Anybody Switch from Semi to Revolver for CCW?
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I have switched several times since the mid-1980's. The first time I switched was because my employer, a PD, that had mandated flap holsters when in uniform, switched to issuing open-topped retention holsters for sixguns, while autos still had to be carried in flap holsters. I preferred the open-topped holster at work, and preferred to carry the same weapon system off the clock as on, so I went back to sixguns, from the HK P7, in 1985. When finances got tight, I divested myself of autos for a while.
My default duty/carry handgun from 1985 to perhaps as late as 1991 was an S&W Model 58 sixgun. I still have it, but it is a bit loose, and needs some gunsmith attention if I want to shoot it much, or carry it again.
Sometimes, I switched when an auto that had worked well, started malfunctioning. I think this happened two or three times. A couple of Colt Commanders come to mind. One time, it was not really the pistol's fault, but a design characteristic that clashed with the carry method: the heel-clip magazine of the early P220 would catch the fabric of car seat backs, causing a partial dump of the magazine. This time, I went to a GP100 I had already owned a while, but not regularly carried concealed.
One time, I simply decided the pistol, a .40 Browning High-Power, while a good, reliable pistol, was just not my cup of tea. I went back to sixguns, but elected to go with the lighter S&W K-frames, rather than the heavier GP100.
In 2002, I had to semi-voluntarily give up carrying my 1911s on duty, and go with one of four approved .40 double-stack autos. I went with the G22, which was a real challenge to conceal, compared to 1911s and medium-frame sixguns. From 2002 to 2007, I tended to carry revolvers concealed, mostly SP101s, sometimes with a GP100 or Speed Six, while toting autos at work, a break from my prior tendency to carry the same "primary" weapon all the time.
In 2007, I started carrying a P229 concealed. (I had switched to the P229 for police duty in 2004.) Since then, I have carried a mix of the two when off the clock. I find the P229, at least in my hands, to point the same as my revolvers, and the DAK trigger system so very close in reach and stroke length, that practice with either system benefits my performance with the other.
For the last few months, I have carried a P229 less on my own time, largely because I acquired another 4" S&W Model 19, after being without a K-frame .357 since 1997. It took being without such an excellent sixgun to make me realize how perfect it is for a combination of concealed carry and shootability.
My first handgun, purchased in 1982 or 1983, was a 1911. I considered revolvers, at that time, to be on the way to obsolescence. In late 1983 and into '84, however, I attended a police academy, and learned to really appreciate revolvers. I could live with only one or the other system, but why?
My default duty/carry handgun from 1985 to perhaps as late as 1991 was an S&W Model 58 sixgun. I still have it, but it is a bit loose, and needs some gunsmith attention if I want to shoot it much, or carry it again.
Sometimes, I switched when an auto that had worked well, started malfunctioning. I think this happened two or three times. A couple of Colt Commanders come to mind. One time, it was not really the pistol's fault, but a design characteristic that clashed with the carry method: the heel-clip magazine of the early P220 would catch the fabric of car seat backs, causing a partial dump of the magazine. This time, I went to a GP100 I had already owned a while, but not regularly carried concealed.
One time, I simply decided the pistol, a .40 Browning High-Power, while a good, reliable pistol, was just not my cup of tea. I went back to sixguns, but elected to go with the lighter S&W K-frames, rather than the heavier GP100.
In 2002, I had to semi-voluntarily give up carrying my 1911s on duty, and go with one of four approved .40 double-stack autos. I went with the G22, which was a real challenge to conceal, compared to 1911s and medium-frame sixguns. From 2002 to 2007, I tended to carry revolvers concealed, mostly SP101s, sometimes with a GP100 or Speed Six, while toting autos at work, a break from my prior tendency to carry the same "primary" weapon all the time.
In 2007, I started carrying a P229 concealed. (I had switched to the P229 for police duty in 2004.) Since then, I have carried a mix of the two when off the clock. I find the P229, at least in my hands, to point the same as my revolvers, and the DAK trigger system so very close in reach and stroke length, that practice with either system benefits my performance with the other.
For the last few months, I have carried a P229 less on my own time, largely because I acquired another 4" S&W Model 19, after being without a K-frame .357 since 1997. It took being without such an excellent sixgun to make me realize how perfect it is for a combination of concealed carry and shootability.
My first handgun, purchased in 1982 or 1983, was a 1911. I considered revolvers, at that time, to be on the way to obsolescence. In late 1983 and into '84, however, I attended a police academy, and learned to really appreciate revolvers. I could live with only one or the other system, but why?
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