Post your carry piece(s)

[.45ACPLove]

i'll start it.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c346/M1911Series80/IMGP0352_resize.jpg

[Fang]

One of these babies:

FM Detective Hi-Power, 9mm:
http://how-i-did-it.org/img/detective/detective_newgrips.jpg

Springfield Armory Mil-Spec, .45 ACP:
http://how-i-did-it.org/img/misc/burlwood_right_bottom_angle.jpg

S&W Model 60, .38 Special:
http://how-i-did-it.org/img/m60/m60_ammo.jpg

[.45ACPLove]

neato on the compact hp!! i didn't even know those existed!!! thats pretty badass! i want one!
This S&W M&P 340pd .357 is my pocket pistol. fits very neatly in my front pocket. also works great for those late night trips to the store or gas station. since it's not heavy in the least little bit i can put it in the pocket of some basketball type shorts, or even pajama pants and they don't get pulled down to my ankles by the weight of the gun. I love the little cannon!

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c346/M1911Series80/IMGP0234_resize_resize.jpg

[Clinotus]

Sadly it dawned on me that I have no pictures of any of my carry guns, so I pulled and clicked with a camera today just for this thread.

http://devisualis.com/images/stuff/look/carry1.jpg

[Clinotus]

neato on the compact hp!! i didn't even know those existed!!! thats pretty badass! i want one!
This S&W M&P 340pd .357 is my pocket pistol. fits very neatly in my front pocket. also works great for those late night trips to the store or gas station. since it's not heavy in the least little bit i can put it in the pocket of some basketball type shorts, or even pajama pants and they don't get pulled down to my ankles by the weight of the gun. I love the little cannon!


I have a snagless ruger sp101 and its perfect for trips out as you mention, really cant get any better with some hot loads.

[.45ACPLove]

I have a snagless ruger sp101 and its perfect for trips out as you mention, really cant get any better with some hot loads.

i've always wanted a full size sp101. i think they are a damn sexy wheel gun. i wouldn't mind a sig either.

[.45ACPLove]

bump....bump

[Fang]

Would you believe I carry this?

http://how-i-did-it.org/img/m1a/side.jpg

[.45ACPLove]

Would you believe I carry this?

http://how-i-did-it.org/img/m1a/side.jpg

in the woods?

[Fang]

Here in the great Pacific Northwest, where all nature is cute and cuddly? The granola-crunching tree-huggers would flee, screaming.

[.45ACPLove]

Here in the great Pacific Northwest, where all nature is cute and cuddly? The granola-crunching tree-huggers would flee, screaming.

lol i can believe it.

[Fang]

A vaguely related anecdote: I had a co-worker tell me that shotguns "will just basically knock you down" but assault rifles were very dangerous.

[Clinotus]

A vaguely related anecdote: I had a co-worker tell me that shotguns "will just basically knock you down" but assault rifles were very dangerous.

Well, it will knock you down from the stock end if you are not accustomed to it. :)

[GSV Exit Strategy]

I would post my carry piece, but it is presently in the hands of the Allegheny County Crime Lab.

[Fang]

Did you have to use it? If so, hopefully everything came out (and will come out) alright.

[.45ACPLove]

my smith and wesson pre 1930's .38 special. very smooth/light da pull and a super light/crisp sa pull. sucks to hear about ur gun being in a crime lab man

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c346/M1911Series80/l_bfe2ed305c547ba2717a17041835c386.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c346/M1911Series80/l_0a19cfc5967681783e1275cb4eacfcd6.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c346/M1911Series80/l_e784740f0ca42cc449518e74ce1e9e60.jpg

[Les Maynard]

Unless it is hot,I carry One of three Kimber 45acp's

In hot weather I am going to carry a Sig P238 I recently purchased. :grin:



http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx224/skull39/Guns/My%201911%20collection/1911sMyCollectionofKimbersandaSi-10.jpg


http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx224/skull39/Guns/My%201911%20collection/1911sMyCollectionofKimbersandaSig03.jpg

[Clinotus]

http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx224/skull39/Guns/Kimber_UltraCDPIIPix.jpg

In hot weather I am going to carry a Sig P238 I recently purchased. :grin:

Excellent on both counts. Please report back on the P238 I'm itching for one myself. Also, welcome aboard! :grin:

[Butler Ford]

What better place for my first post.

http://www.myhostedpics.com/images/ButlerFord45/edc.jpg

[Clinotus]

Very nice setup. Welcome aboard!

