Your Current EDC...

[Sir Henry]

I don’t have an EDC because I don’t take enough training. I don’t consider my backyard plinking as training. When I did carry it was either a Springfield Sub-compact XD in 9 mm or a Beretta M9. I liked the XD because the holster make for it was part of the safety. I liked the M9 because I shoot the best with it.

I carried when I was younger and now that I’m older I depend on the younger herd to carry for me. It’s like when you get older and reach a point where you say you can no longer drive a car safely.

My biggest self defense now is situation awareness.

[Centaur]

After carrying Glocks for years, the Old Fart in me kicked in, and now it’s either a S&W J frane or a Ruger SP101. Don’t leave home without it.
I shoot them both regularly, as snubbies tend to be tricky to shoot well.

[BrokenolMarine]

After carrying Glocks for years, the Old Fart in me kicked in, and now it’s either a S&W J frane or a Ruger SP101. Don’t leave home without it.
I shoot them both regularly, as snubbies tend to be tricky to shoot well.

Exactly. Good grips can make all the difference in the world. We have a nice little Airweight 642 that Miss T carried for several years. They come with very small grips, and adding a good pair of hand filling grips doesn't really compromise concealability that much.

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In the pic above you can see the 642 on the left, with the rubber recoil absorbing grips. The 340 scandium 357 on the right has aftermarket Smith grips that not only look good, but really reduce the pain of shooting an amazingly light 357 with full loads.

My mentor in LE was distinguished with just about anything that shoots, and I often referred to his advice or counsel when teaching both my private classes or the Academy Classes for Recruits. One recruit, a real Smarta$$ once asked if that Sergeant is a "Gun God" or what. I didn't miss a beat, and said, "Yes."

A year or two later, the recruit had turned into a pretty good patrol officer and had been head hunted by a large southern county for their department and was about to leave. He had come to Open Range day for practice and was shooting the 25 yard line, improving his skills before leaving for THEIR academy due to start in two weeks. I looked over and saw my Mentor at the other end of the line and asked my officer if he wanted to meet the "Gun God." He said, "Sure."

I signaled Lou, and he tapped his watch and held up two fingers. A couple minutes later, he walked over and I introduced the young officer who happened to be the Son of one of the Directors of a Division within our County Government. (Purchases and Acquisitions.) Lou shook his hand and told him to pay attention in the academy, and to tell Sergeant so and so who runs their range HE said hi when he got down there.

The young officer couldn't help himself, and with a grin, he asked The Sergeant if he wanted to try his new snubby, just back from the trigger job at the Gunsmith. Lou took the gun, presented properly with the cylinder open. (Thank God.)
He closed the cylinder, fitted the gun carefully in his hand and turned to the barricade on the 25 yard line and with his eyes closed, dry fired the gun several times to get the feel of the trigger. He turned, still with the gun on the barricade, and held out his off hand. I dropped 5 rounds into it. He asked my officer which target was his. He told him. My officer scrambled for his binos and focused on the target. A snubby, at 25 yards?

Slowly, the Sergeant squeezed off five slow aimed shots, then took the gun down from the barricade and ejected the spent brass into the bucket beside the barricade. "Not bad, the trigger will smooth up a bit once you put a couple hundred more rounds through it."

My officer was grinning....still looking thru the binoculars he said, "Looks like you missed Sergeant."

Walking away, without missing a step, Lou replied, "You're looking in the wrong place Son, look at the head... look at the head." He waved at me without looking back and went back to the group he had sent on break.

The young officer slowly raised the binos and then stopped grinning. There was a ragged hole in the head of his target.

He called me a few weeks later and started laughing.
He said that before he left for the Academy he had gone back out to the range and spent another couple HOURS with Lou, and gotten some valuable coaching. "Nice Guy, but firm on the range," he said. "If you look past the gruff edges, there is a LOT to gain."

Got into the firearms portion, and the head instructor made some comment about, "You Never..." and I couldn't help myself, I blew a raspberry. That instructor spun around and zero'd in on me like his eyes were laser guided. "You have a comment recruit?"

"Well, I was told that you Never say Never in this profession."
"Yeah, what Genius told you that?"

"Well, I was on the Range last month with Sergeant Seigel..."
"Oh, you know Lou?"
"He was coaching me, giving me some pointers before I started this academy."
"Just you, privately."
"Well, Yes Sir, we were talking and ...."

The instructor suddenly decided to turn back to the board and continue the class.

For the rest of firearms training, if that Sergeant made a statement, he would shoot a glance my way to see if "LOU" might have commented about it. "It seems He is a Gun God."

[fortyshooter]

Could be.... Springfield XDE 45 ACP..... Charter Arms Bulldog 45 Colt..... Ruger LCR 357

[The Wiz]

Sig 365XL/optic

Tauraus 856

Depends on my mood.

[The Happy Kaboomer]

45 acp..........With different brands of launchers.

[markiver54]

Currently alternating between my Springfield XDs 9mm and my newer Ruger Security 380.

[BrokenolMarine]

45 acp..........With different brands of launchers.

I really like the 45, but SO hot here and was also in VA, I only carried the 45 in cooler weather. Mostly carried a 38/357 snubby in hot weather. Tina bought me a Kimber Tactical Ultra II and I carried that briefly, but it didn't feed most of my favorite defensive ammo reliably. (Speer Gold Dots / Federal HydraShok) so I went back to the 357 Snubby. It fired both easily.

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[FormerParatrooper]

Springfield XDS 9mm with Hornady Critical Defense. Once I find what hollow points my Tisas 1911 likes, I will carry it in the winter months. Nothing but iron sights. In the house, a SKS with lead nose rounds in case the spike bayonet doesn't make the intruder retreat.

[markiver54]

Springfield XDs here as well. Nice pistol. I recently started carrying my new Ruger Security 380 though because of a recent hand injury, I need the lighter slide.

Also have the SKS ready....