Do you carry an "under-rated" concealed handgun?
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PaulKersey3
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Anyone who calls ANY gun under-powered has never been shot at. I've carried many different guns and some have been and still are underrated. The first gun I carried as a kid was a 9 shot H&R .22lr revolver with a short barrel. Great gun, still have it! A few years ago I carried a Beretta Tomcat, but ended up giving it to my sister for a purse gun. Currently I've been carrying a Lock-Breech Llama .380 from the early 1970s. It's a true mini 1911 part for part and thin enough for an ankle holster. I keep it loaded with some hot 95gr ball. I also sometimes carry my WW2 Beretta 1935 in 7.65mm. It's tight as a drum after 67 years and was made for war. The Germans actually preferred the .32acp to the .380acp. In my Nazi issued M1935 loaded with hot steel jacketed Geco fmj, I'd have to agree!
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PaulKersey3
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Anyone who calls ANY gun underrated has never been shot at. I've carried many different guns and some have been and still are underrated. The first gun I carried as a kid was a 9 shot H&R .22lr revolver with a short barrel. Great gun, still have it! A few years ago I carried a Beretta Tomcat, but ended up giving it to my sister for a purse gun. Currently I've been carrying a Lock-Breech Llama .380 from the early 1970s. It's a true mini 1911 part for part and thin enough for an ankle holster. I keep it loaded with some hot 95gr ball. I also sometimes carry my WW2 Beretta 1935 in 7.65mm. It's tight as a drum after 67 years and was made for war. The Germans actually preferred the .32acp to the .380acp. In my Nazi issued M1935 loaded with hot steel jacketed Geco fmj, I'd have to agree!
The 3913 is hardly underrated. Badly beat up ones around here start at about $400.Everbody hears about the most popular choices in concealed carry handguns, like the S&W 642, XD sub-compact, Glock 19 or 26, or maybe a Bersa .380 and so on.
All of the above guns are good CCW choices and I have used a few of them myself, but I have come to find that an underrated or out-of-favor handgun can make a great CCW companion.
I have found that my S&W 3913 is an excellent CCW and it is what I carry everytime I need to be protected out on the streets.
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It is a single stack 9mm with a decocker safety and has a stainless slide and alloy frame. It is very reliable & accurate (and was only $325 used). It replaced an XD SC & a S&W 642, so you know I must be pretty impressed with it.
So what is the underrated CCW that you have used or still use?
Autolycus
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I only carry 9mm Glocks and don't plan on carrying anything else. I would not call them underrated nor overrated. They are just guns that are of good quality that I enjoy and feel comfortable with.
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While many state that the .380 is too small or not powerful enough, I have found my LCP to be the most common gun I grab to put into my Mika Pocket Holster! It is small, so it is easy to carry wearing anything but my just my undershorts -- actually, I could find a way to even carry in them with a little ingenuity and a sewing machine!
What good is a large gun and holster arrangement if the gun and holster end up staying home in a safe?
What good is a large gun and holster arrangement if the gun and holster end up staying home in a safe?
A Beretta Model 81 in 32 ACP. I have bigger guns that I carry but in the last 6 months I find that I carry the Beretta more often. In fact, it has replaced my Smith 649 as my deep carry gun. I use the Fiocci fmj ammo as it is bit hotter than most other brands and with this small bullet I really want penetration.
I took it the the range the other day and found that I could put 12 aimed shots in the head of a IDPA target at 10 yards in just over three seconds.
I took it the the range the other day and found that I could put 12 aimed shots in the head of a IDPA target at 10 yards in just over three seconds.
tx_pistolero
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Taurus PT-709 Slim. Have put hundreds of rounds through it, more accurate than a compact has any right to be. The thin-nesss of it makes it really comfortable to carry, but it still fits my large hands nicely - with one caveat. I grew up shooting single actions, so I am used to doing the pinky under grip, the caveat is that you pretty much have to use that grip style that with this pistol unless you do get a grip extending mag.
chieftain
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In February I finally parked the Springfield Professional from full time CCW. I went to the much lighter and shorter Colt Commander.
Got a Colt 21st Century (Wily Clapp model) TAOS LtWgt Commander then had Eric Zinn work on it for the final touches. Use Virgil Trips Cobra Mags, and carry it in one of Milt Sparks HR-LTD (think slim VMII) and am really happy with it.
Just my way, good luck.
Fred
Got a Colt 21st Century (Wily Clapp model) TAOS LtWgt Commander then had Eric Zinn work on it for the final touches. Use Virgil Trips Cobra Mags, and carry it in one of Milt Sparks HR-LTD (think slim VMII) and am really happy with it.
Just my way, good luck.
Fred
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Sig P232 in a Fobus paddle holster.
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