What caliber is your most frequently carried handgun?

[CaptRon956]

Shield 9mm for around the home & traveling, M&P 380 as my EDC around town.

 

[model70hunter]

Since most of my time is on the farm I carry an Astra Constable in 22 LR. Since October I have stopped chicken wanna be predators with it, 3 Possoms, 1 Raccoon, one feral thing and shot one coyote through the lungs. I am not open to discussing morality on the coyote. He had the opportunity to settle down, get a job and pay taxes.

I usually carry a Ruger LCP, 380 ACP away from the farm. When traveling I usually carry my 1966 Colt National Match with a 16# recoil spring. I also have a Kimber target that gets most of the plinking time to save wear and tear on the Colt. I had a lesser name 45 ACP that I used to use for the travel gun. I sold it last month and need to find another cheaper one for the road.

 

[Wooster]

Wooster

Signature P229 9mm. My favorite.

 

[nancyd]

Shield 9 for me.

 

[rwsmith]

My vote is premature.....

I AM looking for a 9mm carry gun first choice, .38 revolver next choice.

 

[sheepdawg]

Colt Cobra loaded with 125 grain Federal Nyclad 38 specials.

 

[gruntshot]

I carry a M&P 40 Cal. Shield Auto.

 

[badge 851]

This in 38 Special...
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[Smoke]

I’ve stated before that I don’t rotate my carry guns I carry an M&P9 and when I need something smaller for concealment purposes an M&P Shield also in 9mm

 

[kenv1950]

CARRY

full size M&P .45

 

[heeter3]

A 442 all day and every day now that Im retired.Also carried it for the last 9 years on the job.

 

[Fastbolt]

If I haven't already said so (can't remember all the threads and what I've posted ), the responses and numbers on this particular thread topic have been refreshingly down-to-Earth.

When this comes up in other gun enthusiast forums, it often looks like members claim they're carrying enough guns and ammo on their person, just on an everyday basis, to survive the nastiest of the fantasy (or paranoia) apocalyptic scenarios imaginable.

When it comes to gun forums and how folks are wont discuss the lawful carrying of a handgun, I've often had a mental image of 2 pigeon holes into which most people may fit. One is for the folks who live to carry a GUN, and the other is for folks who may carry a gun in the normal course of living their lives.

 

[GWK4667]

I've often had a mental image of 2 pigeon holes into which most people may fit. One is for the folks who live to carry a GUN, and the other is for folks who may carry a gun in the normal course of living their lives.[/QUOTE]

I feel I am in the second class - - - I have lived enough that I put the gun on each morning and I hope I never have to pull it out of the holster except to train.

I had to shoot an escaping prisoner in 1969 and I still sometimes wonder if I could have done more so that the young man in question could still be living. I did an intentional leg shot hoping to recapture him but the projectile ( 45 ACP ) hit a bone and took out a large portion of his leg and he bled out prior to the ambulance arriving. I doubt I would be having these thoughts had he been armed and coming for me - - - should I have allowed him to escape? At the time I did not know what he was charged with. 20 / 20 hindsight he had been arrested for AWOL and had I known that I doubt I would have fired but I was not privileged to that info at the time.

I do feel that I was put here to be a sheepdog and serve and protect and I train to make good decisions but the actions of others sometimes make split second decisions be rethought for decades!

 

[Crypto]

.40 S&W primary with .38 to back.

 

[Bowserb]

because i would like my pants to stay on........

And the rest of us thank you for that!

As to me, I have to borrow and recycle what General Grant is quoted as saying when asked about popular music. I only know two calibers. One is .45acp, and the other one isn't. And for the same reason that the army moved to the .45 in the first place...and probably will again soon.

(Grant is quoted as saying he only knew two songs. One is the Star Spangled Banner and the other one isn't. I'm not sure about the accuracy of that statement, though, as the Star Spangled Banner was not adopted as the U.S. National Anthem until 1931. Good story, though.)

 

[Bowserb]

I wonder what this poll would look like if taken on a non-denominational forum like USA Carry? Here, .38 spl and .357 magnum account for fully 1/3 of the total vote. Not to surprising on a S&W forum. Elsewhere would the .38spl votes be replaced with 9mm and the .357 be .40cal?

And what about the Other votes? .45 GAP, .45 Long Colt?

 

[1blindref]

I carry a 9mm (Kahr PM9 and Sig P239) about 75% of the time, and a .45acp (Sig P220) the other 25%
I'd carry the P220 100% of the time, but I can't at work.

 

[mule69]

45 ACP Colt Commander. The genuine article.

 

[Bowserb]

If I was speculating on why USMC went with Colt 1911 is because technically it was within their current arsenal to use; meaning no Congressional bull---- to deal with getting new contract with "lets say" S&W which are of better quality and do not crack after 12000 rounds, which the Colt 1911 did when USMC tested them. I for one think they should of used S&W 1911 or S&W m&p. They probably just wanted to skip all the red tape, and got the Colt's a lot cheaper. Plus the USMC is dept of the Navy and gets funding like a red headed step child gets for their first car.

The Colt is just special ops for the marines, not general issue. The marine corps probably still has a million or more 7-round magazines left from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam!

The thing that is a non-starter for striker guns is the requirement for second strike. The Beretta is a DA/SA, so you can pull the trigger again on a dud. You can recock the hammer on a 1911. On a striker, you have to eject the FTF cartridge. In tests the army found 50% of failure-to-fire cartridges, did fire on the second strike, and 80% by the third. As to why that requirement was there, I couldn't guess (economy seems unlikely). As much as the military does wrong, a lot of what is policy comes from 200 years of experience with soldiers of all kinds. It's why military handguns are required to have thumb safeties.

I own and occasionally shoot a Colt 1911, but I would never suggest it for the military in the 21st century. Too much trouble to field strip. Limited 7 or 8 round capacity. Heavy. A Glock 21 with thumb safety added (as Glock does for military and police contracts when specified), and 13+1 rounds of 45acp, makes more sense to me. I do not own a Glock right now, but I have in the past. The G21 is fat and clunky but easy to field strip and reliable, as well as lighter than a 1911. If you need DA/SA, the Sig P227 is a .45acp 10+1 (or 14+1 with extended mag) version of the P226, known as the M11 as used by the Navy Seals.

 

[Amp]

640 no dash has many carried miles on it.
It replaced a model 66 long ago.