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December 17, 2019, 07:39 PM | #51 |
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Ithaca model 37
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December 17, 2019, 10:01 PM | #52 |
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Kahr CW9, 2 spare mags.
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December 17, 2019, 10:04 PM | #53 |
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642, IWB.
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December 17, 2019, 11:22 PM | #54 |
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December 18, 2019, 02:19 AM | #55 | |
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The fact that you could hold the trigger back, keep pumping, AND it keeps firing, great. Plus the bottom load, and eject, reloading in pitch black of night, just turn it upside down in your right hand, and load with your left, purely by feel. Do not know the barrel length on that riot gun, but it was short. |
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December 18, 2019, 10:21 AM | #56 |
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December 18, 2019, 12:03 PM | #57 |
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Well, currently I'm heeled with a Smith M66 and some of my home cast hollow points against the remote possibility that one of the local skunks that have been encouraging my pointer to come out for a tussle shows up in today's 24 degree weather....hey, I caught a sniff last night at 2100...gosh knows what he's doing out there. Pic below.
But for the rest of the preceding week, short of a trip to the Post Office, I carried a Sig 365 in an OWB of my own making. Enough, donchaknow, and not too much to be considered a suburban ninja. YMMv, Rod
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December 18, 2019, 06:55 PM | #58 |
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Certainly we all realize that self defense is not pretty and rarely remains confined to our imagined perameters. That said, if you were to land on your rear-end during a scuffle or whatever, is that gun going to stay in its holster. Honestly, that rig looks like a strong wind might be cause for concern.
Maybe not you personally but "people" tend to believe violence to be something that noticeably develops in an expected manner. That is develops in a manner or pace which affords them the opportunity to ready themselves. I consider that belief to be rather naïve.
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December 18, 2019, 07:06 PM | #59 | |
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December 19, 2019, 07:25 AM | #60 |
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I am very boring now that I am retired and since it cooled off here. I have been mostly carrying my Glock 27.3 that I have had for over 15 years. I shoot a couple times per week with several different guns, but the G27 just works for me. I'll admit that I do carry a G43 and a S&W 66-5 on occasion when it's hot outside.
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December 19, 2019, 04:28 PM | #61 |
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Para Ordnance elite commander 1911 .45acp.
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December 19, 2019, 04:37 PM | #62 |
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This week, S&W 442. Just like last week, the week before that, the week before that ……..
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December 19, 2019, 07:12 PM | #63 |
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Same two handguns but switched to my old Bianchi 215 holster for the JP Sauer. It is a slightly angled barrel up grip down thumb break holster. I have several holsters that can be used with the rig to fit different guns including a small one designed to hold my snubbies.
Christmas will be back in the 80s though. Will need a light over-shirt for that day.
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December 20, 2019, 09:08 AM | #64 | |
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If T-Shirt weather, a smaller weapon, usually IWB and this too conflicts with the muscle memory thing as it's a different mode of draw, etc. Most of us on this forum are gun guys. Most probably own more than a couple. What do you do with them, let them languish in a safe? I sometimes think I would be better off with just one or two handguns. Same with rifles and shotguns. |
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December 20, 2019, 10:26 AM | #65 |
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December 20, 2019, 12:00 PM | #66 |
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NAA mini .22 mag on weekdays, Ruger SP101 .327 Mag on weekends.
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December 21, 2019, 01:53 AM | #67 |
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I haven't been carrying anything the past couple weeks*. I live in MD, I don't have one of the few jobs where you can reasonably get a CCW permit here (business owner, pharmacist, cop, judge, possibly lawyer), and it has been busy at work (the weeks before winter break always are) so I haven't been anywhere I can carry on my UT non-resident permit in a while. However, break just started so I will be in WV, DE and VA a lot over the next two weeks, and in about a week I'll be in OH for several days visiting family I haven't seen in 20 years.
