What has your progression of CCW pistols looked like?
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.
March 16, 2018, 09:00 PM
rgesfire
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!
March 16, 2018, 10:01 PM
9mmepiphany
Colt 1911 Commander Star PD H&K P7 SIG 226 SIG 220 Glock 19 Springfield Armory EMP Kahr CW9
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March 16, 2018, 10:16 PM
zdog16
G23 G29 G23 M11A1 P224 9mm G23 G26L summer/ G19 winter G19MOS year round/ P365 when it is very difficult to conceal carry
For ME: DA/SA=Sig 9mm or HK P30 LEM 9 Striker fired= Glock 9mm If it's a .45= 1911 Suppressed= HK in .45 I like anything in 10mm
March 16, 2018, 10:36 PM
henryarnaud
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.
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March 17, 2018, 12:17 AM
jtd85
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.
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.
March 17, 2018, 12:53 AM
4859
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 9mmThis message has been edited. Last edited by: 4859, March 17, 2018 10:02 PM
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March 17, 2018, 12:55 AM
SigFan
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.
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March 17, 2018, 03:50 AM
92fstech
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.
March 17, 2018, 05:25 AM
MPrimo
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.
MPrimo
Sigs, Glocks, 1911s, M&Ps ... well, you get the point!
March 17, 2018, 06:10 AM
burnetma
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.
March 17, 2018, 08:26 AM
taco68
Sig P230SL- 15 years
Ruger SP101- 3 years
Ruger LC9S Pro- 1 year
Shield 9- 1 year
Shield 45- 1 year
Sigs P-220, P-226 9mm, & P-230SL (CCW)
March 17, 2018, 08:27 AM
CQB60
BHP w/ bug model 36 P228 w/ bug model 36 P229 Glock 32 Glock 19 FNS 9c / Glock 43
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March 17, 2018, 08:32 AM
SIG 229R
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.
SigP229R Harry Callahan "A man has got to know his limitations". Teddy Roosevelt "Talk soft carry a big stick" I Cor10: 13 "1611KJV"
March 17, 2018, 08:56 AM
Paddy314
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.
March 17, 2018, 09:18 AM
blueye
P225,P230 and now setting up a Colt Combat Commander.
March 17, 2018, 09:37 AM
soggy_spinout
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:
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.