Change
by Creeker 
, Hardwoods, Friday, January 08, 2016, 20:28 (3245 days ago)
My first carry gun & current. Takes 12 rounds in the current to make the same bullet weight of the first.
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Creeker, I believe we've all moved from where we were.
by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Friday, January 08, 2016, 21:03 (3245 days ago) @ Creeker
I don't necessarily believe all of our moves have been 'positive' but we evolve and move on...
Creeker, I believe we've all moved from where we were.
by Creeker , Hardwoods, Friday, January 08, 2016, 21:22 (3245 days ago) @ Hoot
My environment has made me change more than anything else.
Change
by Cherokee , Medina, Ohio, Friday, January 08, 2016, 22:19 (3245 days ago) @ Creeker
Yea, my first carry was a Star PD, now its an XD9C with 13 rounds of Hornady critical defense and a spare 16 round mag...things do change. I shoot the XD much better than the PD now days.
When I was old enough the first thing I did was purchase a
G27 and took the HCP class (I owned other guns but wanted one specifically for cc), I've carried a few different guns over the years but I still carry it the most. I shoot better with it then a lot of my other guns, but I do try to get out monthly and I always put a couple mags through it first no matter what else I brought to shoot.
When I was old enough the first thing I did was purchase a
by Creeker , Hardwoods, Saturday, January 09, 2016, 09:22 (3244 days ago) @ StoneWolf
And as the old guys say, shoot what you have & learn to shoot it well.
Some things stay the same.......
I started out carrying a revolver years ago, and despite a long foray with a Glock 32, I've come full circle back to carrying a revolver.
HOWEVER!
I have come to the obvious conclusion that one of my little J-frames simply isn't enough, even with a speedloader available, and have decided on either carrying a second J-frame, or carrying my GP100 along with a J-frame.
I couldn't really say when, or if, or how, I might be called upon to need a sidearm, but I have an odd habit of strapping on the Hi-Power when going out of town. Exactly why escapes me, but I suppose its larger capacity makes me feel more secure when I'm not close to home base. Otherwise, it is wheelguns for me.
Actually, it is YOU who has made me aware of the need to keep it simple and make do with only one or two pistols. The gun of the month thing is great for plinking and hunting, not so much for self defense. Your common sense posts always focus on the same couple of guns, "beware the man who has one gun".
Otony
Some things stay the same.......
by Creeker , Hardwoods, Saturday, January 09, 2016, 19:55 (3244 days ago) @ Otony
Thanks for the kind words Otony. An old time shooter said shoot what you have just shoot it well. I try.
Some things stay the same.......
by John Meeker , Maumee Ohio, Monday, January 11, 2016, 20:16 (3242 days ago) @ Otony
indeed.....I seem to correlate with some other folks here....in that my 'go to the...... locally" trips, are generally one - or sometimes two - hammerless J's. Well worn, with grips that fit my 'point' and smooth pulls. However, when it's new or predictably uncertain territory, I seem to 'gear up' with heavier magazine-fed Arty, and more fodder. Detroit merits a long gun, as well, tho it's generally the .357 lever, and not an AR. OTOH, I do recall at least once there, when a Quad .50 would have been damned satisfying, in order to clear a rock-throwing pack of urban monkeys, off of a once graceful -- and now dry fountain, on an abandoned island in the center of a roundabout.