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If you were my instructor I'd shoot myself.


Travis

I've seen guys with big hands prefer small grips and guys with smaller hands prefer large grips.

I've never seen a grown man, who wasn't from the "shire", who's hand was actually too small to obtain a proper grip on a Glock. I teach people to shoot for a living, and I know what a proper grip looks like. I see grown men unable to properly grip a 92F all the time, but never a Glock. Women are a different story.

LMAO gotta agree with you there travis, TAK I dont know you so I maybe way off base here but I get this image of you of a short lil fat guy that is taticool all the time mouthy as [bleep] and dont really know [bleep] except on the web , a reall top class gamer, and paint ball champ. If this is way off try being more helpful and bit more open minded that all people are different and have different likes and dislikes we dont all want to wear taticool stuff everyday some of us live in the real world

I just might enjoy that joke !! or even meeting face to face and discussing gun ideas an issues with him and other on thissite for that matter . way too many people act different face to face than on the key board and that is a shame, I try too but am not always the best communicator with the written word

Tacticool? I confess to wearing 5.11 pants most of the time. Retired with two 18 series MOS's, 18B and 18D. Played paintball once, but I've been shot with Simunitions much too often. Live in the real world? You and my wife might be in agreement on that.

We don't give a [bleep] about your pants TAK. Now be a gentleman and type out the joke regarding Kiolbasa and the clerk.


Travis

Jeez, I carry a Glock 17 or Glock 22 concealed all the time. In fact they are my two smallest handguns. IWB with shorts and a light shirt works even in the hot summertime.

I suggest the G19 as the best overall compromise between reliability, size, weight, firepower, stopping power, and shootability under stress.

Of course we all need to choose what works for us personally. But when one asks for opinions on CCW, opinions are sure to follow.....grin

A man walks up to the counter and asks for two pounds of Kielbasa and a pound of polish sausage and the clerk behind the counter shakes his head and replies:

"You must be a pollack"

The pollack smiles and replies,

"Because I asked for polish sausage?"

"No, cause this is a [bleep] hardware store."

Pretty much what he said! I'm usually packing my Glock 32, same size as a Glock 19 in a IWB holster every day. A good IWB holster makes a lot of difference on being a "comfortable" rig. I also alternate with a Commander size 1911, same type of IWB holster.
While heavier than my Glock, I also find it a very comfortable way to pack a 1911.
At a bare minimum, I sometimes go jogging at night with just a S&W .38 snub nose in a pocket holster & 1 spare speed loader.

But like Montanna Marine said, opinions vary, especially on what we pack personally for CCH. We are all making suggestions based on personal preference. That's the great thing about 24CH. We are getting great advise & opinions from other like minded people. And we can agree to disagree. That's the beauty of it all.

If I can't learn something from another member's recommendation or experience, whether I agree with him or not, what's the point of being a 24HC forum member?

And the best overall compromise for a CCH that I prefer, may not work for every one. It's just my personal opinion, based on my personal experience. Hopefully it will help someone with their personal CCH choice, whether they agree with me or not.

I'm looking to buy my first CCW and not sure which model or caliber.

Right now I only have two pistols,... a .22 Mag for plinking and a .44 Mag for hunting. I obviously would like something in the middle for CCW.

I definitely want an automatic, but I'm flexible on caliber, 9mm? or .40? or .45?

I plan to spend no more than $1,000.

Thanks for the advice.

One last thing before I ask you to GFY; running with a snubbie works great on short runs. You start running 7 miles and up and it will wear a hole through your flesh. Which is fine, if you aren't bothered by a hole in your flesh.

GFY,
Travis

I try not to run seven or more miles anymore unless I already needed to have the gun out.

damn I must have been carrying between the cheeks case that where I have a hole in the flesh