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What do you carry ?

LogansdaddyLogansdaddy Member Posts: 56 ✭✭
edited July 2002 in General Discussion
I used to tell customers when I worked in a gun store was "I can give a sidearm no greater endorsement than to carry it"

It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it...
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes sir,you said it!



    Best!

    Rugster
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  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sig 226 Backup Ruger SP-101

    If I knew then, what I know now.

    Edited by - pickenup on 07/14/2002 21:17:35
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  • HiCapHiCap Member Posts: 77 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Para Ordnance C645!

    6+1 rounds of .45 in a 30oz package with a sweeeeet trigger!
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    SIG P229 in .40 caliber.

    Colt Pony .380 as secondary.

    Sometimes a very old Smith & Wesson Bodyguard.

    SIG pistol armorer/FFL Dealer/Full time Peace Officer, Moderator of General Discussion Board on Gunbroker. Visit www.gunbroker.com, the best gun auction site on the Net! Email davidnunn@texoma.net
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    Depends on the time of year, the weather and the situation. At any given time I may be found carrying any of the following:

    Para Ordnance P12-45
    Glock 17
    Glock 26
    Smith & Wesson model 66, 2.5 inch
    Taurus model 85CH, 2 inch

    If I'm on a road trip on my bike I'll have one in my jacket (usually the Para or the Glock 26) and another (Glock 17 with big magazine) in my saddlebags.

    Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.
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  • agloreaglore Member Posts: 6,012
    edited November -1
    Rem. Model 51 in 380

    AlleninAlaska

    Free men are not equal and equal men are not free
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  • rscoleman88rscoleman88 Member Posts: 4,250
    edited November -1
    1911 or for out on the farm ( just in case of varmints) I have a Blackhawk in .30 carbine

    Respect those who protect us now just as you would those who died for us in the past.
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  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rguer Sp101 .357, Ruger P95, & H&R .32 Am. Bulldog for summer shorts.

    Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.
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  • dads-freeholddads-freehold Member Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    greetings, depends on the sit-rep, for superior fire power a mak-90, ruger p-94 back-up, with extra mags for both. for a posible bad sit., p-94 with 30m back-up, both with extra mags. for a jog or run one or the other, 1 hi cap mag. for a walk or jog in the woods twin s&w 645's,or witness 45. respt submitted dads-freehold

    rodney colson
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  • almagunsalmaguns Member Posts: 88 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Casual dress- Rossi .44 sp 2 12" Dress- German made Walther PPK.
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If I ever get to a state where I can get a permit I'll be carrying one of two guns, either a 9mm Makarov, or a 357 GP100. Just depends on whether or not I feel like toteing the 357, its more of a hip holster gun.

    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • AlmagunaAlmaguna Member Posts: 62 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ryan, what makes you think I have a permit?
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Uh, nothing, I dont even know you, do I? I was stating what I'd carry if 'I' get to a state where I can get a permit.

    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Permit? I don't need no Stinking permit. LOL

    If I knew then, what I know now.
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  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Glock 22 w/ Winchester 180gr JHP, all factory, no mods, factory LEO magazines. And you won't find a spec of dirt in her.

    For backup I have a S&W model 60 .38spl, have magsafe ammo in it.

    For a backup to my backup, I have a NAA MiniRevolver .22wmr with CCI Rat shot.

    Trunk, extra ammo, Colt M4 Carbine with plenty of 62gr SS109 in 30rd magazines.

    Also have a shotgun, but its just for show. Winchester Defender 12ga with a Choate stock. 00buck Federal Reduced recoil.

    If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.

    The sound of a 12 gauge pump clears a house fatser than Rosie O eats a Big Mac !
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  • LogansdaddyLogansdaddy Member Posts: 56 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I actually prefer my Winchester 1300 to my Remington 870...I carry a Smith & Wesson model 65. Stainless K frame .357 Magnum with a 3 inch barrel

    It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it...
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Depending on where I'm going;

    Ruger Sp-101 3" with 5 El Dorado StarFires or Ruger P-85 Hi-Cap with 8 Black Talons and 8 Hydro-Shoks alternated.

    Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!

    Edited by - RugerNiner on 07/14/2002 20:18:42
    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
    NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
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  • Dyer_MakerDyer_Maker Member Posts: 1,018 ✭
    edited November -1
    Depends on what I have on. A browning high-power 9mm with 13 round mag loaded with 124 gr. gold dot ammo. A smith & wesson 6906 9mm with 12 round mags also loaded with gold dot ammo. My back up is a taurus model 85 ultar-lite loaded with rem golden sabres +p.
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  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,642 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    As others have said. It depends on the occasion and your clothing. I usually have a Ruger SP101 but sometimes I carry a NAA 22LR in a fake pager holster. Many laugh at a 22LR but if you conceal it properly and can produce it at a foot or two, the laughing stops. I would love to carry my Mac-10 SMG, but that wouldn't be politicaly correct would it?!

    cbxjeffIt's too late for me, save yourself.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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  • interstatepawnllcinterstatepawnllc Member Posts: 9,390
    edited November -1
    Walther p-99 .40 cal, Romarm .380 backup,....go figure??
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  • metalcuttermetalcutter Member Posts: 34 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I carry a Beretta M96, but I need something smaller.
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  • bama55bama55 Member Posts: 6,389 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Colt Combat Commander .45 ACP.
    Sometimes a .380 DAO Backup.

