Sidearm appreciation thread

freeRadical · #1 05-31-2009, 01:22 AM

All right, I try to do these once a year. Last year's (on totse) didn't get much response.

What's your favorite sidearm? What do you usually carry on you? What firearm never leaves your side?

I usually carry my S&W 1911 in .45 caliber on me. Yeah, it's big and bulky but it's surprisingly easy to conceal if you have the right holster. I also have a Glock 21 in .45 but I don't usually carry it. It's actually a friend of mine's. I also have a itty bitty AMC .380 back up I carry on my leg sometimes if I need the extra firepower.

What kind of holsters do you like/use? Where do you wear it? Do you tilt it in any way?

I usually carry my 1911 in an IWB holster. It's like the crossbreed holsters but made by a different company. It actually conceals my 1911 really good and allows me to tuck my shirt in if I need to. I also have a really nice OWB holster for it too. Made by Galco. I usually wear it on my strong side hip but sometimes I wear it behind my hip bone on my strong side. Both of these holster tilt forward about 45 degrees (like the FBI). I like this better, it seems easier to draw for my than straight up and seeing as I like my holster high on my hip, it's actually better for me.

I have a paddle holster for the Glock but I really carry my Glock so not much to comment on here. It actually allows different levels of tilt but, like I said before, I tilt mine forward. For my .380 I have a really neat ankle holster, nothing special though. I usually wear it on my left ankle because it seems easier to draw for me. I am right handed.

What kind of bullets do you carry? Is you gun single/double/DOA? What kind of safeties does your sidearm have? Do you carry one in the tube?

I carry hollow points in all my pistols. My gun is single action so I usually have one in the tube with the hammer cocked back. My gun has three safeties: a beaver tail (I love these!), a slide stop, and a safety on the hammer that keeps it from firing if you don't pull the hammer back all the way. This prevents misfires from slippage of the hammer. Like I said before, I carry my pistol fully loaded with a bullet in the tube and the hammer pulled back so my slide stop safety is engaged. I find it easier to flip my safety down than pull my hammer back.

What about you Zoklet?

I will post pictures later seeing as I'm at work right now and can't.

**LavaRed** · #2 05-31-2009, 06:56 AM

I now carry a pair of 1911 A1's, one Ithaca, one Colt's, both WWII speciments.
I usually carry them without holsters, one one each side, cocked and locked. I may or may not also carry my S&W .38 spl somewhere else.
My Hi-Power now sits in my bedside table.

Just the other day I was noticing that I like to have around far more guns than I will probably need.

freeRadical · #3 05-31-2009, 07:44 AM

Yeah, me too. Within my reach right now are two pistols and two shotguns. All them fully loaded with one in the tube.

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Originally Posted by LavaRed

I now carry a pair of 1911 A1's, one Ithaca, one Colt's, both WWII speciments.
I usually carry them without holsters, one one each side, cocked and locked. I may or may not also carry my S&W .38 spl somewhere else.
My Hi-Power now sits in my bedside table.

Just the other day I was noticing that I like to have around far more guns than I will probably need.

blue_monday · #4 05-31-2009, 10:51 PM

The whole line of S&W revolvers have never disappointed me, rossi and taurus arent to bad either.

1911's are nice, i've shot a lot of different ones and they all do everything you expect them to.

Hi powers are where it's at, i love them.

guns i haven't shot but look like i'd like them: cz75's, the FNP series, maybe the fn-57 if i needed something a little exotic.

ZX9R · #5 06-01-2009, 06:18 PM

Favorite,

P220ST (SA/DA)

However it doesn't get carried often.

Concealed carry favorites:

S&W M&P 360 (DAO)
Glock 29 (DAO)
P228 (sometimes) (SA/DA)

All carry guns either,

Winchester Ranger
Federal HST

Always with one in the chamber.

Don't like external safeties.

High Noon Mister Softy -- for casual clothes.
Galco Syops -- for dress clothes when I have to tuck my shirt in.

**5.56 SS109** · #6 06-01-2009, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ZX9R

Glock 29 (DAO)

What do you load it with?

Oh, and to he OP.

Generation 2 GLOCK 19 here.

Currently loaded with 125gr Corbon and a spare 15 round mag loaded with the same, and a GLOCK 17 mag loaded with Fiocchi ball, because I ran out of Corbon

I also have 150 rounds of Federal 115gr +P+ (9BPLE) on backorder from Streichers, I have no idea when it will be shipped out.

I also might buy a Five-seveN soon, after I get all my AK stuff sorted out.

ZX9R · #7 06-02-2009, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by 5.56 SS109

What do you load it with?

Doubletap.

165GR GDHP.

**ArmsMerchant** · #8 06-02-2009, 08:15 PM

I usually carry a Beretta Jetfire .25 ACP--used to wear it in an ankle holster, now I just keep in in the front right pocket of my jeans.

Sometimes at shows when I use a fanny pack to keep my money in, I keep a little North American Arms .22 mag revolver in one of the pockets.

blue_monday · #9 06-02-2009, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by 5.56 SS109

I also might buy a Five-seveN soon, after I get all my AK stuff sorted out.

I wish i had AK stuff to sort out

**5.56 SS109** · #10 06-05-2009, 10:09 AM

I'm hoping that one day you will too

It's not as elaborate as I make it sound though, I'm just planning on buying a really good AK to upstage my current GP WASR 10/63.

I'm looking at the Arsenal SLR-107FR, but I'm told it's out of production, so I'm probably going to go with a plum stocked Arsenal (Saiga) SGL-20.

I'll be topping whichever one with a PK-23 if I can find someone who has one in stock.

Well, that and I STILL have to get that Savage I've been bitching about for the past 2 years sent off to get work done (piece of shit jams, has something to do with it being a .223 in a long action receiver).

EDIT:

Forgot why I came into this thread.

I'm finally getting around to ordering a set of XS Big Dots (tritium) for my 19.

I had the non tritium version on a shitty Charles Daly BHP clone, sights worked awesome, unlike the gun.

JustAnotherAsshole · #11 06-05-2009, 10:12 AM

Any recommendations on a make and model for a small caliber pocket-handgun (About the size of a Beretta Tomcat)?

**5.56 SS109** · #12 06-05-2009, 10:21 AM

Yes.

A Beretta Tomcat, lol.

But, in all seriousness, the only guns I can think of would be the Keltec P3AT/Ruger LCP (same gun really) an NAA Guardian .380 Auto, or the smaller NAA Guardian in .32 Auto.

I haven't used any of them though, so I can't comment on accuracy/reliability.