Who Carries Old Guns?

[UC_Guy 1971]

By old gun I mean something that you picked up 10 - 15+ years ago and it is still your primary or only EDC. Have you modified it? Have you dragged it kicking and screaming into the 21st century so that you can keep your old-school auto or wheelgun but have added a light or red dot when it wasn't designed for it?

I'm asking because I'm considering going with a 3rd Gen Smith 6906 (my ADHD is reacting with my nostalgia). With a red dot of course. Hopefully one day a light. So I got to thinking. After I put the fire out I figured I would ask and see if this something anyone else does.

In comparison, most of the cops I work with carry hip and modern guns off duty. Not that this is bad. All are approved and are proven to be good guns. Most aren't "gun enthusiasts" per se. They don't really care as long as it functions, also not a bad thing. They just picked up smaller versions of their duty guns or just asked the 1,000 year old range guy "What's good?". From there, as long as they can make it tacticool with the addition of a dot, a light and a kydex appendix carry holster they are good to go.

On a side note, if I figure out how to add a weapon light without the use of ducktape, bailing wire or JB Weld its a "For sure" thing that will happen. I know I could carry a TSW5906... but I'm old. As much as I want to carry an older DA/SA tank the TSW5906 is all steel. Full sized all steel. I mean it would double as a small club in a pinch but I will try and stick with the aluminum frame 6906.

 

[KillerFord1977]

1991 Browning Hi power or a 1991 Sig P228
Bought both new a week apart and still get carried

 

[TidalWave]

1991 Browning Hi power or a 1991 Sig P228
Bought both new a week apart and still get carried

My BHP is 1992… still love it !

 

[Wirenut]

Bought new in the 70's

 

[Sld1959]

Assume you mean an old design, since some I have are old designs bought in last number of years. I carry an EG makarov, an SW Model 60, 1911. Wife carries a SW 637.

 

[HansGruber]

It’s been a while, but I’ve carried a Colt 1908 .25 made in 1917, a S&W K38 M&P from 1921, and a Colt 1903 .32 from (iirc) 1927.

Do those count?

 

[Shibadog]

I’ve gt an old NAA Guardian .32 acp custom shop gun I carried daily at work under a suit for a couple decades. Mousegun but very reliable and great quality

 

[ECS686]

I run some 3 and 4” K frames time to time. (10-5 15-4, 64-6 and 65) As well as a S&W 686 I picked up used in 1990 and was my duty gun outside Memphis and for a department here for a while

 

[Recusant]

I like my Colt Combat Commander from the 90s.

 

[Winchester67]

I was a 1911 guy from the time I turned 21 in the 80's. Carried this Bob Chow customized Combat Commander for a few miles back in the day. He was an Olympic shooter that was mostly known for his bullseye guns, but he did a few working guns as well.

 

[Winchester67]

Speaking of three inch K frames, my old driving rig from back in the dark ages. Inside the waistband is about the only way I can hide anything, being a towering 5 foot five. As you know, seatbelts and strong side hip don't go together. And, not that I would ever break a law, but before the CCW was a common thing it would be a great force multiplier to hand off a K frame to my passenger. Everybody that would be riding with me would know the drill on a Smith and Wesson...not so with a hammer drop semi automatic or a squeeze cocker H&K. So this Bianchi rig and a matched pair of S&W Model 65 three inch guns were under my blazer on every road trip.

 

[The Night Rider]

I bought this in 2013 so it's older than 10 years

 

[Bassbob]

Occasionally an old 1911 of one sort or another. Main jam these days is a Masada S9

 

[BarryinIN]

I was carrying a 90s HiPower and a S&W 442 of the same vintage. My eyes forced me to go to a red dot gun so the HiPower has been (probably temporarily) retired. The 442 only recently got replaced when I got a S&W 642UC.

Now and then when I need a slim gun, I will carry an HK P7M8. I guess that’s not exactly new.

If I’m on a revolver kick, it gets older. That’s one of two S&W 65s from the late 70s backed up by a S&W 12 from the late 60s.

 

[Grayfox]

My primary for more than 30 years now is a 1959 Colt Commander .45 acp. Its been lightly modified with a long trigger, beavertail and better sights.

https://imgur.com/hUjlkBw

My favorite carry revolver is a 1991 S&W 13-3 3"

https://imgur.com/LaoR5Tz

But I will admit I'm getting old and lazy. These days I often just grab my S&W 642-1. Its easy.

 

[Winchester67]

I pride myself on my low risk lifestyle these days, being old as the hills. Sometimes if I am just running over to visit a friend I carry a mouse gun. 1950's era Colt Cobra. The sights are easier for me to see than the 5 shot J frame Smiths.

 

[MrMichaelActual]

I like my Colt Combat Commander from the 90s.

Same

 

[jumpinjoe]

Speaking of three inch K frames, my old driving rig from back in the dark ages. Inside the waistband is about the only way I can hide anything, being a towering 5 foot five. As you know, seatbelts and strong side hip don't go together. And, not that I would ever break a law, but before the CCW was a common thing it would be a great force multiplier to hand off a K frame to my passenger. Everybody that would be riding with me would know the drill on a Smith and Wesson...not so with a hammer drop semi automatic or a squeeze cocker H&K. So this Bianchi rig and a matched pair of S&W Model 65 three inch guns were under my blazer on every road trip.

Very, very nice!

 

[jumpinjoe]

Well, I'm usually carrying my Hellcat OSP in a strong side OWB. I tried to carry my 659 S&W for awhile and it was a job. Then my yard son left to go back home and I had no one to help me lift it to my hip. LOL! Jus' kiddn'!

 

[Faulkner]

Yep, carry my 25 year old G23 gen 3 nearly every day of the week. Age does not automatically mean old school.