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TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Harrishmasher’s FN Five-seveN

I’m originally from New York City, but spent 12 years of my adulthood in Colorado where I amassed a significant gun collection. Northern Colorado, though, was no great haven for gun owners, and in the...

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TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Victor H’s S&W BODYGUARD .380

I carry the first and only gun I’ve ever owned: a Smith & Wesson BODYGUARD .380, with three crucial mods/enhancements: 1.  Galloway Precision’s short stroke trigger kit — because even a noob like...

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TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Tyler H’s Custom Ruger LCP

I’ve been into guns for as long as I can remember, and why not? The history. The beauty. The mechanical innovation, customization. The fun and most importantly, the protection. I needed a gun to...

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TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Steve S’s Taurus PT111 Millennium Pro G2

My family was not anti-gun when growing up but we never had them. When I made the decision to become a  gun owner I started by learning as much about guns as I could from friends, articles on the...

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TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Brian F’s GLOCK 22

I currently work for a small private company in the Richmond, Virginia area that provides private law enforcement and security and specializes in high-crime, low-income apartments. As part of my daily...

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TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – BIG Lars’s Ruger SR9c

I’ve always been somewhat of a generalist. A jack of all trades, though perhaps a master of none. My rifle of choice reflects that sentiment: the versatile Marlin 1894C in .357 Magnum. With .38 wad...

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TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – SpeleoFool’s Beretta PX4 Storm Compact

Warren Buffet is well-known for his advice to “invest in what you know.” A similar philosophy led to my choice in a carry gun — I carry what I know . . . My first gun was a Beretta 92FS. I bought it...

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TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Erik E’s M&P Shield

As someone who’s fairly new to the firearms world I’ve only had an opportunity to try a few guns, but I have tried most handgun styles. I’ve tried my hand at revolvers, 1911s, and GLOCK-style...

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TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Jeff the Griz’s M&P40c

I like M&P pistols. I started with a Smith & Wesson M&P40c for the wife for home defense when I first started buying handguns, and it just made sense to continue from there. I purchased a...

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TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Jeremiah S’s CZ P-07

I grew up in California for most of my youth, and the thought of owning a gun never even crossed my mind. After graduating high school, I moved out to Oklahoma to move closer to extended family and...

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TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Danny in Cleveland’s M&P40c

  It’s been en vogue lately to poo-poo the .40 S&W caliber. All the tacticool operators and serious pistoleros seem to carry 9mm’s and turn their noses up at those misguided and amateurish enough...

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TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – JohnF’s Ruger LCR

Although I grew up with guns and have had concealed carry permits in the states where I’ve lived for over 10 years, about two years ago I got serious about EDC. I agonized over my choices. There is so...

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TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Aaron B’s GLOCK 27…and More

I carry several different guns. Each has a purpose, of course, and every gun has benefits and limitations. My perspective of use has been influenced by qualifying four times a year on a concealed...

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TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – B’s GLOCK 19

It started about 18 months ago. I was in the market for a small carry gun. While I was comfortable around guns and had owned a few at that point, I wasn’t much of a pistoleer. I ended up scoring a NIB...

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What I Carry and Why: Dana Loesch’s GLOCK 19, S&W .38 Airweight

Dana Loesch is the Ozark version of Jackie Mason. Speaking at the Bullets & Bourbon confab, the comely conservative commentator’s timing was immaculate, her off-hand one-liners withering and her...

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What I Carry and Why: Johannes Paulsen’s GLOCK 43

My GLOCK 43 ain’t no barbecue gun, that’s for sure. That’s okay. Pretty wasn’t something I was looking for when I bought it. I didn’t want something with high sentimental value. I wanted something...

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TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Chad’s SIG P238

I made the decision to get my CCW two years ago and wanted to carry as much as possible. In retrospect it almost seems crazy I didn’t come to that conclusion sooner as a husband and father of two...

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TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Travis Pike’s PPS and SW99C

I actually carry two guns, but rarely at the same time. A lot of people tend to frown on the idea, unless the guns are identical like a GLOCK 19 and GLOCK26. My two guns are the Walther PPS and the...

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TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Anaxis’s ’52 Polish Tokarev TT-33

One day not too many years ago at Dragonman’s outside of Colorado Springs, I picked up a really nice Tula hex Mosin-Nagant 91/30 for $80 on a whim. Within firing the first five rounds I decided to...

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Gear Review: Hanks Gun Leather IWB Holster for SIG P238

As soon as SIG SAUER worked through the initial hiccups with the P238, I had one on order. And when Underwood Ammo’s 90-grain .380 Auto Xtreme Penetrator +P round utilizing... The post Gear Review:...

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John Boch: What I Carry and Why

I have a confession to make. My gun accompanies me every day in every place it’s legal. No surprise, right? Different folks carry for many reasons. There’s a reason I... The post John Boch: What I...

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My First Pistol And Why I Bought It: The Beretta 92

courtesy mfr Back about a million years ago, after graduating college, I decided I needed a handgun. At the same time, I didn’t even know what I didn’t know about guns and shooting. However, I had seen...

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The Women’s Revolver Myth Might Finally Be Dead

A few years ago, I was working at a gun show to promote a concealed carry course I was teaching. It was pretty obvious that I wasn’t just an assistant or the instructor’s wife keeping an eye on things....

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What I Carry and Why: The .327 Federal Magnum Ruger LCR

My first dedicated concealed handgun was a Smith & Wesson 642. The lightweight alloy frame and pocket-friendly footprint was a joy to carry. However, I sucked at shooting revolvers and the J-frame...

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Tactical Preparedness: What an Operator Carries and Why

By Krieger When I began a draft to address the question that I was asked what I carry and why, I started by providing an explanation based on experiences from my life. What occurred to me, however was...

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