[Miso Beno]

Fine I guess I'll play.

http://misostudios.com/site/wp-content/gallery/201007-dump/swisstendo-494.jpg

And welcome to the forums!

[Les Maynard]

Welcome,Nice first post.

[Butler Ford]

Fine I guess I'll play.


And welcome to the forums!

Thanks for the welcome.
Green with envy! Just could never put availability and funds together at the same time for a P7. Shot a friends and it seemed to be every thing that I'd heard about them.

[Miso Beno]

Thanks for the welcome.
Green with envy! Just could never put availability and funds together at the same time for a P7. Shot a friends and it seemed to be every thing that I'd heard about them.

They're pretty awesome guns which is why I carry mine during the summer and at special occasions. My general purpose winter/fall/spring carry is far more boring.

[Paratrooper]

Fine I guess I'll play.

http://misostudios.com/site/wp-content/gallery/201007-dump/swisstendo-494.jpg

And welcome to the forums!

i want that ben:clap:

[Miso Beno]

i want that ben:clap:

Well you can still find P7s in the $700 range, and that Kramer holster is still being made (though they've moved from snaps to screws). The flash light is a $9 flash light from deal extreme, and Im pretty sure you can figure out where to get a Swiss Army Pioneer, and a Panasonic Lumix LX3. Of course, my winter carry piece is much less exotic than the P7.

[Paratrooper]

Well you can still find P7s in the $700 range, and that Kramer holster is still being made (though they've moved from snaps to screws). The flash light is a $9 flash light from deal extreme, and Im pretty sure you can figure out where to get a Swiss Army Pioneer, and a Panasonic Lumix LX3. Of course, my winter carry piece is much less exotic than the P7.

hahah i just want the p7...

[Miso Beno]

hahah i just want the p7...

They can still be had for $650 if you shop around. Too bad you're stuck in North Carolina as a Washington State resident. :sad:

[Paratrooper]

They can still be had for $650 if you shop around. Too bad you're stuck in North Carolina as a Washington State resident. :sad:

yeah its pretty lame. i thought nc would be just like washginton, and let military purchase just like residents. i just changed my residency to washington, so i cant change it again.

[Kommienzuspadt]

Hey guys.

http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv277/kommienzuspadt/croppedcarry2.jpg

Glock 19, with or without a spare mag depending on the day. Actually, I am looking for a decent leather OWB Glock 17 mag holster that you guys could recommend. Cheap would be nice.

Good as place as any for my first post here.

[priznat]

P238s are awesome and adorable. They look like they'd be a carry piece's carry piece.

I'm in Canada so no carrying for me. Have to fight off the bears/wolves/caribou/moose with brawn and pointed sticks.

[mbquimby]

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z93/markquimby82/IMAG0003.jpg

This is my winter time EDC.

Springfield Armory XD 40 Tactical in a Blackwater Serpa paddle holster, Palm Pre, Motorola I560, Kershaw Storm II, and chapstick. In the summer I trade the XD for a Ruger LCP .380 in a Fobus paddle holster.

[Clinotus]

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z93/markquimby82/IMAG0003.jpg

This is my winter time EDC.

Springfield Armory XD 40 Tactical in a Blackwater Serpa paddle holster, Palm Pre, Motorola I560, Kershaw Storm II, and chapstick. In the summer I trade the XD for a Ruger LCP .380 in a Fobus paddle holster.

Last weekend while shooting I broke in and wore a Serpa and a few of my friends made fun of me for it. Bad, bad men. I like the holster but it takes a bit of getting used to with the rapid draw. I prefer a thumb break paddle for winter carry and leather. Everything is better with leather.

