How many of us actually SHOOT our main edc pistol?

[Univibe]

After vetting my carry gun...I rarely shoot it...but do occasionally.

I have a second, (older), version of the same gun I use for training and qualifications with the sheriff's office.

Either one would be suitable for carry, but only one gets the majority of the mileage.

Now this is a good idea. Once you settle on a EDC gun, buy two. Vet one and carry; let the doppelganger take the beating from the training. That's sort of what I did carrying the compact 1911 and shooting the full sized ones at the range.

Maybe I should get another G19 to run up the mileage on? On the other hand, G19s can go tens of thousands of rounds; I'll never wear it out in my expected life span.

 

[smoothshooter]

I can shoot at my house and rarely shoot the guns I carry. They are all pocket guns.
With the ammo situation the way it is, I have only fired about 60 rounds total out of all my guns in the last 18 months.
I have the ammo, but when I consider replacement costs, and future availability, it dampens my enthusiasm for burning it up.
I am older, and have shot a lot all my life, a fair amount in competition in the military and law-enforcement/tactical, and have always been pretty good at it.
While my skills have may have deteriorated a little, the basic ones are still there.
If the ammo thing ever gets a little better, I will go back to shooting more.

 

[Valmet]

My Gen3 Glock 19 has well over 7k rounds thru it nowadays and I shoot it pretty regularly. Have ccw'd it in a Foxx IWB for years.

 

[BC38]

I shoot my EDC pretty much every time I go to the range. At least a half a box of ammo - more often a full box.
I like shooting it, and it is a gun that I shoot pretty well. That's one of the reasons it is my EDC. It is a Sig P365.

 

[heeter3]

I rotate my carry guns every month and those consist of a 442 ,a 36 3 in ,a detective special and an old cobra.I shoot the gun that I am carrying every month.

 

[Llance]

You mean we are supposed to shoot our EDC? Shucks i thought it was to look cool and scare the BS out of the bad guys that hang around the bank and pool hall. You actually want me to shoot it. Holy cow man, that thing is gonna get dirty, and have range dust and powder burns all over it.

I guess if;n you say i should shoot it i'd better get out some ammo (i carries it m/t so i dont's shoot myself) and practice shoot'n it. Can you tell me how to load it, it aint's got's no holes in the round thingy to put the bullets in, in fact it aint's got's no round thingy either. Hummm, wonder what happened to the instructors manual.


Every range trip two mags full and sometimes four.

 

[Bozz10mm]

I have over 3,100 rounds through my Shield 9mm EDC. A carry gun isn't fully vetted until it has 300- 400 rounds through it.

 

[Rich Richardson]

Practice makes habit.

 

[Rifleman200-10X]

Mine is a "no-dash" Model 36. I gets a cylinder or three every trip to the range, which is at least once a week, in fact, at the range right now waiting on daylight. On the same vein, how many here shoot their "home defense" weapon on a regular basis? My primary is an otherwise really nice Winchester Model 12 20ga that some fool cut the barrel to 18". I'll take it out and empty the magazine a couple times a year.

 

[Babysitr]

edc gets shot a couple times a year....guilty!...but I do shoot often, not too worried

 

[stansdds]

I have only two that I rely upon as carry firearms. Pre-panicdemic, I practiced with them at least quarterly, if not more often. With the ammo shortage, once or twice a year as self-defense ammo is very scarce.

 

[rickflst]

Smith 40c gen 1. No idea how many rounds through it. I have had it 5 years. I shoot it at least once a month to make sure I am competent enough to hit in an 8 inch pie plate with a mag quickly at 10 to 15 yards. I enjoy shooting it.

 

[cmansguns]

Pratice...practice...practice

Weekly with 637-2, EDC for 20+ years since new, replaced Model 36, then Model 60. Less frequently since ammo cost/shortages of last couple years.

Now trying to get comfortable with M&P Compact 2.0 in 9mm. Have lots of 9mm range/training ammo, but looking for a good solid SD round. Currently when carried as EDC the Compact 9 has a full mag and 1 in the pipe. Don't want the bulk of an extra mag full, and if I have need for 30 rounds.....I'm definitely in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Any suggestions from 9mm EDC peeps on SD ammo?

 

[warren5421]

I am lucky as I can step out the back door and shoot steel or paper out to 200 yards. My EDC for many years was a form of the 1911, at about 60-61 years old Arthritis hit my hands. I went from .45ACP to 9mm to .32ACP/6.5 Browning. For the last 40 years I have shoot my EDC once a week or more often. I know the gun writers have knocked the .32 but it works. It may not be a round the young wonder 9's kids grew up on but if you do your research before the gun writhers started the nothing less than a .380 you will find that a lot of people that used guns carried .32's. A retired corner from SF I knew hatted the .32 as he said you could never know where the bullet would end up. It bounced around inside the body doing lots of damage. He said in his findings a one shot .32 killed more than the bigger guns as a lot of then went through the body.

I would say I am in the I shot my EDC often.

