Who Carries Daily.....and What Do You Carry...and Why..?

[stk44]

On 8/20/2024 at 2:31 AM, Rockhopper said:

Many reasons. Probably the most important being quick sight acquisition in a high stress situation. This allows you to maintain threat  focus and acquire targets quickly and accurately by improving sight picture and removing sight alignment from the scenario. They also make it more intuitive for the human eye and brain to focus on the point of aim. Plus every round fired has a lawyer attached to it. I'll take the advantage of knowing my poa/poi more precisely than with traditional irons in a high stress situation. 

I agree with you even though I still do not have a dot on my EDC. Now that they are so small, it seems like a no brainer. I’m hoping to get one soon. 

[airshot]

I carry everywhere I legally can, at my age hand to hand combat is not a good idea.  My wife is rises billed so I need to help her and yes we have been stalked on a number of ocassions.  We don't go to places where crime is high, but when an old couple is spotted, they become easy targets.  So far, just reaching for my licensed firearm, has had the bad guys turn and run without firing a shot.  My choice to carry is my Makarov 9-18, great gun, never had a FF in the decades I have owned it. I might be getting up in age but still shoot and practice frequently.

[FishTax]

I ended up getting the shield plus performance center with a red dot site. Shot it without the site the first time, just with the fiber optics, and it's a tack driver. Love it. Going to site in the RDS this afternoon and see if I can get comfortable with it. If not I'll just sell that on eBay. 

[Rockhopper]

1 hour ago, FishTax said:

I ended up getting the shield plus performance center with a red dot site. Shot it without the site the first time, just with the fiber optics, and it's a tack driver. Love it. Going to site in the RDS this afternoon and see if I can get comfortable with it. If not I'll just sell that on eBay. 

If that is going to be your carry/home defense weapon, I would make sure to at least shoot it at night one or two times in the dark as well so you have an idea of what the muzzle flash is going to do.  Typically, you really do not want a compensated barrel at night in the dark for this purpose.  If someone breaks into your home at night and wakes you up, you are already going to be tired and fumbling around in the dark with your weapon while worried about the threat, and heaven forbid the situation necessitates you discharging your firearm, you may quickly find yourself with dark blindness from the muzzle flash shooting out of the comp.

 

I do not know specifically how bad/good it is with that particular weapon, but I do know it should have two small comp ports on the barrel from pictures I have seen online.  Better to be prepared than surprised when you find yourself not being able to see after firing one round in the pitch black because of the fireball shooting out of the comp ports.

[FishTax]

I shot it at dusk, dark enough where I couldn't see my targets well any more, and the flash didn't even register with me. I'm sure there are guns out there throwing a fireball but this isn't one of them. It's very manageable. 

Also, not currently my bedside gun until I get more comfortable. I've only put about 250 through it so far.