Sean85746
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I was reading the latest issue of HANDGUNS. My wife got me a subscription to the giant advertisement...I prefer AMERICAN HANDGUNNER, but heck...it is still a gun mag.
Anyway, Walt Rauch...about the only good thing left in HANDGUNS was talking about how we, as gun toters, talk .45, shoot 9mm, and carry a .38 snubby.
I realized I am guilty of that too.
I LOVE my 1911's, but stopped carrying them because they weigh a ton, and dagummit, Glocks are lighter, and reliable, and accurate, and add your own reasons here. My carry gun, as of late, is a Glock 37 in .45GAP. It is lighter, and more concealable than my Glock 21 or even my Glock 30, and it is still a .45.
BUT...that being said....I shoot it, but not nearly as much as I shoot one of my 9mm Glocks. I rationalize that by saying...well, ammo is dirt cheap for the 9, and it is basically the same gun...etc.
Now, move right along to this evening. My wife sent me to the local Safeway for some last minute grocery items.
So, I went to the bedroom to change from sweats to my street clothes. Sweatshirt, denim shorts, sneakers....you know...the Friday night, i want to be comfy clothes.
As I was slipping my belt into the belt loops, I just grabbed my old Smith Model 37 Airweight .38 Snubby, and an HKS speedloader full of CorBon 110gr jhps. I slipped on the Galco paddle, dropped the HKS into my left pocket, and was out the door.
Now, bear in mind...My Glock 37, and Glock 22 were both in the little safe I keep my most-often-carried carry guns in. Both were loaded, in a paddle holster, right NEXT to the .38.
It would have required no more effort to grab either of the Glocks, and a spare mag, than it did for me to grab the little Smith wheelie and the speedloader.
Then I looked back over the last couple of trips I made out of the house. If I was going into Phoenix proper, I carried the Glock 37, and a pair of spares. When I went from Tempe, where I live, to Avondale where the Mom In Law lives...knowing I would be going to WalMart, I also packed the Glock. When I went to Quik Trip up the street for a gallon of milk, and a powerball ticket...I slipped the snubby into the pocket of my jeans.
It seems the only time I even carry one of my 1911's or a Hi Power anymore is if I am going out of town (Don't ask me why), or if I am going to specifically shoot one of those.
That daggum .38 sure follows me around a lot. And to think, I keep calling it a back-up gun.
Makes ya wonder.
Is Walt Rauch and I the only two guys guilty of this?
Anyway, Walt Rauch...about the only good thing left in HANDGUNS was talking about how we, as gun toters, talk .45, shoot 9mm, and carry a .38 snubby.
I realized I am guilty of that too.
I LOVE my 1911's, but stopped carrying them because they weigh a ton, and dagummit, Glocks are lighter, and reliable, and accurate, and add your own reasons here. My carry gun, as of late, is a Glock 37 in .45GAP. It is lighter, and more concealable than my Glock 21 or even my Glock 30, and it is still a .45.
BUT...that being said....I shoot it, but not nearly as much as I shoot one of my 9mm Glocks. I rationalize that by saying...well, ammo is dirt cheap for the 9, and it is basically the same gun...etc.
Now, move right along to this evening. My wife sent me to the local Safeway for some last minute grocery items.
So, I went to the bedroom to change from sweats to my street clothes. Sweatshirt, denim shorts, sneakers....you know...the Friday night, i want to be comfy clothes.
As I was slipping my belt into the belt loops, I just grabbed my old Smith Model 37 Airweight .38 Snubby, and an HKS speedloader full of CorBon 110gr jhps. I slipped on the Galco paddle, dropped the HKS into my left pocket, and was out the door.
Now, bear in mind...My Glock 37, and Glock 22 were both in the little safe I keep my most-often-carried carry guns in. Both were loaded, in a paddle holster, right NEXT to the .38.
It would have required no more effort to grab either of the Glocks, and a spare mag, than it did for me to grab the little Smith wheelie and the speedloader.
Then I looked back over the last couple of trips I made out of the house. If I was going into Phoenix proper, I carried the Glock 37, and a pair of spares. When I went from Tempe, where I live, to Avondale where the Mom In Law lives...knowing I would be going to WalMart, I also packed the Glock. When I went to Quik Trip up the street for a gallon of milk, and a powerball ticket...I slipped the snubby into the pocket of my jeans.
It seems the only time I even carry one of my 1911's or a Hi Power anymore is if I am going out of town (Don't ask me why), or if I am going to specifically shoot one of those.
That daggum .38 sure follows me around a lot. And to think, I keep calling it a back-up gun.
Makes ya wonder.
Is Walt Rauch and I the only two guys guilty of this?