[mbquimby]

Last weekend while shooting I broke in and wore a Serpa and a few of my friends made fun of me for it. Bad, bad men. I like the holster but it takes a bit of getting used to with the rapid draw. I prefer a thumb break paddle for winter carry and leather. Everything is better with leather.

The only complaints I have heard about the Serpas are that "they're dangerous because the pressure from your trigger finger could continue to fall during deployment and cause a negligent discharge." I don't see how. First of all, it doesn't take "pressure" to activate the retention button, just a properly placed trigger finger aimed to land on the slide. Even if you did press down with everything you've got, I don't see how you would pull the trigger, unless you have one of those new guns with the trigger on the middle of the slide. :rolleyes:

Maybe I don't have a problem with it because I carried Condition 1 EVERYWHERE when I was in the military (can't let anyone steal the exposives, even in training...actually, especially in training :evilgrin: ). I have been so brainwashed into pistol safety that don't know how to hold a pistol without my trigger finger properly placed on the slide. In other words, it's a training issue and anyone carrying should be training anyway.

I say the people who think Serpas are unsafe, are unsafe. The best safety on any gun is between your ears.

As fas as "everything being better in leather", putting a polymer framed XD in a leather Galco would be like wearing a bow-tie to a construction site. It just doesn't "match." :wink:

[Clinotus]

As fas as "everything being better in leather", putting a polymer framed XD in a leather Galco would be like wearing a bow-tie to a construction site. It just doesn't "match." :wink:

I mean real guns like metal framed 1911s, SIGs and Colts, not the plastic play guns for the range like those silly XDs, Glocks, and M&Ps.:hihi:



*disclaimer: I will still take and clear kydex with a XD, M&P or Glock.

[mbquimby]

I mean real guns like metal framed 1911s, SIGs and Colts, not the plastic play guns for the range like those silly XDs, Glocks, and M&Ps.:hihi:



*disclaimer: I will still take and clear kydex with a XD, M&P or Glock.




The year, 1911:

The 1911 American Automobile Manufacturing Co, American was produced.

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z93/markquimby82/1911-Automobile.jpg

The American was made by the American Automobile Manufacturing Co, New Albany, Indiana. It had a two-stroke four cylinder motor that produced 50 hp and boasted a top speed of 58 mph. It sold for a steep $4250.00 USD.
Chick Factor: Low. Unfortunately these cars aren't very practical in a time where the average highway speed is a third higher than the top speed of this specimen. Girls don't like when you're late or when you smell like oil and leaded gasoline. Don't you care about the Polar bears, you carbon stomping panda-raper???

The Colt 1911A1 was produced.

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z93/markquimby82/gunColtm1911groupwithwatch-1.jpg

John M. Browning designed the firearm which was the standard-issue side arm for the United States armed forces from 1911 to 1985. It fires a .45 caliber round and weighs as much as the car mentioned earlier in this post.
Chick factor: Low. I know, shocker huh? Girls don't care about history. Girls don't care about tradition. Girls don't want you hiding your 85 lb pistol in their purse to sneak it into the Saint's game at the Super Dome.

The Year, 1999

The Pagani Zonda C12 S 7.3 was produced.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e71/Green46L/pagani_zonda_c12-s-73-2.jpg

Pagani is an Italian company that manufacturers carbon fiber and supercars. They started producing the Zonda in 1999, and only 10 units ship every year (at $400,000 a pop more or less).

Design: As you can imagine from a company that produces carbon fiber, most of the body parts of the Zonda are done with that material. It has a coupe style, with 2 seats, and very characteristic placement of side mirrors and front lights.

Performance: The C12 S 7.3 version comes with a mighty 7.3-litre engine. It is one of the biggest 12-cylinders engine ever produced. It has an output of 555 bhp and a top speed of 220 mph (350 km/h).

