motorpat
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My carry guns:
1. G 36 (winter)
2. G 26 (summer)
3. S&W 642
4. S&W 637 (no lock)
5. Ruger LCP - BUG all year round
1. G 36 (winter)
2. G 26 (summer)
3. S&W 642
4. S&W 637 (no lock)
5. Ruger LCP - BUG all year round
How Many Defensive Guns You Carry?
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649 Bodyguard
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My sig 380 carries very well. But my s&w 649-2 just makes me feel more like at home.
FlYFiShErMaN
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I agree.... But it is fun to collect a few....
But find a good one....and always have it...
Ditto - its hard to remember you even have it with you
But I am always looking for another
grendelbane
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Since I bought my New Agent and my LCR, I have almost cut the number down to 2. Usually one or the other, not both at the same time. Though, that is also possible.
A couple of years ago, I got by with a 696, or my old model 58. Both of these have gotten so high I hate to risk scratching them now. They were both pretty much winter weather guns anyway. The LCR and even the New Agent can be carried in summer time fairly easily.
A couple of years ago, I got by with a 696, or my old model 58. Both of these have gotten so high I hate to risk scratching them now. They were both pretty much winter weather guns anyway. The LCR and even the New Agent can be carried in summer time fairly easily.
When I was working patrol, I carried my primary sidearm, my S&W 4506, one back up gun, varied through several finally ended with a Glock 23 that replaced my Walther PPK, 16 rounds of 40 caliber vs. 8 rounds of .380 ACP with the same weight - no brainer. Usually had a another in a briefcase along with shotgun and rifle in the patrol car.
Off duty was the Glock.
Now carry my 45 M&P as primary sidearm and Glock 32 as my off duty but am also qualified with my S&W 686 2 1/2" and a Colt Mustang for very discreet carry.
Early in my stint I observed and was guilty of changing guns like one changes their socks.
I have since become a believer in the saying "Beware of the man with just one gun. He probably knows how to use it."
Off duty was the Glock.
Now carry my 45 M&P as primary sidearm and Glock 32 as my off duty but am also qualified with my S&W 686 2 1/2" and a Colt Mustang for very discreet carry.
Early in my stint I observed and was guilty of changing guns like one changes their socks.
I have since become a believer in the saying "Beware of the man with just one gun. He probably knows how to use it."
66SLOWDRAW686
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CARRY GUNS
I CARRY 229 SIG W/357 SIG BARREL MOST OF THE TIME
M60-3 2'' 38
M66-5 3'' 357 MAG.
M686-4 4'' 357 MAG
PARA ORDNANCE 45ACP 5'' W/CRIMSON LASER
I KNOW I CAN SHOOT THIS GUN @ 50YARDS NO PROBLEM HITTING MY TARGET.
I JUST LIKE TO CHANGE UP.
I CARRY 229 SIG W/357 SIG BARREL MOST OF THE TIME
M60-3 2'' 38
M66-5 3'' 357 MAG.
M686-4 4'' 357 MAG
PARA ORDNANCE 45ACP 5'' W/CRIMSON LASER
I KNOW I CAN SHOOT THIS GUN @ 50YARDS NO PROBLEM HITTING MY TARGET.
I JUST LIKE TO CHANGE UP.
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GatorFarmer
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Some of you guys are awful gun poor, chuckle. Anyway, staying mainly on the topic, only New Mexico that I'm aware of limits a person to carrying a single gun via permit laws, and nowhere limits ammunition carried. Lansing cops never cared, neither did those in VA whether you clanked when you walked. Sometimes I did, but slum lording and the equally hazardous undertaking of meeting women from the internet led to all manner of adventures.
Anyway... Guns that I own that are at least nominally fit for carry... This is off the top of my head so I might miss a few...
1. Colt Series 70 (original) box stock 1911 in .45 ACP. Works fine IWB or OWB strong side carry, just put a garment over it. I have an old Safety Speed paddle/tab holster that I really like that goes with it. I was four years old when it left the factory.
2. Colt Detective Special from 1974, my birth year gun. I went through musical grips on this one, finally stuck a set of Pachs on it, the "Compac" model if I remember right. Magically comfortable. Can go many places where a J frame could. Mine is in great shape so I don't usually carry it, but it'd work.
3. Colt Lawman Snub - really works best OWB strong side like my old snubby Six Series Ruger did. I get a longing for a magnum snubby periodically, this is the one that I have now.
