Duty/Off-Duty Gun

[Roddd]

I haven't met many officers who carry the gun they carry on duty off duty as well. Does anyone else do this or am I the only one?

[Jonathan Doe]

I carry Sig P226 9mm on and off duty. Once in a while, I carry a S&W 342 Scandium
when I dress lightly.

[vmcdonnell]

The P226 is SO big! Do you find it difficult to conceal? How do you carry off duty?

[vmcdonnell]

And yes, that's a P226 .40 I'm shooting in my profile picture

[mag360]

close friend of mine is LEO he carries on/off duty his G17. not an issue to him. He has a g26 as well but last time I saw him he wasn't carrying it.

[bluestaterebel]

I haven't met many officers who carry the gun they carry on duty off duty as well. Does anyone else do this or am I the only one?

It's very common.

[solanoshooter]

Carry a Glock 17 on duty. Actually, I'm carrying a 19 because I'm in a plain clothes assignment. Lately off-duty I've been carrying a G36 or a Sig P238.

The only time I've ever carried an issued weapon off duty was right after I lateraled and hadn't qualified on anything. I don't know anyone off the top of my head that carries their duty weapon off duty.

[9mmepiphany]

When I carried them as duty guns, I've carried my Sig 220 or Beretta 96 off duty as well...when the weather warmed up, I'd carry a Sig 228.

When our department went to Sigs, a lot of the guys were carrying their .40 229s both on and off-duty

[Roddd]

I carry a Glock 21 on and off duty and was just curious on everyone's take on the matter. I read an article in PoliceMag about off duty shootings and the 21 seems more practical than a small revolver that most of my coworkers carry off duty. My 21 isn't as easy to conceal but it's one heck of a security blanket.

[TRICKSTER]

I carry a Glock 21 on and off duty and was just curious on everyone's take on the matter. I read an article in PoliceMag about off duty shootings and the 21 seems more practical than a small revolver that most of my coworkers carry off duty. My 21 isn't as easy to conceal but it's one heck of a security blanket.

I carried the Glock 21 as primary and Glock 30 as BUG and OD. I liked the idea that my extra 21 mags could be used in the 30. OD I carried the 30 with a spare 21 mag.

How in the world do you conceal the 21?

[Roddd]

You have to dress around the gun. Long t shirts help. Reaching for something on the top shelf at walmart usually gets me some interesting looks though. I carry it in a serpa paddle holster and it stays snug to my body.

[biochembruin]

You have to dress around the gun. Long t shirts help. Reaching for something on the top shelf at walmart usually gets me some interesting looks though. I carry it in a serpa paddle holster and it stays snug to my body.

Be careful with that, you will get proned out one day, and that's the first step to a blue on blue shooting.

[Roddd]

My flat badge is right next to it. If I get proned out, I get proned out...no harm no foul. It's surprisingly well-concealed. I routinely get stopped by local LE in my city while walking my dog (must be the tattoos) and I let the contact go on for a few minutes before identifying myself as LE. They never even notice. My rationale behind carrying a full size gun is if I'm in an actual gunfight, I want the best tool for the job. I'm not out there trying to percent 211s at the local stop-n-rob, it's more for being confronted by some gangbanger who I've hooked before.

[1911su16b870]

I haven't met many officers who carry the gun they carry on duty off duty as well. Does anyone else do this or am I the only one?

+1 I do also...duty G21 and off-duty Olive Drab G21 FTW

[BigDogatPlay]

Early on in my travels I read an article written by Evan Marshall (IIRC) proposing to avoid a wholly different gun for off duty carry as it would, potentially, shoot to a completely different place as the duty gun. That was in the days of revolvers as standard, where grip dimensions could / would vary widely between a K, L or N frame holster gun and a J frame for off duty and differences in barrel length and sights could radically alter points of impact in a stress situation. I figured it was pretty good advice and stuck with K frame S&W's on the street and away from it.

The last several years I was on I carried a P226 in .40 on duty, and usually had it with me off duty as well. Once in a while I'd switch out to a P230 in .380.