Thread: What do you carry?

Originally Posted by Patriot911

Open sights or did you scope it? I don't think I've ever heard of someone hunting deer with a .44 before. My hat is off to you!

Ayuh,... It's got a red-dot, no magnification...
see above...

Hittin' a 9" pie plate at 100 yds. with the .44 is reasonably easy, 'n nearly impossible with the 12 gauge...

I carry nothing.

Really.

I am not particularly concerned with those who make bold statements about what they carry.

Originally Posted by Independent77

I am not particularly concerned with those who make bold statements about what they carry.

Well, if you're not here to join the discussion, why are you here? Just to make childish remarks about not being afraid of people who do make the decision to carry, why are you here? Why would you be afraid of them in the first place? Think they're going to spot you on the street and just gun you down because they think you MIGHT be afraid? And what is so "bold" about discussing what gun one has chosen to defend themselves with?

A 1934 Colt .45 National Match Pistol:

Originally Posted by Nemo

A 1934 Colt .45 National Match Pistol:

It is hard to believe the kind of staying power the 1911 has. I already have a Kimber, but my wife is trying to steal it. I'm thinking about getting her one of the new Ruger 1911s.

Do you know any of the history of your gun? I'm betting it has some stories....

The gun was made specially for my father by Colt; and it was given to me on my commissioning as a Regular Army Officer. I served in Vietnam, and led men in combat; but I never felt the need for a weapon, and went about with nothing more lethal than a bamboo cane. General James Hollingsworth (“Danger 79er”), who personally awarded my commission from President Johnson, once chided me on not carrying a sidearm; to which I responded that to do so would reflect a lack of confidence in myself and my men.

Originally Posted by Nemo

The gun was made specially for my father by Colt; and it was given to me on my commissioning as a Regular Army Officer. I served in Vietnam, and led men in combat; but I never felt the need for a weapon, and went about with nothing more lethal than a bamboo cane. General James Hollingsworth (“Danger 79er”), who personally awarded my commission from President Johnson, once chided me on not carrying a sidearm; to which I responded that to do so would reflect a lack of confidence in myself and my men.

Wow! Glad I asked! The stories you find when asking about old guns... amazing! Thanks for sharing.

This is the cane I carried in Vietnam from Hermes of Paris:

I open carry and XDm45 and depending on where I go, I will conceal carry a Ruger 380 LCP