How often do you practice with your CCW gun that you carry the most?

I go shooting about once every other month. I shoot my pocket gun, a ruger lcpII, every time I go. I shoot either the g19 or the g30 every time, also. my dry fire practice is nearly non-existent. So far, I can still hit stuff with all my handguns.

murf

I haven't fired my carry gun for over a year. In fact, I haven't fired anything except a ..22 LR at woodchucks in the back yard either. I do have a range in the back yard that will handle anything shoulder fired. If it has wheels we will need to discuss it. I do dry fire my Super Redhawk and a Laser Lite target system occasionally.

NRA Benefactor

Primarily during the summer, prior to LE qualification. Or, when the mood suits me.

Other than that, the rest of the year is mostly .22lr. My wife and I try to go shooting once a week at our local indoor range.

Dry fire with a laser trainer almost daily. Live fire averages about every 2 weeks. Both with CCW.

When in town, I shoot each week. When at the range I shoot my carry a few rounds. It is the sight picture/trigger pull that I want in my head when I leave the range

I dry fire at least once a week. I only shoot it a few times a year.

I need to start handloading those and get to the range more often.

I run a couple magazines thru mine every time I'm out shooting.
Can be anywhere between a month or three months.

Other. EDC gets a mag of FMJ at every range session, and between twice and three times a year, the carry ammo is expended to load fresh up. None of that limits dry-firing, too.

SG1 said:

I shoot handguns every week usually. I have a membership at an indoor range and go just about every Saturday morning for a couple hours.
I shoot my CCW at least twice a month, sometimes more. I also like dry fire practice and have an I-Target with the laser bullet. It allows for draw from concealment and has a shot timer and buzzer so you not only see accuracy but can get times for those first shots from the holster.

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Excellent idea! Is I-Target a brand name?

Yes, I think there are other brands out there now with a similar set up, but I-Target is the one I have.

Tallball said:

The exact same handgun? Not particularly often.

But I almost always carry one or another of my snubby revolvers, and I shoot some snubby or other on just about every range trip.

Practice with one is pretty much practice with all of them. I've been shooting j-frames almost 40 years and my hands know what to do by now.

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THIS. My carry stuff all works about the same, whether revo or auto; one control, the bangswitch.
Your point is well taken; practice with anything similar is a transferable skill.
Moon

When I can and for as long as I can

Mine gets at least 2 mags through it every time I go shooting, even if I'm not there to shoot it specifically. At minimum bi-weekly.

The primary reason I shoot my carry gun (or one exactly like it in every way except serial number) in matches and training is that I want as much practice and experience as I can get with the same tool I might have to use in a tense social encounter.

I only carry one gun, a revolver 686 and shoot it 2 times a week. I have many other firearms and those are the only ones I rotate to shoot at the range but my carry never gets rotated it is on me all the time and is shot all the time. If there is going to be a mechanical failure I hope it happens at the range.

rhino465 said:

The primary reason I shoot my carry gun (or one exactly like it in every way except serial number) in matches and training is that I want as much practice and experience as I can get with the same tool I might have to use in a tense social encounter.

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This. My primary carry soon enough generates a twin; one sees limited shooting, to confirm reliability, while I shoot the daylights out of the other.
Moon

I shoot 2 mags (15 rounds) through my carry gun approx once a month. It is not really a fun gun to shoot.
I shoot other handguns (mostly revolvers) and rifles every week or two. The ones that are fun to shoot!

Happily, the carry and practice ammo, in the 365 and the BodyGuard, shoot to the same point of impact, and have similar recoil impulse. Defensive ammo is just too expensive/hard to replace to shoot it all the time.
Moon

I have a Taurus 9mm snub specifically to practice with. Practice carries over to the 642 and LCR, but the ammo is much cheaper. (And it involved getting another gun!)

My realistic answer is "not often enough". I tend to shoot my other guns more often, but will spot check my carry M&P 9 Shield every now & then. My reason is a bit frivolous. Since I wear the gun, I want it perfectly clean, and that takes a bit more time than I usually have.

valnar said:

My realistic answer is "not often enough". I tend to shoot my other guns more often, but will spot check my carry M&P 9 Shield every now & then. My reason is a bit frivolous. Since I wear the gun, I want it perfectly clean, and that takes a bit more time than I usually have.

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Yet another reason to have a duplicate of your carry gun(s).

rhino465 said:

Yet another reason to have a duplicate of your carry gun(s).

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Except that it was customized to have a Shield RMSc sight, which was pretty expensive. Otherwise I agree!

Last year I logged 117.5 hrs and 4,037 rds for my EDC setup for practice/training.