What is your primary ccw caliber?

[bikerbill]

Kahr PM-9, usually pocket carry with a spare mag in my weak side pocket.

 

[F350-6]

Top: Colt Model 04691 Commander, .45 ACP
Bottom: Colt New Agent, .45 ACP

Not the world's best photograph, BUT, if I'm awake, I'm carrying one of these.

So what do you think of the new agent? Is the short barrel of officers length grip any detraction from say the commander size?

 

[M8_Carry]

Wow, I am the first .357 SIG voter. H&K USPc.

 

[deputy]

well, excluding the odd-ball possibilites, 6% carry revolvers......

wonder if its mostly the plastic fantastics thats adding to the auto's dominance?

polymer is all the rage to save weight it seems amongst other things.................polymer revolvers are still an oddity and novelity at this early stage of their introduction.......they might catch on.

 

[Texas42]

Ruger LCR is polymer, right? I think more people would carry it, but it is significantly more expensive than the LCP. You can get a kel tec for under 300 easy and you can carry 7 rounds instead of 5.

I do like the heavier bullet weights of the 38's, but oh well.

 

[texas_teacher]

Ruger LCR is polymer, right? I think more people would carry it, but it is significantly more expensive than the LCP. You can get a kel tec for under 300 easy and you can carry 7 rounds instead of 5.

I do like the heavier bullet weights of the 38's, but oh well.

I'm not as big of a fan of the first run of polymer revolvers like the LCR as I am the airweights from S&W. I think in a couple of years they will have a better feel to them and can be insanely awesome... I still don't know why you'd fire +P out of something that light...

 

[tumbleweed]

Exactly, with the variety of airweight Saturday night specials I thought the 38 would be making a grandstand...

For what it's worth, I'm a revolver lover but have switched from carrying a S&W 642 to a Kel-Tec PF-9. Given roughly similar performance from a Hornady Critical Defense round (the 9mm wins in any round), the Kel-Tec is lighter, slimmer on the hip and in a cargo pocket, is almost the exact size (a tad shorter actually) and here's what's important - at the range under controlled conditions (i.e. slow shooting, aiming at the target carefully, etc.) I am way, way more proficient with the PF-9 than the 642. The Airweights are just brutal with true SD rounds and your accuracy suffers, that small grip allows the gun to fly all over the place. With the PF9 (which is still punishing, but not as bad) I can at least keep them on target and handle followup shots with more ease. The triggers are about the same... but the Kel-Tec wins by a little in my subjective "I like the feel" test especially since you have that pinky extension and get full grip on the gun.

The trade-off is that I've had to switch to Hornady (which isn't a bad thing) for the round used as it provides 100% reliable feeding due to the shape of the bullet; my 147gr Federal HST rounds nose-down into the ramp (too long) and the 124gr Federal HSTs fail maybe 1 in 20 (they're about 1-2mm shorter than the 147gr). The Hornady round is 0.5mm shorter (than the 124gr) and has that cone shape that just slips right into the chamber 100% of the time. Now I've got a bunch of HST rounds "left over" that I'll just use in my CZs (way back when the local PD was selling cases of the stuff for $200).

A positive is that 9mm is easy to find, I can practice with Blazer Brass any old time, thousands of rounds of the stuff. With my .38 I'm using my last half-case cache of FBI rounds (Remington lead hollows) to practice as that's all I've really got left, shot up most of the other stuff and unwilling to pay $400+ for a case of Speer Lawman in today's market. If I can't practice without an eye on my wallet I won't practice - 9mm wins in today's economic market.

$0.02.

 

[deputy]

+p's and airweights........yep they are rodeo.........but sub-compacts such as khar covert 40's are rodeo as well........amongst some of the other lightweights out there.

kel-tec p11 9mm tends to sting after a bit as well.........

but the trend is definately light weight....20 years back a 3" model 64 was considered light......along with a colt light weight commander.......nowadays it seems everyone strives for every single ounce in weight reduction.....which is why i think plastic autos are dominating....but there is a point of diminishing returns when recoil is factored in.

the 38 is a marvelous round to reload.....the brass seems to last forever making for economical practice. I need to find some more 125gr federal nyclad for carry.......

i as well have half a case of winchester 158 swchp +p stashed back from my on duty revolver days........just got to love the nyclad however for airweight revolvers. At the moment, packing gold dot 38's........

 

[timawa08]

I carry colt goldcup 1911 .45acp. My wife prefers 9mm coz she can handle the kick.

 

[tex45acp]

My EDC... a Wilson Combat Professional in 45acp.

 

[Lastshot]

I voted for the 380, very underestimated cartrige. I just got a wlather PK380. feels very good in the hand, carries eight shots. the lcp's and 738's were just too small for my hands. I like the 380 for lack of recoil and the small size of the pistol. and its very accurate. I have a 38 special in the truck. I have a 1911 in the house. along with an assortment of others that are around just fer fun. .22 lr for example.

 

[kyletxria1911a1]

.45acp

 

[outdare]

Glock 27 40 S&W

 

[rosebud99]

glock 45

 

[texas_teacher]

I voted for the 380, very underestimated cartrige. I just got a wlather PK380. feels very good in the hand, carries eight shots. the lcp's and 738's were just too small for my hands. I like the 380 for lack of recoil and the small size of the pistol. and its very accurate. I have a 38 special in the truck. I have a 1911 in the house. along with an assortment of others that are around just fer fun. .22 lr for example.

I carry the .380 as well in a Colt Mustang. I do believe that the grouping ability of the cartridge is like no other. I trust the cartridge and carry 5+1 in and another two 6 round mags. The mags are so light that sometimes I forget I have them on.

 

[Harley Rider 55]

One of each.

 

[gladi8r]

Glock 19 in a threat solutions ucr or hk 45uspf in a galco summer comfort

 

[Randy45]

7.62x25 Tokarev

 

[codeman]

In Hot Weather: Ruger LCP 380 w/ +1 Mag extensions and 1 extra Mag (15 rounds total), Backup NAA 22 Magnum revolver with 5 extra rounds (10 rounds total) (Grand total 25)

In Cool and Cold Weather: H&K 9mm with extra clip (21 rounds), Backup is the Ruger LCP above (15 rounds) (Grand total 36 rounds)

I don't worry about gun jams and running out of ammo.

 

[dt300mm]

.40 s&w