your EDC

Double Impact · June 12, 2014, 01:51 PM

For all whom carry daily, if your choice of caliber is 9mm which would you prefer or pick to carry, a glock 19 any gen or a sig sauer p226?

And Why?

NOT THE ONE YOU SHOOT BEST, Because you shoot them both with absolute professional accuracy and speed equally!

Now keep in mind this is a friendly, Fun but serious question.

BarryLee · June 12, 2014, 02:05 PM

I love SIGs, but find myself carrying a G26 more and more just simply because of size/weight. The P226 is a wonderful gun and if you can handle the size/weight I would go with it, but I guess that just depends on how you intend to carry. For reference I hesitantly voted GLOCK.

Departed402 · June 12, 2014, 02:09 PM

Open carry is a tossup, but the Glock 19 would be better for concealed carry, IMO.

jr24 · June 12, 2014, 02:12 PM

Glock is smaller. The Sig 229 would make the choice a little tougher for me.

That said, I prefer not to carry DA/SA as I prefer a consistent trigger pull.

Sharkbite · June 12, 2014, 02:38 PM

My EDC is a Glock 23. So the G19 would be my choice here.

Consistent trigger. No need to remember/train to decock. Low bore axis. Just a gun im comfortable with. I carried a G19 in Iraq for about 5 years (DoS contract). Never felt under gunned from a pistol standpoint.

JERRYS. · June 12, 2014, 03:05 PM

I'd pick the Glock because that is the platform I am familiar and proficient with, although my new PPS 9mm is gaining steam.

JN01 · June 12, 2014, 03:43 PM

Glock, weight difference being the biggest factor.

jeager106 · June 12, 2014, 03:48 PM

My favorite CCW is the G-23 also & I guess the G-19 or other Glock 9mm.
I don't really understand the point of the question tho?????
I'll refrain from a caliber debate as it's useless to bring that worn out dog into any conversation.
I never felt undergunned with a 2" Smith M-36 in my days as a detective.
Why? would I carry the Glock?
Familiarity with the platform I guess.
I'd imagine both makes are as reliable, one for the other.
You mentioned caliber so that's not an issue.
You don't want "the one I shoot best" as an answer.
So what are you looking for?
I have several carry concealed weapons, the most important is ME.
I stay familiar with all of them on a regular basis, pistols & revolvers.
I live in the country on 15 acres with a back yard range & all my nieghbors are shooters so no issues with shooting complaints.

7Left · June 12, 2014, 05:19 PM

I have owned both the G19 and P226 for a short time but never carried either. If I had to, I'd carry the G19, even though I like the P226 more overall. The G19 is just less bulky.

snapshot762 · June 12, 2014, 06:11 PM

Sig Sauer. Simply because I am not a fan of Glocks at all.

Rat Robb · June 12, 2014, 06:21 PM

I carry a 226 in .40S&W, mainly in the winter, and have to say after a full day of wearing it, you know it. I have a great holster for it but compared to my other carry gun, S&W 442, it just pulls on me a little more.

A loaded G19 weighs less than an unloaded 226

-Robb

JimmyR · June 13, 2014, 01:50 AM

I just can't get hooked on polymer guns. I'd have to go with the Sig.

smokehouse4444 · June 13, 2014, 09:41 AM

To me, this question is about apples and oranges. For me, I'd take a SIG anyday, anytime over a Glock. If I were open carrying it would not be any discussion whatsoever...my SIG P226 Tacops. Glock would never be in the conversation.
For me, however, carrying means in the pocket or IWB concealed. So the full-size SIG would not really be in the conversation...I would have to go with the G19 between the two.
There are several other SIG's that I would take over the Glock. The 938, P224, P229, and P290 would al be more appealing to me.

Dirty_Harry · June 13, 2014, 10:04 AM

Sig is too large for most. Glock for me.

It would have to be a Gen 4 though, as they have the beavertail backstrap and all the other Gens give me slidebite.

**Spats McGee** · June 13, 2014, 10:29 AM

I really, really like the looks of the Sig, but I'm going to have to go with the G19. Yeah, yeah, I'm sure we're all stunned by that.

1. The Sig is a good-lookin' gun, and I'm sure it's gnat's-eye accurate, but there's a huge difference in price. I can buy a lot of 9mm ammo for the difference.
2. I'm also not a huge fan of decokers. (Probably a totally irrational position to take, since I have no experience with them. Still . . . )
3. The Sig is quite a bit heavier, but that's not a deal-breaker. It's still within acceptable weight.

