How many carry different ccw depending on what your wearing

[BIGDADDYLONGSTROKE]

Just wondering if anyone else out there carries something different depending on what there wearing. Such as, I usually carry my XD .45 4in. model, but sometimes when me and the wife go out all I have on is a pair of shorts and a t-shirt so I carry the 9mm because I can conceal it a little better. Incase anybody asks I shoot equally with either weapon.

 

[stdlrf11]

I carry one gun. What changes is the holster. I have about 5 holsters in regular rotation.

stdlrf11

 

[Preacherman]

Sure, I vary what I carry. In summer, wearing shorts and a light shirt, I usually carry in my pocket: sometimes a snubby, but more often a .40 or .45 sub-compact pistol. When wearing heavier clothing, I'll carry something larger.

 

[Langenator]

In. warm/hot weather, I carry my Kahr K40.

Cooler/cold weather, with heavier clothes, Sig P229 in .40

 

[Jesse H]

99% of the time I carry an HS2000 in a Milt Sparks holster. Sometimes I just have to tuck my shirt in and it's a ppk/s in a bellyband. I've been thinking of going with a snubby .38 on an ankle holster instead.

 

[Chipperman]

99% of the time I carry a P7M13 IWB.
If dress will not allow, I carry a Seecamp in a pocket holster.

 

[Doug Add]

When I have on a suit or sport coat (most days of the week) I alternate between my Ruger SP101 in a Kirkpatrick OWB holser and my SIG P228 in either an OWB or an IWB holster, both by High Noon.

When I do not wear a jacket I carry the SIG in a tuckable IWB holster by Tucker Gunleather.

While I am on the bicycle I carry the Ruger in a chest pack.

 

[atlctyslkr]

Same gun different holster. Often change up ammo, heavier stuff for the street, lighter stuff for the home.

 

[Lennyjoe]

90% of the time its the Kimber Pro Carry IWB no matter what I'm wearing.

The other 10% is a G20 in a belt holster cause I'm usually out in the bush when I carry it.

 

[Mannlicher]

I often vary my CCW revolver or pistol based on what I am wearing. Some clothing choices make it easier, or less so, to conceal a particular weapon. I do not go with less than a .38 Snubbie though.

 

[HighVelocity]

I'm pretty set on 3 carry guns. 5" 1911, Glock 29 and SW 340PD. I switch back and forth between the 1911 and the G but only because I want too. The 340 is usually a BUG but does primary duty if I'm doing something that requires extra light clothing. Yard work, etc.

 

[MachIVshooter]

I have 3 carry guns. Most of the time, it is my Witness Compact 10mm either IWB with a custom holster I built or OWB with a Desantis (for a G19; I have recurved and checkered the Witness' trigger gaurd). When it is warmer out, I wiill carry my Taurus PT145 IWB @ 12 O'clock w/ shirt untucked. When it is too hot for a jacket or vest but I need to have my shirt tucked, I carry my P3AT IWB @ 12 O'clock using a belt clip; it disappears behind the buckle.

I have never needed to carry anything larger than the Witness Compact (which is roughly the same size as a fullsize 4" 9mm or .40 pistol). It holds 11 rounds and is very controllable and accurate; I wouldn't gain much carrying a 5" gun.

 

[Ala Dan]

I use to switch CCW carry pieces from time too time, dependent on type of
dress code implied; but now days its pretty much the same. A Kimber SS
Ultra Carry II in Kirkpatrick's compact undercover rig, with double magazine
pouch.

And backed up by a Seecamp LWS-32 in an Uncle Mikes front pocket
holster.

 

[BIGDADDYLONGSTROKE]

Thanks guys yall are giving me some good ideas.

 

[badgerw]

The fewer the guns, the better

My primary gun is a Kimber Ultra Carry .45ACP in a Tucker Gunleather "The Answer" IWB holster.

I dress around the gun. Most of the time I wear dark slacks and an untucked camp shirt. The pistol disappears. Occassionally, I have to wear a coat and tie. Same rig.

If I have to go somewhere in shorts and a T-shirt (rare), then it's a S&W 642 in a pocket holster. I'm still in the process of picking out a suitable backup holster for carrying with the Kimber. May end up being an ankle rig.

Finally, on rare occassion I need to dress in such a way that neither the Kimber nor the 642 will do. That's when I carry my Colt Mustang Pocketlite in a SmartCarry.

In any case, I don't change from my primary unless I absolutely have to. None of this "what gun do I feel like carrying today?" for me. I know the limit of my skills.

I don't believe I'm capable enough to respond properly in the heat of the moment with anything but a 1911. I've been training with and carrying one for over 20 years. Hence the Mustang as a deep concealment piece. Same manual of arms, same immediate action drills, controls in the same place.

I chose the 642 as a BUG because it has the simplest controls of any J-frame. No exposed hammer, so no temptation/confusion over "should I fire single action or double?" I can shoot it with my weak (left) hand without gyrations over a safety.

The only reason I don't retire the Mustang completely in favor of the 642 is concealment. On my chubby, middle-aged body the flatness of the Mustang really helps.

YMMV one hell of a lot.

Bill

 

[Quintin Likely]

I've carried a few different pistols based on weather, dress, and my mood at the time. The vast majority of the time though, I stick with a Glock 19. My holsters do change often though, right now, it's in a Comp-Tac CTAC.

 

[Car Knocker]

One pistol, a Kimber Ultra Carry, in either a VM-2 or a pocket holster by hbeleatherworks.

 

[No_Brakes23]

What? You mean like only carrying a Glock after Labor Day?

 

[eagle45]

I have three that I carry regularly.
An XD 40 sub compact in a Don Hume JIT Slide.
An SP 101 (.357), and a Taurus 851 BUL (.38 +p) in a Don Hume JIT Slide, a Bianchi IWB, or sometimes I carry the Taurus in an Uncle Mikes pocket holster. Varies somewhat with the weather, dress and where I'm off to.

The JIT Slides work ok with the 'Buckeye tuck' we have to do in Ohio to comply with the 'in plain site' law while in a vehicle. I use an elastic thigh holster sometimes while driving. It makes the plain site part easy and I can switch to other holser before leaving the vehicle.

 

[Geno]

Agreed--depends on clothing

In winter, I carry carry anything. Come summer, options are limited. But then, loose clothing helps for more than concealment--it also helps in warm, humid weather.

Doc2005

 

[usp9]

Same gun,

different holster. Either OWB or a pocket holster 99%.

 

[ozarkhillbilly]

Either a Sig 229 .357sig or a Beretta Tomcat .32acp depends on what Iam wearing. I do sometimes carry my XD 9mm subcompact still.

 

[G.I.Bill]

90% of the time I carry a 5inch 1911 in a modular kydex holster that allows for outside the waist padle carry in winter with a jacket or inside the waist clip with hawain type shirts (or cabana boy shirts as my wife refers to them) during the summer. When wearing a not so loose t-shirt I'll carry a FIE .38derringer but I really hate that gun and would prefer a 5 shot revolver or a 380 of some sort.

 

[Still 2 Many Choices!?]

In Texas, I believe that is mandatory...

90% of the time it's the Glock 23 IWB, the other 10% of the time it's the Taurus PT-145 IWB(backed up by the Glock 23 in the car )... It gets pretty hot out here, and small-framed people like myself, have to adapt ...

Still 2 Many Choices!?

 

[Double Naught Spy]

Preferred carry is full size 1911
Second choice is CCO 1911
Last choice is Kahr PM9 - dress carry or pocket carry, but sometimes as BUG to the other guns.