Chick Factor: High. Despite being a racing machine, the style of this car is quite appealing (we love Italy don’t we?). It also reveals how much it costs at a first sight (and most women get turned on by that).

The HS2000 (XD) was produced.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/sfcjescorrea/guns/SANY0013.jpg

The HS2000 traces its roots back to a service pistol known as the PHP (Prvi Hrvatski Pištolj or First Croatian Pistol), which was first produced in Croatia by privately owned industrial parts firm I. M. Metal in 1991. Designed by a team led by Marko Vuković, the PHP was considered to be a solid design, but early versions were plagued by quality issues, due in large part to the difficulties of manufacturing during the Croatian War of Independence. Vuković's team continued to tweak and improve the design over the next decade, releasing the HS95 (Hrvatski Samokres or Croatian Pistol) in 1995, and the HS2000 in 1999.

The HS2000 was adopted by the Croatian military and law enforcement as a standard issue sidearm and continues to fill that role today.The pistol was initially exported to the US market by Intrac and distributed by HSAmerica who sold the pistol in 9 mm as the HS2000.

In 2002, Springfield Armory, Inc. negotiated licensing rights to the US market, and changed the name to the XD-9 (X-treme Duty 9x19mm). Springfield Armory has since expanded the line to include seven models in three different calibers and five different cartridges, four barrel lengths, and four finishes (black, bi-tone, olive drab frame, and the newest dark earth frame). The industry press awarded the XD the title of Handgun of the Year from both American Rifleman magazine and The Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence. The XD series of pistols won Handgun of the Year again in 2009.
Chick Factor: High. While most females don't care much about many of our toys, they do appreciate color coordination. My XD 40 tactical with an OD frame sure does look good in some dark jeans and an earth tone shirt...I'm just sayin'. :cool:

[Clinotus]

I got nothing.


Although, what do you think of this 'retention' failue with a kydex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDeKtgkZKmQ&feature=player_embedded

[poopgiggle]

http://imgur.com/uccQS.jpg (http://imgur.com/uccQS.jpg)
This is my summer carry. S&W Model 38 made in 1969, either appendix-carried or in a pocket.

http://imgur.com/4WuNO.jpg (http://imgur.com/4WuNO.jpg)

Sweater Weather Carry is a Sig P6 in a C-TAC with night sights added.

Apologies for iPhone photography.

[Clinotus]

http://imgur.com/4WuNO.jpg (http://imgur.com/4WuNO.jpg)

Sweater Weather Carry is a Sig P6 in a C-TAC with night sights added.

Apologies for iPhone photography.



First 225/P6 I've seen posted here, very nice. How does it shoot?

[mbquimby]

I got nothing.


Although, what do you think of this 'retention' failue with a kydex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDeKtgkZKmQ&feature=player_embedded

I have seen that video and I actually sort of tried this with a fobus (which is weaker than my serpa) just to see if it was safe for me to use. I found that I couldn't break it without both hands and about 15 seconds. I'm not superman by any means but I ain't no slouch either. It stands to reason that the holster in the video had either been tampered with or was of supremely poor quality. Even if a person could break my holster with one hand, I don't think they could do it fast enough for me not to counter with a step behind elbow strike to the throat take down. Also, it may be worth mentioning that the Fobus paddle holsers are plastic, not kydex. This makes them less rigid and they will lose their retention faster than a kydex but they also bend before they break. The Serpa line is injection molded polymer as well but with carbon fiber reinforcement (aka, strong).

Leather is a dead cow's ass.

[poopgiggle]

First 225/P6 I've seen posted here, very nice. How does it shoot?

I'm not really sure how to answer this. :) It shoots well, I guess? It fits my hands well and the price was right.

My only complaints with the P6 were that the DA trigger was a little heavy and the straight-black sights were difficult to shoot with. Fixed the first by installing a stock P225 mainspring, fixed the second with some Heinie Straight-Eights.