AK103K · June 13, 2014, 12:05 PM

Ive carried both (usually a 17 over the 19 though) and wouldnt have a problem with either.

I never found the 226's to be big or heavy, and really never noticed any difference between them and my 19's/17's when it came to carrying them.

Which one do you like best?

After a number of years of being a "SIG guy", I switched over to Glock as SIG became more and more proud of their stuff and started charging accordingly. I simply get more for my money with the Glocks, and thats the way I went. Its not that one is better than the other, simply a value issue.

Wyosmith · June 13, 2014, 01:29 PM

EDC?
Well I'd ACSG and never LHWO. But sometimes you must change and go with WYCC even if it is not WYAC. HAG is better than NHAG when you need one

STTT and it's not about WYWYH.

Make sense?

Probably not!
But TSSHCSIA doesn't it?

Double Impact · June 13, 2014, 01:31 PM

Which one do you like best? You ask

Ak103K

My answer to that is I'm really a 45 acp guy but I have a carry rotation that I have followed for about 40 yrs now.

I will carry Glock 30 gen4, glock 19 gen4, Sig sauer p220 or the sig sauer p226 tacops.

Now I like the sigs better but most of the time it's the kind of teaching and to whom or the job I might be on at the time, that would dictate my carry.

Now that I'm retired I will carry the p226 tacops most of the time, 21 rds onboard can't hardly go wrong.
With the advancements in ammo over the last few yrs 9mm or 40 S&W or the 45acp is pretty much a wash. They all do the job well.

Double Impact · June 13, 2014, 01:33 PM

For those that don't know EDC =every day carry

Wyosmith

EDC?
Well I'd ACSG and never LHWO. But sometimes you must change and go with WYCC even if it is not WYAC. HAG is better than NHAG when you need one

STTT and it's not about WYWYH.

Make sense?

Probably not!
But TSSHCSIA doesn't it?

What?

Wyosmith · June 13, 2014, 01:45 PM

ACSG= always carry some gun
LHWO = Leave home without one
WYCC= what you can carry
WY"A"C = what you "always" carry
HAG = having a gun
NHAG = not having a gun
WYWYH =what you wish you had

Make Sense ? >>>>>>>NO IT DOESN'T!

TSSHCSIA = this sure shows how computer savvy I am.

But it makes a much better point.
Such abbreviations are far too over used and they do not make us look smart.

I am sure this will not endear me to some,but others may think it's time to point this silliness out.

6mm · June 14, 2014, 04:34 PM

Carried a Glock 19 for many years. I have been carrying a Beretta PX4 Subcompact lately.

P5 Guy · June 14, 2014, 05:14 PM

Glock 26 for some reason I shoot it better.

Dragline45 · June 14, 2014, 05:16 PM

Size wise the Sig 226 and Glock 19 are not in the same class so for carry the 19 is the obvious choice. Otherwise I would pick the 226 over the 19 any day.

Unlicensed Dremel · June 14, 2014, 07:29 PM

Why are we comparing a full size to a mid size? But no contest - that's mercedez-benz vs. yugo.

Brotherbadger · June 16, 2014, 12:03 AM

I'm more familiar with Sigs than Glocks, so I'll go with a Sig.

View Poll Results: pick one
Sig sauer p226 9mm	42	35.90%
glock 19 any gen	75	64.10%
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June 12, 2014, 01:51 PM	#1
Double Impact Senior Member Join Date: January 19, 2008 Posts: 399	your EDC For all whom carry daily, if your choice of caliber is 9mm which would you prefer or pick to carry, a glock 19 any gen or a sig sauer p226? And Why? NOT THE ONE YOU SHOOT BEST, Because you shoot them both with absolute professional accuracy and speed equally! Now keep in mind this is a friendly, Fun but serious question.

June 12, 2014, 02:05 PM	#2
BarryLee Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2010 Location: The ATL (OTP) Posts: 3,946	I love SIGs, but find myself carrying a G26 more and more just simply because of size/weight. The P226 is a wonderful gun and if you can handle the size/weight I would go with it, but I guess that just depends on how you intend to carry. For reference I hesitantly voted GLOCK. __________________ A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman

June 12, 2014, 02:09 PM	#3
Departed402 Senior Member Join Date: September 25, 2009 Location: Midwest Posts: 884	Open carry is a tossup, but the Glock 19 would be better for concealed carry, IMO. __________________ Slow is Smooth. Smooth is Fast.

