This poll has been posted per a request from GT user "Fox". Just looking for the basic info for comparison, but if you wish, you may share make/model/calibre/etc. Thanks!
Wow, this is an old poll. It kind of reminds me why I like to poll. Opinions can change so much over time it really kind of pointless to make a poll continue indefinitely. I'm going to have to remember to set mine to expire next time.
Your statement is exactly why I will still post a question thread about a topic, of which there may be tons of information I've already googled and found... From years past. Often times, I'll post and state I would like contemporary opinions, not information about topic from 2016, etc.
I started carrying a gun professionally 38 years ago.......I have NO idea where the time went. Glock wasn't even heard of back then. We carried revolvers both on and off duty. I carried a 686 on duty and a 60 off duty. Upon joining my second department, I was issued a 65 and still carried the 60, until we were allowed to carry autos off duty. That was a LONG time ago.
When the plastic fantastics took over, I was issued a G22 and carried a G27 off duty. All that changed when the M&P Shield came out. I got the very first one in my area and it became my permanent off-duty gun......until the G43 came along.
I retired out of LE in 2017. In the last 5 years my carry gun has changed about as often as the seasons changed (that's twice a year in the southeast part of the Country). Now I carry a P365, Hellcat, G43, P320XL, P320 x-compact, Shield/Shield Plus and a G45.........my how times have changed!!!
I actually sold both my G19s and replaced them with a P229 chambered in .357 SIG, .40 S&W & 9mm (by way of a Bar-Sto conversion barrel to save on training costs like LEOs used to do with .357 Mag/.38 Special). It handles the .357 SIG round better than the Glock 31, 32 & 33 just as the U.S. Secret Service said when they first considered replacing the P229 with the G32. Don't get me wrong, I love 9mm as well and have my smaller guns chambered in that caliber (as well as .380 ACP). But my primary is .357 SIG because, while there isn't much of a difference between 9mm, .40 S&W and .45 ACP, that can't really be said of .357 SIG.
Starting next week. NO lawsuits no hurt and after you for damages. no relatives looking for you they don't know who got gone....and very few reports but for the loud bang. Remember to keep the casings, and quickly exit area.
I run a Glock 26 with a Galco IWB holster.
some times a Taurus 740 slim when the little bit thinner seems like a good idea (bought pre Glock 43 came out).
I had a Glock 19 but sold it and now I'm kicking myself for it
When I was 21 all I carried was a Springfield GI 1911 in a Galco Summer IWB holster, but that got old after a lot of years so I have gone polymer and haven't looked back.
For me, it depends on the weather and what I'm wearing but as a shorter/stocky type I sort of default to the G27 either with the .357 Sig barrel installed when in the United States proper or when in the People's Republik where I am seeming too much of the time, the stock Glock .40 barrel and Hornady Critical Defense loads which are the closest we can have to hollow-points without being a criminal.
Hotter than hot with just a T-shirt, I'll go down to the G43.
Cold weather and more clothes allow for a G19 or G21 ... or sometimes one of my 1911s.
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And now for yet another classic DA/SA pistol that was outclassed by the polymer striker crowd. It had so many things going against, with the two most glaring, price and low capacity. It's still a sexy piece and a great shooter.
My preference is Autos, most especially the full size, high cap versions, but I wouldn't mind at all, if all I had was a decent DA revolver and the proper accessories to go with it
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