This is the only centerfire semiauto I've ever owned, so I don't have a lot to compare it to. I've shot other people's Glocks and XDs and I'm not sure if I like having their mediocre pull every shot, or the heavier DA messing up my first shot with a crisp SA after that. Compared to a friend's PX4, the DA pull is not great but the SA trigger is miles better.

[mbquimby]

http://imgur.com/uccQS.jpg (http://imgur.com/uccQS.jpg)
This is my summer carry. S&W Model 38 made in 1969, either appendix-carried or in a pocket.

http://imgur.com/4WuNO.jpg (http://imgur.com/4WuNO.jpg)

Sweater Weather Carry is a Sig P6 in a C-TAC with night sights added.

Apologies for iPhone photography.

.38...must....parkerize...frame....urge becoming too strong to resist.....please PARK THE FRAME!!!!....

[poopgiggle]

.38...must....parkerize...frame....urge becoming too strong to resist.....please PARK THE FRAME!!!!....

I'm pretty sure you can't parkerize aluminum.

[mbquimby]

It's aluminum???

I thought it had pitting (which would denote steel) but I guess it was just the lighting. I am fond of parkerized revolvers, as you can tell so I jumped at the chance to bring you over to the darkside.

Which night sights are you running on the sig? Are those the tru glo tritiums?

[poopgiggle]

It's aluminum???

I thought it had pitting (which would denote steel) but I guess it was just the lighting. I am fond of parkerized revolvers, as you can tell so I jumped at the chance to bring you over to the darkside.

The anodizing is flaking off for some reason. It had a hard life before it got to me.


Which night sights are you running on the sig? Are those the tru glo tritiums?

Heinie Straight-Eights.

[JamesD]

Fun times OCing in Phoenix AZ...

432

[Clinotus]

Fun times OCing in Phoenix AZ...

432

Nice.

I OC'd in NH a few years ago. Being from MA I expected people to wig out, expected to be proned on the sidewalk or 'spoken to' since I was near a more or less liberal section of the state. Turns out no one gave a hoot at all. Gas station, grocery store, liquor store. No one batted an eyelash. It was insanely normal.

[mbquimby]

Open carry used to be difficult here in Alabama due to the vague oc laws here and the lack of education with regard to LEOs. Everyone seems to be on the same page now and it has become pretty painless. You get a few strange looks from time to time.....but it's amazing how hobos and thugs leave you alone. Who'da thought.....

[Jmazzi]

My 3 Little Friends....and 1 I Didn't Take pic of ...BUT I will ! :grin:

465464

[nine16ths]

http://i.imgur.com/XbsDQs.jpg (http://imgur.com/XbsDQ.jpg)

[nitesite]

My most often carried off-duty pistol these days.


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/nitesite9/1911Loaded.jpg

But I also occasionally tote a 4" 686, or a 2" 442, or a Taurus 709 Slim, or a GLOCK 29 10mm or even a 4" Model 28-2 Highway Patrolman. Between the G29 and the 1911 I hardly ever think of the others.....

[Les Maynard]

I recently changed my carry piece to a Ed Brown Kobra Carry SS as you can never have enough 1911's........http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/lesjudy97/Gun/EdBrownKobraCarrySS007.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/lesjudy97/Gun/EdBrownKobraCarrySS008-1.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/lesjudy97/Gun/EdBrownKobraCarrySS017-1.jpg

[Clinotus]

Beautiful all around. How are you liking that holster?

[Les Maynard]

I have tried many different makers and have found the Milt Sparks VMII to be the best for me. It is the only in the waistband holster I purchase for all my weapons.

[at_at]

Hey guys.

http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv277/kommienzuspadt/croppedcarry2.jpg

Glock 19, with or without a spare mag depending on the day. Actually, I am looking for a decent leather OWB Glock 17 mag holster that you guys could recommend. Cheap would be nice.

Good as place as any for my first post here.

Glock and Jam? :lol:




My most often carried off-duty pistol these days.


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/nitesite9/1911Loaded.jpg

But I also occasionally tote a 4" 686, or a 2" 442, or a Taurus 709 Slim, or a GLOCK 29 10mm or even a 4" Model 28-2 Highway Patrolman. Between the G29 and the 1911 I hardly ever think of the others.....




