Elliottsdad
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For those of you who live in climates that change drastically throughout the year (Midwesterners, Northeasterners, Mountaineers, etc.): Do you change what you carry or what you load it with based on the time of year/weather?
I got to thinking about this while reading about (insert single stack 9 here) being great for "t-shirt" weather. But what about when it's -2 F, with -15 windchill in mid January? Do you feel like you need more "umph" to pierce things the bad guys might be wearing (thick winter coats made of leather/heavy denim/tons of padding). I'm not trying to say armor, or car door piercing. I'm just talking about the heavy clothing we all wear when it's frigid.
I'm talking about carrying that single stack or subcompact 9mm in the summer while most are wearing a tshirt and shorts, and switching to 9mm +p, or even jumping up in cartridge (.40, .45) for the winter months. Or with your clothing becoming more concealing, do you switch to higher capacity autos because you can more easily carry larger pistols without issue?
I'm quite aware that I'm overthinking this, but I get curious about these things, and whether or not there are people that think/train this way. Or do you just carry the same thing year round because if it works in Summer, it'll work in Winter, too?
I got to thinking about this while reading about (insert single stack 9 here) being great for "t-shirt" weather. But what about when it's -2 F, with -15 windchill in mid January? Do you feel like you need more "umph" to pierce things the bad guys might be wearing (thick winter coats made of leather/heavy denim/tons of padding). I'm not trying to say armor, or car door piercing. I'm just talking about the heavy clothing we all wear when it's frigid.
I'm talking about carrying that single stack or subcompact 9mm in the summer while most are wearing a tshirt and shorts, and switching to 9mm +p, or even jumping up in cartridge (.40, .45) for the winter months. Or with your clothing becoming more concealing, do you switch to higher capacity autos because you can more easily carry larger pistols without issue?
I'm quite aware that I'm overthinking this, but I get curious about these things, and whether or not there are people that think/train this way. Or do you just carry the same thing year round because if it works in Summer, it'll work in Winter, too?