Sparks Summer Special II most of the time... occasionally on a quick trip to the store I'll take the Kimber 4" 1911 in 9mm in a Ramora hoster, which is a really cool unit.
Once in a while, not often, I'll carry the wife's Sig 238 in a Ramora holster. That's when it's 110F out and I'm in light shorts that won't support even the 9, she says, "Let's go shopping", and I'm feeling too lazy to change..
I carried my Sig Sauer P229 in .357Sig or .40 (aftermarket Bar-Sto barrel) for three years before I moved to Japan. I’m a small guy, and it carried wonderfully for me with a cheap right-handed hip holster that I used by putting it in the back of my pants for an easy left-handed reach around draw.
K-Bar.
Ruger LC380.
Front pocket (winter and summer) is a Mini-Griptilian Benchmade 557 with tanto blade and deep pocket clip.
Summer is the .45 Bond Arms in my front pocket and the .380 in my back pocket.
Hard to conceal the 1911 in the summer and I positively hate IWB carry for a 1911, which is really the only viable carry for a 1911 in the summer.
By modified (.45 ACP Bond Arms), I mean that the front sight has been milled off, the hard corners have been buffed smooth. the trigger guard removed and the trigger has been worked.
All of which voids the hell out of the warranty, but makes it a dream to carry in a shorts pocket or jeans pocket and extremely easy to get to.
And, of course, I always have my other Benchmade, a Mini-Grip 555 with a deep carry clip.
I don't have a lot of faith in the .380, as far as range, but for up close (which is where most self-defense situations occur), I can make it count.
The derringer, in .45 ACP is a hell of a knockdown and so easily concealed that I almost forget about it.
I'm sure some lib/progressive would look at me and faint, if they knew what I was carrying at any given time, but I am concerned about myself and any loved one I may have with me at the time.
My wife knows the location of every weapon on my body, and while I don't think she has it in her to grab the Mini-Grip and start hacking someone, should I go down, she certainly has the presence of mind to find and deploy one of my firearms.
And she has been well trained by me on them.
She don't like them, but she recognizes them for what they are: a tool that one really doesn't want to have to use.
As for me on a personal level...I've only had to defend myself twice and no shots were fired in either case.
I did hit one guy in the mouth with the 1911...which effectively stopped his aggression and made him drop the piece of iron scrap he was holding.
No damage to the weapon by his teeth.
Responding police thanked me for getting the fool off the street, even if temporarily.
So, that's my story on a boring Sunday morn...and I'm sticking to it.
Concealed weapon carry is a huge responsibility and should be done with thought and foresight.
No one agrees on the best gun to carry, the best tactical knife to carry, methods of concealment, deployment, etc.
Bottom line is, do what you are comfortable with, to include turning your back and walking off.
I do not seek to hurt anyone, but if pressed to defend myself, I will eliminate the threat in whatever way I can.
That's not posturing, not braggadocio, no bullshit, just fact...and may be the reason that I've made to my "advanced" age of about 62 or so, in one piece.
Most days, Springfield Armory XD Subcompact in 9mm, 12 + 1 147gr Golden Saber...+2 spare 16 round mags in pouch on support side...
Todays JHP bullets have little difference in terminal ballistics in a body between .45 and 9mm...I prefer to default to more rounds carried...It is first, last and always shot placement that ultimately stops the attack...And even a shot to the heart may allow the attacker a few seconds to continue...
An opponent can be on drugs (like our “Gentle Giant” apparently was), wearing body armor, or just a dedicated opponent...Impossible to tell...Doesn’t matter when you’re defending your life...
If drawing your weapon and pointing in at the attacker didn’t psychologically stop the attack, and shooting the attacker (multiple times to the body in the case of Michael Brown) didn’t physiologically stop his attack, then a third round to the head is indicated for a neurological stop...
That’s why 2 to the center of the chest failing to stop the fight should be followed by a third to the center of brain box...Looks like Officer Wilson may have been going for the neuro- stop after body shots failed...
All this nonsense we continually hear about “Why couldn’t he just shoot him in the leg? Why did he have to kill him?” is just that...Nonsense...
Top lip to eyebrow line...Practice head shots, folks!
S&W 642 .38spl. Pocket carry in mika holster, Taurus TCP .380 in remorsa pocket holster, or keltec p32 in desantis pocket holster. Around my property I open carry a Virginian dragoon .44 magnum. Takes care of snakes bears and two legged miscreants.
Ruger LCP in a Tagua pocket holster. I’m a salesman, so I don’t want my gun to be showing (my customers probably wouldn’t mind- I’ve compared concealment guns with at least one of them). Also, it’s far too hot here most of the time for me to wear a cover garment.
Otherwise A-75 Astra in .45 ACP or a Sig P-228 in 9mm.
- Carry - Ruger LCR .357 in Galco ankle holster, Hydrashock loads
- Car guns - Para Slim Hawg .45acp and and old Ruger SP101 .357 both with Hydrashock loads.
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If that ain't good enough
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I carry a 10mm auto, but I am in the mountains and I am concerned about other than urban threats.
The most critical information from the Brown shooting is that only the final shot through the skull was going to stop his attack. Whether using a 9mm, .40, or .45, with a charging animal of that size, the more quickly a round gets into the brain box, the better.
There are some videos of "failure-to-stop" exercises. Pop-pop center mass, followed by a well-aimed, or better-aimed, shot to the noggin. Repeat as necessary. Practice, practice, practice.
Springfield XDS in .45 ACP.
For 50 years...colt det spc with a Seven Trees inside the waistband holster now with Fed 130gr nycads.
Occasionally a Bersa 380 concealed carry, low profile sights with 90 gr gold dots.
.380 in the holster, .45 on the dash.
I’m also thinking about dashboard holsters.
Ruger LCP.380 is always in my pocket but a Glock 27 in .40S&W is within reach or on me if the situation calls for it.
Kahr P45 Single Stack with Black Talons
Ruger LCR 22 Magnum with Hornady Hollow Points
Ruger Super Redhawk 44 magnum 4.5 inch barrel with Black Talons for open carry on my little plot of land somewhere in the American Redoubt.
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