Ever come full circle with your CCW?

[Lennyjoe]

First gun I carried was a Gen 2 G19. That was in 2000. Sold it around 2003 and yesterday I purchased a Gen 5 G19. Currently carrying a Walther PPQ M2 .40 cal during the winter but plan on moving to the G19 this summer after I wring it out.

 

[Blkhrt13]

That would mean I’d be going back to a ti85 Taurus 38. I tried. Can’t find them.

 

[mrmike7189]

Yup Glock 26........then tried a Sig 239( too heavy.)then a Sig 230(lighter, but too big)then a Shield 9 (longer grip didn't conceal great)..........ended up carrying the G26 again!

 

[rskent]

nyone else have the same thing happen to them? Start out with one pistol, then think you need something else, try out a bunch, and end up with the same pistol you started with?

Sort of. Somewhere along the line I picked up a S&W 642 as a pocket gun for times I didn’t feel like caring my Sig. The sig was nice, but a bit heavy. And some days I just didn’t want to deal with it. I have tried a bunch of different guns, but I always ended up going back to the 642. Not all the time. But often enough. Its just so easy to toss in a jacket pocket.

 

[Spats McGee]

I bought a S&W M&P40 Compact in 2007 as my primary carry pistol. . . . .sold the M&P . . . . and I bought a S&W PC Shield 9mm. . . . . It was a disaster. I swore off S&W and bought an XDS 40. . . . . bought a Taurus G2C for $199 on a whim. . . . .I liked the extra rounds, and the size didn't bother me. So I decided to replace it with a similarly sized pistol in .40 S&W. . . . . original M&P40 compact, with night sights, for $349. Plus there's a rebate for $50. Bought it. So I ended up with the same pistol I started out with eleven years ago.

Anyone else have the same thing happen to them? Start out with one pistol, then think you need something else, try out a bunch, and end up with the same pistol you started with?

I have not had quite that experience, probably because I never had the money to keep buying guns. Also, my first carry gun was a gov't model 1911, so once I discovered that lighter guns existed, I moved on. I love my 1911, but it's not a carry gun for me.

What's happened to me is kind of the opposite. I keep thinking that I'll trade off my G19, but I keep not doing it. In the past 5 years, I've considered trading her off for:
S&W M&P 2.0 Compact
S&W M&P 1.0 Compact
XDM 3.8" Compact
XDS
CZ P10C
CZ 75 Compact
CZ P-01
CZ P-07
a 1911 Commander
Sig P320
HK VP9SK
HK VP9

and more . . . . . Over and over, I get this close to trading her, and then I sit down, and I remember that I really, really don't like to let go of guns that work. Maybe one day I'll pick up some of those on my list, but I guess I'll have to figure out how to do it without letting my G19 go.

 

[Zerodefect]

Never trade off a good gun. Just useless or unreliable ones.

G19/23/32/38 is still the best ccw ever made.

 

[camsdaddy]

I have not had quite that experience, probably because I never had the money to keep buying guns. Also, my first carry gun was a gov't model 1911, so once I discovered that lighter guns existed, I moved on. I love my 1911, but it's not a carry gun for me.

What's happened to me is kind of the opposite. I keep thinking that I'll trade off my G19, but I keep not doing it. In the past 5 years, I've considered trading her off for:
S&W M&P 2.0 Compact
S&W M&P 1.0 Compact
XDM 3.8" Compact
XDS
CZ P10C
CZ 75 Compact
CZ P-01
CZ P-07
a 1911 Commander
Sig P320
HK VP9SK
HK VP9

and more . . . . . Over and over, I get this close to trading her, and then I sit down, and I remember that I really, really don't like to let go of guns that work. Maybe one day I'll pick up some of those on my list, but I guess I'll have to figure out how to do it without letting my G19 go.

Your finances have saved you thousands of dollars only to return to where you began.

 

[mljdeckard]

I started with a 1911, but I read all the articles about tech, capacity, cops, etc, and I cycled through several different guns. Glock, Sigma, Beretta, Sig. But after a lot of changes, I realized that I always wished they are 1911s. I run exclusively 1911-style pistols, right now I mostly carry a RIA double-stack 9mm.