Weirdest ccw?

[Jagermeister]

My brother-in-law carried a High Standard .22 Mag. Derringer.

 

[wtburnette]

Personally, it is more about continued use than just round count. I put at least a few boxes of ammo through anything before I trust it to carry. Then, it keeps getting range time, a box or two at a time.

So, I could see a BRAND NEW carry gun having only a few hundred rounds. But, if it has been carried for a year or more, it should be higher. If it is your old standby, it should have a few thousand.

Trusting that anything will work after minimal testing, two, three, more years down the road, with no reloading, no cleaning, no cycling, seems, odd...... to me. Besides the fact that one should have at least a LITTLE practice with what they carry.

My Dad called me a couple months back and said that his little pocket gun jammed. He decided to shoot it out in the woods behind his house. He asked if I would take a look at it and clean it for him. I took the pistol apart and there was lint everywhere and it was all rusted up. I asked him when was the last time he cleaned it and he said, after the range that time we all went. I said, so you've carried it in your pocket for 4 years without cleaning or shooting it? Yep. Had had all of a box of ammo in it in that time...

 

[russc2542]

LOL, that's like a box and a half of ammo...

230gr .45 20+1 and a spare mag is definitely a belt AND suspenders rig.

 

[Hornett]

230gr .45 20+1 and a spare mag is definitely a belt AND suspenders rig.

Shoulder holster, and TWO spare mags...
I call it my downtown Indy rig.

 

[shootersix]

way back when I was a wee little nard....(I was 21)...I owned 3 handguns, one was a ruger p-85 (yes 85, not 89 or 95), a gp100 with a old school red dot scope, and a 357 mag desert eagle, I had sent the ruger back to fix the "ruger curse" (you know, every gun ruger designs has to be recalled for a free safety upgrade). there was no way I could carry the gp100, didn't have a holster.....so that left the de with the magnum research branded uncle mikes vertical shoulder holster (with the desert eagle logo embroidered on it)

my sister was at Vincennes university and called home (this was back in about 91) and was sick, mom was at work, dad was sleeping, so I drove up to get her (from Evansville) with a 357 mag desert eagle in a shoulder holster, and back then I was a little smaller than I am now, I was 5'9" and 165 pounds, I bet I looked like I had a tumor the size of a small elephant, and by the time I got back home, my left shoulder felt like it was about 3 inches lower than my right shoulder!

 

[Mark 1911]

I have a S&W 629 with a 5-inch barrel. Not exactly "weird", but I don't carry it very often, so when I do I am much more aware of it than when carrying my EDC. About the only time I ever carry it is when I am deer hunting. The 629 is very noticeably bigger and bulkier than my EDC, a commander size 1911.

 

[Jkwrangler70]

the coolest CCW weapon that I've ever seen was a Bruger & Thommett USW. It's essentially a Kriss SDP Sphinx with a wire side folding stock. Technically it's an SBR but the guy said he carried it daily. With the stock folded, it's not much larger than a standard full size handgun. He carried it in a OWB drop-thigh holster

 

[rhino]

I have a S&W 629 with a 5-inch barrel. Not exactly "weird", but I don't carry it very often, so when I do I am much more aware of it than when carrying my EDC. About the only time I ever carry it is when I am deer hunting. The 629 is very noticeably bigger and bulkier than my EDC, a commander size 1911.

That's a Henry Bowman carry gun, sir!

 

[Mark 1911]

That's a Henry Bowman carry gun, sir!

Don't quite get the reference. Wasn't he one of the Tuskegee Airmen?

 

[Bigtanker]

way back when I was a wee little nard....(I was 21)...I owned 3 handguns, one was a ruger p-85 (yes 85, not 89 or 95), a gp100 with a old school red dot scope, and a 357 mag desert eagle, I had sent the ruger back to fix the "ruger curse" (you know, every gun ruger designs has to be recalled for a free safety upgrade). there was no way I could carry the gp100, didn't have a holster.....so that left the de with the magnum research branded uncle mikes vertical shoulder holster (with the desert eagle logo embroidered on it)

my sister was at Vincennes university and called home (this was back in about 91) and was sick, mom was at work, dad was sleeping, so I drove up to get her (from Evansville) with a 357 mag desert eagle in a shoulder holster, and back then I was a little smaller than I am now, I was 5'9" and 165 pounds, I bet I looked like I had a tumor the size of a small elephant, and by the time I got back home, my left shoulder felt like it was about 3 inches lower than my right shoulder!

Winner!!

 

[rhino]

Don't quite get the reference. Wasn't he one of the Tuskegee Airmen?

He was the protagonist in the classic novel, Unintended Consequences, by John Ross (out of print now).

 

[Mark 1911]

He was the protagonist in the classic novel, Unintended Consequences, by John Ross (out of print now).

I wonder if the character in the novel was based on the real-life Henry Bowman, one of the Tuskegee Airmen, true bad ass:

Mr. Bowman served with the 99th and 100th Fighter Squadrons, which became part of the famed 332d Fighting Group, flying P-40's and P-51's in North Africa and in Italy. The Tuskegee airmen provided cover for bombers on missions over widespread targets in Europe.

His son said Mr. Bowman had picked up the nickname Jesse -- as in Jesse James -- in Italy for his role in an episode the Tuskegee airmen called the Great Train Robbery.

The foray was of the type known in the military as a midnight requisition. Resentful that wing tanks, used to increase the range of fighter planes by holding extra fuel, were going to units of white airmen, the Tuskegee airmen decided to take matters into their own hands. Mr. Bowman and a comrade led a convoy of trucks and jeeps to hold up a supply train at gunpoint. With the Great Train Robbery, the shortage of tanks in their unit ended.

Henry Bowman, 74, Fighter Pilot Who Broke Referee Color Barrier - NYTimes.com

 

[cayce]

Navy Mod 1851 .44 black powder, cap and ball. Shot that so much it's just a rattily paperweight now. I've moved on to more modern weapons...like my Luger, Ballester-Molinas, or SAA...

And the winner is.............

 

[Thor]

Tanks!

 

[BigMoose]

Been keeping an M1 carbine stashed in the car due to a thumb injury lately.

 

[Thor]

Nothing wrong with the M1 Carbine! Tough to conceal though unless you're wearing a serious trench coat.

 

[BigMoose]

Nothing wrong with the M1 Carbine! Tough to conceal though unless you're wearing a serious trench coat.

It stays concealed in the car

 

[Vigilant]

Kitchen knife here, soon as I got off the plane, went to the store and bought a good paring knife.