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Most days concealed - a Kahr CW-9 and NAA Sidewinder

On occasion open - either Glock G-19 or FNX-45

Concealed and it varies based on risk assessment.

Daily around here, a SA XDS .(3.3) 45ACP or a 1911A1
Going to Chicago or similar either one of my Hi-Powers or Beretta 92's.

Always at least one spare mag, a Microtech OTF, IFK w/tourniqet, pepper spray and a flashlight. That's my basic EDC.

Both......

Concealed I carry a Glock 43

Open H&K UPS .40

Always have my Benchmade knife on me.

LCR lives in my coat pocket.

Walther PPS on my belt.

Beretta 92 in the truck replaced the USP40 I recently sold, no use for 40 anymore and the 92 is too big for me to carry.

Bought a Glock 48 to replace the PPS, and some 15rd magazines from shieldarms but don't have a holster yet.

Cz 75 under the dunlop

I won't open carry. Nor would I recommend that for not uniformed .mil or .leo types. Those guys use snatch resistant level II or level III security holsters, and train in weapons retention.

Honestly, most folks I see doing that are completely lacking in situational awareness. I didn't say all!

But if I spot your gun, and I'm not running around looking for them, you're now under a wary eye until we can get clear. Because even if you're not a nut, if a nut sees your gun and grabs at it it's going to get ugly.

I don't want me or mine hit in the melee.

I get it, if it's allowed it's a right, and exercising rights are always good. The only caveat being if it's done responsibly. Too many folks don't get that last part unfortunately.

Oh yeah.. you just carry knives for your backstabbing mmwhere your sidekick Robin aka 8backstabtrack?

My wife and I just picked up our CHPs on Friday. I'm trying to decide between my Glock 27 (.40), H&K UPS compact (.357 Sig) or Tarus PT-145 (.45 ACP). I'm going to have to spend some time at the range with all 3 before I decide. Right now I'm leaning toward the USP. Around the house and property I usually open carry a Glock 31 (full size .357 Sig) or a Ruger .44 mag, especially when I'm outside smoking a cigar before sunrise or after sunset (bear country). My wife originally thought she wanted one of those small 5 shot .38 revolers, but after spending several hours at the range, she now has confidence in a semi-auto. We'll be looking at some compact 9 mms for her.

Before the virus madness, our main reason for getting our CHPs was to carry on long hikes. NC permits CC in Federal and State parks, but forbids open carry. We do a lot of the "back country" trails where you might run across one or two other folk on a 3 - 6 hour hike. We wouldn't want to be 3 hours from the trail head and run across a 2 or 4 legged predator unarmed.

David

CZ PO1 concealed. Though was originally planning on carrying a little further down the road. Nonsense during the initial hoarding phase of all this prompted me to move up my timetable

Well I think you're supposed to ask 'em if they're interested, not hold 'em at gunpoint

I also have the H&K.40 Great gun. Alien 👽holster very comphy for a larger gun but ...New Jersey so I can only carry legally around the property. Weekdays the Pasload nailgun is usually on hand most of the time. A little cumbersome but holds lots of 3" ringshank nails. The Hilti gun is also on hand for more power & distance but only one shot at a time. Used to carry throwing hatchet on leg when I used to collect rents in Camden. Gave that gig up because I knew I'd end up using it.

Kimber stainless Ultra Carry II.

I been eyeballing one of those........SCHWEEEEEET!!!

Oh you can still carry concealed... you just either have to go rogue and break the unconstitutional laws, or come up with a very good reason, you know... besides the 2nd amendment, to convince the government overlords that you need to carry it.

I appreciate the advice. It's just that I really love .357 Sig, have 4 handguns chambered in it, and shoot it better then .40. Maybe I should look into a .357 Sig barrel for the G27. The magazines will work for either round. I'll have to look into the pocket holster. Thanks again.