 

[375hh1973]

At least 2x a month

Its not cheap to do but what in life is?

 

[URIT]

I shoot my EDC, an S&W 3953, every time I go to the range. It's been for over a year though due to ammo cost and availability.

I'm still confident in my skill sets.

 

[Robspeire]

Camp 1. When I get a new gun I shoot it to check it out & for accuracy & that's it.

 

[9mmPatriot]

Any suggestions from 9mm EDC peeps on SD ammo?

Federal HST has been my go-to for a few years, but I'm switching over to my own reloads using 124gr RMR Multi-Purpose Rounds.


9mm 124 Gr. RMR Jacketed Hollow Point (Multi Purpose Round) Bullets | RMR Bullets

 

[dirty & hairy]

With this ammo situation, my edc is the only pistol I've been shooting.

 

[coachray]

I shoot my EDC every week. Because I shoot every week I never have to put that many rounds through it each time.

 

[The Norseman]

Weekly Conservatively

I practice every week. My 2011 Ruger SR1911 .45Acp
has been the best 1911 for me.

I shoot so many different Revolvers/Pistols that any
of them could be my Every Day Carry. Close range
is point and shoot anyways (just don't pick up the
bad habit of pulling down).

Cleaned and ready again, from day one, no problem
Ruger 1911:

 

[waffles]

With the caveat that all shooting has now slowed down for me this far into the shortage, I always made sure to alot the time to shoot my carry gun, even when it was an LCP, 340SC, 642, or other less fun shooting gun. Now that I've gone to a 365XL with a dot, I no longer have to force myself, it's actually a ton of fun and not that hard to score hits on targets at longer ranges. Yeah, it's still not quite as fun of a range gun as the full size stuff, but man it really narrowed that gap.

 

[Old Arkansawyer]

Closer to camp #1 since .44 special ammo has gotten scarce and more
expensive. I don't reload so that leaves me buying retail ammo. But
like Rusty said above I still can point and pull the trigger.
I don't go to a range, just step out the door and shoot, a benefit of living
in the boonies.

 

[LostintheOzone]

Now this is a good idea. Once you settle on a EDC gun, buy two. Vet one and carry; let the doppelganger take the beating from the training. That's sort of what I did carrying the compact 1911 and shooting the full sized ones at the range.

Maybe I should get another G19 to run up the mileage on? On the other hand, G19s can go tens of thousands of rounds; I'll never wear it out in my expected life span.

I have two identical P-239's. One is my shooter. The other one stays in my safe. Parts are getting expensive as the model has been discontinued.

 

[pharmer]

2-3X a year I shoot my 6906. Maybe a total of 200 rds FMJ and 24 rds 124 gr HST. Been working for me since 1994. Joe

 

[Tilheyra]

My current carry gun is my Sig Sauer P365 XL. Current habits point to me practicing with, at least, a fully loaded pistol (12+1 rounds) every other month. I then fully clean it afterward to address any lint or dust in the hard to reach areas. I shoot my fun guns at various times as well, so I get trigger time more often than every other month.

Practice with the carry gun is mostly with range ammo that hits pretty close to where my carry ammo will hit. The carry ammo is rotated every six months or so, with the rounds I had carried in the gun fired as practice when that occurs.

The cost of 9mm has been going down in my area recently, so perhaps I'll shoot more as time goes on.

 

[dave1918a2]

My EDC is a full size 1911 or My satin nickel commander. They both get a workout weekly of no less than 50 rounds each.

 

[George_P_Burdell]

The sporting club where I have a membership hosts a monthly steel plate shoot .. I run my EDC about every other month at this event. And now that I have two brand new 13-round mags .. I'm gonna run the courses with those mags to see how they function.

 

[Sevens]

My detailed log says I've got a bit over 2,700 rounds through my EDC. I've got a #1 GunBro that I do most of my range days with and it's good fun and training to do draw & shoot drills with him. If the range is quiet with no other shooters, the Shot Timer app on my phone works very well and we can see how we do against the clock.

It's true what they say — you can't miss fast enough!

 

[Echo40]

I've always shot my carry guns because it's necessary to insure reliability as well as to become proficient with the firearm so that it can be used to good effect when/if one should need to use it in self-defense.

That being said, I strongly disagree with the erroneous assertion that shooting at stationary or otherwise predictable moving targets at the range during daylight hours at ones leisure will adequately prepare them for an actual armed confrontation which can occur anywhere, at any time. Target Practice merely enables a shooter to determine point of aim/impact, become accustomed to the firearms recoil, and how to handle the gun well. All important skills to be sure, but they won't mentally prepare anyone for a gunfight by helping them to learn how to shoot under pressure. The most you can do to casually simulate stress in a controlled environment is by use of timers, but not even that can replicate the overwhelming stress of mortal terror.

In the end, you just have to do the very best that you can. If folks want to pretend that they're John Rambo and that they'll totally be prepared for a gunfight because they've got so much ammo/gear strapped to them at any given time and can blast the head clean of a stationary cardboard silhouette target, then that's their prerogative.