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Range Guns Vs Carry Guns

Talyn

Talyn

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Range Use vs. Carry Use

There are differences when it comes to having a reliable range gun to practice with versus having a reliable carry gun. Both have their place but if you train a fair bit, they shouldn’t be used for the same.

Going out and practicing your fundamentals at the range can be one of the best ways to hone your skills and reinforce good habits when it comes to shooting a handgun. Range guns should be your workhorses and take the majority of rounds fired when it comes to skill-building and practicing new drills.

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Concealed Carry Corner: Range Guns Vs Carry Guns

Welcome back to another episode of Concealed Carry Corner.Last week, we discussed carrying in a system and prioritizing how you carry things in tiers.If you happened to miss that article, be sure to click the link here to check it out.
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Is TFBTV getting paid by the word now? What a long-winded article about nothing.

FWIW, I don't make any distinction between my range guns or carry guns. They all have to perform to my own standards and if they don't, they move on down the road. My best “range” gun is my 226 X5. Its fantastic for sniping targets at distance, but its also the gun that I can fire most rapidly and accurately. Do I want to carry a 48oz boat anchor? Nope. Do I have a carry holster for it? You betcha!
 
SimonRL said:
Is TFBTV getting paid by the word now? What a long-winded article about nothing.

FWIW, I don't make any distinction between my range guns or carry guns. They all have to perform to my own standards and if they don't, they move on down the road. My best “range” gun is my 226 X5. Its fantastic for sniping targets at distance, but its also the gun that I can fire most rapidly and accurately. Do I want to carry a 48oz boat anchor? Nope. Do I have a carry holster for it? You betcha!
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same here, regarding making no distinctions.
 
I pretty much follow the link.
I use a Springfield Armory MOD-2 Grip Zone 9mm Tactical for range and bedside and I carry a Springfield Armory MOD-2 Grip Zone 9mm Compact.
They have same grip and controls, whatever I learn from the Tactical will transfer to the Compact, if things go bump in the night I am already familiar with the controls.
I do on occasion carry my S&W Model 36.
 
I do not have what I consider range guns. every handgun I own gets used in hunting, carry, or a self defence roll of some form, at least occasionally. Sone more thsn others but each is issued or it goes down the road.

L8ng guns are no different, except a coupke family heirlooms. They get used at least occasionally for a purpose other thsn punching paper or they get moved along.
 
Sometimes we all get a little too driven on training and defensive stuff. Some folks just shoot for recreational purposes and we forget that and maybe should ourselves from time to time!

That said as far as defensive stuff. I am a mission drives the gear guy so I carry different guns depending on what I am doing. While some advise against that I shoot enough of all of them I’m probably ok.

I carry a different gun in uniform duty stuff compared to when I travel to say a mag restrictive state to if I’m running across the street for milk.

And as an instructor if I am doing a certain class my carry can be different if a Glock Office Agency is there I’ll run a Glock, if it’s a Red Dit class I’ll run a Red Dot which I don’t normally run (but I have been to enough classes and ran them. I can teach them if I have to but not my main jam) if I’m going to the Revolver roundup then it’s a revolver

200 rounds a month (50 a week) and you should be ahead of 80% of the population in terms of skills
 
Pretty much every handgun I have purchased, I have purchased as a Carry/Home Defense gun. I train and practice with all of them. My 1911 gets carried once in a while, I have a holster for it. I am familiar with all my handguns, and the shotgun I have for home defense. Any one of them at any given time will be used at the Range.

I have certain ones I carry more than others, due to size and comfort while carrying. I have my favorites, but can carry any of them.
 
IMO, if I can’t trust a gun to hold up to firing range trips I’m certainly not going to trust it to save my life when I need it. If you perform the maintenance on your gun, including spring replacements when necessary, they’ll be fine.

My current main carry is a Beretta Px4 Compact CC. It would take an awful LOT of range trips to potentially make it inoperable and/or unusable. And that’s assuming I don’t keep it well maintained.
 
Have three striker fired 9mm's that I feel comfortable with for daily carry. (lean more toward Echelon). Recently purchased a 1911AOS 45acp will soon mount a Trijicon SRO. The main reason haven't been carrying 1911"s is deteriorating eye sight. With the SRO hopefully can start carrying them again. Still pondering putting RDS on my Sig Legion P-229. Do daily carry a j-frame in an ankle holster. Regularly practice/train with all three carry pistols, not so much with j-frame.
 
Lab Us said:
IMO, if I can’t trust a gun to hold up to firing range trips I’m certainly not going to trust it to save my life when I need it. If you perform the maintenance on your gun, including spring replacements when necessary, they’ll be fine.

My current main carry is a Beretta Px4 Compact CC. It would take an awful LOT of range trips to potentially make it inoperable and/or unusable. And that’s assuming I don’t keep it well maintained.
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I believe the point behind the suggestion to have a duplicate handgun for training is for the serious trainers to not wear out their carry gun.

That in itself isn’t a bad dudes if your a 50 round a week shooter. LE Agencies are like 100 rounds ish a year (some are more proactive in training I’m not talking about them just the average agencies which is most) and they swap out for new guns usually every 5-7 years (unless a new chief/superintendent/ sheriff has to have their pet manufacturers adopted)

So with that if you shoot your carry gun when do you have an actual factory armorer inspect it, how often do you service it, do you replace recoil springs at whatever the makers suggest etc etc?
 
ECS686 said:
I believe the point behind the suggestion to have a duplicate handgun for training is for the serious trainers to not wear out their carry gun.

That in itself isn’t a bad dudes if your a 50 round a week shooter. LE Agencies are like 100 rounds ish a year (some are more proactive in training I’m not talking about them just the average agencies which is most) and they swap out for new guns usually every 5-7 years (unless a new chief/superintendent/ sheriff has to have their pet manufacturers adopted)

So with that if you shoot your carry gun when do you have an actual factory armorer inspect it, how often do you service it, do you replace recoil springs at whatever the makers suggest etc etc?
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I shoot more than 50 rounds a week and don't feel the need to have a duplicate gun for training. I have spare parts and in a pinch @SimonRL is basically an HK armorer. :cool:
 
Bassbob said:
I shoot more than 50 rounds a week and don't feel the need to have a duplicate gun for training. I have spare parts and in a pinch @SimonRL is basically an HK armorer. :cool:
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I’m in an HK camp myself (HK45 LEM) and I don’t anticipate it breaking anytime alone.

But that’s where some of us are different as we don’t treat our guns like most do their lawn mowers
 
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