My EDC Guns. What's Yours

EDC out in the brush. where quadrapeds with teeth and claws live.
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1) M&P 340 no-lock, in pocket (DeSantis Nemesis) (Speer GD .357 short barrel)
2) P365, IWB (Raven Vanguard) or in pocket (DeSantis Nemesis) (Speer GD +P)
3) G43, IWB (Raven Vanguard) (Speer GD +P)
4) G43X with S15 mags, OWB (pancake) (Speer GD +P)
5) G26, OWB (pancake) (Speer GD +P)
6) Model 60ND, OWB (pancake) (Underwood .38 special)

1) = 80%
2) = 8%
3) = 5%
4) = 4%
5) = 2%
6) = only 1 % but, I really like this little gun.
It’s almost always hot where I live so, I mostly stick with 1 & 2.
It took years of trial, substitution & range work to develop this list.
I really like to pocket carry but, won’t go lighter than .38 special.
I’m constantly searching for better/more efficient gear.
Example: Thinking about adding a Sig P365 SAS slide for slightly easier pocket carry with medium/long range precision as the trade off.
Another example: Thinking .357 & 9mm +P may be deafening if set off indoors. Wonder if my two J-frames with good old standard pressure .38 special lead hollow points should sideline most of this stuff. Don’t really need more than 5. Don’t really need farther than 21’.

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J frame for years

Just an old goat stuck in my ways. J Frames since 1971 in S&W leather (made in Lillington, NC in those days).

Model 36, replaced by Model 60 for stainless feature, replaced 20 years ago by Model 637-2 for the Plus P feature.

Current times and situation (Covid, clowns in office in this State, rioters and thugs abound, tearing down of statues, etc. in Richmond).....if I ABSOLUTELY HAD TO GO ANYWHERE IN DOWNTOWN RICHMOND VIRGINIA......my EDC would be as shown in far right pic....I think it would be "open carry"...5 or 6 spare clips should suffice.
 

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This is what I've been carrying lately, 15+1 rds, no spare mag.
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These are some compacts I practice with and substitute sometimes.
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Then there is this when I occasionally run/jog tucked in an IWB.
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1. S&W Model 65-1 four inch, Speer 135 grain .357 Mag "Short Barrel" w/2 speedloaders.
2. S&W Model 12-2 two inch, Winchester 130 grain .38 Special "Defend" w/2 speedstrips.
3. Ruger EC9s, Sig 124 grain V-Crown JHP, flat base mag, finger extension mag in watch pocket, two 9 round mags in left front pants pocket.

Mix and match as needed.
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Sig P320c w/ Holosun 507c and Wilson Combat carry grip module.
Sig P365 w/ XL grip module and a few other adds.
 

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Glock 19X. Here it is matched up against a 2.75" K frame. 18 rounds vs 6. Doesn't seem fair, does it?
 

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Some habits are hard to change after fifty years. So most days it's a Combat Commander with a couple of spare mags. If, for some reason, I need something smaller, it's a Kel-Tec P3AT that has proven to be totally reliable.

It may not be much, but it clips discreetly in the cellphone side pocket the comes on many retired fat old man short pants these days.
 

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Big changes for me. I've been a revolver man for decades. Recently, with my wife's health issues requiring travel to/through big cities where they have had "issues" lately and with my own health issues (degenerative disk disease), I've put my beloved (and financially irreplaceable) revolvers in the safe. Now, I'm carrying a S&W SD9 and/or a Ruger EC9s.
 

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Walther PPS M2, EMP Contour, Shield PC 45, Shield PC 4" 45 (new gun) which will probably become my primary.

While I still have these guns a recently purchased SA HELLCAT has become my go to EDC. Around 750 flawless rounds the gun is reliable, accurate, and offers good capacity. I have also been very impressed with my newish Shield PC .45 4" as it also performs without complaint.
 
-S&W 642 when pocket carry is necessary
-M&P 2.0 Compact 9 mostly
-M&P Shield 2.0 9 when attire won’t conceal the Compact well enough
-M&P 2.0 .45 full size sometimes just because
 
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