Carrying expensive handguns

[rhart]

I'm not really sure it is practical to expect someone - other than LEOs - to carry 100% of the time. We all have to go to places (depending on state laws) where guns are prohibited, like the post office, a federal building, mall, public sporting events, casinos, inside a school, bar, etc. For instance, I either don't carry or leave my gun in my car parked off federal property if I need to go to the post office or the Social Security office. Here in OK, if you carry in the mall you just have to leave if asked to - you won't get in trouble unless you refuse to leave when asked, so I carry at the mall. In other states, it may be a felony to carry at the mall.

I carry an $850 Sphinx pistol or a $1200 STI most of the time and I don't consider either one 'cheap,' but my life is worth it to me. If I lose one for evidence because I had to use it, they have to give it back in OK unless you're convicted of something.

[sneefy]

For a carry gun, cost should be irrelevant. Dependability is #1. In the event of a self defense incident, you should be lucky to have it confiscated. It means you're alive.

[joel0019]

I think alot of people who post what they carry don't honestly carry everyday.  Most people who legitimately carry concealed tend to have mouse guns like a LCP, or a J frame.  Something that is light weight.  For all the guys who say they EDC a 1911, I don't see it.  Same with any full size Beretta, K frame, or Sig.  An honest EDC gun.  I'm not talking about carrying for an hour after work when I go to the grocery store; I'm talking about waking up in the morning and putting it in your pocket or on your belt and not taking it off until you take your pants off at the end of the day.

I wouldn't carry my Hammerli or my 627 or my customized 75B.  Not because they are too expensive to replace, but because they are too darn heavy.

Some people don't mind the weight i prefer to carry full size hand guns and I'm sure a lot of other people do to


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[eastman]

My most common carry pistol is a mil-surp vz82 in 9mm Mak.

[armoredman]

I am, I think, the exception to many "rules" of carrying a sidearm.  Number one - I am always armed, except at work, and that's because the Dept. "frowns" on firearms inside the wire. If I am off duty, I am armed, period, and don't patronize places that do not allow me to be armed. I also buck the trend towards mouse guns. Right now it's my Cajunized SP-01 Phantom, or my Cajunized P-09. I also insist on carrying two spare mags, opposite side. Balances things out nicely. Overdone? Could be, but I'd rather have a whole lot of leftover spare ammo than be found dead with an empty pistol. Dramatic, but many times nowadays it seems the trends are multiple attackers involved in nefarious activities. Having seen the face of Evil, like several here, I know Evil seldom makes an appointment, ( unless it's the IRS, and we still are not allowed to shoot them), so I don't subscribe to that carry Tuesday and Thursday, maybe Monday, but never on Sunday.
My sidearms do cost money, good coin, and it would be very hard for me to pay to replace them plus get the work done on them all over again, but if it works for me that night to help save my life/the lives of others, the investment was perfect. While whichever is languishing in the Evidence Room, I'll carry what I have left, or acquire later, because that one already paid for itself, many times over.
After a shooting I will be far more worried about the cost of the attorneys as there is almost always a court battle, though I do have to throw out a smug, "Arizona no longer allows civil suits for justified acts". Even have that in our state Constitution now.

[SI VIS PACEM PARRABELLUM]

I think alot of people who post what they carry don't honestly carry everyday.  Most people who legitimately carry concealed tend to have mouse guns like a LCP, or a J frame.  Something that is light weight.  For all the guys who say they EDC a 1911, I don't see it.  Same with any full size Beretta, K frame, or Sig.  An honest EDC gun.  I'm not talking about carrying for an hour after work when I go to the grocery store; I'm talking about waking up in the morning and putting it in your pocket or on your belt and not taking it off until you take your pants off at the end of the day.

When I leave the house I'm armed ALWAYS and it is at least 95% of the time my PCR that is on my hip. Other times it may be the 75B Compact and occasionally you'll find my DW CCO hanging out. You'll only find the little guns on those rare times when atire dictates there's just now way too cinch up the bigger gun.
I consider all my guns expensive,they've all been modded in some way to my personal liking.
Everyone should keep in mind that if you are involved in a shooting your gun is going to be confiscated at least temporarily until the investigation is complete and you are deemed to have been acting in self defense.

[HST]

I carry my STI while i  wait for for the P 10 to come in , sold my Walther PPS to pay for the p 10 .

[stater61]

 I guess maybe it's a regional thing or maybe, more than likely, a birds of the feather type of thing. I find that most of the people I know that are anywhere serious about carrying EDC carry a larger pistol and more ammo on hand than those that that just claim to carry all the time. The mouse gun people I know carry when it's convenient or their attire is not a hindrance, and it better not be much of a bother in weight or size. I will say there are a few old guys that I know that have been pocket carrying a j-frame for decades every day, everywhere they go and that is what their going to do period.

 If you're really serious about carrying it is a lifestyle, as mentioned above, there are places and businesses that you just don't frequent anymore. You buy clothes that work with your preferred style of carry, you don't hang out with people that get up tight about your carrying, seems like you eventually gravitate away from friends that think you're crazy for carrying the amount that you do. I do have friends that carry infrequently or maybe a mouse gun at times but the number is very small compared to the guys that actually carry 17's, 19's, 1911's various full size Sig's etc. and they carry them everyday. I also carry from dressed to undressed, if I'm lounging around in sweats I have a Thunder Wear on, if for some reason I'm not carrying you can bet your life there is at least a pistol within arms reach.

 Anyway I'm not to say what you should carry or who you should hang out with, I just think like minds seem to attract like minds in the end. These guys don't want their gun confiscated either but their carry choice is not dictated by the price (well maybe one of them, but he squeaks when he walks)  

[larryflew]

Another cost doesn't or should not enter into the decision. Might be my $1400 actual customized Kimber or my less than $400 Canik 55.  If it wasn't so dang big I'd carry my SP01 Shadow which is what I probably shoot the best since it is what I shoot the most but even a big guy can only handle so much. Anything short of that isn't a problem for all day carry. I also only carry when I am awake.

Probably never carry my 5.56 pistol but that's a whole nuther ball game as they say. Fun gun not carry gun.

[M1A4ME]

I carry my P07 .40 S&W most days (away from the house).

P07 - $400
RMR - $500
RMR installation costs - can't remember for sure, couple hundred dollars??  Well worth it, whatever it was.

So I've got around $1100 in my carry gun.

Yes, it's worth it.  If it helps me survive the encounter and I never get it back I'd be pissed.  But I'd be alive so that I could buy another one.

[TheLocNar]

Reliability wins over any other factor. If the $300 gun is more reliable than the $1000 gun, I'll carry the cheaper one. And vice versa.

[jsedacca]

All personal preference and for me, time of year. Most of the time, i carry my P320 carry either appendix of 4 o'clock. When its a little cooler in FL, I can get away with carrying my P226 or Colt 1911 in 9mm. Main thing is i have shot both extensively with SD ammo and know they function with it.

[SpeedYellow]

For a carry gun, cost should be irrelevant. Dependability is #1. In the event of a self defense incident, you should be lucky to have it confiscated. It means you're alive.

+1000.  Cost is irrelevant. If you ever need to use a CCW (god forbid) your absolute last concern will be where the pistol ends up.

[flattusmaximus78]

If my CCW saves my life and gets confiscated I'll just go buy another that same day to say thanks. Never even thought about the matter to be truthful.

[bsand]

I've spent way more on ammo than my carry gun costs (Glock 26). I even used it for USPSA as I wanted to be proficient with my carry gun.

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