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Originally posted by 92fstech:
Wow, the responses to this have been really interesting. There's a wide variety of stuff represented her, even a couple of Colt 1903s! It's kinda cool to consider the different tools that can be employed for the same purpose given people's varying situations and needs.

For sure! Would be interesting to re-run it in the fall with more covering clothing.

My going to town carry is G30 (.45 cal double stack) quite comfortably housed in a Hidden Hybrid IWB. My working around the house, yard, or checking the mail carry is S&W 629 (44 mag) Mountain Gun in a Simply Rugged shoulder rig — as described by the bride, both are works of art.

Godspeed and Good Hunting, Always

30 days? The AXG Legion and my walking to the mailbox gun which is the SAA in a western rig.

g42, g43x, g33x, p365x, c3.6hd, g19.6. that's this week lol

P365XL and Smith 442.

LC9s Pro, SP2022 9mm, p239 357, iwb til winter.

G30S. Does the job nicely.

The same P365xl I carried for several years.
Just can’t find a good reason to carry anything else.

Glock 19 90% of the time, and a Glock 26 twice

Always either HK USP 9c, or, Gen 3 19.....all of the others usually get occasional range time.

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Originally posted by egregore:

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posted by 92fstech: Wow, the responses to this have been really interesting.

Also interesting how often the P365 turns up.

Noticed that about the Sig 365 too !

Kahr PM9...for a long time.

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Originally posted by 92fstech:
Wow, the responses to this have been really interesting. There's a wide variety of stuff represented her, even a couple of Colt 1903s! It's kinda cool to consider the different tools that can be employed for the same purpose given people's varying situations and needs.

I am not quite to “get off my grass/yell at clouds” age nor do I eschew all things new. That said I always chuckle at the “is this gun obsolete” type posts or videos.
Does it reliably and safely launch a projectile?
Do you have projectiles to launch?
Can you shoot said projectiles accurately?
Then no, it is not obsolete.

This thread reminds me of that in many ways. Not everybody is carrying the latest itty, bitty plastic, 9mm, with a dot. Pretty sure they are still fairly well armed and not dead folks walking. . I mean all you 5 shot snub/J-Frame folks surely are of course.

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Originally posted by egregore:

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posted by 92fstech: Wow, the responses to this have been really interesting.

Also interesting how often the P365 turns up.

Almost like it was designed to be a darn near perfect carry gun for the masses. Strange.

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Originally posted by mikey357:
S&W Model 442 No Dash w/CT Laser Grips--My "Always Gun"...

I joke about J’s above but I have a 442 setup the same as an “always/ankle/pocket” type thing as well.

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Originally posted by cslinger:

Does it reliably and safely launch a projectile?
Do you have projectiles to launch?
Can you shoot said projectiles accurately?
Then no, it is not obsolete.

I would add:

Are repair parts available?
Is it rare or valuable enough that you wouldn't want it seized by police if you have to use it?

My Glocks are pretty interchangeable, if need be, and I rarely carry my Sig because I only have one. I'd carry it most of the time if I had a spare or two, or could replace it quickly and relatively inexpensively.

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Originally posted by GCE61:

For sure! Would be interesting to re-run it in the fall with more covering clothing.

I, for one, don’t generally have a seasonal setup. Honestly for the past decade or so the vast amount of the time I carried a P2000 in 9mm or .40 pretty exclusively. It’s only been within the last couple years I’ve been messing around with optics and “stack and a half/small thin stuff” but I always seem to come back to the P2K, but damn if I don’t like the Glock 48/43x. I like the Hellcat Pro too but the Glock 48/43x are really my first real guns to rival my P2000’s for carry.

While I have other guns (1 or 2 or many) that might pinch hit for a specific reason, season isn’t really a reason for me.

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I would add:

Are repair parts available?
Is it rare or valuable enough that you wouldn't want it seized by police if you have to use it?

I could see those as personal reasons but nothing that stops something from being a viable self defense weapon. I have a P7M8 that would more or less fall into both of those categories and I wouldn’t bat an eye if I had to/wanted to carry it. I have carried it in the past.

I do agree the best general advice for most folks is to carry something ubiquitous/inexpensive/easy to fix/replace etc.

Colt Cobra (Mfg 1975). Colt Night Cobra (2017).

Lock N Load

Michael
USMC Ret

Detective Special with Agent stocks.