What Caliber are you carrying

[gym]

What are members carrying these days. Have you increased your firepower due to recent events? Extra mags, perhaps a spare or backup pistol? Is it time to put away the bugs and carry heavy if possible?

 

[LT1coupe]

.40, no bug

 

[okespe04]

I mostly carry a .380 ruger lcp, some days I will pack the 9mm g19 too.

 

[psyopspec]

Have you increased your firepower due to recent events?

Yep. Deployment.

Beretta 92 with four magazines (three 17 rounders, one 15 round mag).

Colt M-4 with 8 PMAGS @ 30 rounds each.

Fixed blade, folding blade, Gerber tool.

Truck with more ammo, guns, and trigger-pullers in it.

 

[InkEd]

Depends on which gun I carry. Usually 9mm, .38spl or .380auto

Don't care for .45 great round but FOR ME it requires a heavier gun than I like to carry all day. I like my carry guns to be really lightweight. As in under a
pound unloaded. Plus even with a full size pistol I find I can place 2 or 3 shot accurately with these caliber in the time it takes me to do 2 from a .45 because of recoil.

.40 is okay recoil seems less than .45 BUT it seems to create more muzzle flip than actual straightback recoil. Maybe it's my imagination? Whatever.

I like to have reload as well depending on what I am doing that day.

 

[Rio Laxas]

10mm, .357 mag, or .44 mag depending on where I am at.

 

[walker944]

I carry a 9mm or .380 depending on the situation and attire. No BUG, no spare mags.

 

[ljnowell]

Officers model 1911, 45acp. One extra mag, total of 14 rounds with the one in the chamber.

 

[Shovelhead]

.45 or 9mm
Colt Lightweight Commander or S-A EMP
One spare mag

No BUG

 

[Badlander]

Full size 1911 on weekends S&W 640 .357 workdays.
Same as always. When I retire I will retire the .357.

 

[colorado_handgunner]

.40 with 10 rounds, one spare 9 round mag

 

[Dain Bramage]

9x18mm or .32 Mag in the city. .357 Mag or .44 Mag in the woods.

 

[Dallas Jack]

.380 ACP, 9mm, 40 S&W, and .45 ACP
Dallas Jack

 

[jem375]

Springfield Ultra Compact in 45ACP majority of the time, CZ PO1 9MM the rest..

 

[markallen]

1911 Government, with two eight round spare mags, 95% of the time.
If I have to be discreet I'll carry my Ruger SP101 .357 mag in my pocket with two speed strips reloads.

 

[DirtyHarry31]

Around my neck of the woods I use a S&W M&P 360 in 357 mag. Use Speer 136 gr Gold Dot Hollow Points, 38+P. I can carry loose rounds in a parts bag should I feel the need for more but 98.9% not. But with the situations going on now sometimes I would switch to my Springfield XDm 9mm. With a 19 round clip plus one in the chamber makes 20 rounds. If I ever needed to go heavy I have (4) more 19 round mags in their belt holsters, with a loaded mag in the gun & one for the chamber leaves me with 97 rounds should it ever get that bad. Lord I hate to think this way, but "CYA" should that time ever arise! It's my only 9mm but it is an awful lot of fun to shoot. Doesn't seem to run out of ammo when your plinking and about a cheap of a centerfire to shoot. Practice! Absolute Key to successful defense.

 

[charliehustle10]

.38 special +p, 9mm, .40 s&w...reloads are overrated.

 

[Black Knight]

I carry 38 Special, 9MM, 357 Mag, 40 S&W, or 45 ACP when off duty. While on the job I am issued a Beretta 92FS (M9) with FMJ ammo. The gun is fine the ammo leaves alot to be desired.

 

[essayons21]

Haven't increased any. .45 ACP 1911, with one extra magazine. .380 Kel-tec when I absolutely can't conceal the 1911. Sometimes I leave the .380 in my pants when I switch to the 1911, so it becomes a BUG.

 

[WoofersInc]

1911 with 2 spare mags. Pretty much what I have been carrying since I started to carry.

 

[Nugilum]

Springfield GI 1911. No BUG. For about 6 years now...

 

[Randy47360]

Depending on the weather, most of the time I carry a 45 with a 380 as the bug.

Randy

 

[NMGonzo]

.45 today.

Depends how I dress.

 

[frankiestoys]

.357 gold dot

 

[Andrew33]

.45 Colt in an Alaskan.