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View Poll Results: How many handguns have you carried at once? | |||
Single Full Size Handgun | 22 | 22.45% | |
Single Compact Handgun | 35 | 35.71% | |
Single Sub-compact Handgun | 11 | 11.22% | |
Handgun with a single back-up gun | 21 | 21.43% | |
Handgun with two back-up guns | 9 | 9.18% | |
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November 15, 2013, 02:25 PM | #1 |
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Carry Poll
I carry a P99 AS in 9 mm in an IWB hybrid holster at the 4 o'clock position.
I carry a Ruger LCR .38 special in my left front pocket holster. I have anticipated carrying the LCR in an ankle holster and a small .380 or .32 in the left front pocket. I do this more for the fun of it, though there are plenty of stories where a back-up gun saved a life. How do you guys carry? |
November 15, 2013, 02:41 PM | #2 |
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Glock 17 or 19 with a Glock 26.
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November 15, 2013, 02:44 PM | #3 |
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I've never needed the one I carry so far, thank god. If the day comes and I live through it where I think, "I sure could have used another pistol.", I'll change. I'm not saying that's right for everyone, or that I can anticipate every situation. I just don't feel the need.
I do carry an extra mag though. I also keep a Sig M400 and a mag in my pickup(except when in town) for coyotes. I reckon that oughta do me.. |
November 15, 2013, 03:38 PM | #4 |
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Carried a full sized 1911 for a couple days and went back to my 908 S&W 9MM.
Since then I have bought a SR40c I love. The mouse guns are just to small for my hands. I would blow a finger off with one of those - LOL!!!!
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November 15, 2013, 03:59 PM | #5 |
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There was a time (1980's) I worked the highest crime beat on the Ft Worth, TX PD when the DFW area had one of the highest crime per capita rates in the US.
I carried a 6" 686 as my duty gun and a 2 1/2" 686 and a Walther PPK as BUG's and a 12 gauge. There were times I was very glad to have the firepower. Nowadays I carry a Glock Hicap with 2 reloads and a Shield with 1 or 2 reloads as a BUG. Not as many guns but more ammo, go figure........
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November 15, 2013, 07:08 PM | #6 |
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One of the pistols that I like to carry is a Sig P250c 9mm.
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November 15, 2013, 09:32 PM | #7 |
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Usually carry my CA Bulldog .44spl.
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November 16, 2013, 01:21 AM | #8 |
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85 percent of the time, I carry a single handgun with 2 reloads (magazines or speed strips).
10% of the time I will carry a backup with 1-2 reloads. Once in a blue moon (mostly while travelling long distances) I carry my primary with 2 reloads, a BUG, and generally a third gun cased in the trunk of my car as an emergency/middle of nowhere/shtf gun. |
November 16, 2013, 02:47 AM | #9 |
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I most generally carry my 9mm XD(M) sub-compact in a Galco IWB holster generally at about the 3-4 o'clock position. I always have another gun usually my full size .40 XD(M) in my truck at all times with an extra mag in the console. I am looking into getting an LCP as a back-up to have on my person at all times, especially if I get a job change soon.
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November 16, 2013, 07:05 AM | #10 |
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Taurus 380 in the pocket holster...ruger lr 9c in the car to strap on if concerned about an area with back up mag
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November 16, 2013, 09:31 AM | #11 |
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I usually carry a 5 shot J fame .38 revolver with two speed strips. When I feel the need to up-gun I will strap on a Glock 19, or a Colt trooper loaded with .357.
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November 17, 2013, 11:33 AM | #12 |
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I carry 1 pistol with 1 mag most of the time some times 2 mags but I don't consider the shotgun in my truck carring.
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November 17, 2013, 12:12 PM | #13 |
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Just because, I once carried a Glock, a J frame and a NAA mini. Luckily for the Zombies, they missed me.
It was a touch much.
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November 17, 2013, 02:00 PM | #14 |
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I normally carry a 1911 with a spare magazine, but before I had to go to the mall with my wife and I carried my 1911 with 2 spare mags, my USPc, and a .38 snub in my back pocket.
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November 18, 2013, 08:24 PM | #15 |
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my daily carry is a 1911...and yah its a full size sometimes its annoying but cant move to anything else im attatched
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November 18, 2013, 08:57 PM | #16 |
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I voted single compact because that's what I carry most of the time. However, I carry a subcompact about 30 percent of the time.
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November 18, 2013, 11:26 PM | #17 |
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Normally I carry either a Glock subcompact (Glock 33 .357 Sig for now) OR a S&W 640-1 .357 magnum centennial.
Why? Glock is for winter carry, J frame is summer carry. The weight of either one does not bother me at all. Backup is a Saber Spitfire and my hands and feet. Deaf
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December 17, 2013, 11:01 PM | #18 |
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When I was a patrol supervisor, I carried my main sidearm (usually a sig 9mm or S&W M 27) on my strong side gunbelt. and always a 38 charter in an ankle holster. In winter months also wore a Browning 380 in a shoulder holster under an Ike jacket. Would probably worn another if I had room. Seeing a fellow officer shot with his own duty weapon and not having a back up to fall back on makes you skittish about not having enough weapons.
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December 20, 2013, 11:54 PM | #20 |
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to the OP, you have said there have been situations where a back-up gun has saved lives, outside of law-enforcement is this true? are there any recorded cases of this?
btwi am not trying to be disagreeable or arguementitive,just curious if i could see a case where having a back-up has actually changed an outcome i may be inclined to carry one
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December 21, 2013, 12:09 AM | #21 |
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A Springfield TRP over the right kidney, handle outboard w/ 1 spare mag. Im tall and slim framed and it fits perfectly underneath a normal T-Shirt, and I can sit down without the barrel hitting the seat or digging into my butt! I don't frown on, but don't carry a secondary firearm. If I go on a road trip, I have an M1a under the back seat, but I sure as hell aren't concealing that one!!!
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December 21, 2013, 10:34 PM | #22 |
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Kimber UCDP .45 @ 3:30 OWB, and KT P32 BUG in back pocket.
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December 22, 2013, 03:46 AM | #23 |
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What would a snub be? A compact or sub-compact?
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December 22, 2013, 07:31 AM | #25 |
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Different flavors of pistols IWB at 4 o'clock and a folding KaBar clipped in left pocket. IF I was left handed it would be opposite.
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