Been way too long since I posted to this thread. I mentioned elsewhere that I'm re-evaling my daily CCW choice. I have a wide variety of options on hand and really haven't given some of them an honest work out to see what the plusses and minuses are.
Since I was heading to my mother's for the 4th of July for a week of R&R I decided to dig deep into the safe and pull out one of those long-forgotten acquisitions I made some years back. Mom has black bear somewhat routinely coming onto her property to raid the fruit trees and since I was tenting in the front yard I chose the Dan Wesson Heritage with Crimson Trace grips. Friend of mine was the original owner. He put one box of Hornady through it and decided to go another way. He ended up with an EMP in .40 S&W and I ended up with the DW Heritage, high quality leather shoulder and belt holsters, 6 mags total and some ammo for $1200. I was happy with that deal.
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What it was loaded with during the trip:
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Each day I would drive about 3 miles from her place, let the girls out and walk 3-4 + miles on some very secluded trails the state kept somewhat cleared for cross country skiing. I've been going to this same spot for years and have never met another person there.
In the foreground is a 'purebred' blue heeler corgi crossbreed. Very popular in parts of Idaho with folks that have livestock. Ahead of her is an AKC registered Pembroke Corgi (the smaller of the two Corgi breeds). Most folks don't know that Corgi's are actually working dogs meant to heard cattle and sheep and make great backcountry/woods trail companions.
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The DW carried well on the right hip in the Blackhawk Italian made leather holster and there's a definite difference in weight between it and the .327FM SP101 I normally have on. The DW would also require more effort to conceal appropriately. I will probably have to look at a Commander sized option. Might head to the range tomorrow and possibly get reacquainted with the DW's recoil and general shooting characteristics.