Am I cheap or smart?

[Ks5shooter]

So my Glock 19 is a go to carry on certain days.Picked up a G23 so I have 40 s&w option.Exact same size sooooooo I save on buying holsters.Smart or
cheap?
Glock G19 vs Glock G23 Gen4 size comparison | Handgun Hero

 

[FL-NC]

I use the same holsters on my 19 and 23. My 23 is mostly just a "woods gun".

 

[LiveLife]

Get 40-9mm conversion barrel and Accurate Arms 22LR slide kit and you will be smart and cheap.

 

[huntsman]

I’ve done this as well, not just with Glocks but my M&P guns as well

 

[jmorris]

 

[Skribs]

Why not both?

 

[Pat Riot]

I think it’s a great idea. One recommendation; make sure you have a way to differentiate between magazines at a glance.

 

[Dave DeLaurant]

Get 40-9mm conversion barrel and Accurate Arms 22LR slide kit and you will be smart and cheap.

I've got one of those and although I don't own anything in 40 S&W, I can confirm that the conversion unit works just as well on my friend's G23 as on my own G19.

 

[e rex]

These days being cheap is being smart!

 

[jmorris]

I think it’s a great idea. One recommendation; make sure you have a way to differentiate between magazines at a glance.

I’ve picked up enough range brass to know people don’t always do that…

 

[Spats McGee]

.... Smart or cheap?....

Both. The two are not mutually exclusive.

 

[huntsman]

I think it’s a great idea. One recommendation; make sure you have a way to differentiate between magazines at a glance.

I paint a line on mag base, white nail polish is 9mm

 

[bearcreek]

Smart or cheap?

The two can be, but aren't necessarily, mutually exclusive. Nothing wrong at all with having more than one gun that uses the same holster.

 

[Varminterror]

It’s quite commonly smart to be cheap.

 

[sgt127]

I think it’s a great idea. One recommendation; make sure you have a way to differentiate between magazines at a glance.

I have a 9mm P239 and a 357 SIG P239.

The base of all the 9mm magazines have a big orange dot of paint. The holsters, though close, aren’t really interchangeable. The 9mm holsters have a big orange dot of paint on the back.

 

[tmd16556]

That sounds reasonable.

Cheap would be buying a 40 Hi-Point to match a 9mm Hi-Point.

 

[film495]

I think a lot of people would agree, it is harder to find a satisfactory holser to carry a firearm, than it is to find an adequate firearm.

 

[Lennyjoe]

Now go buy a .357 Sig barrel for that 23 and go have a blast……literally

 

[Riomouse911]

Nothing wrong with duplicating tools that use the same peripheral equipment at all!

I did a similar when I got 9mm conversion stuff for my trade-in Glock 22 .40.

I used white model paint to paint-in the little inset “.40” at the top of the Glock OEM mags and used white dots to number them. This way the .40 magazines don’t match the orange paint I used to number my 9mm Glock magazines.



Stay safe.

 

[earlthegoat2]

Well, 40 ammo is a little higher than 9mm so I don’t think cheap applies there.

However, 40 pistols have come down in price in recent years so there is that.

Holster compatibility is always an added bonus.

 

[Mot45acp]

I have 9 firearms that run on glock 9mm mags. Helps with my mag obsession due to 94 AWB. Plus helps with logistics.

 

[jmr40]

That rational plays into LE purchasing. Our local Sheriff's Dept. wanted to transition to 9mm from the old G22 they had been using. A big reason they chose the G17 was because they wouldn't have to buy new holsters.

If you've never tried one of these give it a look. I have a couple. Virtually any full size pistol will fit. I use it with my Glocks, Sigs, and Smith M&P's and it works equally well. The large Glocks in 10mm and 45 won't fit. Nor will really small stuff like the G43 or Sig 365.

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[codytrucker]

Smart + cheap = efficient ! At least that's what i tell my friends when they say I'm being cheap !

 

[chicharrones]

So my Glock 19 is a go to carry on certain days.Picked up a G23 so I have 40 s&w option.Exact same size sooooooo I save on buying holsters.Smart or
cheap?
Glock G19 vs Glock G23 Gen4 size comparison | Handgun Hero

Works for me.

I have a DeSantis holster made for a G19 that my "same size" G36 rides in and surprisingly my CZ75D PCR securely fits into as well.

And I have a Recluse TS pocket holster for my RM380, but have been using that holster for my Ruger LCP Max for the last 1/2 year. The Recluse TS fits either gun perfectly.

Of course, there are no accidental mag swap problems between any of the guns above.

 

[Styx]

It's smart. You're only carrying one gun at a time, so it makes absolutely zero sense to have more than one holster. Even if you had the money, I'd see it as a waste of money.