Do you shoot your carry gun?

[mkthegrassgrow]

How often do you shoot and train with the gun you regularly carry? That is if you truly carry every day.

I see a lot of guns in the classifieds that will have a description along the lines of, "Carried for X amount of time but has seen very little rounds." Shouldn't it be the gun you have the most rounds through? Or am I the odd ball out on this one.....

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[Joe13]

It's the rare day that I am not carrying.

My most carried gun has around 1000 rounds thru it if my count has been about accurate.

It is a get off me gun or very short distance 9mm and I can shoot it minute of chest out to 20-30 feet. I do not practice with it much any more but every now and then to cycle the ammo that has been sitting in it.


My full size guns that I CC on the occasions I feel I may need more then 10 rounds, I have shot so much that I lost count and can comfortably head shot at 20-30 feet every time I shoot them, regardless of the amount of time that has passed.



I've been shooting since I was 4years old with a Ruger Standard .22 (MK1 now) and S&W 39 9mm. Yes, both of them since the age of 4, I'm not boasting or want any internet clout.

Lots of people out shoot me at my range so I'm not even claiming to be competition good, but I generally hit what I pull the trigger at and can do it with pretty much every platform I pick up.







Long answer shorter, some people have a ton of experience and if they have put whatever rounds through a new gun and are satisfied with the results and reliability then they may not need to practice every weekend to be a responsible CC person.

Heck, they may have the same platform that they are keeping and not selling and that one gets the range days.


If they are not the above then I would expect that a monthly range trip with say 50+ rounds should be fine for anyone that has developed reasonable ability with said gun.


But people that flip guns on here are most often fitting into the previous group so it doesn't seem weird to me.

 

[MTpockets]

Edit to add: Carry when I want to, shoot them as much as I want to, and rarely care how many bullets others have shot from their firearms.

 

[oremike]

I do carry every day and do shoot my carry gun(a 357 Sig Shield) a magazine or two probably once a month. I have what some would say is a bunch of guns and do try to shoot some every week. This week looks to be 44 Mag, 45 acp and 380 acp just cuz' 'merica.

 

[mkthegrassgrow]

In no way I am saying there should be a "Standard" or some qualification to carry. I stand firm against that. I'm just curious as to how much time people spend behind their carry gun. I just recently got in with Tri-County and you have to qualify with a Glock 44 (.22LR) and a .22LR rifle as well at about 50ish feet on a 8x11 piece of paper. While sitting in the class before going in and shooting I overheard a group of guys discussing what guns they carry and what's the best Blah, Blah, etc. and how easy the qualification would be. I'd say it was a group of about 5 and out of those 3 of them failed the qual and had to stay back for remediation. Maybe they were all talk and had never shot or didn't really carry. I have no way of knowing.

 

[Certaindeaf]

In no way I am saying there should be a "Standard" or some qualification to carry. I stand firm against that. I'm just curious as to how much time people spend behind their carry gun. I just recently got in with Tri-County and you have to qualify with a Glock 44 (.22LR) and a .22LR rifle as well at about 50ish feet on a 8x11 piece of paper. While sitting in the class before going in and shooting I overheard a group of guys discussing what guns they carry and what's the best Blah, Blah, etc. and how easy the qualification would be. I'd say it was a group of about 5 and out of those 3 of them failed the qual and had to stay back for remediation. Maybe they were all talk and had never shot or didn't really carry. I have no way of knowing.

If you woulda sniffed their choads you probably coulda figured what they had for breakfast. Next time!

 

[mkthegrassgrow]

If you woulda sniffed their choads you probably coulda figured what they had for breakfast. Next time!

No need. A few of them had "plenty" of whatever they ate that morning as well as their entire life. You should be able to shoot if you can't run. Lol.

 

[Member 45541]

Or am I the odd ball out on this one.....

No, I'd say they are the odd ones.

 

[MTpockets]

If you woulda sniffed ......

"Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?" ~ Oddball

In no way I am saying there should be a "Standard" or some qualification to carry. I stand firm against that.

Fortunately, there haven't been any nationally codified "standards"…yet. Everyone has unique skills and requirements when it comes to self-defense, and I wouldn't want someone else making those choices for me.
My answer could be summed up from one of my previous posts... Reinforce good habits and check your equipment...formal training or impromptu.

