CCW QUESTION:
Do you carry a revolver or semi-automatic?
Whats your current EDC?
Thanks much.
Do you carry a revolver or semi-automatic?
Whats your current EDC?
Thanks much.
Especially me!I would actually prefer to carry a policeman. But most are to Damn Heavy.
i say never limit your options. options are always good. and the more options the better.
Pretty much covers my take on it, as the destination, attire, and general mood of the day dictate my cary choices. most often, it is a small 9 MM, like my LC9, which the wife has adopted as hers, the Kel-tec PF9 she bought for me last month, the G19, or the SP101 in warmer weather, and either one of my 1911s, the 686, the GP100, and from time to time, my grandfather's old Official Police in colder weather.Have a couple or three J frame S&Ws with 38 Special +P. Also have a couple of autos- a Ruger LCP and a ParaOrdnance C 7/45. If I want to go larger frame, probably my Browning Hi-Power.
Depends on what I am wearing. Summer time, T shirt and cargo shorts, small gun with pocket holster. On the boat where I may get wet, polymer framed auto.
Right holster make a big difference in directing the muzzle away from the twig and berries. Draw and holstering technique also make a big difference. But I wouldn't want a single action with a 1/16 inch trigger travel in my pants either pointing at my "boys". 1911s, when I carry one usually ride in a outside the waistband holster, but I pretty much don't carry 1911s any more. If I want a .45 single stack to carry, I usually opt for my Sig P220. Just a tad lighter in overall weight, and it is a point and shoot pistol without the need for me to manipulate anything but the trigger.I don't like the idea of carrying a pistol so that it can point at the the family jewels. Not that they are often used for their intended purpose, but if shot away, you can bleed to death in a two shakes. (no pun intended)
JonM,
semi auto for one reason only.
semi auto you will always get one to go bang. pocket debris, lint, foreign objects, or clothing can jam a cylinder stop it rotating and prevent a revolver from going bang. revolvers never jamming is yet another ginormous myth. when a semi jams, tap rack or change mags and rack the slide will clear 99.99% of all failures. when a revolver jams, it general takes tools to clear.
there is a reason revolvers are not used as any service weapon in any army on the planet since ww2
semis may jam but the round in the chamber will go bang everytime.
i carry either an fn509, beretta m9a3, or fn five-seven.
So, I take it you've met my good friend Murphy as well? Always seems to show up just when i really don't want him there.revolver or semi-auto, if they have moving parts, they can fail. nothing that is mechanical is immune from failing.
having spent almost my entire life at repairing various types of equipment, i have found this to be a fact of life.