best carry caliber

[desertclassic]

Wife just picked up a HK P30SK in 9mm. I sure am impressed. She has both thumb joints replaced and has no real grip. This gun is so smooth and easy to operate. We have high expecations that this will her gun forever. Pictures and report to follow. Jim

 

[consitter]

Not sure what exactly you want, whether it be kydex or hybrid or leather. The web site below is exclusively hybrid. He makes all the backing from horsehide. No cow leather involved in his work.

They are much more comfortable to wear IMHO.

 

[BillR]

Not sure what exactly you want, whether it be kydex or hybrid or leather. The web site below is exclusively hybrid. He makes all the backing from horsehide. No cow leather involved in his work. They are much more comfortable to wear IMHO.

The guy is a disabled veteran too. Great to deal with.

http://www.stickywireholsters.com/

Thanks for the link. The first thing I noticed was he caters to left-handers. Unless you are left handed, you don't even think about how many holsters are only available in right hand. I have him bookmarked.

 

[Blueline]

Wife just picked up a HK P30SK in 9mm. I sure am impressed. She has both thumb joints replaced and has no real grip. This gun is so smooth and easy to operate. We have high expecations that this will her gun forever. Pictures and report to follow. Jim the range yet?

 

[cavie]

New to guns. Picked Glock 42 380. Lightweight and fits like a glove. Front pants pocket carry in holster.

 

[PBRstreetgang]

Not sure what exactly you want, whether it be kydex or hybrid or leather. The web site below is exclusively hybrid. He makes all the backing from horsehide. No cow leather involved in his work. They are much more comfortable to wear IMHO.

The guy is a disabled veteran too. Great to deal with.

http://www.stickywireholsters.com/

Thanks for the tip on stickwireholsters, I'll give him a try, as far as CCW I find with a smaller lighter handgun you're more apt to carry on more of a regular basis with that I have a KelTec.380 I carry in my pocket and sometimes switch out to a S&W 442 or a Ruger LC9s depending where I'm going.....

 

[consitter]

New to guns. Picked Glock 42 380. Lightweight and fits like a glove. Front pants pocket carry in holster.

Good pick. I've got one myself. Believe it or not, unless I'm dressed up and shirt is tucked, I carry a Glock 21 (.45 ACP). Heavy big gun, but where I'm a little on the fluffy side, it just kinda just disappears. The recoil isn't much different between the two either. Both are tack drivers.

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Thanks for the link. The first thing I noticed was he caters to left-handers. Unless you are left handed, you don't even think about how many holsters are only available in right hand. I have him bookmarked.

He will definitely make left handed holster if you want them. But why be wrong-handed all the time.



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Thanks for the tip on stickwireholsters, I'll give him a try, as far as CCW I find with a smaller lighter handgun you're more apt to carry on more of a regular basis with that I have a KelTec.380 I carry in my pocket and sometimes switch out to a S&W 442 or a Ruger LC9s depending where I'm going.....

I hope you're able to get ahold of him.

He's been having a lot of pain lately resulting from injuries he suffered while overseas. What he makes is just as good as the big name guys at a lot lower price.

 

[PBRstreetgang]

I re-read my post and got off track ,what I was meaning to say was it's better to always better to have a smaller pocket gun on your person than trying to conceal a larger one..especially when you hit the warmer months .I can drop that KelTec .380 in the pocket of my jogging shorts and it's not heavy enough to make them droop,where with a larger handgun you might forgo scarring it due to it's inconvenient .......and that willl be the time you need it! Accuracy , Speed & Control over Caliber

 

[Bubba49]

Depends where I'm riding. If I'm riding in an area with a lot of carjacking (monthly trips to SC) I carry a Judge Public Defender loaded with 410 PDX ammo. If I'm on a long haul in more civilized states, I carry a SW MP Shield 40. But, I'm thinking about buying a SW MP Bodyguard 380 as a backup carry gun too.

Bubba

 

[520fd]

Best carry caliber.

I normally carry a Glock 23. which is a 40 S&W. It's not a small pistol but it is manageable. If you buy a quality holster, you can carry the Glock or any gun for that matter, all day long and forget it's even there. I use a Milt Sparks holster. Pricey, but well worth it. I also carry a Ruger LCP. Very small and light weight. But mostly the 40 S&W.

