What is your primary carry pistol...Why?

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Rossi model 461 snubnose .357 magnum
nothing can beat a revolver for reliability.

i always conceal and carry
inside the pants holster.

"my wallet? sure, let me reach back and get it for you"
 
Currently I carry a Taurus 24/7 C. It's a great little pistol - has a light, very smooth trigger pull, and important for me it has an external safety, so I feel comfortable with it however I carry. It's versatile so If I carry in my bag I keep the 17 round mag in, on the body I switch to the 13 round and use whichever one is not loaded as a secondary.

I've put over 500 rounds of all types of target and self defense loads through it and have never had a failure of any sort.
 
Primary is a relative term, meaning different things in different contexts. I have one of my SP101 .357 snubbies with me virtually all the time, but the snub is not always the largest weapon at hand, nor the one I would prefer to use in a fight. I wear a badge issued by an agency that has us buy our own duty pistols, which must be certain double-action autos chambered in .40 S&W. My current choice is the SIG P229 with the DAK trigger system, so at work, and much of the time when not at work, I would be reaching for a P229 rather than the snubby in most scenarios.

Both on and off the job, I may have one of my longer-barreled .357 sixguns with me, and at longer range, I shoot such weapons better than the snub or the P229. A few bad guys have looked up the barrel of one of my GP100 sixguns, while the duty auto remained in the duty holster, especially when my duty auto was a Glock. (I sold the Glocks after making the switch to SIGs, as I was never able to shoot a Glock as well as a 1911, sixgun, or SIG.)

So, any of these weapons could be "primary" at a given moment in time. Notably, all of these weapons point well for me; there is no need for me to switch operational modes; just point weapon and start stroking a DA trigger.

The wild card is a Les Baer Thunder Ranch Special, which I still shoot on occasion, and can shoot accurately, but with its different trigger system, I no longer carry it where it will be the normal "go-to" weapon in a grab-and-shoot situation. For a while I was an all-1911 guy, and those days could return after I retire.
 
I primaraly carry either a CA bulldog Pug DAO 44 sp or a S&W M&P 340.I pocket carry. and mostly cause I live most of my life in a very low risk manner.
 
I carry a S&W MP 340 mainly for pocket carry and light weight. The simplicity of a revolver is a big plus for me to.
 
Kel-tec P11. It was very reasonably priced, I have modded it for reliability, and I trust it. I have only had two failures out of over 1000 rounds shot - the first shot I fired (I limp-wristed it) and when the ejector broke, which I replaced.

I like the belt-clip, I like the weight, it points well for me, conceals great (I can conceal in gym shorts and a tank top), and I like 11 rounds of 9mm +P+ at my disposal.

If I didn't carry this I'd probably carry a 6-shot 357 of some flavor, perhaps a Ruger, but that was more expensive and would have taken longer to get and it also doesn't hold as much or reload as easily. I think this gun is as reliable as that one barring ammo failure. The Kel-tecs are really good little guns, and it's a perfect fit for me.

BTW, I'm 6'1 and I don't think the smaller Kel-tecs (namely the PF-9) would fit/shoot well at all for me.
 
Springfield XD 40 Service (4")

My XD is very comfortable in my hand, carries 13 (12 + 1), has a great grip angle and a grip safety, loaded chamber indicator and is 100% reliable.
 
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