corneileous
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So far, my EDC carry pistol has been my new Springfield XDE 45 compact with the 3.3” barrel. Love this little hand-cannon. Lol.
First off, I know it’s probably a better idea to just stick with the same carry gun through and through, but I’d like to have an extra handgun of mine to include into my carry rotation.
The only other guns I have in my arsenal that I feel would be worthy candidates are any of my three Beretta Storm PX4’s because they are very closely matched to the little Springfield being that they are hammer-fired and they all can be carried with the safety off and hammer decocked but I was thinking that it would be a better idea to stick with the same caliber. I have a full-size 10mm Sig P220 with a 5 inch barrel but that’s quite the heavy hunk of steel to carry around. That, and it’s single-action only, much like a typical 1911 but with no grip safety or a degree in mechanical engineering just to tear it down...lol.
I was originally thinking of using my compact Storm 9mm because it’s a lot shorter length-wise and just a little bit shorter height-wise than the other two Storms I have that are full-size but then I got to thinking about sticking with the same caliber which moves to my full-size 45 Storm.
Thoughts? Recoil-wise, the full-size 45 storm and my compact Springfield are pretty evenly matched.
I was, and still kinda am leaning more towards the 9mm Storm because despite it being a fatter double-stack, it’s still roughly the same overall size as the single-stack 45 XDE.
As I was waiting for my new kydex bare arms pancake holster to show up for the Springfield, I carried my full-size Beretta storm that I have chambered in 40 Smith & Wesson because I have a leather pancake holster for that. My 45 Beretta storm really doesn’t fit in it because the barrel on it is about a half an inch longer than the 40 so, if that leather holster I have wasn’t a thumb-break snap holster, I could’ve carried it as well.
Either way, whether I decide on the compact 9mm or the full-size 45, I’ll have to get a new holster made because I really like the setup on my Springfield with the ArmaLaser GTO GripSense laser I have on the rail and the custom built Bare Arms holster.
Thanks in advance.
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First off, I know it’s probably a better idea to just stick with the same carry gun through and through, but I’d like to have an extra handgun of mine to include into my carry rotation.
The only other guns I have in my arsenal that I feel would be worthy candidates are any of my three Beretta Storm PX4’s because they are very closely matched to the little Springfield being that they are hammer-fired and they all can be carried with the safety off and hammer decocked but I was thinking that it would be a better idea to stick with the same caliber. I have a full-size 10mm Sig P220 with a 5 inch barrel but that’s quite the heavy hunk of steel to carry around. That, and it’s single-action only, much like a typical 1911 but with no grip safety or a degree in mechanical engineering just to tear it down...lol.
I was originally thinking of using my compact Storm 9mm because it’s a lot shorter length-wise and just a little bit shorter height-wise than the other two Storms I have that are full-size but then I got to thinking about sticking with the same caliber which moves to my full-size 45 Storm.
Thoughts? Recoil-wise, the full-size 45 storm and my compact Springfield are pretty evenly matched.
I was, and still kinda am leaning more towards the 9mm Storm because despite it being a fatter double-stack, it’s still roughly the same overall size as the single-stack 45 XDE.
As I was waiting for my new kydex bare arms pancake holster to show up for the Springfield, I carried my full-size Beretta storm that I have chambered in 40 Smith & Wesson because I have a leather pancake holster for that. My 45 Beretta storm really doesn’t fit in it because the barrel on it is about a half an inch longer than the 40 so, if that leather holster I have wasn’t a thumb-break snap holster, I could’ve carried it as well.
Either way, whether I decide on the compact 9mm or the full-size 45, I’ll have to get a new holster made because I really like the setup on my Springfield with the ArmaLaser GTO GripSense laser I have on the rail and the custom built Bare Arms holster.
Thanks in advance.
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