shoobe01
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For the fun of it, smallest thing I ever carry is the Kahr P9. It's getting an RDS update within days, as my eyes are bad enough now it's marginal at 25 yds, and I think if I can't (given 2-3 seconds to aim) hit a head at 25, it's not worth carrying.
It's a 5+1, so a slim 6 shooter.
And... another 8 rounder, always, as the backup.
12. Bare minimum when I consider myself armed is 12 rounds of 124 Gold Dots.
Before I decided I valued light and laser, my main low-profile gun was the only-slightly chunkier Firestar Plus. 13+1, and a 15 round backup. 29.
Normal carry (which I can do in a t-shirt and shorts) is the M&P9, RDS and WML. 2 @17s +1. 35.
And, lots of my armed professional friends mock me for only having one reload. They are more like 51 day to day (unless at the gym, etc etc). Yes, even off duty.
I have never picked a good number based on stats. One time — pre carry, decades pre legal CCW here — I and some friends were set upon by at least 8-12 members of a crowd exceeding 50. I got a concussion, we ended up with broken windows and lights and had to drive the car off road to escape (I also tried pushing another car out of the way. That only works in movies it turns out).
If I had a gun, and resorted to that... what happens? Does brandishing do it? 1-2 rounds for the imminent threat then the noise calms it down? Or does everyone break out weapons, and being surrounded (by cars, but no other cover or concealment within 200 yards), mean nothing short of a belt fed gets me out of it.
It is VERY hard to pick a top number that's needed, so: the most that I can carry concealed, and will actually bother to. Because like most of us: lazy.
It's a 5+1, so a slim 6 shooter.
And... another 8 rounder, always, as the backup.
12. Bare minimum when I consider myself armed is 12 rounds of 124 Gold Dots.
Before I decided I valued light and laser, my main low-profile gun was the only-slightly chunkier Firestar Plus. 13+1, and a 15 round backup. 29.
Normal carry (which I can do in a t-shirt and shorts) is the M&P9, RDS and WML. 2 @17s +1. 35.
And, lots of my armed professional friends mock me for only having one reload. They are more like 51 day to day (unless at the gym, etc etc). Yes, even off duty.
I have never picked a good number based on stats. One time — pre carry, decades pre legal CCW here — I and some friends were set upon by at least 8-12 members of a crowd exceeding 50. I got a concussion, we ended up with broken windows and lights and had to drive the car off road to escape (I also tried pushing another car out of the way. That only works in movies it turns out).
If I had a gun, and resorted to that... what happens? Does brandishing do it? 1-2 rounds for the imminent threat then the noise calms it down? Or does everyone break out weapons, and being surrounded (by cars, but no other cover or concealment within 200 yards), mean nothing short of a belt fed gets me out of it.
It is VERY hard to pick a top number that's needed, so: the most that I can carry concealed, and will actually bother to. Because like most of us: lazy.