I get it. I shoot and carry glocks for the most part exclusively save for a revolver and LCP from time to time. All I ever shoot or train with at the range is my 19/17/43/44 typically but I can pick up a strangers Sig M18/M17 or Ruger SR9 and shoot it better and more accurately than I could ever shoot my Glocks, but Glocks are what I am most comfortable with and can't see changing that now.I don’t agree with you at all. I will choose the best for my needs instead of a name in the slide. A lot of options out there.
This is the way.(First: I just carry a full size duty gun with light and RDS as my CCW most of the time. Only switch to smaller things when absolutely necessary, like at the gym, etc.)
Oooh, I forgot my usual: I have carried a full size duty pistol with light and so on, on stage, in front of 500+ people, who did not know I was armed and would not have liked it. Have worn a full sized gun to work in an open office, with people who were things like former DIA agents, also carried and after a YEAR it came up they had no idea I was even into guns much less carried every day. In shorts and a t-shirt.This is the way.
I CCW a full size.
My "duty gun" in the mil the last years I was in was a Glock 19, and after I got out and worked as a contractor overseas, it was a Glock 17. During this time frame (when my home was in NC) my concealed pistol was a Glock 19, and I kept several other Glock 19's available through the house-and I competed with a Glock 34. Now that I have been promoted to PFC (Private Free Civilian) and live in Fl., my guns in the home and vehicles are still Glock 19's, and my concealed pistol is a shield 9. Why? "Summer wear" is pretty much year-round wear here, and starting the day with a jacket in the winter often means losing that jacket before noon. I tried the Glock 43 and I didn't like it, and I got into the shield for less than $300- it is similar enough to a Glock I'm OK with it. I got out of 3 gun when it became unaffordable. My hunting sidearm is an older Glock 23.
I had considered that as well as the hellcat, but between the prices of everything and the fact that I am in the shield so cheap, plus I have 4 mags and 2 holsters that work really well with it, I decided to hit the pause button on anything new.Have you tried the Glock 48? I switched from a Shield to a Glock 48 and find it just about perfect for carry.
Push or pull to open the cylinder? Back and forth or push down? Cylinder release on the frame behind the cylinder, in front on the frame or pull the ejection rod? Cylinder turns deosil or widdershins?I carried a overt, belt holstered full size handgun for years. And a smaller, more discreet handgun for non-uniform time. I can see the advantages of using the same sort (action at least) of handgun for both. I can see why one would carry different handguns, as well.
(Here's where I get the hate mail.) Carrying the same type of handgun is probably better with the one who is NOT a hobbyist and hasn't had a lot of experience and practice with different arms. For a long time enthusiast with a lot of exposure to different handguns, this may not be as big a deal. Then again, the experienced and practiced sort may have decided 'this' type of handgun is best for both.
I'm retired, no longer carry an open belt gun. I do carry (concealed) for personal defense. And, as mentioned by the original poster, I do have a 'nightstand' handgun.
For most of my adult life, I've shot both semi-automatics and revolvers so I have not been too concerned about switching firearm types. I am considerably older now and notice some hesitancy about action types at times.
In the end, access yourself and make up your own mind. Being an adult includes taking credit for good judgement and accepting responsibility for bad judgement.
Since I only have Smith and Wesson revolvers, all those considerations are non-existent. The only thing i have to sort out is which one takes the little rounds and which one the big rounds. Since I don't have to do that when alarmed, it is not a major problem.Push or pull to open the cylinder? Back and forth or push down? Cylinder release on the frame behind the cylinder, in front on the frame or pull the ejection rod? Cylinder turns deosil or widdershins?
(First: I just carry a full size duty gun with light and RDS as my CCW most of the time. Only switch to smaller things when absolutely necessary, like at the gym, etc.)
I have no problem switching systems. Just not a problem, my brain immediately recognizes which one is in the hand, I never mess up pressing the wrong place for the button etc. I can imagine if I changed systems radically enough (the SIG reversal of levers) I'd mess it up sometimes, but with the fairly wide variety of guns I have I do not.
HOWEVER, I have seen lots of people who do get confused. Who e.g. cannot shoot an automatic shotgun because they keep trying to pump it, or cannot get over trigger differences etc. So, until you know yourself, or if trying to give general advice: yes, staying in a family seems a good idea even if nothing convenient like exchanging magazines because it's single/double stack or change of caliber between the guns.