So, I will be carrying a few in the near future. Mostly my CZ PCR and P01 on my day trips to WV, VA and DE, and I may take my S&W 625MG at least once since I can while in winter clothing. However, when I go to OH, I will be considering that I don't know my cousins' views on guns. I will probably not ask, but it probably is safe to assume they don't like them. Most of my mom's side of the family is quite liberal, and one cousin is Wiccan, so liberal and likely anti-gun is a safe assumption. However, I really don't know, and I don't think I'll bring it up in conversation, so I will probably go smaller to be more discrete. I'm not 100% sure which of my smaller options I'll go with, or how small I'll go. I may go with my .38spl Taurus 856UL, or my 9mm SIG P290RS. However, if I need it, and I'm facing someone wearing heavy winter clothing I don't want to rely on hollow point expansion for effectiveness, especially when carrying a smaller gun with low capacity. I am a fan of rounds that don't rely on a HP for effectiveness in the winter so I still have a reasonable chance should it not expand and I'll be pretty far north so I assume most people will be wearing heavy layers (more so than when I'm in VA). So, I may take my .357mag Colt King Cobra (loaded with SWC-HP), my S&W M&P40c, or my Officer sized Rock Island Armory 1911 Rock Standard CS (I don't generally carry SA pistols with an external safety anymore, but I do sometimes make an exception in the winter for a .45ACP 1911, and my Officer sized 1911 is smaller, though heavier, than my .45ACP SIG P250 Compact). Whichever guns I pick, they will be carried in a strong side IWB holster of one variation or another (most are IWB tuckable, many are hybrid). The SIG P290 or Taurus 856 might be carried IWB or in a pocket holster (and if I bring one of them with me to OH, I'll probably bring both an IWB and a pocket holster so I can choose whichever seems most appropriate at the time). The 625MG does sometimes ride in a Galco Summer Comfort IWB, but usually in a nice, carved, OWB holster from Black Hills Leather. *I haven't even carried a knife and/or pepper spray much (I'm a teacher and can't bring any kind of weapon to work). When going out in the evenings, I do often carry a knife, which one varies, and pepper spray (I like the gel, less likely to come back at you if hit by a breeze), but most of the time, if I go somewhere lately, it has been while on my way home so I couldn't stop to pick up one of my knives and/or pepper spray. Last edited by chaim; December 21, 2019 at 02:28 AM. |
December 21, 2019, 07:11 PM | #68 |
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December 21, 2019, 07:58 PM | #69 |
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glock 19 like normal , considering getting a g26 here in the near future
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December 21, 2019, 08:18 PM | #70 |
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60% I've carried my Ruger Service Six 40% LCP...
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December 22, 2019, 07:51 AM | #71 |
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Think I already mentioned this somewhere but I have a G26 with a G19(15R) and G26(11R) magazines..the G19 magazine with a sleeve..VERY good shooter and a breeze to carry. Essentially a 'short barrel' G19 with the versatility to carry a shorter magazine, clothes dependent.
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December 23, 2019, 08:38 AM | #74 |
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Same old 642, only thing I carry anymore.
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December 26, 2019, 08:42 AM | #75 |
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My trip is here (I'm leaving in 30-40min), so in a few hours (once I'm out of MD and PA) through Sunday I'll be carrying my Taurus 856UL (aluminum) in a Simply Rugged Pocket Protector pocket holster or ankle holster (I'm bringing both) and my Colt King Cobra (new model) IWB in a Simply Rugged Sourdough Pancake with the IWB straps. When I'm actually visiting with family, I'll only have the Taurus in my Maxpedition bag (which it is traveling in so I can easily move it from the trunk to taking it with me on stops once I enter OH), in the ankle holster, or in the pocket holster (probably the pocket or ankle holster, which one depends upon how my cold is doing and whether I need to carry Kleenex in the pocket the gun would go in). The Colt's holster is IWB but not tuckable, and since I don't know my family members' who I am visiting position on guns and carry I want to be as discrete as possible.
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