My time CCWing has only come to be from being an LEO as I live in NJ. Since being hired I have always owned and carried a J-Frame airweight...going on 16 years now with same M37. In addition, I have gone back and forth between a HK USPc and a Glock 26/27.

Glock 23 > SIG P220 carry > Glock 30sf > Kimber Pro Carry .45 acp > M&Pc .40s&w > SIG 229 .357sig > SIG P320c 9mm > SIG P239 9mm > H&K P2000 V2 9mm > P2000sk V2 9mm ON THE WAY!

Colt 1911 Commander
Star PD
H&K P7
SIG 226
SIG 220
Glock 19
Springfield Armory EMP
Kahr CW9

G23
G29
G23
M11A1
P224 9mm
G23
G26L summer/ G19 winter
G19MOS year round/ P365 when it is very difficult to conceal carry

I started carrying a 3" 65.

Then I carried a Gen 3 Glock 23 for a while.

I realized I shot the 65 better, plus it was easier for me to conceal than the Glock, so I stayed with the 65.

I also bought a 2" 64 and switched between it and the 65 from time to time. I came to like carrying the 64 better.

Then for the last 6 years or so my EDC has been a 642-1.

My only other gun at the moment is a Beretta 92FS, which fills a HD role. While I haven't ruled out carrying it at some point, I am looking at getting a compact 9mm sometime this year.

Alternated between an S&W 442 and Ruger lcp for about 4 years now. Both are carried in a pocket with a kydex pocket holster. The 442 stays in an aholster backbone which helps cut down on the width around the cylinder. Honestly the j-frame looks like less of a gun than the lcp in my pocket.

Colt pocket 9
Smith 642
Kahr pm9

1911
Kahr K9
Sig 226
M&P 40
Glock 19
I'm currently considering my Sig P365 for the lineup but I'm unsure if it will be a BUG or my primary carry.

Smith & Wesson M&P 40
Smith & Wesson 4516
Para Ordnance 1911 LTC Commander
Sig P228
Glock 32
Para USA 1911 Light Weight Commander
Sig P229 .357 Sig
Smith & Wesson M&P 45C
Smith & Wesson 642
Smith & Wesson M&P 2.0 Compact 9mm

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Ruger P89DC/9mm '90-'94 stationed in Florida
HK USPC/.40. '01-'02 stationed in Arizona
Sig P-229/.40 '02-'15 still in AZ
Sig M11-A1 '15-pres still in AZ
Springfield XD-S/9mm on occasion '16-pres

Why the gap from '94-'01? Because I was stationed in South Korea, then New Jersey, then Germany, so I couldn't carry at all. (At least in Germany I could shoot occasionally.)

On occasion I would also carry a BUG, either a Taurus M85 or Sig P-232SL, in an ankle rig from '02 to probably '15.

SP 2340 357Sig
P239 357Sig
MP C 357Sig
Shield 40
P239 357Sig
P224 357Sig

Started with a Beretta 92FS, which I was happy with until I picked up a Sig P6. Then suddenly the Beretta was huge and bulky. After a few years I bought a Glock 26 to use as an on-duty backup gun, and while I still loved the P6, it was hard to argue with the greater capacity and smaller footprint of the G26. I've acquired quite a few more handguns since then, but the G26 is still my daily companion.

S&W AirLite TI J Frame 38
Glock 27 (several years)
Kahr PM9 (couple of years)
Same TI J Frame (most of the time now)

Honestly, I has become about ease of carry for me. J Frame goes in any jacket pocket safely and comfortably.

P226 - 9 mm
P239 - 357 Sig
P239 - 357 Sig + P938 BUG
P938 only

I go back and forth between the last two steps depending on time of year and where I am going. I would say 95% of time I rely solely on my P938. I finally have the reliability grelins worked out on the P938.

Sig P230SL- 15 years

Ruger SP101- 3 years

Ruger LC9S Pro- 1 year

Shield 9- 1 year

Shield 45- 1 year

BHP w/ bug model 36
P228 w/ bug model 36
P229
Glock 32
Glock 19
FNS 9c / Glock 43

No yearly progression just my rotation, Sig P229R 357 sig/40S&W, Sig P6, Beretta 92fs Centurion, FNP 40, H&K P30 9mm and on the rare occasion S&W 5903 TSW 9mm.

91-94 Sig 226, 228 or 220 on duty. 225 or 230 off duty. 442 as BUG.

94-2004 S&W 4043 on duty. 3953 off duty. 442 as BUG.

2004-2008 Sig 229 .40 on duty. 239 or Glock 27 off duty. 442 as BUG.

2008-2016 Glock 22 on duty. Glock 27 off duty. 442 as BUG.

Since I retired and then went back part time, 229 .40 on duty, Glock 26 or Kahr PM 9 on my own time. My job allows me to carry almost anything I can qualify with, but this simple combo works for me. The PM9 has replaced the 442. Easier to carry and reload, with 7+1 capacity, I just don't carry the j frame anymore.

P225,P230 and now setting up a Colt Combat Commander.

1. G19 (18 years)
2. P229R (barely 6 months)
3. G19 (1 1/2 years)
4. G23 (6 years)
5. G43 (2 1/2 months during the holster search after my G23's BT Eclipse cracked and failed)
6. G23 (2+ years and counting)
7. ???

The notorious "carry rotation": as much as I'm puzzled and put off by this concept, I confess that I actually have a 'rotation' of sorts when it comes to finding and using a backup/alternative firearm, the form factor of one put to use when I can't bring my regular EDC along. Like many, in the quest to find that quintessential, unobtrusive, high convenience carry gun I've cycled through a number of different options over the past decade.

However it's only been in the past 10 years that I even considered an 'alternate' (smaller) carry gun for those times when my carry firearm would present a problem. Prior to this period I simply went without on those days when having my prime carry weapon was impractical or impossible. A lot of that was dictated by my perception--correct or not--that so many of the subcompact and smaller firearms were just plain unreliable and/or crap. And those that were noted for their dependability and reliability, like the G26, weren't that much smaller on me than the compact G19 I was already carrying and invested in.

Nowadays I've been willing to spend on sampling smaller guns, but none are "good" enough to make me want it as the only backup for all times. The backup/secondary carry guns that I've used this past decade in rough chronological order:

G26
P238
G26
Thunder 380
G27
P238
XDS9
G26
G43
PPS M2
G43

Yeah, I've bounced around. Probably switched up things even more than what's listed. Each time I've switched backups it's usually been due to my nitpicking the snot out of some perceived 'flaw' or deficiency with the design of the particular model. Truth of the matter is that none of these aside from G43 ever got much use at all.