My perspective is that I want to carry what works best in my hand. If it happens to be expensive, so be it. My life is worth losing ANY gun. If somehow losing the gun in the process is the worst thing that happens... that's a win.
I’m of the same mind. I know people that think I’m crazy for carrying my Les Baer. If I need to use it and come out alive, it’s well worth the price of admission. I like to use the example of when I was into sport bikes. When I committed to always wearing a helmet (yeah I was young and dumb for a while) I researched and bought one of the lightest and most well ventilated helmets I could. It cost $750 at the time and my buddy said he’d never spend more than $125 for a helmet. I looked at him and said “it’s only your head”.
It ain't a Glock. You need a "P80" or "PGB" stand to put that thing on!
It ain't a Glock. You need a "P80" or "PGB" stand to put that thing on!
Back when I did the car track thing, we had a saying... "Get a $100 helmet if you've got a $100 head."
I carried my first one, a P80 compact for three years. I went back to my 1911. No problem with my P80, it's great! No failures. I'm just addicted to my 1911. I shoot it very well.Surprisingly, an advanced search with "Carry" in the title yielded no results on this topic. I build the P80 version of the G43 and built it with complete OEM parts, including magazines (with Pearce +2 extensions, though) and have been carrying it frequently. I know OEM parts are not absolutely required, but this gun has never bobbled a single round, it runs, well, like a Glock.
A hot debate is should you or should you not carry a modified handgun. Some say box-stock only, others say it doesn't matter, especially if it's not to make the gun easier to fire. For instance, my putting a + connector in my G45 increases trigger pull weight and would be no problem.
In PA,guns are legal, I got a wonderful holster from Knightfall Customs, and have been happily carrying my little gun for almost a year. Does anyone else do this, or are you only carrying branded guns for self-defense?
I did carry my P80 compact for a few years. I went back to my 1911 because I really like and shoot it well.
Yep, I carry one of my builds almost every day. I regularly alternate with my SS80 G43 build from The Glock Store, w/Suarez International slide, a Polymer80 P19 build w/SwampFox slide, and a P17 build w/Suarez Intl. slide. All three run flawlessly in the field and are as reliable as any Glock I own.Surprisingly, an advanced search with "Carry" in the title yielded no results on this topic. I build the P80 version of the G43 and built it with complete OEM parts, including magazines (with Pearce +2 extensions, though) and have been carrying it frequently. I know OEM parts are not absolutely required, but this gun has never bobbled a single round, it runs, well, like a Glock.
A hot debate is should you or should you not carry a modified handgun. Some say box-stock only, others say it doesn't matter, especially if it's not to make the gun easier to fire. For instance, my putting a + connector in my G45 increases trigger pull weight and would be no problem.
In PA,
Hi @Curtis !
Im very close in viewpoint to what you wrote. Nothing factory has ever been a good fit for me. So i made my own. They both range guns for fun & self-defense tools. I think factory vs privately made firearms is a moot legal argument. Either you had a good shoot & the jury will believe you, or you have a jury stacked against you & it wont matter. These are just my own opinions, worth all you paid for them.
Im very close in viewpoint to what you wrote. Nothing factory has ever been a good fit for me. So i made my own. They both range guns for fun & self-defense tools. I think factory vs privately made firearms is a moot legal argument. Either you had a good shoot & the jury will believe you, or you have a jury stacked against you & it wont matter. These are just my own opinions, worth all you paid for them.
I think the biggest pitfall you come across is the "you made that gun to kill someone" claim a prosecutor could make same with should you use reloads in your defense. Can't imagine either alone causes a conviction though I could see both of them being a "pile it on" scenario.Im very close in viewpoint to what you wrote. Nothing factory has ever been a good fit for me. So i made my own. They both range guns for fun & self-defense tools. I think factory vs privately made firearms is a moot legal argument. Either you had a good shoot & the jury will believe you, or you have a jury stacked against you & it wont matter. These are just my own opinions, worth all you paid for them.
Well, if we're playing Devil's Advocate, we could also speculate a prosecutor saying "You BOUGHT that gun to kill someone."
I hope so. I imagine it's a matter of time before such a case happens.
I think we can also carry the Devil's Advocate scenarios too far and worry ourselves to death. If we were to carry such worries to a logical conclusion, we could only surmise that mere participation on gun forums would be equally damning.
It is all a catch-22 as it depends on who is assessing the situation. I'd like to think I am a fairly rational person and would give someone reasonable benefit of doubt. Can't always assume that will be the case though if you believe polls (which I do question) an increasing # of folks in the US are pro gun/pro self defense, so it does come back to where the incident happens. If you get to trial you've won and lost - won as you are alive and lost as you got charged.