June 13, 2014, 10:04 AM	#14
Dirty_Harry Senior Member Join Date: January 11, 2006 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 1,484	Sig is too large for most. Glock for me. It would have to be a Gen 4 though, as they have the beavertail backstrap and all the other Gens give me slidebite. __________________ "The only purpose for a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you never should have laid down." "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them." -John Wayne

June 12, 2014, 02:12 PM	#4
jr24 Senior Member Join Date: August 29, 2011 Posts: 870	Glock is smaller. The Sig 229 would make the choice a little tougher for me. That said, I prefer not to carry DA/SA as I prefer a consistent trigger pull.

June 12, 2014, 02:38 PM	#5
Sharkbite Senior Member Join Date: November 4, 2013 Location: Western slope of Colorado Posts: 3,679	My EDC is a Glock 23. So the G19 would be my choice here. Consistent trigger. No need to remember/train to decock. Low bore axis. Just a gun im comfortable with. I carried a G19 in Iraq for about 5 years (DoS contract). Never felt under gunned from a pistol standpoint.

June 12, 2014, 03:05 PM	#6
JERRYS. Senior Member Join Date: September 23, 2013 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,969	I'd pick the Glock because that is the platform I am familiar and proficient with, although my new PPS 9mm is gaining steam.

June 12, 2014, 03:43 PM	#7
JN01 Senior Member Join Date: May 16, 2005 Location: E Tennessee Posts: 828	Glock, weight difference being the biggest factor.

June 12, 2014, 03:48 PM	#8
jeager106 Junior member Join Date: November 24, 2006 Location: N.E. Oh. Posts: 527	My favorite CCW is the G-23 also & I guess the G-19 or other Glock 9mm. I don't really understand the point of the question tho????? I'll refrain from a caliber debate as it's useless to bring that worn out dog into any conversation. I never felt undergunned with a 2" Smith M-36 in my days as a detective. Why? would I carry the Glock? Familiarity with the platform I guess. I'd imagine both makes are as reliable, one for the other. You mentioned caliber so that's not an issue. You don't want "the one I shoot best" as an answer. So what are you looking for? I have several carry concealed weapons, the most important is ME. I stay familiar with all of them on a regular basis, pistols & revolvers. I live in the country on 15 acres with a back yard range & all my nieghbors are shooters so no issues with shooting complaints.

June 12, 2014, 05:19 PM	#9
7Left Junior Member Join Date: April 1, 2014 Posts: 13	I have owned both the G19 and P226 for a short time but never carried either. If I had to, I'd carry the G19, even though I like the P226 more overall. The G19 is just less bulky.

June 12, 2014, 06:11 PM	#10
snapshot762 Member Join Date: September 27, 2013 Posts: 51	Sig Sauer. Simply because I am not a fan of Glocks at all.

June 12, 2014, 06:21 PM	#11
Rat Robb Member Join Date: June 5, 2011 Posts: 30	I carry a 226 in .40S&W, mainly in the winter, and have to say after a full day of wearing it, you know it. I have a great holster for it but compared to my other carry gun, S&W 442, it just pulls on me a little more. A loaded G19 weighs less than an unloaded 226 -Robb

June 13, 2014, 01:50 AM	#12
JimmyR Senior Member Join Date: February 4, 2012 Posts: 1,273	I just can't get hooked on polymer guns. I'd have to go with the Sig.

June 13, 2014, 09:41 AM	#13
smokehouse4444 Senior Member Join Date: July 7, 2012 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 233	To me, this question is about apples and oranges. For me, I'd take a SIG anyday, anytime over a Glock. If I were open carrying it would not be any discussion whatsoever...my SIG P226 Tacops. Glock would never be in the conversation. For me, however, carrying means in the pocket or IWB concealed. So the full-size SIG would not really be in the conversation...I would have to go with the G19 between the two. There are several other SIG's that I would take over the Glock. The 938, P224, P229, and P290 would al be more appealing to me.

June 13, 2014, 10:29 AM	#15
Spats McGee Staff Join Date: July 28, 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 8,821	I really, really like the looks of the Sig, but I'm going to have to go with the G19. Yeah, yeah, I'm sure we're all stunned by that. 1. The Sig is a good-lookin' gun, and I'm sure it's gnat's-eye accurate, but there's a huge difference in price. I can buy a lot of 9mm ammo for the difference. 2. I'm also not a huge fan of decokers. (Probably a totally irrational position to take, since I have no experience with them. Still . . . ) 3. The Sig is quite a bit heavier, but that's not a deal-breaker. It's still within acceptable weight. __________________ I'm a lawyer, but I'm not your lawyer. If you need some honest-to-goodness legal advice, go buy some.

