One gun?

[Alaskapopo]

It is better to stick to one weapon system for carry. Different firearms have slightly different handling qualities (pointing qualities) different trigger actions and pulls and reset points, some pistols require slightly different malfunction clearances. I believe you are better off keeping it as simple as possible.

Thats why I use the same gun for duty and off duty carry. I also use that same pistol in IDPA (CPD) and USPSA (Limited 10).


My Wilson CQB in 45 acp.
Popo.

 

[saltydog452]

Only one?

...that means it'd have to be versatile and reliable. It would be a .22rf. Maybe a Marlin 39 or a Ruger Mk1. I hope I never have to chose.

salty.

 

[Feanaro]

I never agreed with that saying.

I don't believe I can recall even one person that owned one gun (for a length of time) that could be called even safe, much less proficient.

I never liked the saying either. With two exceptions, my father(no longer applies) and grandfather, I've never known anyone who owned one gun(by choice) that was worth a flip with it. Usually the one gun person doesn't even practice with it, in my experience. I mean ever. Not even once.

Kind of like that saying about the Indian counting and not the arrow. Large grain of truth there, user skill often matters more than equipment. Give the Indian a bent arrow though...

 

[default]

I have ONE GUN for ONE PURPOSE - to defend the life and limb of my loved ones.

I don't own the gun for fun. To me it is a tool designed for a very serious purpose, and as such, it is a tool with which I intend to gain great proficiency. Yes, it can be fun as well, but that is not why I own it and that is not why I shoot it.

I dry practice with it every day and live practice twice a month. This gun is not a "range" gun. I don't shoot slowly and try to make one hole when I practice. I practice with one goal in mind - to hone my defensive skills.

That's a good example of the spirit that Colonel Cooper presumably made the remark in. On the other hand, an equally valid statement would be "Don't worry about the man with only one gun. He bought it in 1973 after he saw Dirty Harry, shot it once, lost interest, and long ago forgot that he even had it."

The lesson? Many, many people have anywhere from one to hundreds of guns, for various reasons. Some of them can shoot well, and some can't.

 

[WolfMansDad]

All the people I have known who were really good shots stuck with one gun.

They had many, unused, back home in the safe, but whenever they shot for fun, they always picked the same gun. My dad had several guns, but after a while he only shot his 16 gauge L.C. Smith. He shot it a lot and got to be very good with it.