My First Pistol And Why I Bought It: The Beretta 92

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Back about a million years ago, after graduating college, I decided I needed a handgun. At the same time, I didn't even know what I didn't know about guns and shooting. However, I had...

John Boch: What I Carry and Why

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I have a confession to make. My gun accompanies me every day in every place it's legal. No surprise, right? Different folks carry for many reasons. There's a reason I pack my heater --...

Gear Review: Hanks Gun Leather IWB Holster for SIG P238

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As soon as SIG SAUER worked through the initial hiccups with the P238, I had one on order. And when Underwood Ammo's 90-grain .380 Auto Xtreme Penetrator +P round utilizing Lehigh's CNC'd billet copper...

TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Anaxis’s ’52 Polish Tokarev TT-33

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One day not too many years ago at Dragonman's outside of Colorado Springs, I picked up a really nice Tula hex Mosin-Nagant 91/30 for $80 on a whim. Within firing the first five rounds...

TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Travis Pike’s PPS and SW99C

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I actually carry two guns, but rarely at the same time. A lot of people tend to frown on the idea, unless the guns are identical like a GLOCK 19 and GLOCK26. My two...

TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Chad’s SIG P238

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I made the decision to get my CCW two years ago and wanted to carry as much as possible. In retrospect it almost seems crazy I didn’t come to that conclusion sooner as a...

What I Carry and Why: Johannes Paulsen’s GLOCK 43

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My GLOCK 43 ain't no barbecue gun, that's for sure. That's okay. Pretty wasn't something I was looking for when I bought it. I didn't want something with high sentimental value. I wanted something that I...

What I Carry and Why: Dana Loesch’s GLOCK 19, S&W .38 Airweight

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Dana Loesch is the Ozark version of Jackie Mason. Speaking at the Bullets & Bourbon confab, the comely conservative commentator's timing was immaculate, her off-hand one-liners withering and her shtick superlative. Re: death threats and stalkers: "They're the ones with...

TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – B’s GLOCK 19

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It started about 18 months ago. I was in the market for a small carry gun. While I was comfortable around guns and had owned a few at that point, I wasn't much of...

TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Aaron B’s GLOCK 27…and More

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I carry several different guns. Each has a purpose, of course, and every gun has benefits and limitations. My perspective of use has been influenced by qualifying four times a year on a concealed carry...

TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – JohnF’s Ruger LCR

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A reader who wishes to remain anonymous writes: Although I grew up with guns and have had concealed carry permits in the states where I’ve lived for over 10 years, about two years ago I...

TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Danny in Cleveland’s M&P40c

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  It's been en vogue lately to poo-poo the .40 S&W caliber. All the tacticool operators and serious pistoleros seem to carry 9mm's and turn their noses up at those misguided and amateurish enough to...