4. Sig Sauer P229R in .357 Sig with night sights - what I've carried lately OWB in a Desantis rig that I got off Ebay cheap. All the joys of a .357 revolver with double the capacity and the magical powers of teutonic gnome engineering. A bit heavy but eh...
5. Glock 32 in .357 Sig also with night sights - I like to have two guns in any given caliber if possible. Works fine OWB or IWB.
6. Glock 34 seems big to many people as a carry gun, but it is the same size as a 1911 and actually lighter. It's more of a rainy day gun really. The sort of rainy day where you tuck it into one of the mag pouches on your rig and have your rifle plates on. I'm a homemaker. A white sale at Macys might go just that wrong.
7. A Glock 26 - I like having a baby Glock around as a potential pocket alternative to J frames. Since I sold my 27, I now have the 26.
8. A Sigma 40VE -why? Trade in and sale value are nil, I've got plenty of mags for it, and I like to keep a .40 around in case that is the only ammo I can find. Been too lazy to get conversion bbls for the Sig and Glock, thus the Sigma is retained. Works fine in a holster that I think was meant for an XD
9. Little Beretta .22 short auto with the longer barrel - for when I shot the squirrel that looked like Lincoln.
10. Walther PP, German, in .32 ACP. Traded my old Krag sporter for it. It works, good shape, and soothes my guilty like for the Walther PP series for pocket purposes. Easier to hit with than my old Kel Tec P32 was and would even make a wood's gun in a pinch.
11. 3" 31-1 in .32 SW Long. Not commonly seen, but they hold six instead of five and report and recoil are minimal. In high school we had an exchange student that was a pretty white girl from Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia. During the "troubles" she was carrying a gun at age six. I have kids so this and the Walther double as Rhodesian specials if the need should arrive. Otherwise a nice walking around gun.
12. 3" 36-1 in .38 special, uses the same holsters and same selection of square butt grips as the above. Makes a nice retro carry rig and can also be a walking around gun.
13. 637-2 with the hammer bobbed, fine pocket gun
14. 638-2 - another fine pocket choice, or clip it to my armor under my left arm with the clip draw attachment on it. Plus I have more than one pocket.
15. 2" older square butt Model 36 with stag grips and a clip draw. Sometimes one needs a dash of style
16. 4" minty nickel 10-7 4" with stags. Pimpin' ain't easy and it matches my hat.... More seriously, see above. Some people call them BBQ guns.
17. 4" 19-3 .357 mag with Pachs and just honest where on it. K frames like the 19/66 in .357 mag are just a sweet spot in terms of size/power. Worth keeping one around.
18. Smith and Wesson Model 629-something or another pre lock pre MIM 4" .44 magnum. Sometimes I go places where man eating hogs, bears, and what not might be a problem. This replaced my old Model 58 and 57 for that niche. Can be downloaded with specials if needed.
19. 3" hard to find DAO bobbed hammer Rossi Model 720 5 shot .44 special. My current gun filling my odd relationship with the .44 special, plus my wife likes big bore snubs.
20. CZ-82 - eh. I got a good trade deal. It's there.
21. Old Smith and Wesson .38 SW top break from 100 or so years ago. I fit a modern set of Pachs on it. In a pinch it is surprisingly concealable and it works. I'd use it as a belly gun in a pinch.
22. Bond Arms .45/.410 2.5" Cowboy defender derringer. I don't like snakes and at least I can still find .410 shells with regularity.
23. ADC Model 1 9mm Derringer - handier than the Bersa I traded for it. It's nice to have a last chance 9mm option to match up with another 9mm if I had to
24. S&W model 5903 with the old square trigger guard. It's light and relatively handy and gives me a spare 9mm. With the MecGar 17rd mags, it's downright useful
25. A 3" Charter Pathfinder in .22 LR. Hey, I can still find .22LR ammo too. Potentially useful, and recoil and report are again nil.
26. A Ruger MKIII .22 auto - I can conceal it if I had to, and again, it's still easy to feed. Like the little Beretta, it's earmarked to eventually be fit with a can.
Yeah, I'm short on guns lately. I suppose that I could also conceal - under a coat -27. a folding stock (Choate) Iver Johnson M1 carbine, I've certainly carried it in the car, 28. an NEF single shot cut down into a whippet gun (still legal length) and a 12 gauge alligator deterrent, 29. and 30. either of my two M4 carbine clones, or 31. my Sig 556 folding stock/collapsible stock rifle. Or is it really a carbine. I forget.
