Carry Gun Rotation: Good or Bad?

[Annihilator]

Should you rotate your carry gun? Good read

Carry Gun Rotation: Good or Bad? - The Mag Life

There are many conflicting thoughts on whether or not a carry gun rotation is reasonable. Let's take a look at all sides of the argument.

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[Old_Me]

i rotate out from my Hellcat 9mm to my G-30 45 ACP...same holster company, dame holster location,

 

[Annihilator]

i rotate out from my Hellcat 9mm to my G-30 45 ACP...same holster company, dame holster location,

dame holster huh……

 

[rcurtner]

I prefer to carry my Echelon in a strong side OWB holster as well as a j-frame in an ankle holster. Although not often I sometimes carry the j-frame in a pocket holster. Also feel comfortable carrying three different S&W's and a DW Vigil 45acp.

 

[Mr.W.]

For me, it's the XD-S, or the LCR; that's my only "carry rotation."

 

[MrMichaelActual]

I rotate lots of things, in relation to nothing really... hey I think I'll take that one today, or this one. Almost always there is a commonality to the ones in rotation, something like no external safety. Other than that, for me anyway, this is all about training.

 

[trader]

my holsters fit the same full size autos so I do swap them out from time to time.

 

[HayesGreener]

I like options but am too simple minded to be switching platforms often. Like Shania Twain said, "dance with the one that brought you".

 

[Annihilator]

I go back and forth with either my G42 or my .25 auto right now, due I still have issues with using my belt, so I use sticky pocket holsters for these, but will eventually go back to my Max-9

 

[MrMichaelActual]

I like options but am too simple minded to be switching platforms often. Like Shania Twain said, "dance with the one that brought you".

Hey if you found that perfect Yeet Cannon, why would you rotate right!

 

[bc22wm]

I prefer to carry the same gun, S&W 638 in the same holster, Don Hume 1st agent, in the same place, 3 o-clock or so. OWB. Sometimes even that is not convenient/practical. Then my NAA Bugout II gets dropped in my pocket. I would be extremely reluctant to criticize someone else's carry gun system, or way. I suspect that most moderately experienced handguners could be blindfolded and be able to get one of their guns in action without thought or fumbling around Glock or 1911 instinctively, muscle memory if you prefer, no matter which you handed them. In example I can operate the safety from safe to fire on a PPK or Makarov without thought just by the "feel" of how the gun sit in my hand. I'm betting a dollar to a donut I'm not exceptional.

 

[Sld1959]

About 90 percent of time a snub in left hip pocket the rest of the time owb on right hip M60, Browning 1911 or p365xl, oh yeah sometimes am nostalgic and dust off the Makarov.

 

[ECS686]

It really boils down to are you proficient enough with shooting A in general and B with said platform.

I k ow several that are GTG with a Glock and Revolver but wouldn’t carry a 1911 etc

There are also times where you have to dress down or go to business functions where a 5 **** J frame or Glock 43 (not 43x) is the best you can conceal

So yo make a blanket statement only a normal carry gun all the time is not really accurate to most people.

I won’t even get into if you go hiking in Montana and up to a 44 mag or Glock 10mm over a Sig 365 is t out of the normal either

 

[Bassbob]

Much ado about nothing. I have a bunch of carry guns. Mostly though I carry the Masada or one of the VP9s. All are similar enough in function that it doesn't make any difference. The VPs are paddle and the Masada is button, other than that it's the same. All strikers are virtually the same.

For carry positions there are 2 for me. 3:30 OWB or AIWB at 1:00.

 

[bc22wm]

AIWB at 1:00.

But you work for a living, I'm retired and "full figured" every time I sit down I get jabbed in the groin and the gut.

 

[Bassbob]

But you work for a living, I'm retired and "full figured" every time I sit down I get jabbed in the groin and the gut.

3:30 OWB it is then.

 

[Lab4Us]

IMO, if you take what you carry to practice with regularly, it shouldn’t matter if you change up what you carry here and there. I mean, am I really going to forget I put a G23 in my waistband this morning if I had put in a Hellcat the day before?

 

[Bassbob]

IMO, if you take what you carry to practice with regularly, it shouldn’t matter if you change up what you carry here and there. I mean, am I really going to forget I put a G23 in my waistband this morning if I had put in a Hellcat the day before?

And even if you do they function nearly identically.

You bring up a very good point though. You need to rotate your carry guns through your training regimen as well.

 

[belladonna]

It's summertime and I am little, so I go between Masada Slim and FN Reflex. In Winter I can carry VP9SK, or even the big one. I was just thinking about the M&Ps in my safe, and I used to carry those regularly. I do need to train with them again, but the three that go to the range (and I use for dry fire) are the two VP9s and the Masada.

 

[Bassbob]

It's summertime and I am little, so I go between Masada Slim and FN Reflex. In Winter I can carry VP9SK, or even the big one. I was just thinking about the M&Ps in my safe, and I used to carry those regularly. I do need to train with them again, but the three that go to the range (and I use for dry fire) are the two VP9s and the Masada.

Honestly I have some Shields and a few other guns that used to be in the regular rotation, but at this point I think it's going to pretty much stay like you. Masada in t-shirt weather and one of the VP9s in cooler weather.