Whats the one that never goes away?

[Fletcherjl]

When I first got my concealed carry permit many years ago I started carrying a glock 19. I have had dalliances with 1911s, sig 365 and the 365XL, a 320 xcompact, Steyr M9a1, glock 32 and 30s, even went a couple of years carrying a glock 34 all the time. I just keep coming back to the Glock 19. Other than the 34 I just seem to shoot the 19 the best. My wife just told me I could buy a staccato if I choose too and I think I might just buy 3 more glock 19s. What is the one for yall that just never goes away??

 

[skfullgun]

G26, .38 Snubbie and PPK. They always seem to find their way back into the rotation. And each for particular reasons when they just fit the venue/situation or mode of dress.

I know you asked for ONE, but those 3 will always have a place in my little, bitty, sparsely occupied since the boating accident, safe!

 

[no2gates]

P365 is my favorite.
Glock 26 is second choice.
Glock 19 third choice.
I carry the P365 about 80% of the time and the 2 Glocks the remaining 20%

 

[TreyG-20]

G26 also

 

[candcallen]

I have carried a Glock 17 or 19 since the 90s.

I recently went All M&P. The light side of the dark side.

 

[Fletcherjl]

I have carried a Glock 17 or 19 since the 90s.

I recently went All M&P. The light side of the dark side.

I tried an M&p when they first came out but hated the trigger and sold it. Maybe I should look at one of the newer ones.

 

[candcallen]

I tried an M&p when they first came out but hated the trigger and sold it. Maybe I should look at one of the newer ones.

They have a nicer trigger than a Glock. A nice shelf before the break. Not a mushy pull thru.

 

[Patience0830]

CZ85 Combat.

 

[Army 1911]

I'll have to think about this.

 

[glenbo]

J Frame, my EDC for many years, with LCP sometimes if I'm just in light shorts that won't hold up the S&W.

 

[Moonpie]

1911 lightweight Commander

 

[justmax]

My CCWs were a J frame .38, then a PPK. Only full sized gun I ever really carried much was a G-19.
If I had to pick just one that has never one away, it would be the .38 for the shear versatility.That said, I want to be buried with my PPK. (Sentimental reasons)

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Got my G23 in 1990, still what I carry.

 

[EZ-E]

CZ P07

 

[VNK971]

This model 36 I got several years ago for $100. Pitting on both sides, and the blueing had been stripped, so I rust blued it. Action and barrel are fine. If I have to throw it on the ground it's no real loss.

 

[Sam7sf]

Sig229 in 40.

 

[TexasBB]

Baer TRS.

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[SQLGeek]

For carry, it's still my Gen 1 Shield. I have thought about "modernizing" to a Shield plus or a P365 but I just shoo the Shield so well and it carries well that I can't bring myself to do it yet.

As far as just range duty, my S&W M59 makes every range trip. I usually bring my Model 27-2 but I'm out of ammo at the moment and haven't made more up.

I tried an M&p when they first came out but hated the trigger and sold it. Maybe I should look at one of the newer ones.

I have a Gen 1 and a Gen 2 M&P. The Gen 2 triggers are a vast improvement over the Gen 1 triggers. Not gritty, with a clean, distinctive break. It's still a striker fired gun so you're not getting a 1911 type trigger obviously but it's pretty good.

 

[Sasquatch]

God, to think about all the money I spent, the guns I sold/bought/traded trying to find *the* perfect carry gun for me. I've owned more Glock pistols than any other - with the Glock 17 and 19 being chief among them. The thing for me is that Glock ergos aren't perfect. The Gen 4s come close but still need work.

The M&P pistols have better ergonomics and I shoot them about as well or better than most Glocks. I did find a weird quirk - I literally was one of the people writing and pretty much begging Smith & Wesson to make a Glock 19 size version of the M&P - 4 inch barrel, shorter grip with 15 round mags vs the longer 17 rounders so you didn't have to use magazine extensions or floor plates to get a full firing grip. 10 years or so after the initial release of the 4.25" full size and 3.5" so-called Compacts - they put out the 2.0 line up. I pre-ordered the M2.0 Compact and had mine in-hands ASAP. I loved the trigger. I loved the gun's balance and ergos and the new grippier frame texture.

I was highly disappointed in its range performance. For all that they got right - the changes made to the frame left me cold. I shot the gen 1 guns better. The 2.0 had flippier muzzle and a different enough recoil impulse to be noticeable. My grouping with the 2.0 was worse. I wound up selling my dream gun and drifting back to the Glock for a while before building my dream gun out of a late Gen 1 4.25 inch. I chopped the grip to accommodate the factory 15 round magazines, and permanently installed the medium back strap, which I had stippled right after buying that particular gun. The Gen 1 grip texture is just too damn slippery, especially with sweaty or wet hands. I added some half-moon cutouts to assist in freeing stuck magazines. That was better.

I then swapped all of the compact magazine floor plates out with full size magazine floor plates. This gives you a lip that squeezes the grip fingers tighter and higher, as well as helping to control muzzle flip.

The last thing I had done was to have the slide cut and direct mounted a red dot sight.

I haven't shot much in the last year thanks to The Rona + moving down here. My pistol shooting is rusty but improving again.

I did just buy a Walther PDP to try out and we'll see if it becomes a regular carry gun. I need to get to the range and give it a go. I've liked the Walther pistols since my first P99.

 

[SQLGeek]

@Sasquatch That's interesting to read your experience. I wonder it if has to do with the 4" version? My 5" 9mm has been a great shooter.