Criteria for accuracy in a concealed build gun

Start at the nuts and ride the recoil up the sternum C’mon man, spill your guts!

www.northwestfirearms.com

"Papa Pockets used to stop on our way back from town and he would let me shoot the Coca-Cola can that he emptied on the drive back to Castello di Tasche vuote. The can shooting activity was always similar, but the environment would change... sometimes it was in the rain, the sun or in the snow...sometimes in the bright sun or lit dimly by the headlights of the vehicle.

I assumed it was for fun, but maybe he was actually trying to teach me something. If either, or both...I have to think that the impromptu range training was a positive thing."​

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

How often do you shoot and train with the gun you regularly carry? That is if you truly carry every day.

I see a lot of guns in the classifieds that will have a description along the lines of, "Carried for X amount of time but has seen very little rounds." Shouldn't it be the gun you have the most rounds through? Or am I the odd ball out on this one.....

JMHO, but to me, ads like that read:

"Carried for X amount of time but has seen very little rounds because I have decided I really don't like shooting it and/or I can't hit anything with it."

 

[nammac]

If I'm carrying it, I'm exercising it. Gotta have confidence in what you carry and need to be accurate with what you carry. Those things are only achieved with practice.

I'm typically carrying a Smith 642 or Sig P365. Other than a G19 that served as carry for many a year, they are my most exercised handguns.

Gotta be able to "call the shot" when ya pull the trigger cause ya own each round unleashed.

 

[Nosferatu]

Nope. I carry my shootin' gun.

 

[Kruel J]

IMO the gun one carries should be the one they shoot the most/best. It seems a trend to try and find the smallest lightest EDC but if you can't shoot it worth a sh1t how are you going to trust your life to it?

 

[Member 45541]

IMO the gun one carries should be the one they shoot the most/best. It seems a trend to try and find the smallest lightest EDC but if you can't shoot it worth a sh1t how are you going to trust your life to it?

Truest statement of the month right here!

 

[Joe13]

IMO the gun one carries should be the one they shoot the most/best. It seems a trend to try and find the smallest lightest EDC but if you can't shoot it worth a sh1t how are you going to trust your life to it?

I agree on paper.

The little SCCY I carry generally is not meant for anything closer then almost point blank range.

It's a decent 9mm, holds 10+1, trigger is stiff as it gets but the faster I fire it the tighter the groups, it has eaten every brand and type of ammo I have run it thru and if it is confiscated or stolen from a lock box in my vehicle it is something that I probably wouldn't replace with any urgency.

When I go places where there is a higher risk of someone ultimately forcing me to draw my CC then I take a full size gun that I am not only extremely proficient with but has at least a 17 round mag in it.

If I didn't have the SCCY then I would bring something more expensive but after stumbling onto it and running a lot of ammo thru it, it just fits my needs for a sub compact gun that I can shoot with XXL hands as well as the other reasons above.

 

[Kruel J]

I agree on paper.

The little SCCY I carry generally is not meant for anything closer then almost point blank range.

It's a decent 9mm, holds 10+1, trigger is stiff as it gets but the faster I fire it the tighter the groups, it has eaten every brand and type of ammo I have run it thru and if it is confiscated or stolen from a lock box in my vehicle it is something that I probably wouldn't replace with any urgency.

When I go places where there is a higher risk of someone ultimately forcing me to draw my CC then I take a full size gun that I am not only extremely proficient with but has at least a 17 round mag in it.

If I didn't have the SCCY then I would bring something more expensive but after stumbling onto it and running a lot of ammo thru it, it just fits my needs for a sub compact gun that I can shoot with XXL hands as well as the other reasons above.

If you shoot it well that's all that matters.

 

[deadeye]

If you shoot it well that's all that matters.

That's what she said...........

 

[OrPackrat]

I haven't in a bit, but I have 13 different platforms I carry based on feel, destination, and attire...

Each platform I'm comfortable with and have several boxes through, some with far more boxes than others...

 

[P7M13]

Never. I close my eyes when I shoot, too

 

[mkthegrassgrow]

IMO the gun one carries should be the one they shoot the most/best. It seems a trend to try and find the smallest lightest EDC but if you can't shoot it worth a sh1t how are you going to trust your life to it?

100 percent! I bounce between the G45 and G48. The G48 is the smallest gun I PERSONALLY feel confident and proficient with. I won't carry anything smaller than it. Due to the fact I spend a lot of time in Washington and non-2A friendly areas I carry the G48 at work. I've been getting a decent amount of reps behind the G48 and am actually really starting to like it. But the G45 is by far my favorite gun to EDC.