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Let's start one that discusses non-revolvers as a carry pistol.

I've carried legally for over 20 years now. I've run the gamut from Colt Commanders to Walther pp to a range of Glocks. The list included:

Colt Commander 45 acp. (A bit large)
Colt Commander (1951) with real ivory grips, in 38 Super (A bit large)
Colt Enhanced Officer's in 45 acp (a bit heavy).
Gock-43
Glock 26 (replaced with G-27)
Glock 27 (Converted to 357 Sig)
Glock 20 SF (woods carry)
Walther ( (32 acp)
Bersa 380 (retired in favor of Glocks)
Colt Vest pocket 25 acp (Going to store gun)
Colt Junior (Also, going to store gun)
Beretta 22 short (I KNOW!!)

And, the winner is... (drum roll please!!!):
Sig P-365!!!!

Second place: Glock 27 in 357 Sig.

EDIT: I forgot, a Ruger LCP 380 for "Going to the store".
 
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My EDC for many years was a Titanium 342 38 Special. It's light and handy, easy in the pocket, but brutal when fired! I recently bought a new 432-uc in 32 H&R magnum. It adds one more round to a very short-range defensive piece. Energy, using a 80-90 grain bullet is the same as a 380 auto with the same weight bullet. My secondary piece is a SIG P365. It's a little harder to bury when wearing shorts.
 
N7BLW said:
My EDC for many years was a Titanium 342 38 Special. It's light and handy, easy in the pocket, but brutal when fired! I recently bought a new 432-uc in 32 H&R magnum. It adds one more round to a very short-range defensive piece. Energy, using a 80-90 grain bullet is the same as a 380 auto with the same weight bullet. My secondary piece is a SIG P365. It's a little harder to bury when wearing shorts.
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Cargo shorts work well-I wear cargo pants or jeans. Try an Urban Carry LockLeather OWB. Conceals nicely under a loose t-shirt or camp shirt! Found it conceals better than any IWB I've tried and is super comfortable!

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I've got two main carry choices - a S&W Equalizer which I got when I started having difficulty racking some slides, and turns out it is a VERY nice, capable gun! I also carry in hot weather a S&W CSX-E. All carry is OWB.
 
BearBio said:
Cargo shorts work well-I wear cargo pants or jeans. Try an Urban Carry LockLeather OWB. Conceals nicely under a loose t-shirt or camp shirt! Found it conceals better than any IWB I've tried and is super comfortable!

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Edit: Even conceals my full size SA XDM-Elite in 45 acp under a loose shirt.
 
Carried a Colt Mustang for 20+ years .
Started having issues with it so jumped on the SIG bandwagon.
Pretty happy with a 320 Subcompact so far although its gotten some pretty bad press lately.
Have a Ruger LC9s Pro that spends some time at my side also.
 
Ok, if I am limited to 10 rounds or less, I am carrying my Kimber 4 inch Eclipse Pro. It holds eight rounds of 45 ACP and has night sights. I use an I web holster with that one.

For OWB it's my 5 inch Kimber LW 1911.

If I am allowed to carry a mag with more than 10 rounds, for me it's my Ruger RXM or Glock 19X. IWB or OWB. Or my Sig P365 with 17 round mags or at least the 12 round mags due to how they fit my hand.

The 10 rounders are too small when flush to fall out of the gun when ejecting the mag. The get stuck on my palm. And the pinky extensions for the 1k round mags don't do much to help that.
 
BearBio said:
Let's start one that discusses non-revolvers as a carry pistol.

I've carried legally for over 20 years now. I've run the gamut from Colt Commanders to Walther pp to a range of Glocks. The list included:

Colt Commander 45 acp. (A bit large)
Colt Commander (1951) with real ivory grips, in 38 Super (A bit large)
Colt Enhanced Officer's in 45 acp (a bit heavy).
Gock-43
Glock 26 (replaced with G-27)
Glock 27 (Converted to 357 Sig)
Glock 20 SF (woods carry)
Walther ( (32 acp)
Bersa 380 (retired in favor of Glocks)
Colt Vest pocket 25 acp (Going to store gun)
Colt Junior (Also, going to store gun)
Beretta 22 short (I KNOW!!)

And, the winner is... (drum roll please!!!):
Sig P-365!!!!

Second place: Glock 27 in 357 Sig.

EDIT: I forgot, a Ruger LCP 380 for "Going to the store".
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Amended: My LCP is my current "going to the store/walking the dog" pistol.
 
Rimfire Fanatic said:
Ok, if I am limited to 10 rounds or less, I am carrying my Kimber 4 inch Eclipse Pro. It holds eight rounds of 45 ACP and has night sights. I use an I web holster with that one.

For OWB it's my 5 inch Kimber LW 1911.

If I am allowed to carry a mag with more than 10 rounds, for me it's my Ruger RXM or Glock 19X. IWB or OWB. Or my Sig P365 with 17 round mags or at least the 12 round mags due to how they fit my hand.

The 10 rounders are too small when flush to fall out of the gun when ejecting the mag. The get stuck on my palm. And the pinky extensions for the 1k round mags don't do much to help that.
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Don't you mean "10 round" and not 1K (1000 round) mags?
 

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