Is your CCW the same as your HD gun?

[James NM]

My CCW (9mm or 40 S&W) always becomes my night stand gun, and thus my first HD gun. Given enough time, the 12 gauge well hidden in the house becomes my HD gun. Given enough time to access the safe, the black guns come out to play.

I guess I'm too lazy to take guns out of the safe every night and then put them up every morning.

But I do have two extra layers of security:
1). A Chihuahua for early warning detection, and
2). A very aggressive and protective 60 Lb mixed breed.

Except for the most professional home invaders, I think I'm in good shape.

 

[Cougfan2]

Sometimes. My Springer .45 is my usual HD gun and I mostly carry my Sig P232 .380. I do sometimes carry the Springer when I am wearing a coat that helps conceal it better.

 

[AZ_Rebel]

Like quite a few replies my CCW and HD guns are different - a 1911 .45ACP for CCW, a Rem 870 12Ga and a Win 94 .30-30 GPR for HD. Jeff Cooper told us that - given options - you never "go get" your pistol. You "go get" a better weapon. A handgun's main forte is its size and the ability to be with you at all times, but at the expense of stopping power, control and accuracy. A HD gun should be chosen on where and how you live. Short ranges to 20 yds and thin walls would indicate a shotgun with #7 1/2birdshot. Medium Ranges to 75yds could indicate 00 Buck or Slug. Longer ranges would call for a rifle. For most purposes - and a number of previous posts agree - the Shotgun is best suited as a HD weapon. It is (relatively) cheap, easily obtainable, great variety of ammunition choices, fast and has stopping power second to none.

 

[Jkwas]

I use a Keltec for CCW and a 357 snub for the night stand.

 

[wally]

Need a third option. The bedside handgun is just to give me piece of mind on the way to the 12ga. Usually its a full sized .45ACP 1911 or XD45 with laser, but if I'm home late or too lazy to open the safe, my CCW will do.

--wally.

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

Since I just bought a small CCW-specific gun, I said they were different. Right now, the new gun is not ready to rely on for carry yet, so one of my guns does CCW and HD.

 

[420Stainless]

Only if I didn't have time to get to the shotgun.

 

[Zeke Menuar]

Nope

AR-15 for HD. XD45 Service or LW Commander for carry.

ZM

 

[elkhuntingfool]

Same for me PT145. Goes from my pants to the shelf

 

[Landlocked Pirate]

Glock 17 and Taurus five-shot .357 for carry, S&W models 66 and 65 stashed around the house to supplement the 870 for HD (although they're all excellent carry guns).

 

[Anna's Dad]

I pocket carry a Kel-Tec P-32. I think that it is obvious why that isn't my HD gun.

I don't carry a larger gun as I wear shorts and a t-shirt pretty much every day and find anything other than pocket carry to be very uncomfortable.

There have been a couple of rare occasions where I have carried a larger gun (M&P 9mm or Ruger P345) but its very unusual. The Ruger is my HD gun, BTW.

 

[texas bulldog]

i use a 2.25" SP101 for carry, as i can conceal it with almost any of my normal clothing choices.

at home, i don't have to worry about concealment, so i have a 12 gauge coach gun next to the bed. this may eventually get replaced by a pump action for increased capacity. but for now, i use what i have.

i also have another .357 magnum loaded for backup, but again i opt for a larger weapon than my carry piece. i keep a 6" S&W 586 within arm's reach. the grip is more comfortable, it carries an extra round, and i am a bit more accurate with it than the ruger.

 

[revjen45]

Mr. Steyr has grown to my body. Other things are available if needed and I can get to them. A handgun is for fighting your way to your long gun.

 

[Ala Dan]

I chose "different", as normally I carry a 3" Kimber Stainless Ultra Carry, backed by a KEL-TEC P3AT .380 or a Seecamp LWS-32.

Home D' is either a West German SIG -SAUER .45 caliber P220A, or an XD-F
.45 ACP (service model) from Springfield Armory. The Springer is equipped
with Tru-Glo TFO sights, and a Streamlight TLR-1.

 

[jaholder1971]

My HD gun is my late father's S&W Model 65 3" barrel loaded with Remington 125 grain JHP's. It was my father's carry piece when he was a Topeka PD Sergeant. It and the original Roy Baker Pancake holster Dad used are now in semi-retirement pulling home security duty.

 

[ironvic]

I carry a Smith & Wesson 686 Plus with 2 1/2" barrel and extra rounds in a Bianchi Speed Strip. For HD, I use a SIG P-226 in 9mm. There's also a short barrelled Remington 870 (very nice police trade-in) lurking nearby, but the SIG usually gets the nod at home.

 

[Phydeaux642]

I carry a S&W 642 and put it in the nightstand when I go to bed.

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"Phydeaux, bad dog....no biscuit!"

 

[swingpress]

My CCW is most often a snubby. When I'm not working I sometimes carry something bigger.

For the first line of home defense I most often keep one of the .45s I use in competition nearby. Since I use them often, I am quite comfortable with both of them. One of these is modified enough to raise eyebrows if it were ever to be examined, but I feel on pretty safe turf with it inside my home. I would hate to loose it to an evidence locker, but if it's the most likely candidate to stop a threat, so be it.

If an assault lasts long enough, I'll be fetching the loaded 870 from the safe in my bedroom.

 

[yongxingfreesty]

carry: g27/642
hd:glock 17

 

[VHinch]

They didn't used to be, but now that I have a child around the house I have made a change. Now all the firearms are secured except mine and wife's carry guns. At bed time CCW goes to nightstand then back in the holster in the morning.

 

[Geno]

In terms of the CCW pistols, and day-time pistols, yes. But at night, I also take out the Rem 870 Tactical to keep at hand. That is the primary HD weapon at night, and the CCW/HD pistols then take second seat.

 

[Tifosi]

CCW - depends on season and attire either S&W 340PD .357
or Sig P239SAS .40

HD - keep a Kimber 5" 1911, cocked and locked in the nightstand.

 

[Glockman30]

CCW-Keltec p3at and a Glock 27
HD-Glock 30 in my bedside stand to use while I am on my way to the closet for the Remington 870 loaded with buckshot.

 

[Autolycus]

The shotgun is my home defense weapon. I cant CCW here but if I could it would be an HK P2000sk or a Sig 228.

 

[Walkalong]

Pistol, yes, but I also have a loaded Mini 14 ready to go.