Anyone else uses vastly different guns for carry?

Just in the woods i'll change up. Rugger SBH and my 10mm 1911.

Has to be a very compelling reason.

In my case "vastly" different tends to be fully concealed versus open carry, so the span runs from SIG 365X to 1911A1.

That's me; others' vary. One of the great things of our--admittedly confused and irregular--times is that each of us can find our own "right way."

Mine only change with the environment. Semi-autos for daily CCW. Roaming in the woods I carry revolvers primarily for the ability to load the first two chambers with shot loads for snake repellent.

Totally depends on the environment.
Urban setting means concealed, therefore Colt Agent or Glock 19/22.
Rural/woods carry at the hunting/fishing lease means open carry, either a revolver or 1911.

I misunderstood the question. But there was a time when I carried either an L frame .357 or a 3913NL.

Nowadays my primary is generally a Glock when I leave the house.

For trips to town...or Louisville...it's one or the other....Best regards, Rod

Rival said:

The only thing these two have in common, is that they are both on my license to carry. Otherwise these handguns could not be any more different. Having said that, I feel very comfortable with either one of them.

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Don't swap out, except for evident need. One or the other of my Taurus 856-s normally suffice for any situation I'm likely to be in.

Switch between a glock 34 with +capacity to a 65-5 357mag Smith to a Canik MC9 mete to a Smith 57 to a FA 83 .41mag etc. Love to change it up. Arkansas is Constitutional. So get to carry anyway I like.

Yes. Often simultaneously.

Absolutely- I can change primaries multiple times per day as threat matrix and NPE factors vary.

I only have one gun that I prefer to carry. In the winter I will carry it OWB with a jacket to cover. In the summer I will carry it IWB. I change holsters with the seasons but not the gun.

1911, unless I have to get dressed up for a funeral (me old fart). Then I borrow wife's Sig P238. Much smaller.
Should fill the "vastly different" requirement
I always carry concealed anymore.

There is not much vastly different between a revolver and a striker fired auto with no manual safety which is the combination I would choose instead of the combo the OP chooses.

I use a Glock 19 and J frames. Pull from holster and pull trigger.

They might look different but they operate the same where it counts.

Same boring ruger revolver . Year after year. In the truck

Yes, a Glock and other times if I feel like changing things up a bit I'll carry a different Glock.

earlthegoat2 said:

There is not much vastly different between a revolver and a striker fired auto with no manual safety which is the combination I would choose instead of the combo the OP chooses.

I use a Glock 19 and J frames. Pull from holster and pull trigger.

They might look different but they operate the same where it counts.

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Same. Six handguns in five calibers, but they're all DAO with no safety. Aim, squeeze, boom. I carry the one that fits my clothing and activities best.

Between those two handguns, a 357 revolver and a 40 Shield, the OP has to shoot one of them "better".
Have you used a shot timer and a target smaller than a silhouette to compare?
"I feel very comfortable with either one of them". <---- But you likely shoot one "better".

I have a Glock 20SF (10mm) and a Glock 17 - want to guess which I am quicker with given the same accuracy standard; well, with a shot timer I don't have to guess and all it does is confirm (put a number) to what I can subjectively discern anyway. If you guessed the 17 you are correct.

Between the 357 revolver or 40 Shield which would you prefer in hand if you had to unexpectedly defend yourself (wherever) and maybe more than one human attacker? Carry that.

I've been round and round with my carry guns. I like to shoot revolvers best and I despise crawling around in the gravel looking for my brass. However, the modern poly 9mm double stack just makes the most sense to me.

I wore this Hellcat all day yesterday. Tilled the whole garden and planted ⅓ of it. I sprayed the entire yard with my golf cart spray boom. Among other things.

It depends on weather, activities and where I am but I practice with all of them so the 'muscle memory' is there. Winter/cold weather is easy holster carry. Warm weather will required pocket or inside the waist carry, so winter will be a larger firearm in 40 S&W or 357Sig. Warm weather will be a 380 or 9mm. For deep concealment there is always the option of the NA 22 mag.

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But you likely shoot one "better".

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Yep

As long as an auto has the safety in the same spot and working the same direction, am cool w it.

Can have no thumb safety too.

Have run my rigs on timers. Good to go.