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October 12, 2008, 11:04:47 pm »
pards, now with a florida ccw on hot day, most of the year in southwest fl, carry and love my glock md. 36, .45 acp!! had el paso leather make me a double 1876 set shoulder holsters for my .45 black powder frame, 4 3/4 colts. feels good to have a colt .45 single action under each arm while going to church on sunday!! el paso saddlery makes a quality single action shoulder single or double!!
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I knew this post would get me in trouble.
Every time I read the answers I come up with another favorite. I could write on here for a while. Looking back over the years I know one of the best I ever carried was a satin ncikel Combat Commander. It was accurate and easy to carry.
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May 22, 2009, 06:24:19 pm »
Retired federal agent. Issued Ruger Speed Six, stainless in 1984 and carried .357 mag rounds from whoever got the
contract that year. In 1992 we converted to Glock 19s. When I retired in 2004 I was carrying a Glock 26 which is
what I still carry. I will say that my favorite was the Ruger with the standard grips and the Tyler "T" grip adapter. It was
powerful, supremely accurate, felt great in the hand and worked flawlessly with the Safariland speed loaders.
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August 15, 2009, 11:27:31 pm »
A quality 1911 platform is my favorite and what I carry today. I've been carrying a Les Baer Premier II for about the last four years and carried a Colt Series 80 for about four years before the Baer.
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A S&W M 28, 6" barrel, highly tuned. Shot a Rape Suspect at 80 yards, he was shooting at me at the time.
I also like either one of 2 matching Colt SAAs, 5 1/2', blue, tuned. My SASS guns when playing. My favorite carry guns.
Gangbangers hate those SAAs. For some reason they're scared to death of'm?
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BTW, I have to carry a Glock at my current job. I hate it. I ground off most of the finger groves to fit my paw better. I hate that Glock.
I need a new extra mag and they want $30 for one. Oh, did I mention that I hate my Glock.
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August 16, 2009, 11:40:04 am »
First gun? 4" Colt Diamond Back, $108 new. Oh yea, that was back in 1969. Last gun was a state issued Glock Mdl 30, which I carried until I retired last April. Favorite gun WWII Colt 1911A1 Army issue. Got it at a County Attorney's auction for $75, it had been used in an armed robbery. Still have every gun I carried for the past 40 years except the Glock.
Have fun and stay safe......
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I started with a Mdl 15 Combat Masterpiece. Realized that wasn't enough gun, bought a Mdl 19 4" Combat Magnam. In those days (late 60's -early 70's) we carried the 110gr Supervel (1700fps) This lead me to my favorite a 6" Mdl 27 which was backed up by a .380 PPK/s. In the mid 90's we went to the .40 Glock which was OK. I wore the 27 on my last day on the job. Nothing like it with the dress blouse and full Sam Browne belt.
My current favorite (after a week at Gunsite) is a Kimber 1911.
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December 27, 2009, 05:30:22 am »
I got out of the service and went on duty in the late 60's on a dept. in So. Calif. At that time we had to provide all our own gear, including uniforms and side arm. My first handgun was an old used 4" Colt Trooper in .38 special. As soon as I saved up enough, I bought a 4" S&W Highway Patrolman .357 (N frame), which I carried for the remainder. I am now retired, bailed out of "Kal-if-ornia", and live out in the country in beautiful East Texas, where I was born. I'm still packing that N frame (now with stag grips and .357 mag. ammo), and have never felt "out gunned" as long as it's within reach.
And, God Bless Texas!
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Its a hard toss up between my 1911 and my sig p220. I love em both..............but lately ive been cuddling up with a sig p225/p6 german surplus police issue that I picked up and its becoming my favorite off duty........
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March 09, 2010, 12:41:35 pm »
Let's see....favorite duty weapon would have to go to the most fun to carry and shoot.......SW model 629 .44 magnum w/4in. bbl. At the range everyone knew when I was qualifying......BOOM, BOOM!!!!!!!!! the looks on a bad guy's face when looking down that .44 barrel.......priceless
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March 09, 2010, 05:25:51 pm »
EE, I carried a factory nickel Model 58 41 Mag. at the last PD I worked at before I went to work for the County. Night Quals were like a 106 mm Recoiless rifle going off. The range was open air, but it has a sheetmetal roof, LOUD!
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March 31, 2010, 04:12:49 pm »
For 30 years on my dept, we had to carry issue. That said, my favorite was a nickle S&W mod. 19 4 inch. Went through several wheel guns before we went to auto loaders. IMHO real guns ain't made of aluminum, or plastic. If I had my druthers it would be a 1911 hands down. A guy don't need a lot of rounds if he hits his target. Just my thoughts, Jed
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March 31, 2010, 04:37:44 pm »
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April 17, 2010, 04:21:08 pm »
I started out with a S&W model 10 and didn't much like it. So I swithced when the sheriff approved us to buy our own weapons. I went out and got a Sig 226 and fell in love with it. I was very disappointed when the sheriff went to an issue gun. But it turned out just as well. It was the H&K USP 40 and it was love at first sight. I ended up retiring 5 years later and this was my retirement gun.