David

Just get a Glock 33. It's literally the 27 but in .357 SIG. Same gun and same mags, if I remember right the only differences are a different barrel, "33 357 SIG" instead of "27 .40" engraved on the slide, and "357 SIG" instead of "40" molded into the mags.

Or as you said, get a 27 and just also buy a .357 SIG barrel for it. No other mods are needed, as far as I know.
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I forgot the other beautiful thing about the carry mode I describe -- in a dicey, sketchy situation where schitt might go bad but you aren't legally justified in drawing your gun yet, you can have a full firing grip on the G27/G33, and therefore be one pulling motion and about 0.5 second away from having it drawn and aimed at a threat, and yet you just look like a dude with his hand in his pocket.

Tell me that isn't awesome!
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I've been into guns for 25 years now, lots of experience and training and years of deep research, and for defending your life I can recommend no type of handgun more than a Glock.

They're so good for self-defense that the only things I recommend are tritium night sights (can buy the gun with them factory-installed) and replacing the stock 5-pound coil extension spring with either an 8-pound "New York" or 12-pound "New York 2" trigger spring assembly.

Trigger weights are a matter of taste, but I prefer a heavy one on a self-defense gun for a number of reasons I won't get into here (maybe in another post).

However the biggest reason for replacing the stock spring with a "New York" assembly is reliability enhancement. Extension springs like the stock one can fail suddenly and completely (Murphy says at the worst possible moment), while compression springs basically never suddenly fail and instead slowly get softer with less resistance over time (which you can notice, and replace them). The New York trigger spring assemblies use a redundant pair of two kinds of compression spring, a metal coil spring inside a plastic leaf spring. No extension springs.

No sudden failures are possible, due to compression not extension, and due to the redundancy. If the metal coil one were to fail suddenly which is incredibly unlikely, the plastic leaf compression spring it's within continues to function sufficiently. In fact, unlike today's NY1 (olive green plastic) and NY2 (orange plastic) trigger assemblies, the early ones (black plastic) didn't even HAVE the metal compression spring inside the plastic leaf spring, it was just the plastic leaf spring, so it's fully-functional by itself.

The "New York" assemblies are cheap (a few bucks!), and can be installed by a gunsmith, or yourself quite easily with a bit of YouTube-watching or Googling. It isn't difficult at all, just takes a minute.

No other mods of any kind are needed on a Glock for self-defense purposes.
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Our CHP instructor talked us out of a 5 or 6 shot wheel gun. He was drilling home the fact that you have be aware of what is beyond your target before pulling the trigger. He said that with the adrenalin rush, statistically you can count on one hit per 5 or 6 rounds fired. He stated that FBI statistics show that law enforcement only hit their target 14% of the time. I remember a incident that happened in Philly several years back. Four law enforcement officers opened fire on an armed suspect at about 15 to 20 feet. Out of close to 60 rounds fired, they hit the suspect 5 times. That's less then one in ten.

David

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Article about Glock "New York" 1 and 2 trigger spring assemblies, with photos:

https://gundigest.com/gun-reviews/range-report-glock-new-york-trigger

Curiously, they don't mention the reliability advantages of compression over extension springs, or the enormous advantage of the two-spring redundancy. But they do talk about the reasons for a heavier trigger in a defensive gun.
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I don’t carry.

The wife on the other hand with her CHL, has a S&W .38 by the bed, a Sig P238 for her carry, and a Ruger SR9 incase things get ugly. She qualified with her aluminum frame snub nosed, double action .38.

For the range, I have a Beretta PX4 and a Dan Wesson PM9.

No - sounds fun. I shot some friends .44 mag revolver, but that’s it.
Always wanted to try a .50 cal Desert Eagle.

Dan Wesson makes great stuff. Never saw or handled one that wasn't awesomely well-made.
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CC: ZF-1.
OC: no need, plus, california. Big no-no.

I gotta giant python. I just pull it out and slap em with it.

They run SCREAMING 😱