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I always have a gun. Makes it easy since I am required to carry at work. I also keep a swiss army knife with a bottle opener if I get the desire to one of them Mexican made Coca Colas in a glass bottle.
 
We've all stated at one point or another what we EDC, but do folks actually carry everyday?

I usually only carry when I'm with my wife or family rarely when I'm by myself.

Do you carry daily?
I follow the Don't Ask, Don't Show, Don't Tell ethic, but suffice it to say I'm rarely unprepared to defend myself or my peeps.
 
I think I'm going to go with the semi- Guardian in .32. Concerned about the snag factor with that hammer.View attachment 1965035
Nice choice but, have you tried something along this line first? Many have something like this and love it. Many try it and soon its sold, traded, or a safe queen. The downside to them is weight. Before they started making the Polymer micro pistols the problem for me and many who tried pocket carry was the weight. Felt like I had a rock in my pocket all the damn time. In jeans it was not as bad, any kind of slacks or dress pants it was not good.
 
Nice choice but, have you tried something along this line first? Many have something like this and love it. Many try it and soon its sold, traded, or a safe queen. The downside to them is weight. Before they started making the Polymer micro pistols the problem for me and many who tried pocket carry was the weight. Felt like I had a rock in my pocket all the damn time. In jeans it was not as bad, any kind of slacks or dress pants it was not good.
+1 on not as expected. I can't speak from personal experience but have heard this several times from people regarding seecamp. Really not what they expected when shooting it (some found it painful). Again no experience, just what I've heard. Haven't heard any complaints re weight but that doesn't mean much cuz I may have never seen them. I would suggest researching it first.
 
+1 on not as expected. I can't speak from personal experience but have heard this several times from people regarding seecamp. Really not what they expected when shooting it (some found it painful). Again no experience, just what I've heard. Haven't heard any complaints re weight but that doesn't mean much cuz I may have never seen them. I would suggest researching it first.
The Seecamp was one I had in my hand a few times when the only way to get one was at a show. backlog of years to buy one. Got to shoot them and they were easy there in the .32. Problem was the owner. Even the gun rags had to admit that if you got a problem you were treated as sucks to be you. Being years behind they just did not care. That and the price always kept me from pulling the trigger on one when I was flush with cash. Tried a few other options but then the weight was a problem and I gave up until trying the NAA. When Kel-Tec came out with the first .32 took months to get one and as soon as I did I got back on the wait list for another. They had finally come up with something that works. When they made one in .380 I had no intention of buying one till I made the mistake of seeing one in a shop and asking to handle it. :s0140:
Now those as with the ones Ruger started making do push the limit. Many find them too much to shoot. REALLY wish Ruger would offer the LCPII in .32.
 
Nice choice but, have you tried something along this line first? Many have something like this and love it. Many try it and soon its sold, traded, or a safe queen. The downside to them is weight. Before they started making the Polymer micro pistols the problem for me and many who tried pocket carry was the weight. Felt like I had a rock in my pocket all the damn time. In jeans it was not as bad, any kind of slacks or dress pants it was not good.
Thinking at $465 I might just risk it. @ilikegunpdx , seeing as it's .32, I figure the recoil will not be too bad.

Am tempted to hand it off to my wife, seeing as she's never getting around to actual gun shopping. She likes the derringer style but would use her purse so again, snag factor.
 
Thinking at $465 I might just risk it. @ilikegunpdx , seeing as it's .32, I figure the recoil will not be too bad.

Am tempted to hand it off to my wife, seeing as she's never getting around to actual gun shopping. She likes the derringer style but would use her purse so again, snag factor.
Recoil is VERY mild due to the weight. When you get into .380 in the micro its a different story but the .32s are just plain fun for all. The recoil I have never seen anyone have a problem with. The weight for pocket carry is what keeps many from carrying them after a time. VERY nice little pistols.
 
Thinking at $465 I might just risk it. @ilikegunpdx , seeing as it's .32, I figure the recoil will not be too bad.

Am tempted to hand it off to my wife, seeing as she's never getting around to actual gun shopping. She likes the derringer style but would use her purse so again, snag factor.
Just tell her to get a bigger purse. Bad guys hate it when a woman draws down on them with a big bubblegum gun. :s0112:
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A LCP Max in .32 would be sweet. 12+ rounds on tap in a pocket pistol is hard to top.
That would be something I would be all over but alas seems there is just not the market for it. :(
Wife carried a P-32 for many years. She loved the thin and light. She is VERY recoil sensitive but had no problem with the .32 even in the very light package. What she hated was that LONG trigger pull. When she got to handle a new (at that time) LCPII she loved the trigger. I warned her not to buy it due to it being .380. She went and bought it anyway. I took it out to run and check out. After a couple hundred rounds it proved its reliable and also had my hand bleeding from the sharp checkering and stout recoil. Wife went and fired one round out of it. That was the end of that :(
So it became mine. When I told her Ruger made one in .22 later she promptly went on line and ordered one that night. Now she found the gun she loved. Caliber of course leaves a LOT to be desired. If they made this in .32? Best of both worlds but does not seem to be happening.:(
Even her Dad when he decided to buy a gun at 90 with arthritis in hands ended up with one of the LCPII's in .22. He too would have been well served with one in .32. I have to guess the people who run places like Ruger know better than I though what will sell and what will not work.
 
How does the .22 mag compare to the .32 ACP?
Here is one of a ton of the charts made for this:
There are a ton of these online and some will of course vary a little but still give you a good benchmark to go off. There is also now a LOT of video's of people doing demonstrations of different calibers and different bullets.
 
How does the .22 mag compare to the .32 ACP?
.22 mag is one of those that power goes up like crazy as barrel length increases. I like to find barrel length interested in and look at common loadings or "middle of the pack" to get an idea of ft pounds of energy. Here's the graph:
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.22 mag is one of those that power goes up like crazy as barrel length increases. I like to find barrel length interested in and look at common loadings or "middle of the pack" to get an idea of ft pounds of energy. Here's the graph:
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Thanks.

Maybe I'm just being pedantic but the .32 ACP in a 3" barrel is better than the .22 mag in a 3" barrel by about 50 ft/lb, so still I'm inclined to go w the .32.
 
Thanks.

Maybe I'm just being pedantic but the .32 ACP in a 3" barrel is better than the .22 mag in a 3" barrel by about 50 ft/lb, so still I'm inclined to go w the .32.
Its all in what gun you want to have and will carry FAR more than caliber. Generally the bigger the better but, you have to be willing to carry the gun, and of course be able to hit what you shoot at with said gun. EVERYTHING with defensive carry is compromise. Virtually no one is willing to carry a real serious handgun around with them. So every one of us makes compromises. Bottom line still comes down to first having a gun if you need one. If you left the better one at home when you need it? Not much good. Next of course is being able to hit what you shoot at. MANY carry a gun they do not practice with and can not shoot well. At least they have a gun but, if they have to shoot and can not hit what they shoot at? May not work out well. No matter what I or anyone else tells you, find the gun or guns you like, will carry, and will practice with.
 
I used to carry daily. Now I don't. I even let my CHL expire.

Sold the last pistol I owned some six months ago. Don't hate me.
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Really more a rifle guy, and I just can't seem to fit those in my pants. :)
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