What was your first legal CCW?

[firestar]

What handgun was the first gun that you carried legally with your CCW permit?

Mine was a Jenning J-22. I am ashamed to admit it but that is what I started with. I feel that I have come a long way in finding out what guns are good but I still get burned once in a while.

 

[sm]

1911 style

I carried before anyone said we needed a law to carry and we all carried something anyway back then. Clear as mud huh? Even back then I preferred to "sling enough mud"

 

[Hkmp5sd]

S&W Model 59 - 9mm

I had a 9mm before Miami Vice and the Wondernine trend.

 

[V-fib]

Ruger Sp101 .357 3" first and current

 

[David4516]

Makarov, got my CHL about 3 months ago.

 

[PawDaddy]

Mine was a three inch Charter Arms .38. My dad bought the revolver for me when I was 13 or 14 and I started carrying it when I turned 21 and got my first "pistol permit". That was 20 years ago and my dad has the CA now and I carry a 3" Taurus 85.

 

[Chupacabra]

An H&K USP 40 compact.

I've moved on to carrying a 1911 but I still pack it occasionally.

 

[Marko Kloos]

SIG P239 in 9mm...fine weapon, great carry piece.

 

[michiganfan]

Glock 17.

 

[Standing Wolf]

Colt Trooper Mark III with six-inch barrel, carried in Michigan, 1979. It was a trifle cumbersome.

 

[Bob C]

A fairly old (even then) 1911 marked "Property U.S. Government".

 

[P95Carry]

It was my (now) faithful M85 2" snub ....... which sits right now where it belongs, at 4 o'clock!!!

Since the early times tho I have added quite a bit ...... such that cooler seasons now have me choose either the P95 or more likely since i got it .. the P97.

I do like the comfort of my FEG in sho rig but ... have to confess to preferring the carry of a DA/SA .... so once the heat goes .. it's P97 all the way, in Fobus paddle.

 

[NC Shooter]

Ruger P-97.

 

[Lennyjoe]

Taurus PT100 AFS .40 cal

11 rounds in the pistol and a spare 11 rounder riding shotgun. Both stoked with Speer Gold Dot JHP in 165 Gr.

 

[cool45auto]

Ruger P95DC.

 

[jjmorgan64]

Charter arms undercover, still carry it along with a colt combat comander

 

[Zeke Menuar]

Ruger P-95.
Biggest piece of junk I have ever had the displeasure of owning. Only carried it a couple of times before I sold it.

ZM

 

[Dorian]

As of YESTERDAY when I got my permit....

I'll be switching between my USP compact .45 and my USP 9mm until i figure out the best way to carry concealed.

 

[Soap]

Full size 1911, still is my CCW today.

 

[22luvr]

Started out small.....

Beretta Model 21........(after all, I R the "22luvr")

 

[BerettaNut92]

USP45C. Ditched that and got the P7M8.

 

[Mike Irwin]

Vis P-35 Radom in 9mm.

After an incident, I bought a Charter Arms Off Duty .38, and became pretty much a revolver devotee.

 

[Johnny Guest]

Texas had a long, sad, history of not allowing legal concealed carry - -

- - -Except when traveling, hunting, etc. When I could s-t-r-e-t-c-h those parameters, I variously carried a Colt .22 Challenger, 1922 Browning .32, or a Beretta .25. Everything was necessarily deep cover concealment.

My first day-in, day-out legal concealed carry was when I became a peace officer in 1967. PPK .380 alternated with an old commercial 1911, both IWB. From there, anything I happened to fancy at the moment.

Best,
Johnny

 

[Jeeper]

Para P-13. Same thing I still carry 7 years later.

 

[OEF_VET]

Hi-Point .380. By far, not the coolest carry gun, but it was all I had at the time. Afterall, I worked at Drunken Donuts, making $6.25 an hour. Couldn't afford anything better.

Frank