How expensive is your carry gun?

[Pietro Beretta]

I got my TALO P938 for a steal at $590; but I voted 700-800 because at the local LGS its priced at 715.00.

(Came with night sights already installed.)

Add another $100 if you want count the three extra magazines, sheesh!

 

[mavracer]

Daisy I'm sure not all etch a case # on a gun and some will even remove a grip and etch it "out of sight" I've also seen one that had gotten blood on it at the crime scene and as you said it was never cleaned and blood is apparently very costic to blued steel.

So while I couldn't give a crud about the cost I will avoid packing a heirloom.

 

[BLB68]

I remember evidence handling class from MP school. They showed engraving firearms in the film in class. Never saw it done, but it has probably been done somewhere, by some department.

 

[9mmepiphany]

I remember evidence handling class

We had that class in our academy for the Sheriff's department, and were instructed specifically not to engrave or scratch a report/identifying number on firearms...likily due to liability concerns.

What we usually did with recovered firearms was paint some white-out on an out-of-the-way spot (like under the grip) and write our initials/badge number on the whiteout before putting it in the booking/evidence box

 

[481]

I consider my EDC to be "expendable" and I really don't care about price so long as it is a reliable gun in a service caliber. If I have to use it to defend myself, the cost of replacing it is going to be negligible compared to what I will probably have to spend to defend myself in court in my present (very anti-2A) jurisdiction.

 

[Llama Bob]

For a pocket gun, I carry a LC9s. It cost about $300 if I remember right. That's about 1/2 of my carry. The rest of the time I carry either an aluminium frame CCO 1911 or a a full size 1911. Those are a Dan Wesson and a Colt respectively, and both cost over $1000.

If I have to use one of my guns to defend myself and it's taken as evidence, that's fine. I've got others.

 

[meatballs]

Glock 30.

 

[Warp]

I am not worried -at all- about how much my carry gun costs. To me that is incredibly backwards, wrong thinking. We are talking about a tool that, most likely if the cost of losing it comes into play, is used to save you or possibly another (probably family member in that case) from serious bodily harm or death. That alone is worth a ridiculous amount of money without even getting into the potential legal costs.

Mine are all pretty much $600-$800 as they sit, that's for the gun and night sets. When there is a Surefire XC1 attached to the HK with the Trij HD night sights it gets up around $1k.

My carry guns cost that much because I believe that is the most I need to spend in order to get precisely what I want out of the gun.


ETA: Come to think of it, I should have voted higher, I only checked $600-$800 boxes. And I guess I am concerned with how much it costs, only in that it needs to be inexpensive enough I can afford it, sights, holsters, magazines, ammo, more ammo, training, and other carry guns too.

 

[Twiki357]

I voted $400 to $500, but it is actually anywhere from $200 to $800 depending on where I’m going and my mood.

 

[jstert]

my usual carry choices. holsters are under $20.

used bond arms 410/45lc derringer $300, 9mm and 357/38 barrels $100 each. extended rubber grip $40.

used s&w 38 airweight snub revolver $220, pachmayr grips $20.

new ruger lcr 22lr $400.

used naa 32 guardian $250, shipping cost for free factory tuneup/upgrade $20.



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[Girodin]

One thing folks might want to think about it that carry gun, if ever used is going to be placed into evidence and will probably be marked with markings in reference to the case. You will probably get the gun back, but it will be awhile usually and it will sit in an evidence locker in what will probably be not the best of conditions. Putting large amounts into a daily carry is fine if you are comfortable with that. I am not saying at all to buy cheap when your life depends on it, but carrying a decked out 1911 engraved or fancy grips, will almost without a doubt not look like you would like when it comes out of evidence in a year or two.

To me this is a giant "meh."

First, if I, God forbid, had to use the weapon in self defense I just don't think it would be that big of a concern that the weapon was damaged or even lost. Even a very expensive gun is small potatoes in the grand scheme of that scenario. Considering in my location people pay experienced attorneys $5K+ on misdemeanor cases what do you think you are going to shell out for an attorney on a shooting? It might well be wise to have counsel even on a righteous shoot. Also if that expensive gun is what I feel is the best tool for the job (not saying I personally think an expensive gun is per se a better defensive weapon, very often they might not be) then its money wells spent even if I never saw the thing again.

Second, my experience with the police storing evidence is that it is not handled nearly as roughly as internet forums would suggest. Not to say something couldn't be damaged but like most things discussed on gun forums I think this is often blown out of proportion by people with little to no direct experience.

Most guns that are carried daily tend to have character anyway. If its my carry gun it will probably go to training classes, have holster wear, get bumped and banged into things, and experience the general wear and tear of daily carry. Heck, I have one that got some extra character when I was thrown from a horse and made a less than graceful landing on a bunch of rocks. Again in the big scheme of things a few extra dings just wouldn't really be that big of a concern.

