Which Gun To Carry?

[ElvenSoul]

Someone needs to CCW a Colt Buntline just for the LOL's!

[WartHog]

If you hurry, you can get a screamin' deal on a Shield 9mm and avoid the SSE hassle.

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=1003915

[CJJohn]

Colt CCO
Shield
Glock 23

My CCO with thin grips is as thin as my Shield, just a little heavier. The shield is surprisingly accurate. And the 23 feels like a brick at the end of the day.........

[BeFrank]

Depends on how you dress. Good IWB holster undershirt to keep it from rubbing on you too much and an untucked shirt with enough weight for a good drape will cover most full sized auto's. A pocket holster with your back up gun and/ or a couple of magazines.

[BeFrank]

With Peruta, who else is trying to figure out which gun to carry for the first time? I have plenty of gun experience...but zero carry experience beyond the range (thank you very much California). And pretty much everything I own is full size. So I find myself wondering if I can really carry a full size 1911. And if that doesn't work I have a Sig P226 and a couple M&P's to fall back on (the shorter barrel options but still full size, not compacts). And then I have one SSE left. Decisions decisions...

It's a good problem to have though...finally.

Someone needs to CCW a Colt Buntline just for the LOL's!

I wanted to qualify my 1858 Remington 8" but since BP is not registered I couldn't.

[Librarian]

I wanted to qualify my 1858 Remington 8" but since BP is not registered I couldn't.

Placer requires your carry guns be registered to you? I didn't know that.

It isn't a state requirement, though when the gun is listed on the license, that info gets sent to DOJ and (presumably) added to AFS.

[Lucky Scott]

"Ive been pocket carrying from the get go (June 2014) and its all I think I wanna carry, I figure a couple things. Ive lived 32yrs w/o the need to defend myself in a life threatening situation so if I go another 32yrs Ill be fortunate and in the meantime be comfortable vs lugging around a hand cannon etc.

My thought process on pocket carrying (I use Desanti's Superfly) is I can put my hand in my pocket if I feel threatened gripping the full grip of my firearm w/o showing any signs of preparation. No other carry gives you this option, And if its an unfound threat Ive not made myself look like an *** flipping my shirt out of the way."


I also like this option. I wear shorts and T shirts most of the time and a pocket carry just works with no hassle. I also have the IWB holster and others but always go to the pocket carry.

[geoint]

G26, G30, Sig 220 Compact SAO, S&W Shield 9, Ruger LCR, S&W 638

These are the 6 pistols I put on my CCW application with Riverside SD. (I have 2 G30s)

[anothergunnut]

Placer requires your carry guns be registered to you? I didn't know that.

It isn't a state requirement, though when the gun is listed on the license, that info gets sent to DOJ and (presumably) added to AFS.

Stanislaus County had that requirement when I first got my license. They have since revised their requirements to eliminate (but recommend!) the registration requirement.

[wpod]

A full-size Beretta PX4 9mm conceals nicely for me (around the house). 2 or 4 o'clock hardly prints on me.

[JohnCCW]

You will probably end up carrying the lightest one you own.

[JDay]

I just bought a H&K USP Compact specifically for when I get my CCW.