TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Gov. William J. Le Petomane’s Ruger...
I carry a Ruger GP100. Specifically a 3" Wiley Clapp model in one of the very few non plastic 3" IWB holsters available, made by Bianchi. Why? Mostly because it's what I like to...
TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – BIG Lars’s Ruger SR9c
I've always been somewhat of a generalist. A jack of all trades, though perhaps a master of none. My rifle of choice reflects that sentiment: the versatile Marlin 1894C in .357 Magnum. With .38...
John Boch: What I Carry and Why
I have a confession to make. My gun accompanies me every day in every place it's legal. No surprise, right? Different folks carry for many reasons. There's a reason I pack my heater --...
What I Carry and Why: Ralph’s S&W 642 Airweight
Sometimes I carry a .40 caliber M&P, and sometimes I don’t. It depends on what I’m wearing, which is determined by the weather, which in Massachusetts can be charitably described as “variable,” or realistically...
TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Anaxis’s ’52 Polish Tokarev TT-33
One day not too many years ago at Dragonman's outside of Colorado Springs, I picked up a really nice Tula hex Mosin-Nagant 91/30 for $80 on a whim. Within firing the first five rounds...
TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Jeremiah S’s CZ P-07
I grew up in California for most of my youth, and the thought of owning a gun never even crossed my mind. After graduating high school, I moved out to Oklahoma to move closer...
TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Aaron B’s GLOCK 27…and More
I carry several different guns. Each has a purpose, of course, and every gun has benefits and limitations. My perspective of use has been influenced by qualifying four times a year on a concealed carry...
TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Lucas’s SIG P229 SAS
I live in Arizona and work for a rather well-known online retailer that specializes in tactical firearms. I picked up a SIG P229 SAS used and haven't bothered looking back. As we are...
TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – SpeleoFool’s Beretta PX4 Storm Compact
Warren Buffet is well-known for his advice to "invest in what you know." A similar philosophy led to my choice in a carry gun -- I carry what I know . . .
My first...
What I Carry and Why: Jeremy S’s Beretta Nano
I'm not sure my rig's tires had even cooled off from the move back to Washington from California before I was putting fingerprints on digital paper as part of the Washington CPL (concealed pistol...
TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Brandon’s 686 and 642
I’m relatively new to the concealed carry routine. A few random violent encounters in the District of Columbia turned me on to guns and concealed carry. While I don’t exercise my rights in the...
TTAG Reader: What I Carry and Why – Danny in Cleveland’s M&P40c
It's been en vogue lately to poo-poo the .40 S&W caliber. All the tacticool operators and serious pistoleros seem to carry 9mm's and turn their noses up at those misguided and amateurish enough to...