the safety engaged.
I reckon it don't get a lot better under stress.
If I carried a gun with manual safety, that would be the only one I carried. Well... 1911 I'm okay with since over the years Ive developed an involuntary thumb reflex no matter what gun is in my hand.

 

[h2ohhh]

Kahr CW-45. Light, single stack DAO with a 5# butter smooth trigger. It rides in a Shepherd kydex\leather holster in the small of my back. I sometimes carry a Sig P238 in a Desantis pocket holster but the Kahr gets max use. A SDVE 40 lives in my truck.

 

[Protected One]

Depending on how I'm dressed it's either the Shield 9mm, Bodyguard 380 or Glock 23.

 

[Smoke]

I don't subscribe to the single gun mindset. Sights are sights. Trigger control is trigger control. Gun has a safety? No problem. Gun has no safety? No problem.

Several years ago when I first started carrying a gun someone tried to mug me. I drew my firearm from my pocket and the guy saw it and took off. At the time I carried my gun with an empty chamber for “safety” and in the heat of the moment completely forgot that I was carrying an (essentially) unloaded gun and made no attempt to chamber a round.

That incident gave me a first hand look at how your mind works under stress. Had the guy pressed the attack I would have very likely gone down trying to squeeze the trigger and not knowing why my gun wasn’t firing.

All of my training could be characterized as a process of simplifying and streamlining and cutting out the things that don’t work.

I’ve said it before but every variable and every step you add to the process is just one more chance for something to go wrong at the worst possible moment that it could go wrong. I am not willing to bet my life that on that day I’ll remember if I’m carrying a gun with a safety or not and I’m not willing to bet my life that if I remember wrong I’ll have time to correct the mistake.

In fact I’m not wiling to bet my life that the safety won’t pick that day to stick. That’s why I carry strictly striker fired pistols with no manual safety and a loaded chamber Pull, point, shoot,

 

[ClayCow]

Smoke. It has to do with training. You need to train more with no round in yhe chamber to remember. I remember when i started doing patrol exercise in my m16. Kept forgetting to swithc safety off. Took a few times but yhen jt became automatic

 

[Wishoot]

Usually carry a 9mm Shield.

For days when deeper cover is a must, an LCP.