From my wife I could borrow 32. a Beretta 96G in .40 with night sights, although it is a bit bulky, 33. her oddly favorite Lorcin L-25 that I put pink grips on and traded a couple boxes of .45 FMJ for. She carries it in a little Hello Kitty thing meant to carry a portable game system. Shrug. 34. her Kel Tec P3AT that I don't really trust since I gave up on .380s for the most part
All the double action revolvers work the same way basically. I'm good with a 1911/BHP/SA auto and that's what I prefer, I need more. Until then, I know how to use a DAO auto just fine and also manage with the TDAs.
Anyway... Guns that I own that are at least nominally fit for carry... This is off the top of my head so I might miss a few...
1. Colt Series 70 (original) box stock 1911 in .45 ACP. Works fine IWB or OWB strong side carry, just put a garment over it. I have an old Safety Speed paddle/tab holster that I really like that goes with it. I was four years old when it left the factory.
2. Colt Detective Special from 1974, my birth year gun. I went through musical grips on this one, finally stuck a set of Pachs on it, the "Compac" model if I remember right. Magically comfortable. Can go many places where a J frame could. Mine is in great shape so I don't usually carry it, but it'd work.
3. Colt Lawman Snub - really works best OWB strong side like my old snubby Six Series Ruger did. I get a longing for a magnum snubby periodically, this is the one that I have now.
4. Sig Sauer P229R in .357 Sig with night sights - what I've carried lately OWB in a Desantis rig that I got off Ebay cheap. All the joys of a .357 revolver with double the capacity and the magical powers of teutonic gnome engineering. A bit heavy but eh...
5. Glock 32 in .357 Sig also with night sights - I like to have two guns in any given caliber if possible. Works fine OWB or IWB.
6. Glock 34 seems big to many people as a carry gun, but it is the same size as a 1911 and actually lighter. It's more of a rainy day gun really. The sort of rainy day where you tuck it into one of the mag pouches on your rig and have your rifle plates on. I'm a homemaker. A white sale at Macys might go just that wrong.
7. A Glock 26 - I like having a baby Glock around as a potential pocket alternative to J frames. Since I sold my 27, I now have the 26.
8. A Sigma 40VE -why? Trade in and sale value are nil, I've got plenty of mags for it, and I like to keep a .40 around in case that is the only ammo I can find. Been too lazy to get conversion bbls for the Sig and Glock, thus the Sigma is retained. Works fine in a holster that I think was meant for an XD
9. Little Beretta .22 short auto with the longer barrel - for when I shot the squirrel that looked like Lincoln.
10. Walther PP, German, in .32 ACP. Traded my old Krag sporter for it. It works, good shape, and soothes my guilty like for the Walther PP series for pocket purposes. Easier to hit with than my old Kel Tec P32 was and would even make a wood's gun in a pinch.
11. 3" 31-1 in .32 SW Long. Not commonly seen, but they hold six instead of five and report and recoil are minimal. In high school we had an exchange student that was a pretty white girl from Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia. During the "troubles" she was carrying a gun at age six. I have kids so this and the Walther double as Rhodesian specials if the need should arrive. Otherwise a nice walking around gun.
12. 3" 36-1 in .38 special, uses the same holsters and same selection of square butt grips as the above. Makes a nice retro carry rig and can also be a walking around gun.
13. 637-2 with the hammer bobbed, fine pocket gun
14. 638-2 - another fine pocket choice, or clip it to my armor under my left arm with the clip draw attachment on it. Plus I have more than one pocket.
15. 2" older square butt Model 36 with stag grips and a clip draw. Sometimes one needs a dash of style
16. 4" minty nickel 10-7 4" with stags. Pimpin' ain't easy and it matches my hat.... More seriously, see above. Some people call them BBQ guns.
17. 4" 19-3 .357 mag with Pachs and just honest where on it. K frames like the 19/66 in .357 mag are just a sweet spot in terms of size/power. Worth keeping one around.
18. Smith and Wesson Model 629-something or another pre lock pre MIM 4" .44 magnum. Sometimes I go places where man eating hogs, bears, and what not might be a problem. This replaced my old Model 58 and 57 for that niche. Can be downloaded with specials if needed.
