[chaim]

OK, I have some carry questions. While I am stuck in MD for a while I will be getting a FL non-resident permit soon (hopefully soon) that will allow me to carry in a few other states that I will be visiting in the next year (plus I'll probably be up in VT a time or two this year). I have been carrying at home much of the time, but a few hours at home isn't the same as carrying full-time.

Also, while I had been thinking about carry guns in the hope that I'd move to a carry state, I had planned to move to a carry state where I'd carry full-time and I'm thinking the issues may be different for a "casual" carrier.

I figured I'd probably want a few smaller options, but with my size I think several full-sized guns would work for me (1911, BHP and CZ 75B).

However, since I won't be living in a carry state where I can get used to carry I'm wondering if my needs/issues might be a little different from someone who carries everyday.

For someone like me, who may occasionally carry all day, but it will only be when out of state (so maybe a handfull of times a year) does that change things? Should a part-time carrier stick with smaller, easier to conceal firearms?

Would a full-sized 1911 be ok for someone who can get used to carry, but someone like me should stay with, say, a S&W 908?

One last time to reword this. If I would be able to carry full-sized in a full-time situation where I live in a carry state and always do should I still be able to carry full-sized in a more casual carry situation where I only occasionally carry?

I have the guns already. I also have cheap Uncle Mike's holsters for most of my guns. The main thing your responses will impact is which gun(s) I'll get the better holster for first.

If it helps to know the guns in question they are:
-S&W 65LS (yes a revolver, but the issues about autos count here too)
-Taurus 85CH (see above)
-Bersa Thunder in .380
-S&W 908
-CZ 75B (full-sized, double stack, high-cap 9mm, but relatively thin)
-Charles Daly 1911 (full-sized and heavy, but very thin and not too heavy for me- I'm not a small guy)

So which one (or two) should I get the high-quality holster for and bring with me when I'm out of state?

[WonderNine]

I thought you said you had a Hi-Power? That's the way to go. Otherwise, the CZ75.

[chaim]

Don't yet have a Hi-Power. I like them and want to have one. I thought about getting one a few months back but got sidetracked (I am ADHD so I get easily distracted, especially by pretty shiny things, like guns :D ). Since I'm in MD for a while I don't need to focus on carry size guns (and I do now have a little beyond the minimum in that catagory now), that makes a used HP more likely (though I'll likely wait a few months before I buy any more guns, except maybe a pistol caliber or .22 lever rifle).

I guess suggesting the HP and the CZ second you are of the mind that being an occasional carrier shouldn't effect my ability to become good enough at concealment to carry a full-sized gun. Do you think, being as I would only be an occasional carrier (when I'm not in MD, and someplace that the non-res FL permit will work), that this will be an advantage or disadvantage re. the weight and heft of a full-sized gun (not that a CZ or HP would be that heavy)? Would someone who is carrying every day be more likely to get tired of carrying the size, or would they be more likely to get used to it? Conversely, would an occasional carrier be less likely to get tired of carrying it, or would I be less likely to get used to the size?

[WonderNine]

I wouldn't really get tired of the weight, I'd get tired of having a gun IWB all the time. If I were you and going to carry all day everyday I'd get something like a Kahr PM9 and pocket carry. I'm a full time pocket carry person. I have a 9mm derringer and a .357 Cop 4 shot derringer. If I carry my Hi-Power it's typically only at night. We all know bad things only happen at night and not during the day. :D

[El Tejon]

Pick the pistol you like. Buy good support gear--holster AND gun (not one from the GAP) belt.

Wear it around the house to get comfortable. You'll be fine.:)