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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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Old 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?
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Old November 15, 2013, 02:41 PM   #2
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Glock 17 or 19 with a Glock 26.
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Old 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..
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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old November 15, 2013, 09:32 PM   #7
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Usually carry my CA Bulldog .44spl.
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Old 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.
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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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.

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Old 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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Old December 20, 2013, 11:27 PM   #19
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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.
That would probably do it for me. I've never carried a back-up, but I can't say that I would blame someone for doing so. I go plain clothes often and I usually carry a Khar CW9. I've been known to carry a .32 derringer in a rather ghetto, yet very concealed, manner when doing U/C work. A gun that takes a while to get to is better than no gun at all.
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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old December 22, 2013, 07:09 AM   #24
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What would a snub be? A compact or sub-compact?
I'd call it compact .... ive got both...big difference between a snub and cub compact...
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Old 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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