    Don't send flowers when I die. Send money now, I can buy more ammo.
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    When I discovered I could adapt my Glock 23's pre-ban mags for use in a G27, I sold the G23 and bought the G27. Now I can carry a G27 and a double mag holder for ballast on the opposite side. It's fairly easy to conceal and I have a CCW. I can carry it with 10 rds. and up of quality .40 caliber with two spares.

    Then the PT145 caught my eye -- it's virtually the same size as a G27, fits many of the same holsters in fact, and shoots 10 rds. of .45 ACP, so I found myself buying one at a rock bottom $320 price at a recent gun show, where I also traded for a couple extra new mags for it. Then of course I had to have a dual-mag holder for it as well, so now I have the option of a PT145 and dual-mag ballast.

    Meanwhile, I picked up an old favorite, a Star PD, ported & jewelled barrel that is a beaut. I still had a black Aker pancake with thumbreak for it (had a PD before) and found a black Aker dual-mag holder for it online too.

    So now I have 3 somewhat similar choices for carry with appropriate leather to go with them.

    The only wild card is my Bulldog Pug .44 with the pocket hammer, which moves around a lot as my backup/utility piece. Never know where it will turn up. I have grandpa's very nice .32 Mauser 1934 and a IWB for it, but I don't consider it new/reliable enough or a major enough caliber for carry, so it stays home. In fact, the Pug is just as small to drop in a front pocket of tight jeans as the 1934 would be.

    As for a full size gun, I've got to get my business running before I have the disposable income for more toys.

    - Life NRA Member
    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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  • austin247austin247 Member Posts: 375 ✭
    edited November -1
    Primary: Glock 31 .357 Sig, 125 grain Speer GoldDot Hp

    For back-up: Glock 33 .357 Sig, loaded with same

    In the car: Winchester 1300 Marine, Federal 000 buck
    Ruger PC-4 .40 S&W carbine, 155 grain CorBon HP

    In the trunk: Ruger Mini-14, Federal 55 grain FMJ, and SS109
    62 grain FMJ

    Off duty: I just play eenie, meenie, minie, moe
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  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    You know, my girlfriend tell me that I'm like a girl trying to pick out the right pair of shoe's to wear with her outfit, when I'm trying to decide which gun to carry, and with what rig. Though I have my main duty arm, I usually have alot of trouble trying to decide which rifle to keep in my trunk. Sometimes I like to carry my good ol M1 Carbine, other's its my M4 Carbine, sometimes durring deer season I'll have my tweaked Marlin 336 .30-30win, and then there's my Mini-14. And just wait till my CETME comes in. Oh decisions, decisions...whats a boy to do.

    If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.

    The sound of a 12 gauge pump clears a house fatser than Rosie O eats a Big Mac !
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  • pigeoncreek1pigeoncreek1 Member Posts: 217 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    H&K USP .40 with a mag full of Cor Bon's

    Gun control is hitting your target
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  • jujujuju Member Posts: 6,321 ✭
    edited November -1
    Glock 22 .40cal
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    leeblackman,
    You keep a Colt M4 in your trunk?
    I hope your car never gets broken into, I know I couldn't handle that kind of a loss! Whew!


    Don't worry about the bullet with your name on it, worry about the fragmentation grenade addressed 'To Occupant'.
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    That's true of me as well. If we're counting car trunks, I like my good ol' M1 carbine back there as well, with folding stock & extra mags of softpoint. Comforting, if you need it.

    - Life NRA Member
    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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  • airborneairborne Member Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    G27 or Browning Hi-Power.

    B - BreatheR - RelaxA - AimS - SightS - Squeeze
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  • homer4homer4 Member Posts: 128 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Either my BullDog in 44spl 240gr HP's or my wifes Smith 642 with 135gr +P Silvertips

    "...Abby someone""Abby who"..."Abby Normal"
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  • joeaf1911a1joeaf1911a1 Member Posts: 2,962 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It aint what you carry, or how good you can shoot at targets, its how
    you will truely act in RETURNING fire or using it that counts. Few
    can, most cant. At least decently. Fear and logic can screw up
    a good sight picture till used to it. (if one ever gets used to it)
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  • hobbisthobbist Member Posts: 176 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Primary: S&W 686 (357Mag) or S&W 6906 (9mm)

    For back-up: S&W 60 (.38Special) or Walther PPSK (.380)
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  • TARZANSEALTARZANSEAL Member Posts: 27 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    COLT OFFICERS MODEL 45

    TRIUMPH IN EVERYTHING WE DO.
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  • SUBMARINERSUBMARINER Member Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    sig p-226 .40,in my high tops or an h&k usp 9mm in my lowtops ha ha ha he he he.ever seen"dont be a menace to south central while drinking your juice in the hood"?rent it now it is a GUARENTEED gut buster.those are my favorite guns to carry but i have others also

    SUBMARINE SAILOR,TRUCK DRIVER,RUSTY WALLACE FAN AND AS EVERYONE SO OFTEN POINTS OUT PISS POOR TYPIST e-mail:WNUNLEY@USIT.NET
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