Grab and go gun

My clothing is based on being able to put an LCP or LCR in a pocket holster and into a pocket on my way out the door.

40-82 said:

For me, in that moment that meant a hand carried Smith & Wesson 627-0 with a powerful flashlight in my off hand.

There are things out there in the dark.

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My goodness. Where do you live? In bigfoot country?

Out and about on my property I'll carry my 3" LCRX22WMR loaded with 40 grain JHP's in a OWB holster or in my IWB holster, but tucked in my front jeans pocket...if I'm going out into the potentially hostile world I'll carry the 3" LCRX 357 loaded with 77 grain ARX .38 Spcl..carried in my IWB holster again tucked in the front bluejean pocket with clothes to cover.

XDs-45

Great Scot said:

Does anyone else use what I call a “grab and go” gun? Specifically, a pocket pistol of marginal caliber for those short tasks, like walking dog, grabbing milk, etc. I have 3 guns that fill those niche and I’m curious what people thought of my options. They are a NAA .22 magnum, a .22 Beretta Bobcat and a Astra Cub in .25.

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Ironically I’ve called it my “milk gun” on these forums before.
Walther PPS 9mm M1

SIG P-938 is about the "Grab-N-Go"iest pistol I have.

...and that's a 9mm.

So, no.




GR

My "grab-&-go" gun is my 640 Pro! It's my American Express weapon, I never leave home without it !!

fxvr5 said:

My goodness. Where do you live? In bigfoot country?

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Who can say? It's dark out there.

I used to have a small .380 (my "dog-walking gun" I called it), but I found myself carrying it more often than my "regular" carry gun because, although less potent, it was more convenient, so I ended up selling it.

These threads always slip into statistical doomsday. "Its not the odds. It's the stakes!" So you better make sure to strap on your full size 9 while walking around the suburban neighborhood you paid a premium to get into just as you would walking around downtown after dark to buy your crack, I guess. Statistics will murder you probably...well, not PROBABLY. Statistically all of us are clutching our pearls for a danger that most likely will never come. If we are attacked and if we need to draw our gun and if we need more firepower to stop the attack and if we need to reload, etc etc etc.

Some folks put a huge priority on being prepared to outgun any perceivable threat. I can respect that even if I dont practice it. I whistle past the graveyard to much internet gnashing of teeth. I DO have a grab and go gun.

Mine is a NAA .22 magnum. It's mostly a grab and go because I forget to take it out of my pocket when I am going somewhere willfully unarmed. Or it may be what I feel like carrying when I want to go completely light. I dont leave the house without a pocket knife or multitool. I'm perfectly OK with nothing but a .22 in one pocket and a good leatherman in the other when I'm going for a long leisurely walk.

Walking to the corner breakfast spot or taking a stroll along our town's lovely riverfront on a sunday morning, I have never felt the need to make sure I could repell pirates that made it this far along the Ohio or be fast on the draw with a more serious weapon for the elderly couple who wave at us as they drink their coffee on their front porch..they do have a teenage grandson that probably plays violent video games, so you never know.

These are times in my life when I really, truly am not exerting the effort to do anything more than be comfortable and unburdened with stuff in my pockets or strapped to my belt, enjoy time with my family, and a take an easy breath knowing that the universe probably won't murder us today, and if it does a firearm will probably not make a difference to how it plans on taking me out.

I dont live the gun life. I dont dress around my gun. I don't sit with my back to walls in restaurants. I sometimes carry just a mouse gun that may one day get me murdered at the trade off of actually carrying the dang thing and not coming home with an aggravated nerve in my back. If it gets me killed, be sure to tell a highly inappropriate and funny joke about it at my wake. I'm Irish. We love irony and coincidence.

I carry a good solid centerfire gun most all day, everyday. I'm in and out of the city, on the road, meeting strangers, etc. However, there are situations where I absolutely say "tahellwithit" and grab something small that I still shoot well enough for self defense when I just dont feel the need to strap something else on. I applaud those more disciplined than me.

Seery said:

Grab-and-go or business as usual, there's always a Glock 42 in my FR pocket.

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I really like that one, but can i totally trust it? I worry about small semi-automatics as a defensive weapon, so more often than not I'll take the S&W .38 instead. It's about the same size. How reliable has yours been?

