Winter Begins Today. Does the Winter Change Your Gun Selection Habits?

[wally]

Around here its still 70+ degrees and T-shirt weather, we don't have enough "heavy coat" weather to be worth the testing and practice with a larger gun for carry in such times.

 

[threefeathers]

Yes, In AZ I wear shorts much of the time during the summer, in the winter I wear long pants and can use an ankle holster.

 

[Red Wind]

Thank you all for the comments! I'm impressed and learning a lot. We cannot be in Margaritiville all the time! Going to Vermont for a few weeks in March.



The Keys at sunset.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

No, same handgun year-round.

Just a note, Constitutional carry is practiced in Vermont. No permit is required to carry a gun concealed or open carry and they don't distinguish between residents and non-residents.

Too bad Vermont and Alaska are so cold all the time or I would move there!

 

[Red Cent]

I don't want to think which I should pick up, a spoon or a fork. Same gun, same operation, same sights, same grip. Subconscious.

 

[Robert]

I am carrying the same sidearm I have carried for the last year. I carry my issued service weapon, a G22.

 

[WestKentucky]

Yes, with not so much difference, but a whole bunch of difference. Warm weather carry is a j frame 32 or j frame clone. Cold weather carry is a 6 inch 44 mag with lightish loads under a cast 200 gr HP. Same manual of arms, same number of rounds, a sure bet that it will poke through a heavy coat.

I also carry my m9 occasionally but rarely.

 

[Twiki357]

I sure do change with the seasons. In the summer it’s a two inch model 37-2 in my pocket and in the winter it’s a three inch model 37 no-dash OWB with a cover garment.

 

[gp911]

I like to pocket carry in my winter coat, so when it's that cold out I start carrying that way on occasion instead of IWB and I stick to wadcutters or ball ammo if it's really frigid and everybody has twenty layers on. Not saying it's the only way to fly, just what I do.

 

[TestPilot]

My pistol evaluation, or any gun for that matter, go through numerous considerations.

If it was not good enough for winder, I would not be carrying it in the summer either.

 

[Tallball]

North Central Texas has long hot summers and colder winters than you would expect.

Summer - small 380

Fall and Spring - snub 38

Winter - snub 44

 

[Zaydok Allen]

No....

 

[jimbo555]

I have no problem carrying a 380 with fmj all year round. Penetration through heavy clothing is not a problem for 380fmj.

 

[Old Dog]

Same handgun(s). Simply another layer or two of covering garments. Since my job requires me to dress like a grown-up and I can't wear shorts and t-shirts everyday (I would if I could), I'll stick with full-size pistols ...

 

[KenB22]

...a sure bet that it will poke through a heavy coat.

You do realize that hollow point bullets go though sheet metal and auto glass and still get 12" penetration in gel.

I can't believe that a winter coat will stop a bullet. If anything, it may clog a non-robust expanding HP and cause further penetration.

 

[Phaedrus/69]

I do indeed change my CCW sidearm with the seasons. Although OC is legal here in SD I have never one time seen anyone OC except for LE/security or hunters in the field. Okay, the staff at a couple local guns stores carry in the store. At any rate, the first C in CCW stands for concealed! It's not uncommon for summer temps here to run into the low 100's and here in the east it's always very humid. In the hottest weather it's not easy to hide an HK USPf9 or P30S without printing. And if I do cover it up with baggier/longer/more clothing the extra area of the holster gets a little hot.

Maybe this is a lame excuse and I should just 'nut up' and deal with it. But normally I switch to my LCR or Nano when it's really hot. Probably when summer rolls around again I'll try carrying my HK USPc 9mm. I didn't get the holster for it in time to get much CCW time before it started getting cooler.

I don't have a situation where I carry an unfamiliar gun four times a year! All my CCW guns get regular range trips and practice sessions at home. I focus on the gun I plan to carry to reinforce good habits.

 

[Onmilo]

I wear a nice winter jacket with a large stash pocket on the left side.
This means one of the .45s goes along more often than not.

 

[Peter M. Eick]

No. Just my options on where to put it increased with the cold weather. I still normally IWB it though. Just to keep the habit up.

 

[NOMI WASP]

Summer Taurus PT709 (and when I'm lazy), Pocket Holster

Winter/Fall Glock 19 Gen 3 OWB holster

If I'm going someone where sketchy I'll opt for the Glock but that darn 709 is sooo comfortable to carry. Wish it held more rounds and mags were cheaper.

 

[Fiv3r]

Not really, but I may add a bigger gun to the rotation. About the only time I carry a smaller gun is in the summer when my work requirements mean that it has to be 100% invisible.

Spring and fall I'll usually carry an sp101 owb as well as a little .380. In the winter I'll switch to a full size high capacity high capacity 9mm and keep a .380 in my pocket.

 

[Barry the Bear]

Sure, I go from Hollow Points to Semi-wadcutters.

 

[Sauer Grapes]

Weather will change things for me. I never OC in the winter....

 

[420Stainless]

If cold enough for a decent cover garment I'll don my Combat Commander. Don't like to carry it IWB, and don't like wearing long clothes when warm, but if below 60F I put on the OWB and go with it.

 

[S&W620]

Sure.

I'll carry a full size pistol that is harder to conceal in the summer under a properly fitting t shirt.

Maybe I'll carry owb if I'm hiking with the family.

That's about it.

 

[Warp]

I carry a Glock 19 more often than a Glock 26 less often.

PS: There is no good reason to stop carrying your JHPs.