Like most, I will always choose my back to the wall, where I can see the main entrance. I prefer an aisle seat, I’m a lefty and want my gun hand free. I don’t want to be struggling to get clear of a table.
Go over to the Active Self Protection channel on YouTube. I’ve watched a lot of self defense videos and it’s very rare for a citizen (not police) to have a malfunction. The most common ‘malfunction’ that gets people hurt or killed is not having a round in the chamber. That and trying to draw...
I think of it as a lifestyle as the way someone who CCWs and has guns lives is different from those that don’t.
The clothes you wear are a size larger or cut different to accommodate a gun in a holster.
Your home has a gun safe (or more), along with targets, target stands and cleaning...
Be careful, as these cases can pass the plunk test and then hang up a 1911 tighter than a bank vault. That’s what happened with my RIA 10mm. And I know they were Glock cases. Spent primers from a Glock have a smiley face pattern in addition to the bulge.
I haven’t changed the gun, but I’m about to start carrying two extra mags instead of one. My carry is a single stack 9mm. We’ve had several armed robberies of stores by crews of three or four guys. That never used to happen around here.
John Correia had a recent video where a guy in Houston had pulled up at a fast food place to order. Two guys rush in, guns drawn, and order him out of the car. The guy complies, while a third guy is coming in from the opposite side of the car.
Some lessons:
1. You may be able to shoot and...
I’ve fired quite a few striker fired, DA/SA with decocker, 1911’s. Some, like the Storm pistols were awful. Surprisingly, a very good trigger was the M&P 2.0/9 mm.
We are living in a golden age for concealed carry. There’s a gun for every task, every mode of carry and there’s more every year.
After several different guns over many years, the choice that works well for me is a Staccato C. It’s a single stack 9 mm in a 2011 platform. The upper is steel...
I carry a Model 28, loaded with Buffalo Bore heavy 357 mag outdoorsman. A 180 gr round doing about 1400 fps. My area has black bears, mountain lions, meth labs and the occasional illegal pot farm.
My Model 17 dates back to 1946. It had sat in a safe, mostly unfired, for decades so it was a gooey mess inside. For deep cleaning I use an ultrasonic cleaner with the purple Simple Green solution. Thirty minutes at 120 degrees and the gun was as clean as the day it left the factory.
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Yep, that’s how I do it. I think what a lefty has to decide is how left handed they are. Except for writing and shooting, I’m ambidextrous and using my right for the speed loaders just seems easier than my left hand.
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