There are so many guns to choose from. Glocks, Sig Sauers, Rugers, Smith and Wessons, the list goes on and on.
What were the things you looked for when you bought your carry gun? Size? Price? Feel? Number of Rounds?
There are so many guns to choose from. Glocks, Sig Sauers, Rugers, Smith and Wessons, the list goes on and on.
What were the things you looked for when you bought your carry gun? Size? Price? Feel? Number of Rounds?
Main factor was being ambidextrous because Iām left handed.
S&W M&P 40 switchable hand grips for perfect grip. Not to much recoil and I donāt know how many rounds I have put through it and never had malfunction
PPS M2. Small. Low recoil, considering weight/size. Price. Felt good. Shoots great.
Size/concealability, caliber (I wanted a .40S&W), and brand (Iām a Ruger fan boy).
Ruger SR40c fit the billā¦and it was ABAGā¦Anything But A Glockā¦
My weapons are on target great balance and very reliable.
For the most part, in order of importance to me:
Size, capacity, reliabilityā¦
Basically can it be trusted in the worst of situations. We donāt get to choose when we need, so I need it to always workā¦
I carry a Glock 19 or Sig p365 depending what my day will consist of. Weather and clothing donāt dictate what I carry, my activities do
Reliability, conceal ability, fit, and itās a Kimber nuff said. I love my Kimbers.
One of my carry options also. Always goes bang at the range.
The gun spoke to me. There was a gun shop that I hung out in wayyyyy back when and they got this Colt Officers Model in stainless on a trade, unfired, BNIB. I was 20 at the time and fondled that gun every chance I got until the owner said āYou know I canāt sell that to you until you are 21, but that doesnāt mean you canāt put it on layaway.ā The final price was like $547.92 or something close. A fair princely sum for a new E-5 in the late 1980ās, I had the money but chose to give him $50 every payday, which actually worked to my advantage as I acquired several top shelf collectable rifles in the interum . On the day I turned 21 I handed him $0.92. I think I actually got my CCW somewhere between Christmas and New Years and have been carrying it ever since.
Cheers,
Craig6
How it felt in hand at the gun store, followed by being reputable (M&P), in a useful defensive caliber(.45) and last, capacity. Bonus, itās a sweet shooter.
My CCW is a tool with one use, to help me protect me and mine while I/we get from point a to point b, if and only if, certain circumstances happen. So I donāt care if itās pretty, or unique, or really anything else.
It needs to work when I need it to, it needs to be small enough to be concealable yet hold enough rounds to stop the threat, it needs to be accurate without me having to add a bunch of junk to it. It needs to be in a large enough calibre that I am comfortable it will do its job. Stop the threat to me and mine.
My best hope for my CCW each day is that no one even knows itās even there. So for me itās a Glock. Iām not a fan boy, thatās just what works for me.
Oh whewā¦I thought I was the only one that heard voices from the guns in the case at the gun shop saying ābuy me, buy meāā¦I thought I was the only one.
So did Sledge Hammerās.
Yeah thatād be a NO. its not just you.
I bought a Glock 21 .45ACP, two reasons:
Reliability, available accessories (I.e. holsters and spare mags), shoot ability (for me), capacity.
For summer time, size was everything(second to quality, of course). Then, I wanted added capacity.
I have had a Glock 27 since the mid ā90s. I have converted it to 9mm to save my old hands and my wallet. It runs, reliably. It is simple to operate, take down, and clean. Not sexy but very functional. So, it was only natural to get a G 43, which is smaller and lighter, but operates the same. It, too, is reliable.