who here conceal caries a 1911

[mity2]

what I've been carrying last few feeks(when I dress enough to hide it).


DanWesson CBOB wiy wth Bianchi holster, and my Gerber

[Bobby Schulz]

I carry a Kimber or Colt pretty much all them time in a 5 inch model.

[drs1321]

I'm buying into the 1911 crave lately and think I want one for concealed carry. I had wanted a J-frame, but why have 5 rounds of .38 when I can have more of .45 right? So I'm looking at a Para Ordnance 3", or a Kimber Ultra...Hows the para match up? I like the price tag a little better, lol.

[tdyoung58]

Detonics Combat Master 6+1 Bianchi Professional 100, between belt and pants instead of IWB, just a t-shirt over it most days

2 extra loaded magazines, folding knife, digital voice recorder, cell phone, keys, wallet, anything else GF squeals 'here carry this for me'

[VFRpilotJim]

Colt Gold Cup Trophy on occasion, usually the XD45c though.

[SMMAssociates]

Originally Posted by drs1321

I'm buying into the 1911 crave lately and think I want one for concealed carry. I had wanted a J-frame, but why have 5 rounds of .38 when I can have more of .45 right? So I'm looking at a Para Ordnance 3", or a Kimber Ultra...Hows the para match up? I like the price tag a little better, lol.

drs:

Here's a 3.5" Para CCO:



This one came with night sights, but I added the arched MSH and the Pearce frontstrap cover. (I like 'em. ) Night sights are NOT standard on many Para guns, but they were running a $99 coupon thing where you'd send 'em the slide and a check and get night sights back.

This one took some chamber polishing (kinda strange because of a fully ramped barrel) and finding out that Para recommends TW25B as a lubricant (SS guns need to be wet!), before coming together at about 100 rounds. I consider that normal for any 1911.... Shoots well, is adequately accurate for carry, and I like the stock grips, too . "Officer's" sized frame.

Para's new PDA in .45ACP (or 9mm if you can tolerate it) looks to be a very fine gun, too, but kind of expensive. A 3" LDA, I believe....

I'm going to try to look at a Springfield Micro Compact in the next couple days - 3" SA. Not real super tiny, but the one I've shot was excellent. (My range buddy picked up a 9mm EMP a little while back, and I'm jealous of the size. I just don't want 9mm. The Micro isn't a lot bigger.... Para's talking about a .40, too, in the PDA line. I think I'd look at that,too....)

LDA's are a strange bird if you're not used to it. Old wheelgunners (i.e., me), or striker folks (XD, M&P) seem to find it comfortable. Although it really is an SA, the feel is different. (I've got two of them....)

Finally, I've got a 4" Kimber "Compact Custom". All steel, no Swartz safety (pre-Series II), Officer's size. Same grip and MSH treatment, and XS "Small Dot" night sights. A little bigger, a little heavier, SA, but easy to carry, and within the limits of the XS sights, a tack driver.

My only complaint about my XD9SC is that it's kinda chubby for what you get. I really didn't care much about Concealed Carry with it - I bought it for my daughter to use as a "house gun", but she's not been willing to take it yet. (If her VP choice wins, she won't be able to .) She's a college student, so no carry....

The 1911 is a different experience.... IMHO, a great way to go, but when I compare my full-sized M&P .40 and a full sized 1911 clone, the M&P is only a little bulkier - certainly a non-issue for uniform carry, and not bad for concealment either. Just seems to me that the "compact" Tupperguns stay too fat as the slides shrink.

(Just for laughs, check out the S&W CS9 and CS45. These are based on the Model 39 design. The CS9's kinda nice, too, but a little big. The CS45 is sort of a 1" thick PPK/S. 6+1.... The first shot - DA/SA - is about 12# and you can't thumb-cock it. After that, not bad, and recoil's not a problem. But it's still just plain goofy....)

Regards,

[beakersloco]

Rock Island Armory in a Galco NSAII IWB Holster.

It does the job I only paid $45 for it used. I needed something quick and cheap and I came across it on evilbay. My only complaint is that it sometimes it will shift and need to be repositioned but that depends on how snug/loose the waist of my pants are.

My plan is to eventually get a tuckable holster for my XD and then to carry it when I need wear my shirt tucked in.

[bigun]

With the Para you will either get a good one or a miserable POS mine was the POS, Really a shame as I loved the LDA pull and the officers grip frame/commander slide combo. A friend has one of the original CCW LDA's and other than a problem with undersized grips, Replaced by Para right away it has had no issues in over 3,000 rounds. If I looked at mine wrong it broke.

[VitriolicLRC]

The Star PD

[rupert]

Originally Posted by Alaskapopo

But the military is actually worse if you consider how many rounds are fired down range to get a single hit. I believe it was 500 rounds in Vietnam for every enemy hit.
Pat

When LEO start getting in fights that the enemy is using military type weapons and tactics (Tanks,RPG's, Ambushes,Mortars...) I am sure you will see the amount of rounds fired go wayyyyy up.


Please dont compare LEO gunfights with Military....