Strangest or most out of place gun seen at a CCW class?

[Tom Fury]

Took my test with a Combat Commander;other guy (2 to a lane) was shooting a Beretta 92, guys next to us were shooting SIG's.

At the end, they wheeled out this older gentleman in a wheelchair, with a blanket over his lap: He throws up a 454 Casull long barrel and makes a very small single hole with it...

Cheers, TF

 

[kgpcr]

When i took my renewal class i took my ruger alaskan .454. The instructor was a guy i knew and he laughed. Everyone had to shoot it though. It was a lot of fun.

 

[-v-]

Some guy at my class came with a FN 5-7. TT33's in 7.62x25 are starting to show up more and more regularly at CCW classes around here too. I guess local thugs have started running around in flak vests or something...

 

[Guy de Loimbard]

Only two stood out to me when I took the class. An older gent brought with him a Jennings .22. He did not make it more than 2 rounds without having a jam. The other one I remember was the guy who brought a Ruger Blackhawk .44 Magnum, and used full power loads in it.

 

[Jaxinc]

I saw two desert eagle comments, I got one better.
Desert Eagle AE50 :l

Seriously? lol..................

 

[Paints]

I think a couple of people came to our class with old guns they had never fired. At least one would not work (a revolver IIRC), not even the range officers could get it to function.

 

[mordechaianiliewicz]

I don't find the TT-33 to be all that inappropriate. It is quite slim, and shoots a nice cartridge. All comments aside about it's "overpenetration" 9mm with FMJ will overpenetrate, and not too many people complain about 9mm pistols.

 

[a4hawk]

I shot mine with a Mod 36 S&W Chief's Special. When it came time for the range session of the course the young man acting as the range master commented to me as to where did I learn how to shoot like I did. I told him I had seen it on the television. Kidding aside, being a retired Police Officer in my state I'm not required to attend a CCW permit class but I figure the more info you have and more legal paper work you carry is always best if it should ever come to the point of useing the firearm to protect yourself or someone else. As to the 1 7/8" Mod.36, I feel comfortable with the self defense ammo available on the market today. Also since most confrontations take place between 3 5 and 7 yards the gun will do it's job if I do mine.

 

[OldCavSoldier]

Took my first CCW proficiency test with an S&W M28 with a 6-inch barrel. (It was the only pistol I owned at the time, and, yes, it did conceal quite nicely in my Bianchi shoulder rig, while wearing cool and cold weather clothing.) After about 1977, all my proficiency tests were taken with a Colt Combat Commander.

The "waaaay coolest" handgun I have seen brought to a CCW proficiency class was a mint (yes, NIB, zero rounds ever fired from it) Colt Python with a 4 inch barrel that the 20-something year old fellow attending the class had inherited from his grandfather. He also brought some vintage FBI load ammunition in the original boxes. The other fellows in the course did manage to convince him to not shoot the ammo (due to its being so rare and valuable), and gave him .38SPL to use to qualify with. This was after he convinced everybody that he really did want to shoot the Python...even though it was worth north of about $1500. The kid was a natural...after only about two cylinders, his groups double action were silver-dollar size at 7 yards and smaller closer in.

 

[Evil One]

But not everyone can or should. When my wife decided she needed to carry, I took her shopping. She asked why she couldn't just use one of my guns (all I have suitable for carry is 1911s). Other than they are MINE, she didn't have the experience. Bought her a Glock and she is content.

OR... you could have taught her to use and carry a 1911.
I know... bold concept...
Nevermind...



Jim

 

[TehK1w1]

At my CHL class, one of the guys brought a WW1 vintage 1911, (with a half-box of similar-vintage ammo) and proceeded to show everyone there that he had no business owning, much less carrying it.

 

[Erik M]

A scoped .44 magnum. The target was 21 feet away.

 

[wrs840]

My Dad's POS .380 that jammed every-other shot.