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April 22, 2010, 12:58:26 am »
I worked 16 yrs as a Deputy Sheriff and 8 yrs as a District Attorney Invest. in Oklahoma. Retired since 1992. Carried a 4" Colt Python when in uniform and a Browning Hi-Power when working plain clothes. Back up to both was a Colt Cobra. I loved them all and still have them but my favorite was my Python, it saved my life.
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May 01, 2010, 11:49:02 pm »
<sigh> Like Larry I started our with a S&W Model 10, unlike Larry, I LOVED that gun! Mine was the 4" HB with factory sites. You ever have a gun you felt like you couldn't miss with? Well that one was mine! For some reason that gun would hit absolutely anything I pointed it at! I miss that gun. It was followed by a Security Six, that was pretty good but not in the same class as that Model 10.
Currently required to carry issued Beretta 92D. A POS but barely adequit...and tough enuff to withstand the worst the job can throw at it. It's a miserable thing to shoot though with a DA only trigger and a 10# plus pull.
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May 02, 2010, 02:45:46 am »
You prolly need to carry that Smith as a Back up in case your slide cracks on that Baretta.
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May 30, 2010, 10:26:11 pm »
My favorite duty pistol was one I purchased when starting full-time law enforcement (check out my first duty pistol on that post).The gun I purchased when starting full time may be considered my first duty one, but you'd have to put an asterisk by it. The gun was a blued 4" Mark III Colt Trooper, loved the heft and feel of her over the Model 66 S&W my new Chief of Police tried to talk me into, besides it was a COLT. After about six years carrying it in 1979, I sent it into Ma-Na-Port Arms, had it mag-na-ported and had a met-a-life finish put on it(love this finish-wears like a diamond, think it looks better than stainless steel). After gettin it back, I installed a set of Trapper springs and slapped a set of Pachmayr grips on it. Sweet shootin'. Carried that gun the rest of my career, except when the city bought some Mod 66 S&W and I had to carry the Smith a couple of years. Liked the Colt better, still have it. If I were to wear a badge now, I'd strap 'ol whisperin death' back on, if not it would be one of my all metal Colt or Kimber 45 acp's-not a fan of the plastic/polymers. The Colt Trooper could shoot em all; 38 Spec wadcutters, 125 grain 357 Remingtons, 140 grain 357 Winchester Silvertips, 156 grain cast bullets over 13-15 grains of 2400, ate em all with authority and accurate. Probably why I like the grips and feel of my Dragoons and '60 Army C&B's over the '51 Colt Navy and Colt Model P frame, they feel more like my trusty Colt Trooper. Same thing with my old model Ruger Vaquero over my new model Vaquero, more heft-ya feel like yer holding onto something. In my opinion Colt should still be makin the Trooper, Python too.
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Beretta slide failures came about as a result of SEAL Team Six and 'hot' sub-gun ammunition.
The fix was an over-sized hammer pin and a cut in the slide that would wedge the errant slide, should there be a separation - and a correspondingly larger cut in the grip panel to acomodate the pin's head.
Beretta didn't do 'that' for civilian use until the M92FS came about.
Fired with standard GI Ball - they're no problem, whatsoever.
I bought a GI-issue one from Beretta, under a special program available to Army competitive shooters in the early '90's - the difference is - I bought mine to carry and use, while others bought them to put away and sell later.
Thanks to a fairly 'vigorous' shooting schedule at Fort Bragg - I wore out 5 barrels - but never the slide nor the frame - and we'd Magna-fluxed it to be sure.
Snipping two coils from the mainspring helped, too - but so did a spring kit - and no one I know ever shot them double-action unless the Course of Fire called for it and someone was looking hard.
What might I prefer?
The M1911A1 and the Browning High-Power of my earlier days - but I've never found fault with the M9.
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Favorite of all I carried was an issue 4" Ruger Security Six with Hogue Nylon grips. It was tough, reliable and it helped me win a bunch of matches over the years.
That said, If I could have purchased and chosen my own, it would have been a Model-58 S&W .41 Magnum with a custom low profile Patridge front sight.
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April 28, 2011, 09:28:37 am »
I carried on duty, at various times:
Model 10
Model 64
Model 39
Model 19
Model 686
Colt Det. Special
Model 36
Glock 17
Glock 19
Glock 26
Glock 21
My absolute favorite was the Model 19. Sweetest and most accurate gun I've ever fired.
But the best caliber one, and the one I'd rather have in a shtf gunfight, was the Glock 21.
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In my 30+ years on the job, I carried me quite a passel of duty guns......I started out with a S&W Model 28 "Highway Patrolman" and I must say that is still my most favorite revolver out of the many I carried. For autos, it would be a toss up between the Browning Hi Power or my Sig P228...
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June 19, 2011, 02:59:37 pm »
I enjoyed the Smith revolvers, 1911's, and Glock 9s and 40s.
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My favorite, which I carried while doing LE for the USCG was my Kimber. Luckily, we're laxed enough in the USCG that when I showed my "disdain" for the Beretta, and most double actions, my Gunner's Mate Chief asked me if I could do the advanced course with my Kimber. I did, and from then on, I carried her through my career.
Now, going into the NPS as an LE ranger, I'm hoping they'll do the same. Like posted before, if it's ever needed, you don't need 14 rounds if you know how to aim
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I had to qualify with my Glock which, I mention this often, I hate. I shot a 94% so felt pretty good about that but I still don't like the gun.
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