Now if it is an heirloom, has particular sentimental value, is otherwise irreplaceable for one reason or another, I can see that. However, I'd be disinclined to daily carry such a gun anyways. If it is going to break your heart to ding up a $2.5K Wilson then you probably ought not carry it anyways. If you are like the gentleman shooting next to me at a pistol class awhile ago and don't bat an eye at having to put in on the cement and flip it over and scoop it up during drills then you probably aren't super worried about it. Of course, if you are like a guy next to him and shooting a $375 police trade in Glock just as well or better on every drill you might question the purchase of a $2.5K pistol.

 

[alexander45]

Mine was about 460 somthing out the door not including the $100 belt 36 buck holster and 3 chip power mags and a gI guide rod. Its a ria tactical in 45acp with about 2 years and idk how many rounds on it. The finish is decent still with the only real finish wear being on the trigger guard and the bottom of the water table dust covery area? What ever the fronto most part of the frame is called. But yeah if the popo went and buggered it up as even as relatively expensive it was to me it would be well worth it

 

[tark]

Well, guys, this is what Clint Smith carries. This one is mine, a retirement present from les, but Clint's was identical. Notice I said was! He sent his back to be re-finished after he had carried it daily, loaned it to students, dragged it through all kinds of training exercises and who knows what else. It was ....er....rather rough. We sent it off to the engraver for a tough up and a re-blue.

Clint doesn't believe in safe queens, I guess.

 

[19-3Ben]

Depends which one I carry.
My 1911 was $450OTD (a Colt 1991A1)
Ruger Speed Six was $300
Ruger LCP was... i don't remember, but not a whole lot.

You get the idea. No bad guns per se, but i don't carry expensive ones either.

 

[theotherwaldo]

I carry a G27 with Lazermax op-rod and miscellaneous accessories most of the time. Other rigs to fit the situation.

 

[tark]

By the way, the girl with the pistol is Olga Kurylenko, a russian actress.

Sorry, off topic.

 

[dogmush]

I carry the gun I have that best fits the combination of: activities for the day, concealment needs (also known as does it matter if it prints), and how well can I shoot it fast. Cost of the firearm is literally of no concern for me after I buy it.

So these days, From smallest, to largest, I carry a Sig P238 (~$500), a Dan Wesson Guardian (~$1400), or a Sig 229 Legion (~$1200). Were I to use any of those to successfully defend myself or loved ones, and lose it in the process I would buy another and consider it money well spent. That said if I still have many other guns I have used in the past for carry, and they were cheaper. If for some reason I had to I would carry them with confidence. I just shoot the more expensive ones better. Or in reality, usually faster.

 

[RecoilRob]

Around here if, God Forbid you should ever need to defend yourself I believe the weapon will be taken for evidence....so I'll normally not carry something I couldn't stand to see taken for who know's how long until the Legal System is done with it. And I'm not sure they take super-great care of evidence weapons either...so stainless or low maintenance finishes are a plus!

Mine is a Taurus 850 CIA Lightweight n 38 Special with a KT P32 in the pocket for backup most of the time these days.

 

[Sauer Grapes]

Most times a used Sig 239. With holster, about $600.

 

[Deus Machina]

Paid $225 for a brand-new Taurus 85 UL with a 2.5" barrel. Yeah, heck of a time finding a holster for that.

Otherwise it was a CZ 75D PCR at around $550 or so, but it's gone so I could pay rent at the time.

 

[kwqd]

$250 Browning BDA45 (AKA Sig P220). You couldn't give one of these away in the early 80s when I bought it. Also a like new 1975 Colt Detective Special I paid $75 for from a landlord selling the personal property of a deadbeat tenant in 1982. Sometimes my $219 M88a or $250 CZ82. Thought about, but not carried my $220 P64.

 

[hubcap91]

Sig P239 SASgen2. I think I spent somewhere around $900.

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[jmorris]

One of my carry guns cost less than $200 another well over $1000 both bought used.

 

[Chuck R.]

I was carrying a Les Baer "Stinger" (CCO) that was just south of the 2K mark before I downsized to a Walther PPQ, then an HK P2000.

To be honest the P2000 serves in the CCW role better; lighter, higher capacity, I shoot it just as well, and at a $650 price tag saved $1200 or so.

Chuck

 

[stchman]

I paid ~$300 for my LCP back in 2010. The pistol is reliable and easily concealable. LCPs can be had today in the $225 range.

I see no reason to spend >$1000 on a CCW piece. As has been said before, spending $1000 on a CCW gun does not automatically make is 100% reliable.