What is your preferred EDC Firearm Brand?

[Marshal Tom]

Many to choose from. Sometimes it's a 649ND or my new 432UC around the house and property. When venturing out, it's often a Sig 365 X-Macro or a Canik Mete MC9 these days for more capacity.I also have a Glock 45, a CZ P01- Omega and others to choose from. It all depends on where I am going and the perceived threat level.

 

[JohnRippert]

Preferred pick was Walther, as in my PPS M2. The one I carry most is my Ruger LCP II .22LR for around the household and neighborhood. Occasionally a J-frame enters the rotation.

 

[MetalMan]

Moved from 1911 platform (Kimbers) to S&W revolvers - mostly Js and Ks - over the last 10 years or so.

Found my sweet spot a couple of years ago when I acquired a 640-1 Pro and I haven’t looked back…it’s been my EDC ever since.

While I admit to occasionally finding myself tempted to purchase a Sig P365 due to the rave reviews on this forum and elsewhere, I’m comfortable with the security afforded to me by having that 640-1 on my hip every day.

 

[Gunhohulk]

I put down S&W as I carry a M&P 340 daily but if I could conceal/carry my Glock 19 as easily that would be my preferred gun.

 

[alwslate]

Glock Perfection. What else?

 

[Smoke]

Glock 100% of the time

 

[.455_Hunter]

I would never carry a Glock for defensive purposes.

 

[Smoke]

I would never carry a Glock for defensive purposes.

You do you Boo

 

[BabaBlueJay]

You do you Boo

Smoke killing with kindness as always

 

[Fastbolt]

As a routine thing, my S&W M649. Everything you need; nothing you don't.

BUT! When venturing out to certain areas of target rich environments where goblins might tread I up the ante to a 9mm, a Walther CCP or a CZ Compact.

30 days a month it's the M649.

Nice choice.

Mine is one I'm really glad I didn't allow to slip away in my younger cop years, like I did with so many other revolvers.




While the aluminum and Scandium aluminum snubs are lighter in the pocket, and even on the hip, the 649 offers SA capability to longer range accuracy. I used to take my snubs out to 30-50+yds, and the DAO models required a lot more effort to produce 'scorable' hits at the longer ranges. The SA, and the dime-thin front ramp of the 649, made it a lot easier to produce accurate hits at longer distances. I didn't/don't anticipate the need to engage active threats at such longer distance distances, especially not that I'm no longer carrying an 'active' badge, but it was reassuring to know the little SA-capable snub offered the potential. (Ditto my 3" M36, comes to that.)

 

[Krogen]

For those of us who are "visual males" this shows the data as of today:

 

[Kanewpadle]

Glock 48 most of the time. Sometimes Glock 19.

Every once in a while a Kimber K6 or Smith 19-2.

 

[John Patrick]

I carry, in order of frequency, a P365 X Macro, a P365X, a K or L frame Scandium S&W and a P365 (original 10rnd length grip length.) Way less frequently I’ll carry a blue or SS 3” K frame or 3” Colts King Cobra, the new version.

Which I select depends on what I’m doing and whether I just feel like switching up.

I work a couple of days a week in a gun shop and typically carry the X Macro there, occasionally a revolver. Other times I’m carrying it’s usually the P365X. Always a revolver when I’m hunting.

 

[jakerudy]

640 Engraved in a belt holster.

 

[RetCapt]

Glock 26. My department switched from the Smith 686 to Glock in the early 90s. I instantaneously became a convert.

I am not interested in different EDCs for 'rotation' carry or some subjective wish to carry something else. I want my one EDC always available without having to check among several EDCs to figure which is ready to go at any given time.

Besides my professional experience, in reading a lot of tests (but nowhere near all), the dominant test conclusion I read is that they are boring to test because they are so reliable and durable. So little excitement or incentive for the hook and bullet press to try and make such tests interesting. Just how I like it.

The scariest sound in the jungle is 'click'. I don't want to ever hear that sound.

Other brands may approach that level of reliability, but I have not seen any formally documented proof that any brand exceeds Glock in that area.

I also have a Smith & Wesson 6906. and a 2 3/4" bbl Ruger Security Six. Both are, in my opinion, outstanding firearms. But I don't see either of them preventing hearing that dreaded 'click' sound any better than Glock.

I had (he has since passed on) a buddy who loved firearms and who had the funds to indulge himself. He showed me his newest EDC at one point. It was a cut down .45 ACP pistol about the size of my Glock. I don't now recall the maker. It was a stainless steel bauble. I was jealous. He brought me back to my senses. He said despite how beautiful his pistol was, it could not do anything my Glock could not do. Of course he was right.

My bride had long wanted a Glock 26. At one point she offered me a deal; give her my Glock and I could buy any EDC I wanted. Visions of that beautiful little stainless .45 ACP danced in my mind, but let's add engraving and some inlaid diamonds. After all. it was an open offer. I thought about it for a night and a day. I kept coming coming back to what my buddy had said. He was still right.

I then told my bride to order her own 26 and I would keep mine.

She did and I have. I have never regretted that decision. I still think it is the most effective way to never hear 'click'.