Carry Gun Rotation: Good or Bad?

[BarryinIN]

I don’t know. A carry “rotation” depends on a lot of things. Carrying five very different guns a week because you can’t make up your mind is one thing. Alternating between a couple of similar guns is another.

I used to switch off between 1911s and Browning HiPowers. They work the same, controls are the same, the sights were the same. I didn’t see or couldn’t envision any harm from doing it.

Switching from say, a Beretta 92 to Glock to a 1911 might be a different thing. I wouldn’t do something like that due to all the differences between those.

However, I have long carried a snub backup gun to whatever else I carried. Lots more differences there, so I’m a hypocrite.

 

[Old_Me]

dame holster huh……

yeah, those dame's are everywhere, and the all have great looking gams.

 

[Talyn]

Carry gun(s) varies on my use situation.

 

[Joezilla]

I rotate between the 19X and the 48. I was carrying the 26, but I had problems with it last range session. I took it out of the rotation until I can give it a good cleaning and a successful trip to the range.

Joe

 

[youngolddude]

I was gonna make a comment about letting the barrel cool while you shoot the next gun, but nah.

 

[Sld1959]

Everyone is now wearing heavy coats, with the possible lone exception of myself lol. So, changed over to the Model 60 most of the time.

Loaded Buffalo Bore hard cast flat nosed lead rounds in this for those ultra casual pocket carry times.

 

[Chowser]

I was gonna make a comment about letting the barrel cool while you shoot the next gun, but nah.

a second gun is faster than a reload. lol


i rotated my carry gun this week because I forgot to put my gun on when I left work Monday morning. I had to call someone at work to take it out of my desk and lock it in my locker. I didn't notice I didn't have my gun till I got home. Thankfully I had my spare in my jacket. and a spare in trunk safe.
i would stop at work and get it but i left town the other direction

 

[Lock n' Load]

3 pistols in my EDC rotation, a Hellcat OSP with Shield RMSc with 15+1 and spare 15 mag, Shield 9 1.0 with CT green laser/light with 8+1 and 2 spare 8 mags, and P365 380 with Romeo X Compact, 12+1 and spare 12 mag. All carried with Black Hills Honey Badger FTM ammo. Due to cold weather with more layers of heavy clothing on would be miscreants, my Hellcat sees the most carry followed by the Shield. The P365 380 is a warm weather carry. That said, all are exercised at the range on a regular basis, followed by a thorough clean and lube. The longest any of them rest in the safe is 2 weeks. I do this to maintain my proficiency with each of these platforms and have Pocket, IWB, and OWB holsters for each. I also rotate the holsters to maintain my skills. Just my opinion and practice to ensure my safety.. Do what works best for you.

 

[UC_Guy 1971]

3 pistols in my EDC rotation, a Hellcat OSP with Shield RMSc with 15+1 and spare 15 mag, Shield 9 1.0 with CT green laser/light with 8+1 and 2 spare 8 mags, and P365 380 with Romeo X Compact, 12+1 and spare 12 mag. All carried with Black Hills Honey Badger FTM ammo. Due to cold weather with more layers of heavy clothing on would be miscreants, my Hellcat sees the most carry followed by the Shield. The P365 380 is a warm weather carry. That said, all are exercised at the range on a regular basis, followed by a thorough clean and lube. The longest any of them rest in the safe is 2 weeks. I do this to maintain my proficiency with each of these platforms and have Pocket, IWB, and OWB holsters for each. I also rotate the holsters to maintain my skills. Just my opinion and practice to ensure my safety.. Do what works best for you.

Well, I'm glad you don't like small guns.

 

[tapehoser]

I rotate 2 pistols - an XDS in 9mm and a Glock 29. I regularly drill drawing from both holsters to ensure nothing weird happens. Confident in both, however, I have a recurring nightmare where I draw my pistol and the bullet comes out at about 15 feet per second and hits the bad guy and just bounces off. Hopefully it's a psychological sign that I don't necessarily WANT to use my pistol, but WILL if I have to? Who knows. In rare situations, I'll wear both pistols - one in an IWB and the other under the armpit.

 

[Grayfox]

I have 4-5 guns that I carry depending on my needs on a particular day. Mostly revolvers or SA semi-autos.
95% of the time I carry OWB at about 3:30. The rare exception being a small pocket gun like a .25.
But I'm gettin' old, fat and lazy. These days what I carry most often is my S&W 642.

 

[Bassbob]

I have several carry guns and will change it up depending on the situation and what I’m wearing. Although nearly always these days it’s the Masada S AIWB.

 

[HansGruber]

I’m gonna show some age and some bias here.

If you’re new to shooting, and carrying…yeah. It’s probably best to just stick with one.

But when you’ve been shooting for decades…you just kinda know by the feel what you’ve got (besides that you KNOW what you put in the holster before you left the house…).

Heck, I’ve carried an auto and a revolver at the same time…and, at one point, the auto was a P7, which has about as unique a manual of arms as they come—and I’ve done transition drills under “stress” without a second thought.

It just comes down to training, and putting a lot of rounds downrange.

Do the work, and it’s a non-issue.

Too many new shooters decide, prior to ever running a platform, that it’s “perfect”, because that’s what they chose after umpteen hours of non-hands-on, interewebz U-toon video research.

They should just stick to that one gun.

 

[Lock n' Load]

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