I want to be "that guy" with one CCW weapon...

[spraay]

Anyone else struggling with the concept of one pistol to master and carry?

No struggle. It's been years since I've only had one carry gun. I like my compact 1911 most of the time, but I have a few others.

 

[webrx]

I have more than a few guns, and I have Holsters for most of them so I could carry quite a few, and I often times think about carrying this or that gun, sometimes out of nostalgia, or because I like the gun, or whatever. Face it, if you are a fan of westerns and have a 45 colt 1873 and holster for it, you have thought about carrying it

I learned on a 1911 platform (Dad was the Range officer at Miramar), went to a .38 revolver when I started carrying, then to .357. then back to a .38, then semi-auto and over the last 5 years or so, I carry one of 3 99% of the time - dress and situation matters to me.

LCP when it needs to go in a pants pocket or needs to be small on my hip for one reason or another
LC9s OWB on my hip
Revolver or LCP in a winter coat pocket i prefer the revolver in this scenario

I am not as accurate with the LCP as I am with the LC9s
I can put all 3 on target effectively
The lc9s has a safety, but to be honest, I rarely engage a safety, and do not when I am carrying.

Now, I can't and wont say I have not given into the temptation to carry a different gun on occasion, but, 99% it is one of the 3 above

Dave

 

[JR24]

I’m really down to two, which is an improvement but it’s hard to decide.

I compare them every so often and come away completely convinced that one or the other is 100% my carry gun forever. Then I change my mind on some subsequent range trip when I have a fantastic day with the other.

The fact that I’m splitting hairs so much between the two means I’m probably Ok with either. The draw times are usually identical, same with accuracy in practical drills. The 9mm (Glock 19) has slightly faster splits, but not by nearly as much as it does over my other 45s and holds more ammo. But the .45 (HK45c) once I get through the DA pull is every bit as accurate, or more, as my nice 1911s at long distance (which I’m not as good at with the Glock), is a bit safer on holstering with the long pull and a thumb on the hammer, and the big fat and slow ACP calls to me on an emotional level even though I do recognize, ballistically, it offers little improvement over the 9mm that holds twice the ammo.

Ah well, it’s not a bad problem to have. Keeps me busy at the range trying to finally prove one over the other

 

[Rexster]

I’m really down to two, which is an improvement but it’s hard to decide.

I compare them every so often and come away completely convinced that one or the other is 100% my carry gun forever. Then I change my mind on some subsequent range trip when I have a fantastic day with the other.

The fact that I’m splitting hairs so much between the two means I’m probably Ok with either. The draw times are usually identical, same with accuracy in practical drills. The 9mm (Glock 19) has slightly faster splits, but not by nearly as much as it does over my other 45s and holds more ammo. But the .45 (HK45c) once I get through the DA pull is every bit as accurate, or more, as my nice 1911s at long distance (which I’m not as good at with the Glock), is a bit safer on holstering with the long pull and a thumb on the hammer, and the big fat and slow ACP calls to me on an emotional level even though I do recognize, ballistically, it offers little improvement over the 9mm that holds twice the ammo.

Ah well, it’s not a bad problem to have. Keeps me busy at the range trying to finally prove one over the other

You are right; not a bad problem to have.

I would not worry about the split times, with a defensive pistols. For years, I said that my SIG’s “slow” DAK* trigger did not bother me, because I was responsible for every round I fired, whether on police patrol, or off the clock, in my largely urbanized environment. Well, some very wise and experienced LE/defensive trainers, such as Darryl Bolke and Wayne Dobbs, are now using the term “assessment speed” as being a best practice, to enable concentrating on better hits, and to be able to continually assess the true need for more shots to be fired. I do not remember what they say is a good split speed, but it is in the point twenties, not the point teens.

I will never be as accurate with a G19 as with a 1911. (For that matter, I realized that I would never be as accurate with a G19 as with a G17, which was a reason I traded-away my three G19 pistols, in 2020, and, I doubt I will ever shoot a G17 as accurately as I can a 1911.)

Of course, as I have posted, on THR and elsewhere, the panic-demic’s effect on my ability to regularly train has relegated my Glocks to safe-queen status, and has relegated my 1911 pistols to home-defense status, as I carry medium to large revolvers, with which I can perform better with relatively fewer training rounds, and requiring less live fire. (The huge number of long-stroke DA shots fired, in my early LEO-ing days, produced an effect which never seems to totally go away.)

*Notably, DAK was my personal choice. Most of my colleagues who opted for SIG duty pistols chose DA/SA. Notably, the ones who tended to go for DAK were the heavy hitters, such as on the narcotics raid team, who tended to get into plenty of real-world shootings.

 

[outdoorman63]

I can't do just one, and what I carry depends on what I am wearing. Either my lcp 380 or my g19.

 

[Average Joe]

Buying a new Springfield Hellcat for EDC, suits all my needs.

 

[eyeshot]

I settled on a PX4 Storm compact in 9mm. All the ambi (lefty) features, capacity and decocker/ safety that I was looking for. Always figured on selling it off if it didn't work out for concealed. That was two or three years ago and I know I made the right choice because it's sitting in front of me as I type.

I agree with the OP in that choose a carry piece and practice with it to no end. I don't want to think about which pistol is on my hip.

But then I'm a rifle guy and my Beretta is just a tool that levels the playing field when I'm in, out and about. Getting old and multi-tasking with guns don't play nice with one another.

Just an opinion.