I recently changed my carry piece to a Ed Brown Kobra Carry SS as you can never have enough 1911's........http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/lesjudy97/Gun/EdBrownKobraCarrySS007.jpg


You guys have some beautiful 1911s.

[Slowhand]

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/vv308/bgoff689/Ruger%20SP101%20357%20MAG/ConcealedCarryAug2011IDD.jpg

I have 4 Main Carry Weapons. Depending upon which side of town I’m in I may be found with the S&W 4043 in the glove box. Either the Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan in .44 MAG , a Ruger SP 101 .357 Cal, or a SIG P-239 in 9mm as a main gun. Weather and how I’m dressed are also taken into consideration. The Ruger LCP .380 goes along as a BUG or sometimes flies solo.

[Clinotus]

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/vv308/bgoff689/Ruger%20SP101%20357%20MAG/ConcealedCarryAug2011IDD.jpg

I have 4 Main Carry Weapons. Depending upon which side of town I’m in I may be found with the S&W 4043 in the glove box. Either the Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan in .44 MAG , a Ruger SP 101 .357 Cal, or a SIG P-239 in 9mm as a main gun. Weather and how I’m dressed are also taken into consideration. The Ruger LCP .380 goes along as a BUG or sometimes flies solo.

Welcome aboard! I like your selection in arms for daily carry, and the change ups. I do it myself.

[Slowhand]

Thanks for the reply. I have also posted some pictures of my collection of antiques and replicas. It's under review before it can be displayed.

[Clinotus]

Thanks for the reply. I have also posted some pictures of my collection of antiques and replicas. It's under review before it can be displayed.


You got nailed by the spam filter, sorry about that, I approved the post for you and you shouldnt have that issue again. Nice collection btw.

[Slowhand]

You got nailed by the spam filter, sorry about that, I approved the post for you and you shouldnt have that issue again. Nice collection btw.

It's there thanks.

[at_at]

http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/vv308/bgoff689/Ruger%20SP101%20357%20MAG/ConcealedCarryAug2011IDD.jpg

I have 4 Main Carry Weapons. Depending upon which side of town I’m in I may be found with the S&W 4043 in the glove box. Either the Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan in .44 MAG , a Ruger SP 101 .357 Cal, or a SIG P-239 in 9mm as a main gun. Weather and how I’m dressed are also taken into consideration. The Ruger LCP .380 goes along as a BUG or sometimes flies solo.

How does that Redhawk handle?

[Slowhand]

On the range I run .44 REM MAG, SP 240 grs rounds through her. For concealed carry she's got Gold Dot 44 Rem Mag 210 grain GDHP. The Hogue grips reduce recoil. I've had .357 Caliber guns with more kick to them. With a 2.5 in barrrel she's of course a more up close and personal kind of gal. A bit difficult for concealed carry in the summer but with a jacket or vest I can carry her about in either a shoulder holster or a OWB holster in the fall and winter.

[DPrepper67]

Here are my EDC guns. I carry the Smith&Wesson M&P 40C in a CrossBreed Supertuck holster,
468

and for those lighter days, I carry the Smith&Wesson Bodyguard 380 in either a pocket holster or in a Bulldog pouch holster.
469

Still looking for a way to conceal the Smith and Wesson M&P 15....
470

[Slowhand]

Not a bad Trio of S&Ws. Good luck on finding a way to conceal the M&P 15.

[Clinotus]

Welcome aboard DPrepper67 pull up a chair. :welcome:


Good luck on finding a way to conceal the M&P 15.

I foresee lots of Duct-tape and sharpie in the works...or eXtreme open carry. :hihi:

[Slowhand]

extreme would be an understatement. LOL

[Clinotus]

extreme would be an understatement. LOL

Speaking of hiding things out in the open, take a peek here: http://230grain.com/showthread.php?1651-Post-your-paranoid-SHTF-the-blue-hats-are-coming-setups