Do you shoot your carry gun?

[Major_Brad]

If you are not regularly practicing with your carry gun, you are doing it wrong.

 

[Major_Brad]

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?

Completely agree, on practicing with it the most. It won't necessarily be the one you shoot best though. Carry guns are a trade off between size-weight and capability. You make a choice balancing those factors and then practice with it to be as good as possible with it. You'll still shoot full size competition guns better but since they are impractical to carry, you carry the best gun that is practical/comfortable.

 

[titsonritz]

This is an issue that gets overlooked. If you have an AR and an AK and you split your available training time evenly between them, it will take you twice as long to reach a level of competency with both that you could reach with just one in half the time. Same with handguns. Train with the one you carry, and carry only one.

There is nothing wrong with making the time and effort on multiple weapon systems. ARs and Glock 9mm will always be my primary fighting guns, but I have still put plenty of time on AKs and shotguns both pump and automatic and can competently handle them all and then some.

 

[Spaz]

There is nothing wrong with making the time and effort on multiple weapon systems. ARs and Glock 9mm will always be my primary fighting guns, but I have still put plenty of time on AKs and shotguns both pump and automatic and can competently handle them all and then some.

Not saying it's wrong, just saying there is a trade off.

 

[djm75]

I shoot ~50 rounds/month, usually on public land somewhere. I also do dry-fire drills on a regular basis.

 

[trukinbear]

Yes, quite often - however since I'm a cheapskate never with the rounds I actually carry. In my wheelgun I use 'dial a round' and have it loaded with #4 shot, a glassar safety slug (when I could still get them), a Winchester silvertip, a heavy hollow point Hornady/Sig, and a hot FMJ. Just spin the wheel, a round for every occasion.

 

[WillametteWill]

Yes, quite often - however since I'm a cheapskate never with the rounds I actually carry. In my wheelgun I use 'dial a round' and have it loaded with #4 shot, a glassar safety slug (when I could still get them), a Winchester silvertip, a heavy hollow point Hornady/Sig, and a hot FMJ. Just spin the wheel, a round for every occasion.

I hope you only have one-round problems.

 

[1775usmc]

I hope you only have one-round problems.

And enough time to determine what that problem is.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

While not a carry gun....

Back when my house gun was a Uberti copy of a Colt 1860 Army ....
I shot it a lot...at least once a month.
I was really good with that revolver ...and shooting it at least once a month made sure the black powder loads were "fresh"....
So to speak.
Load was 28 grains of 2F and a .454 lead round ball.

While I ain't sayin' that a percussion revolver is the answer for a house gun...
it was my answer fro a long while...it was the biggest caliber handgun that I owned...and as I said..I shot well with it.
Andy

 

[GWS]

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.....

ORrr... The few rounds through it were enough to convince the seller to get rid of it.

 

[Dirty Cary]

Carried this p938 since 2018 at least 8k rounds thew it.
I have been a member at Johnson Creek since 2017 and whet weekly till covid.

 

[trukinbear]

I hope you only have one-round problems.

If that isn't sufficient (mostly for critters I live in the boonies) I do have more potent options available, however I've found it to be great for the boonies, depending on what I think I'll encounter it'll be set to start with the #4 shot, or the hot FMJ - followed by the heavy hollopoint, then a silvertip. 50+ years of carry this way, and I'm still here. 2-legged varmints aren't an issue, but I'm ready for them anyway

 

[Rcptown]

I shoot all my carry weapons. Got to make sure they perform.

 

[riverman]

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.....

I shoot my edc about twice a month.