List of ten light weight guns to carry in hot weather.

[CSORuger]

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This article from USCCA is about there list of the ten light weight hand guns to carry in hot weather.

 

[BlueEagle]

Mostly what I expected; anything lightweight, (probably in a small caliber,) and generally in polymer to avoid rust issues.

 

[iChokePeople]

Meh. Sissy pistols.

 

[jgreiner]

Mostly what I expected; anything lightweight, (probably in a small caliber,) and generally in polymer to avoid rust issues.

Or Stainless. My pick would be the S&W 637

Compact and fairly inexpensive.

 

[eldirector]

How do you carry all 10? I'd run out of pockets.

Actually, I've been looking for a BUG and pocket pistol. Nothing too surprising on this list.

 

[paperboy]

Yep, pretty much what I figured....

 

[iChokePeople]

How do you carry all 10? I'd run out of pockets.

With these guns, I think the appropriate choice would be a fanny pack. In a bright color, or maybe something pastel. You could fit them all in a purse.

 

[paperboy]

Meh. Sissy pistols.

Say what you will but my sissy LCP rides along with me everyday. I personally don't want to stand in front of any of those sissy pistols!

 

[Que]

They omitted all of the new lightweight 9mm's.

 

[iChokePeople]

Say what you will

I did. Sissy pistols. And I think I smell elderberries.

 

[Fishersjohn48]

Looks like to me they simply went by weight and worked up. The pocket 9's weigh in at a whopping 17 for the LC 9 the Keltec is around 12 or 13 oz.

 

[ATM]

Perhaps the hot weather makes these smaller calibers swell up and become more effective.

 

[sgreen3]

Pretty standard list, I would say

 

[451_Detonics]

I find it funny that the gun that is most carried in hot weather is absent from that list, of course I am speaking of the shrouded J-Frame S&W. It is also more powerful than many listed.

 

[jesse485]

I expected the 9mm Kahrs, PPS, Pf9, LCR,and LC9 at least. At least put a little variety in there.

 

[Prometheus]

I did. Sissy pistols. And I think I smell elderberries.

The title of the article should be "Because you don't need to defend yourself as much in the summer as you do in the winter!"

Given crime increases when the temperatures do, if there was a ever a time to carry a BUG as a primary it would be in the winter.

Most of the same people falling for that drivel carry a full sized handgun UNDER 3 layers of clothing and a buttoned up jacket and think they are GTG.... never considering it'll take a 2 men a boy and hydraulic crane to clear all that clothing in the event they actually need it.

Backup guns are for just that, backup. Or to stuff in the coat pocket because your primary is buried under the arctic parka.

 

[45fan]

With the weather warming up, I usually to carry the same full size 1911 that I carry when its cold, I just tend to carry it in a serpa holster more often, to avoid rust issues. I do own an LCP, but its almost always just a BUG, or a pocket gun for when the carry pistol is buried under a heavy coat. Downsizing for me is going to the Glock 26, because I dont care if that pistol gets a few character marks from summer rust.

 

[greyhound47]

If you are wearing shorts and a tee shirt you are unlikely, despite the protests on here, to carry a 1911 or a Glock 19 or 17 or even a 26. My BodyGuard 380 is ALWAYS with me whenever I cannot carry my M&P9 or Glock 19. Any comparison to a 380 being a "girly" round makes me want to see you have one ponted at you. Let's see if it scares you or not. After you are shot I bet you will not be joking around anymore.

 

[iChokePeople]

I laugh at your little .380.

 

[down3green]

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Any way I look at it, the article seems kind of pointless. It's just a list of 10 "lightweight" guns; not the "10 Best," "10 Most Reliable," or "10 Most Popular." Just 10 lightweight guns you can carry. I could list ~another~ 10, but that would be pointless, too.





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