19. 3" hard to find DAO bobbed hammer Rossi Model 720 5 shot .44 special. My current gun filling my odd relationship with the .44 special, plus my wife likes big bore snubs.
20. CZ-82 - eh. I got a good trade deal. It's there.
21. Old Smith and Wesson .38 SW top break from 100 or so years ago. I fit a modern set of Pachs on it. In a pinch it is surprisingly concealable and it works. I'd use it as a belly gun in a pinch.
22. Bond Arms .45/.410 2.5" Cowboy defender derringer. I don't like snakes and at least I can still find .410 shells with regularity.
23. ADC Model 1 9mm Derringer - handier than the Bersa I traded for it. It's nice to have a last chance 9mm option to match up with another 9mm if I had to
24. S&W model 5903 with the old square trigger guard. It's light and relatively handy and gives me a spare 9mm. With the MecGar 17rd mags, it's downright useful
25. A 3" Charter Pathfinder in .22 LR. Hey, I can still find .22LR ammo too. Potentially useful, and recoil and report are again nil.
26. A Ruger MKIII .22 auto - I can conceal it if I had to, and again, it's still easy to feed. Like the little Beretta, it's earmarked to eventually be fit with a can.
Yeah, I'm short on guns lately. I suppose that I could also conceal - under a coat -27. a folding stock (Choate) Iver Johnson M1 carbine, I've certainly carried it in the car, 28. an NEF single shot cut down into a whippet gun (still legal length) and a 12 gauge alligator deterrent, 29. and 30. either of my two M4 carbine clones, or 31. my Sig 556 folding stock/collapsible stock rifle. Or is it really a carbine. I forget.
From my wife I could borrow 32. a Beretta 96G in .40 with night sights, although it is a bit bulky, 33. her oddly favorite Lorcin L-25 that I put pink grips on and traded a couple boxes of .45 FMJ for. She carries it in a little Hello Kitty thing meant to carry a portable game system. Shrug. 34. her Kel Tec P3AT that I don't really trust since I gave up on .380s for the most part
All the double action revolvers work the same way basically. I'm good with a 1911/BHP/SA auto and that's what I prefer, I need more. Until then, I know how to use a DAO auto just fine and also manage with the TDAs.
valkyriekl
Member
In my usual rotation, I'll carry a S&W Model 10-6 for open carry and a S&W Model 640 for concealed carry. That's about it, although I have carried my S&W Model 28-2 once, just to see if it would pull my pants down (turns out that it doesn't, not with the right belt).
Hi:
CCW: Two (2)
S&W M642
Glock M27
CCW: Two (2)
S&W M642
Glock M27
Carry? One of my 16 handguns.
Dan Cash
Member
I have more than 40 handguns. They are mostly S&W revolvers with a Sig and 2 Ruger Old Armys and 10 or so 1911s. Except for the Sig and the Rugers, they all get toted at some time or another to include a 7 1/2 inch Schofield. A real favorite is a 6" 25-5 and a 640.
I generally only carry a s&w sigma 40ve an naa pug and springfield xd9 subcompact as far as guns on me in the car is the rem 870 with tactical upgrades the colt m4 tactical.22 and the winchester model 70 in 7mm rem mag also carry at least 3 or 4 knives expandable baton x26 taser but probably the deadliest thing I carry is right between my ears
Krull
Member
Right now?
642
M&P .45
Going to get:
NAA Mini Master (good for backup)
Suppose I could carry:
629 six inch
P1 9MM
642
M&P .45
Going to get:
NAA Mini Master (good for backup)
Suppose I could carry:
629 six inch
P1 9MM
On duty it's my issued sidearm, the Beretta 96G and my BUG is a S&W 638 with the shotgun and rifle in the car if things really get bad. On special details where I am wearing plain clothes I will carry a Glock 26 with the previously mentioned S&W 638.
Off duty is usually the 638 which gets carried everywhere. I haven't gotten a good IWB holster for the Glock 26 yet, but when I do it will get carried more.
Off duty is usually the 638 which gets carried everywhere. I haven't gotten a good IWB holster for the Glock 26 yet, but when I do it will get carried more.
Heifer
Member
I carry a 638 most of the time and a model 66, 2 1/2" barrel during the colder months or when I am on the back 40.
Usually just 2.
rpbcab
US Veteran
M&P9C and Ruger SP101 .357. One or the other on my belt and the other plus extra ammo for both in the console.....