Dad and two of my brothers and I did our CCW training at the same time. One brother with a 1911, one with a 92F, me with a BHP. The instructor was pleased with those and commented as such. On the five shot string I put two in the chest and three in the head of the silhouette. The instructor turned around laughing and asked if I "did that on purpose". I stammered.... uh... Yeah!

I still have that target. The instructor wrote encouraging words of kudos on it with a big Sharpie. It was luck. I'm honestly not that good of a shot.

Les

 

[Glock Holiday]

$3600 Wilson Custom 1911 (I asked him) and a $88 dollar Jennings (just guessing what she paid) in the lanes to my left and right respectively.

Wilson ran like a top and Jennings .22 jammed ever two or three rounds.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

A little .22 pocket pistol, make unknown. It seldom fired more than two consecutive shots. Under AZ's very generous time limit, he managed to qualify with the thing, but I overheard the instructor advise him to get a better gun.

 

[jad0110]

Kinda rattles you when you here a round go off after the "CEASE FIRE".

Trust me, you'd be even more rattled if that shot fired after the cease fire struck the person's foot who shot it - standing 2 feet from you. Ask me how I know this.

 

[Airburst]

Ruger single action in 44 mag.

 

[Borch]

Bushmaster AR pistol with 3 20 round mags and an EO Tech holosight. The guy had a custom shoulder rig made for it. The gun rode under his firing hand on a retractable leash with the spare mags under his weak arm riding just above waist height.

According to him that was his intended primary EDC, he also mentioned that he planned on carrying a Glock 22 with 3 mags on his hip as a "back up gun."

He was very tacticool, right down to the "tactical vest" with 2,000 thousand pockets that absolutely screamed, "I'm carrying a gun of some kind under here!"

 

[UpTheIrons]

OR... you could have taught her to use and carry a 1911.
I know... bold concept...
Nevermind...



Jim

Yes. This.

My wife took to the 1911 platfrom like a duck to water. She still will not pick up a .38 snub unless she has to.She only shoots the revo because I make her stay up on it since it is the bedside gun. She'd much rather shoot (and carry) a 1911. Plus, she shoots better than me with it.

 

[Zundfolge]

At my CCW class we were told "absolutely no magnums", the idea being that they were too disruptive to the other students (especially beginners).

Nothing real odd in the class ... one older lady in the class brought in a beautifully engraved 1st Edition Detective Special sporting vintage ivory stocks (and she shot pretty well with it too).

 

[Cactus Jack Arizona]

There was an older gent that I watched struggle with an ever-jamming Kel-Tec. Every two or three rounds he'd have to fiddle with the slide. Also, there was a middle-aged woman who bought a cheap jam-o-matic .22 semi. That pistol didn't cut it and she had to be given a loaner.

 

[welldoya]

I qualified with my Ruger MKll bull barrel .22 just because I wanted to do well and I shoot it better than any handgun I own.

 

[Mp7]

This is funny!

can someone photoshop a sign
for CCW classes:

NO NAGANTS - NO KRINKS (please.)


heck if in KY anything goes ...
.. i´d bring a full dozen identical
.45 muzzleloader pistols
(wearing a cylinder and all ...)

 

[Silent Bob]

Not a Concealed carry class, but I once saw a security guard of some sort (may have been an armored car guard) carrying a Tokarev in what looked like a Uncle Mike's nylon holster. This was back in the '90s, the Toks are decent guns but not what I would think of as a modern duty gun (probably all the guy could afford on a security guard's wage, I highly doubt the company issued it to him)

At my CHL class, an older man in a wheel chair brought some sort of high-end, tightly-fitted 1911 that he had not shot yet and was not broke in; it malfunctioned every few rounds and irritated the instructor (he also managed to shoot the target of the person next to him). The instructor made a point out of it to tell us to make sure that our guns were properly broke in before relying on them for personal defense.

 

[isp2605]

1914 Mauser in 7.65. His dad had brought it back from WWII.