DustyGmt
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Just curious how many of you guys who have full/duty sized handguns for off body/nightstand/duty carry a gun of a different make for concealed carry. For instance, if you have a Glock 17 as a nightstand gun or vehicle gun that you don't carry on your person, or if you're LE and your duty gun is a full size Glock 17, do you carry something totally different for concealed carry, like for instance your full size gun is a Glock 17 but when you carry concealed you carry a S&W Shield or Sig P365 or something?
Just curious, I've been at a couple shoots where I've seen LE's or Citizens who have one gun for duty or HD and carry a totally different gun concealed. I was thinking, would it not be beneficial to carry something similar to your duty gun or HD gun? If you keep a 17 for your HD/Nightstand/Duty/off body gun that you're most comfortable with, would it not make sense to try to use the familiarity to your advantage and choose a Glock 43/26/27/etc? I only use glock as an example, the same could be said for many other manufacturers that make Duty/Compact/sub-compact offerings.
Not sure if my question is clear enough, but basically, if your "regular" gun is a Glock full size, why wouldn't you choose a subcompact of the same manufacturer for concealed carry. I was able to witness at a range some time back where a police officer was shooting his G17 very well then switched to his Shield and his shooting seemed to suffer but I offered him a subcompact glock to shoot and he shot that as well or better than his duty gun. I couldn't help but think switching to a Shield with a very different trigger, etc might have been a handicap to his ability to score fast and accurate hits switching from one to the other but then shoots my 43 like it was his......
Just some thought vomit. Just wondering your guys thoughts on this. I understand everybody has different tastes and with enough training and experience you can overcome these differences, I know it wasn't uncommon for a cop to carry a Beretta 92FS as their duty gun and a J frame .38 as their BUG. Just thinking if it were me and the gun I shot the most and best, was a Glock 17, I would probably want to carry a G26/43 for BUG or CC. I know, different strokes for different folks. Just a thought....
Just curious, I've been at a couple shoots where I've seen LE's or Citizens who have one gun for duty or HD and carry a totally different gun concealed. I was thinking, would it not be beneficial to carry something similar to your duty gun or HD gun? If you keep a 17 for your HD/Nightstand/Duty/off body gun that you're most comfortable with, would it not make sense to try to use the familiarity to your advantage and choose a Glock 43/26/27/etc? I only use glock as an example, the same could be said for many other manufacturers that make Duty/Compact/sub-compact offerings.
Not sure if my question is clear enough, but basically, if your "regular" gun is a Glock full size, why wouldn't you choose a subcompact of the same manufacturer for concealed carry. I was able to witness at a range some time back where a police officer was shooting his G17 very well then switched to his Shield and his shooting seemed to suffer but I offered him a subcompact glock to shoot and he shot that as well or better than his duty gun. I couldn't help but think switching to a Shield with a very different trigger, etc might have been a handicap to his ability to score fast and accurate hits switching from one to the other but then shoots my 43 like it was his......
Just some thought vomit. Just wondering your guys thoughts on this. I understand everybody has different tastes and with enough training and experience you can overcome these differences, I know it wasn't uncommon for a cop to carry a Beretta 92FS as their duty gun and a J frame .38 as their BUG. Just thinking if it were me and the gun I shot the most and best, was a Glock 17, I would probably want to carry a G26/43 for BUG or CC. I know, different strokes for different folks. Just a thought....