Fiv3r said:

These threads always slip into statistical doomsday. "Its not the odds. It's the stakes!" So you better make sure to strap on your full size 9 while walking around the suburban neighborhood you paid a premium to get into just as you would walking around downtown after dark to buy your crack, I guess. Statistics will murder you probably...well, not PROBABLY. Statistically all of us are clutching our pearls for a danger that most likely will never come. If we are attacked and if we need to draw our gun and if we need more firepower to stop the attack and if we need to reload, etc etc etc.

Some folks put a huge priority on being prepared to outgun any perceivable threat. I can respect that even if I dont practice it. I whistle past the graveyard to much internet gnashing of teeth. I DO have a grab and go gun.

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Every time this topic comes up some enlightened soul comes along to let us know how paranoid we are for

Carrying at home
Not carrying smaller than a 9
Not leaving home unarmed if it's at all avoidable

"It's not the stakes it's the odds!!!!"

I don't really care about the odds because I'm the guy. I'm the guy who beat the odds and walked out my front door and had two crackheads TRY to rob me before I made it to my car. It didn't matter if I was planning to go to a good part of town or a bad part of town because I never made it to my car (well, I did eventually). It didn't matter if I live in a good neighborhood or a bad because there they were (criminals might be stupid but they're not dumb they know the good neighborhoods are where the good stuff to steal is). I will grant the caliber of the gun I was carrying was irrelevant because it was my employer's gun.

On that particular night I had no option to leave home unarmed because I was going to work and the gun was a requirement but I learned my lesson. I don't so much as go to the mailbox unarmed (just paranoid I guess) and the fact that I put on my gun as soon as I get dressed makes that easier.

Trunk Monkey said:

Every time this topic comes up some enlightened soul comes along to let us know how paranoid we are for

Carrying at home
Not carrying smaller than a 9
Not leaving home unarmed if it's at all avoidable

"It's not the stakes it's the odds!!!!"

I don't really care about the odds because I'm the guy. I'm the guy who beat the odds and walked out my front door and had two crackheads TRY to rob me before I made it to my car. It didn't matter if I was planning to go to a good part of town or a bad part of town because I never made it to my car (well, I did eventually). It didn't matter if I live in a good neighborhood or a bad because there they were (criminals might be stupid but they're not dumb they know the good neighborhoods are where the good stuff to steal is). I will grant the caliber of the gun I was carrying was irrelevant because it was my employer's gun.

On that particular night I had no option to leave home unarmed because I was going to work and the gun was a requirement but I learned my lesson. I don't so much as go to the mailbox unarmed (just paranoid I guess) and the fact that I put on my gun as soon as I get dressed makes that easier.

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If you carry a gun every day of your life you figure the one time you don't that's when you'll need it...and that's the way it works too...and it's happened to me too...part of Murphy's Law i think!

A 25acp is a constant companion. It's not a grab and go because it's already there if I have on street clothes. Most often it will be a Colt or FN Browning Vest Pocket that has a fairly heavy SA trigger, grip safety and swipe down safety.

lcp II, left jeans pocket, stock holster, all the time.

it's a "grab and go" gun every morning when I put on my pants.

murf

I carry a LCP because of the weight. Practice and bullet placement is the key. I like appendix carry OWB, IWB or pocket. I'm not looking for trouble but if it finds me i'm ready I hope. Slowing down with age, (82 today)

deadeye dick said:

I carry a LCP because of the weight. Practice and bullet placement is the key. I like appendix carry OWB, IWB or pocket. I'm not looking for trouble but if it finds me i'm ready I hope. Slowing down with age, (82 today)

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happy birthday, my loaded lcp II, holster and two spare mags weigh 20 ounces. I can't feel the extra weight.

murf

I, for one, have never "felt the need' to carry a handgun. That's right. Never. Not once.

But I do.

P3AT is always in my pocket even at home or walking with the wife in the neighborhood. In public, I will usually add my G26/IWB.

Want to add to my post that I also have a Laserlite laser mounted on the right side so point and shoot is quick and easy, as the sights are minimal at best. That sight also fits the Kel tek .32 ACP.

My Glock 26 or my Taurus 709 are my "grab and go" guns. Never leave without one in my pocket.

I have my hip gun on pretty much any time I'm up and dressed. When out and about, it's usually backed up by a Kel-Tec P32 in a pocket holster.

There have been a few times I've gone outside to to chores or tasks that may require rolling around on the ground, such as changing oil in a vehicle. Then, that P32 goes by itself.

No, I don't need a gun on me. But, should that change, the need will be sudden, unexpected, and very desperate.