Full size pistol - concealed carry

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regardless of cost, the Beretta 92 is a gun I shoot well,
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I can see where you're coming from.
Heck, I shoot the 92 very well myself....it's one of the most accurate 9mm that I have ever carried.

But surely you shoot other pistols at least as well, no?
 
No, I don't. This just fits me right. My own Beretta .380 certainly doesn't. The SIG P226 E2 didn't. The Beretta PX4 Storm didn't. Others that I've shot over the years haven't. It's an individual thing - kinda like a woman.
 
No, they are not new, but all along for the most part, they were not used as the "only" gun, like many now are, and were used as a second or third gun, as some of us still use them.

These days, it seems for many, the gun is more of a fashion accessory or once again, a status thing among peers, than it is a tool. Those big old war horses, are just sooo out of style dont you know, and dont fit in well with todays "mod" fashions.
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Nonsense, how long have snubbies been around? Look at the old pepper boxes. Gamblers and the like often needed hideout guns. Most people with small guns did not carry large guns. We just have better ones than they did a hundred or more years ago.
 
Sometimes I wonder if the people who say all you need is a good belt to carry a full-size pistol. Have really conceal carried a full-size steel gun. All day, all week, all month, etc? Yes, a good gun belt does help, but you still have the issue of height/length/weight/width. And as for carrying the gun you shoot best. Well, that's a rifle in my case. :)

You can conceal a full-size, but you don't have to with all the choices available. I started out carrying full-size pistols and transitioned to something smaller. A gun that doesn't remind me all day long its on my hip. :rolleyes:Good luck with your decision. Above all you have to really think about how you dress daily, and how to incorporate you pistol/revolver into your present wardrobe.

There are some really good compact and subcompact pistols in the market that fill the role nicely. No one gun will fill all the roles required. That why there are choices.:cool:

best regards,

Luis Leon
 
There ARE choices, Luis. I've made mine, and so I'll do whatever works to conceal the Beretta 92A1. The fact that my shooting friend chooses to carry the 92 Inox even though he has the PX4 Storm, has done so for a long time, Can have whatever he wants to carry (he's very successful at a fairly young age) and is someone smaller than I am - well, that's all the encouragement I need. I plan to try it. If I try it and it bothers me all that much, I'll do something else.

I'll let all of you know how it works out.
 
Sometimes I wonder if the people who say all you need is a good belt to carry a full-size pistol. Have really conceal carried a full-size steel gun. All day, all week, all month, etc?
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That would be me, full sized Norinco M1911 or a Browning Hi Power.

A good holster really helps too.
 
Most people with small guns did not carry large guns.
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I suppose experiences may vary. Most everyone I know growing up and many I am, or have been associated with later on in life, carry/carried the smaller gun primarily as a back up to the larger gun. Then again, those people (me included) all carried those guns all day, everyday, and not just when it suited them or they felt the need. Im wearing a Glock 17 and a 26 as I type this, as I do most days now. I also carry a Seecamp on a pretty regular basis to boot.

Sometimes I wonder if the people who say all you need is a good belt to carry a full-size pistol. Have really conceal carried a full-size steel gun.
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The fact that youre questioning this, tells me you havent and dont on a daily basis.

A gun that doesn't remind me all day long its on my hip.
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If youre being reminded, you dont have the right gear.

No one gun will fill all the roles required.
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True, but a full sized gun will usually do everything (but being tiny) better overall, and with little, if any, extra effort.

The issue here really isnt the size of the gun, its the want of the person. If you want to carry the gun, then the gun becomes the focus, you work around it, and you carry the gun. If youre not willing to do that, then youre focus is elsewhere.

What I do find somewhat interesting is, some carry multiple guns, and in many cases, the second guns being carried, are actually bigger than what some claim should be possible to carry comfortably just by themselves, let alone another, larger gun along with it. How can one comfortably do it, when another says you cant and you have to go yet smaller, and give up even more? Sounds like not enough "want" to me.
 
"How can one comfortably do it, when another says you cant and you have to go yet smaller, and give up even more? Sounds like not enough 'want' to me."

Exactly.
 
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Sometimes I wonder if the people who say all you need is a good belt to carry a full-size pistol. Have really conceal carried a full-size steel gun.

The fact that youre questioning this, tells me you havent and dont on a daily basis.


It is a fact, that it was a question. I’m not posting to validate myself. I own and have concealed carried and shot the following for your information, in fact. A CZ75b, P01, G19, M&P 9, S&W 19-5, etc. All with a good gun belt and holsters.

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A gun that doesn’t remind me all day long its on my hip.

If youre being reminded, you dont have the right gear.

Darn, there you go again knowing so much about my gear. Did I not state above that I used a good gun belt/holster combo. Do I have to name drop again? I know for a FACT, that while my Kahr CW9 won’t match the fire-power and shootabillity of my CZ75b. It is in fact, easier to conceal and I have confidence that it will get the job done. I carry a gun because I want to, not because I need to. Owning and buying guns is an evolutionary process and its disingenous to say you will only end up with one do-all gun. That said, I found that I learn the most from those I disagree with.

best regards,

Luis Leon
 
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Luis, my "one gun theory" is based on learning to shoot consistently. What I do in training will be the basis for what I do in a defensive situation. I have no wish for more than one handgun (although I have a Beretta .380 and have carried it, I will keep it only for sentimental reasons). I have only one shotgun - and over twenty-five years in the woods it's become a part of me, and I will allow myself the conceit to say I shoot it very effectively. I'm looking for the same familiarity with the Beretta 92A1.
 
Oboe,

Nothing at all wrong with the one gun theory. My main range/game gun is my CZ75b, I have a .22 kadet kit for it and it goes on every range trip. And I did carry it for a long time. As I have gotten older and less willing to dress around the gun. I have transitioned to smaller guns for actual conceal carry.

When I first started carrying (a G19) I used to wonder about the older guys at my club and their .38 chief specials in their front pockets. I was like man! I would rather have the firepower! Then as I slowly became one of those older guys, I found myself with a .38 snub nose in my front right pocket.:p Just drop it in and go. From their I went back to my pistol roots and now carry a CW9. A Kahr PM9 is currently beckoning, but alas I lack the funds.

best regards,

Luis Leon
 
For what it's worth, Luis, I'm sixty-nine years old. I might get to the point of concern when I become an old man - say, eighty-nine years old. That gives me a good twenty years of concealed carry for the 92A1!
 
Im getting to be one of those older boys too, and I've put my 642's back in the safe for the most part and replaced them with Glock 26's. About the same size, and twice to seven times the fire power. Im also loving the fact that my "full" size guns can now carry double plus what my old 1911's carried, and their mags also work in the 26's. Whats not to like? :)


Luis,

I took your "questions" as a statements. My responses have historically been my experience. Not picking on you, you just happen to be the one who threw it out there.

And I agree, if we take the time to actually pay attention and listen as we babble, we often do learn more from those we disagree with than may be initially apparent. Taking a breath and pondering can pay dividends and offer epiphanies. :)
 
I carried a Sig 229 for a couple years...man it was heavy. I decided to get a M&P compact and it was like a weight was lifted from me...SOOOO much nicer to carry a lighter gun. A good belt and holster does help, but the weight gets to you after a while. No need to carry such a big gun when there are many many lighter and smaller options that you'll be able to shoot just as well. You'll come to this conclusion on your own enventally...it's inevitable :)
 
From many of the posts I've seen on this and other websites, youngda, a lot of folks HAVEN'T come to that conclusion . . . but time will tell. One man's poison is another man's meat, to reverse the dictum.
 
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