Standby Gun - How similar?

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Indy_Tim

Discussion Starter · #1 · Dec 22, 2017

Many of you are familiar with the concept of having a standby gun that is as close to your EDC as possible in the event that you lose the EDC to an evidence bin after a good shoot. The idea is that in an unfortunate situation where you used your EDC and the police had held it for evidence for a period of time, you have a standby that is very similar that you can just begin to carry until you get the original one back.

For those of you that follow that philosophy, how close do you get your standby gun to your EDC? Is it enough to have a similar trigger feel and holster compatibility, say by having a G27 as a standby for your G23, or are you even more relaxed and consider something like a G19 to be a decent standby for your G23? Or, do you duplicate the EDC completely so that you don't skip a beat should your EDC get used and put on hold?

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Rusty Guns

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#20 · Dec 22, 2017

My main carry is a gen2 G-23, with another G-23 on standby,
Alternate carry gen2 G-19 and another on standby.
G-21 in nightstand, and Mossburg 500 in corner for things that go bump in the night.
G-17 in family room, G-22 near the front door.