Summer Carry Load(s) vs Winter?

[CZF]

During the heatwave that the Western states and others are having.
I'm back to my RAMI and the superbly accurate Gold Dot 124 gr. +P.
The new 'extended mag' is just a 14-shot Compact mag with an adapter.
makes a great backup mag



My choice for Winter is 230 grains of goodness in.45 caliber. Remington
Golden Sabers or 200 gr. Gold Dots.

Anyone else like 9mm for summer and something else for winter?

 

[mattw]

good thing you have something to shoot the pickpocket with when he tries to take that sebenza from you

 

[P95Carry]

No seasonal variation - 9mm, 15+1 in SIG 226 ST - so, no cal change with season.

 

[Vitamin G]

I find myself carrying a Kimber TLE with 230gr hydrashok's in the summer, because its thin, and i can IWB it. I also usually carry a spare mag, or Kel-tec .380.

In the colder months, I carry a BHP in a alessi bodyguard with 2 extra mags of 124gr +P+ hydrashok, soon to be rangerT or bonded golden sabre.

Yeah, I know. Im kinda backwards. Its more holster choice than anything else.

 

[Bulldozer]

230 JHP in .45 or 158 LSWCHP +P in 38 year round.

Why argue with success because of a few degrees or layers?

 

[Lennyjoe]

Nope. I did use a Kel-Tec .380 but that was just because I didn't want to take the time to throw on the .45 ACP. But I have since quit being lazy and now wear the .45 all the time.

 

[fastbolt]

My defensive ammunition preferences never change because of the weather.

The only thing that occasionally changes is the size & platform of the defensive handguns I choose to carry in different seasons, but that's only because of cover garment or carry method selection.

I have different size pistols & revolvers chambered in each of my commonly preferred calibers of 9mm, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, .357 Magnum & .38 Special. The ammunition mostly remains the same within each caliber across the different size platforms.

The exception to this is ammunition for my .44 Magnum, which I seldom carry anymore, anyway.

 

[The_Shootist]

Summer/Winter Carry?

Mak / P-32 - In summer

Glock19 / 1911 - Winter

SP 101 with FBI load in either season when feeling lazy

P.S. Summer vs Winter is is kinda subjective here in SE Texas. Better description might be "shorts+t-shirt weather vs sweater + Jeans weather"

 

[MachIVshooter]

I carry my Witness Compact 10mm full time, unless I am dressed nicely and cannot conceal it. Then, I carry my P3AT with 90 gr. Gold dots loaded real hot.

I do change ammo from summer to winter in the 10mm. In the summer, I stoke it with 180 gr. gold sabres. In the winter, I switch to 180 gr. FMJ. Velocity from the 3.5" tube is 1342 with my loads.

 

[355sigfan]

Don't use the 200 grain golddot for winter carry as this load plugs in heavy clothing. If you like Golddots stick with the 230 grain variant. Overall your overthinking it. Pick the gun you like and load it with good ammo (Win Ranger, Rem Golden Saber, Speer Goldot, Federal HST (not Hydra shock it plugs easy)) then train with it and your covered. If you pick a good load overall there is no reason to switch between the seasons. Heavy clothing actually makes jacket hollowpoints go deeper so penetration is not a real concern. Heavy clothing clogs the hollowpoint slowing or stopping expansion causing the bullet to go deeper.
Pat

 

[jem375]

summertime....CZ PO1 or G26.....wintertime.....Witness 10MM compact or my Springfield Ultra Compact in 45ACP..........

 

[Jiml3]

Summertime, 9mm. Kahr PM9 or CZ PCR
Winter, 40 S&W - Sig P229

 

[Dr. J Frame]

All-Season 147gr JHP 9mm
Remington Golden Saber

Temps vary here from -51 Winter to +104 Summer.

Minnesota--"The Land of 10,000 Sex Offenders"
And all are walking the streets.

 

[Zach S]

I normally carry an extra pistol during the colder months, after so many layers of clothing it makes my primary carry gun a little hard to get to, and my either my Kahr PM9 or my Taurus M85UL fits nicely in my coat pocket.

Year-round, I'm either carrying a 4" or 5" 1911.

 

[Pointblank]

The ammo I carry works under any conditions. I carry either Winchester Ranger T or Corbon DPX in all my guns.