 

[Walt M]

I go back and forth between 2.. S&W Bodyguard 380 in my pocket or a SCCY cpx2 9mm with a paddle holster. Depends on weather.

 

[Blueline]

Mostly 9MM. Sometimes, .40 or .357Sig. Rarely, .380 or .45ACP.

 

[Bubba49]

Just picked up this SW MP Bodyguard .380 as one of my carry guns. Compared to my MP Shield 40 it's like carrying nothing.

Bubba

 

[Blueline]

Sig 229 Legion

After a wait of just about 5 months, the Legion 9MM has arrived.

 

[Future Triker]

After a wait of just about 5 months, the Legion 9MM has arrived.View attachment 34568

Love my Legion 229.. We have a standard 229 also and it's day and night between the 2. Legion has become my "go to" edc and training gun.. Some of the best fitting/finished grips I've seen on a "factory" pistol too. My next sig I think is going to be the 229 Combat (just cause of the coating on the internals!)

 

[CrystalPistol]

A Ruger LC9 fits well in the rt frt pocket of .... Wranglers.

A Sig P229 dao works well on a belt under a loose shirt.

A S&W M-27 in .357 mag with 8-3/8 bl for when I don't care and woods carry.

A Ruger SP101 .357 bobbed hammer dao ankle carry or boot top works.

I can think of others but those are "go to" choices.

 

[tom w]

kel tech pf9 works well for me. I had a barretta nano but found it was too thick to be comfortable

 

[Blueline]

 

[Shimpy]

a Big Boxer Dog that will tear your leg off if I tell him too.:Coffee:

Love those boxers. I still miss mine (Max) after many years. Nobody and I mean nobody would come near our house including the police that answered a false security alarm at our house. When they came up to the patio doors and saw Max they wrote in their report "large boxer dog in residence.......obvious false alarm"

 

[2006gold]

Just purchased a SCCY cpx2 and I think it just might become my favorite carry weapon, between the .380, 1911 .45, and the baby desert eagle (a Kel Tec .32). Light weight and comfortable to carry.

 

[consitter]

Here's what I carry now...a Glock 30S. Not much bigger than G26, except it's a .45 caliber, and with the extended (factory) magazine it carries 10+1. That's 2 less than the full size G21 and a whole lot lighter.

I qualified with it for my conceal carry. The instructor smiled and said, "I don't see very many people qualifying with a .45."

 

[cdculbertson]

My normal EDC is either a Glock 19 Gen 4 or a Glock 30, either one carried in a N82 IWB holster.

On the trike I have taken to carrying a new Ruger LCP because I find both of the Glocks uncomfortable IWB when riding, and the LCP can be easily concealed in either my vest pocket or a jacket pocket.

 

[bomber43]

Carry a Glock 19 go to some iffy places in Chicago

 

[desertclassic]

In NM you can not conceal carry legally a caliber larger than the caliber that you qualified with. I qualified with a 45 semi auto and a 45 revolver.. So I guess that rules out the 500 calibers for me. 95% of the time I carry my sig P238, 380. Love that little guy. Jim

 

[Mykneesbehurtin]

I carry a S&W M&P shield,with having some arthritis in my thumbs i'm not comfortable with a double stack.But my wife carries a Glock 19 Gen 4

 

[Fearless]

Kahr

I partial to a little KAHR in 9MM easy to hide IWB loaded with premium ammo and a little extra ammo in case I go down the wrong road unknowingly. but My AR 15 300BLK. pistol does fit in the Tourpak nicely. ThumbUp ride safely fearless

 

[Blueline]

Beretta M9A3

 

[Mgammon]

I have been carrying a Rock Island Armory 1911 in 22TCM .. fairly new caliber but

with a muzzle velocity of 2000 fpm it is explosive when it hits ...

Do my own reloading and have been recently loading a .218 Bee .224 bullet which hasa cross hatched hollowpoint ... Destroys small watermelons at 25yds ....

 

[Gone2Three]

 

[ragsflh]

best to carry

depends time year,shoulder rig 10mm,2 mags and ankle 9mm or 380.summer.tactical t-shirt,45 and 380