June 13, 2014, 12:05 PM	#16
AK103K Senior Member Join Date: May 1, 2001 Posts: 10,223	Ive carried both (usually a 17 over the 19 though) and wouldnt have a problem with either. I never found the 226's to be big or heavy, and really never noticed any difference between them and my 19's/17's when it came to carrying them. Which one do you like best? After a number of years of being a "SIG guy", I switched over to Glock as SIG became more and more proud of their stuff and started charging accordingly. I simply get more for my money with the Glocks, and thats the way I went. Its not that one is better than the other, simply a value issue.

June 13, 2014, 01:29 PM	#17
Wyosmith Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2010 Location: Shoshoni Wyoming Posts: 2,713	EDC? Well I'd ACSG and never LHWO. But sometimes you must change and go with WYCC even if it is not WYAC. HAG is better than NHAG when you need one STTT and it's not about WYWYH. Make sense? Probably not! But TSSHCSIA doesn't it?

June 13, 2014, 01:31 PM	#18
Double Impact Senior Member Join Date: January 19, 2008 Posts: 399	Which one do you like best? You ask Ak103K My answer to that is I'm really a 45 acp guy but I have a carry rotation that I have followed for about 40 yrs now. I will carry Glock 30 gen4, glock 19 gen4, Sig sauer p220 or the sig sauer p226 tacops. Now I like the sigs better but most of the time it's the kind of teaching and to whom or the job I might be on at the time, that would dictate my carry. Now that I'm retired I will carry the p226 tacops most of the time, 21 rds onboard can't hardly go wrong. With the advancements in ammo over the last few yrs 9mm or 40 S&W or the 45acp is pretty much a wash. They all do the job well.

June 13, 2014, 01:33 PM	#19
Double Impact Senior Member Join Date: January 19, 2008 Posts: 399	For those that don't know EDC =every day carry Wyosmith EDC? Well I'd ACSG and never LHWO. But sometimes you must change and go with WYCC even if it is not WYAC. HAG is better than NHAG when you need one STTT and it's not about WYWYH. Make sense? Probably not! But TSSHCSIA doesn't it? What?

June 13, 2014, 01:45 PM	#20
Wyosmith Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2010 Location: Shoshoni Wyoming Posts: 2,713	ACSG= always carry some gun LHWO = Leave home without one WYCC= what you can carry WY"A"C = what you "always" carry HAG = having a gun NHAG = not having a gun WYWYH =what you wish you had Make Sense ? >>>>>>>NO IT DOESN'T! TSSHCSIA = this sure shows how computer savvy I am. But it makes a much better point. Such abbreviations are far too over used and they do not make us look smart. I am sure this will not endear me to some,but others may think it's time to point this silliness out.

June 14, 2014, 04:34 PM	#21
6mm Senior Member Join Date: January 26, 2000 Location: Nebraska Posts: 198	Carried a Glock 19 for many years. I have been carrying a Beretta PX4 Subcompact lately. __________________ You carry a Badge, You carry a Gun Sean Connery - The Untouchables Here endth the lesson

June 14, 2014, 05:14 PM	#22
P5 Guy Senior Member Join Date: December 1, 2005 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 1,804	Neither Glock 26 for some reason I shoot it better.

June 14, 2014, 05:16 PM	#23
Dragline45 Senior Member Join Date: November 30, 2010 Posts: 3,513	Size wise the Sig 226 and Glock 19 are not in the same class so for carry the 19 is the obvious choice. Otherwise I would pick the 226 over the 19 any day.

June 14, 2014, 07:29 PM	#24
Unlicensed Dremel Junior member Join Date: February 13, 2014 Location: Flathead Valley, MT Posts: 2,187	Why are we comparing a full size to a mid size? But no contest - that's mercedez-benz vs. yugo.

June 16, 2014, 12:03 AM	#25
Brotherbadger Senior Member Join Date: November 10, 2010 Posts: 1,149	I'm more familiar with Sigs than Glocks, so I'll go with a Sig. __________________ Once Fired Brass, Top quality, Fast shipping, Best prices. http://300AacBrass.com/ -10% Coupon use code " badger "