Carry the dump pouches too...lol ... and the swivel holster too-lolUF61, I have to say this thread is superbly timely. Just last week I was still waking up at 0400 hrs thinking I need to do this-or-that when I get to the office. Thankfully that has stopped!
And based on something seanmac45 posted on another thread previously, I realized last night that I could CCW the NYPD Ruger Speed six or GPNY if I wanted to. LOL!!!!
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Not being a cop, if my duty pistol was a Glock19, I would think the Glock 26 would be a great carry.It was 1996 or 1997 when the NYPD approved 9mm off duty carry guns. These were the choices I was given :
The Glock 26, Kahr K-9, Smith & Wesson 3914 DAO, Smith & Wesson 3953TSW, Smith & Wesson Model 640 (.38 revolver), the 38 Ruger sp101, and the Beretta 8000D Mini Cougar. All semi autos had the modified heavy triggers.
I chose the Glock 26 in part because I had a Glock 19 as my service weapon already. I already had a 640 but only as a back up gun. In those days, I carried the service gun home. My perceived threat level was a lot higher then.
The Glock 26 was my choice then. Under my current threat level and my last assignment, I might have chosen the Kahr k9 if I was working under those conditions
What would have been your choice of off duty among those choices and ONLY those choices?
And what would be your choice now among the current off duty carry options of the Glock 26, Smith & Wesson 3914 DAO, Smith & Wesson 3953TSW, Smith & Wesson Model 640 (.38 revolver), Springfield Armory XD-S, Smith & Wesson M&P Shield and the Beretta 8000D Mini Cougar?
The 38 option is a grandfather cause only option for those who had the 38 before it was no longer an option.
Out of the original choices, yes. When the choice of the M&P shield and Springfield XDS, most people I worked with jumped on it. Smaller thinner gun. Round capacity was secondary in an off duty / back up gun for most of us.Not being a cop, if my duty pistol was a Glock19, I would think the Glock 26 would be a great carry.
Yes, thank you for this nice, nostalgic thread UF61.UF61, I have to say this thread is superbly timely. Just last week I was still waking up at 0400 hrs thinking I need to do this-or-that when I get to the office. Thankfully that has stopped!
And based on something seanmac45 posted on another thread previously, I realized last night that I could CCW the NYPD Ruger Speed six or GPNY if I wanted to. LOL!!!!
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The G26 is a great complement carry to the G19/G17 because the G26 can accept all the longer mags. I've always carried a G19 mag as the spare, so on the rare occasion when I did carry the G26, I never gave a second thought about the spare mag.Not being a cop, if my duty pistol was a Glock19, I would think the Glock 26 would be a great carry.
I carried a G26 or a S&W 649 .38spl snubby for many, many years off duty.It was 1996 or 1997 when the NYPD approved 9mm off duty carry guns. These were the choices I was given :
The Glock 26, Kahr K-9, Smith & Wesson 3914 DAO, Smith & Wesson 3953TSW, Smith & Wesson Model 640 (.38 revolver), the 38 Ruger sp101, and the Beretta 8000D Mini Cougar. All semi autos had the modified heavy triggers.
I chose the Glock 26 in part because I had a Glock 19 as my service weapon already. I already had a 640 but only as a back up gun. In those days, I carried the service gun home. My perceived threat level was a lot higher then.
The Glock 26 was my choice then. Under my current threat level and my last assignment, I might have chosen the Kahr k9 if I was working under those conditions
What would have been your choice of off duty among those choices and ONLY those choices?
And what would be your choice now among the current off duty carry options of the Glock 26, Smith & Wesson 3914 DAO, Smith & Wesson 3953TSW, Smith & Wesson Model 640 (.38 revolver), Springfield Armory XD-S, Smith & Wesson M&P Shield and the Beretta 8000D Mini Cougar?
The 38 option is a grandfather cause only option for those who had the 38 before it was no longer an option.
You win for fastest change to most relevant Avatar!!!!!! LMFAOI carried a G26 or a S&W 649 .38spl snubby for many, many years off duty.
Great catch there, seanmac45. beetlejuice!You win for fastest change to most relevant Avatar!!!!!! LMFAO
A gun at work has 2-3 Beretta 84 pistols. Couple variations of them over the years. He pretty much buys one whenever he comes across one.Yes, thank you for this nice, nostalgic thread UF61.
As to revolvers I started out walking a solo footpost on Tompkins Avenue back in June of 1982.
Had my authorized S&W Model 10 in the Jay Pee kidney pouch holster on my belt.
Backup was a Beretta 84 on my ankle. Having 14 rounds of .380 to access seemed a neat idea at the time. Once it got colder I switched to a 1911.
The good old days.
You had me at Glock 26. I qualify under my agencies "grandfather cause" for revolvers. But revolvers are not practical in big cities.... And what would be your choice now among the current off duty carry options of the Glock 26 ...
The 38 option is a grandfather cause only option for those who had the 38 before it was no longer an option.