Apropos the conversation, I just added a 642 Airweight to the armory yesterday for pocket carry in a Desantis "Nemesis" pocket holster on those occasions when IWB with one of my larger pistols just doesn't work. So now, that is 3 different weapons/calibers to be familiar with - the 1911 Kimber in 45 ACP, the H&K USPc in .40 S&W, and the S&W snubbie in .39 Special. Again, the prospect doesn't bother me because the most important element in the system is me, and I'm capable of learning proficiency in all three.Jungle Work wrote:As the Song says, "Its the Time of the Season". I carry different weapons depending on how I can conceal them.
Everything from a Butt Pac to a IWB Holster. That's what works for me. And if a guy just has one gun and it breaks, he's out of luck.
Jungle Work
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- Tue May 13, 2008 1:34 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Why?
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Re: Why?
- Fri May 09, 2008 11:49 am
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Why?
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Re: Why?
Byron,
I don't know if my answer will apply to anyone else, here it is...
I own two completely different carry guns in different calibers of different magazine capacity with two different types of actions.
One is a 3" Kimber 1911 in .45 ACP, my regular daily carry, and the other is an H&K USP Compact DA/SA in .40 S&W. The Kimber has a 7 round mag, the H&K has a 12 round mag. The Kimber has an ambidextrous safety (I'm left handed), while the H&K does not. The 1911 is actually easier to shoot and is more accurate than the H&K, even though the H&K is bigger and heavier. The 1911 requires me to wipe off the ambi safety to bring it into play, while the H&K is carried safety off, decocked, with a long stiff double action trigger stroke. In short, they are pretty different pistols, but they both conceal about equally well.
However, they have one thing in common which is perhaps the most important element in the shooting system, and that is me. I never go to the range but that I bring both pistols. While I have never fired either of them "in anger," I have fired both of them equally. The round count through the H&K is a little higher, but only because I've owned it a little longer. But when I take them to the range, they get an equal workout. I'm not by any means an expert pistol shooter, but I do work to make sure that I am equally proficient with either pistol. In fact, since the main difference in presentation between the two is whether or not I have to wipe off a safety, and since it does no harm for me to wipe off a non-existent safety lever when drawing the H&K, it just doesn't seem like that big a deal to me that they are so different.
What it really boils down to for me is pleasure of ownership, which I get more of out of the Kimber than I do out of the H&K; and that is principally why it is my regular carry gun, and not the other. If my carry concerns centered on capacity, or on reliability in a muddy environment, for instance, I would probably make the H&K my carry gun of choice that day. The next time I go deer hunting, I'll probably being along the H&K instead of the Kimber.
Again, I can only answer for myself, and I might be crazy as a loon.
I don't know if my answer will apply to anyone else, here it is...
I own two completely different carry guns in different calibers of different magazine capacity with two different types of actions.
One is a 3" Kimber 1911 in .45 ACP, my regular daily carry, and the other is an H&K USP Compact DA/SA in .40 S&W. The Kimber has a 7 round mag, the H&K has a 12 round mag. The Kimber has an ambidextrous safety (I'm left handed), while the H&K does not. The 1911 is actually easier to shoot and is more accurate than the H&K, even though the H&K is bigger and heavier. The 1911 requires me to wipe off the ambi safety to bring it into play, while the H&K is carried safety off, decocked, with a long stiff double action trigger stroke. In short, they are pretty different pistols, but they both conceal about equally well.
However, they have one thing in common which is perhaps the most important element in the shooting system, and that is me. I never go to the range but that I bring both pistols. While I have never fired either of them "in anger," I have fired both of them equally. The round count through the H&K is a little higher, but only because I've owned it a little longer. But when I take them to the range, they get an equal workout. I'm not by any means an expert pistol shooter, but I do work to make sure that I am equally proficient with either pistol. In fact, since the main difference in presentation between the two is whether or not I have to wipe off a safety, and since it does no harm for me to wipe off a non-existent safety lever when drawing the H&K, it just doesn't seem like that big a deal to me that they are so different.
What it really boils down to for me is pleasure of ownership, which I get more of out of the Kimber than I do out of the H&K; and that is principally why it is my regular carry gun, and not the other. If my carry concerns centered on capacity, or on reliability in a muddy environment, for instance, I would probably make the H&K my carry gun of choice that day. The next time I go deer hunting, I'll probably being along the H&K instead of the Kimber.
Again, I can only answer for myself, and I might be crazy as a loon.