Old v New gun carry

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cocojo

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I'm curious how many carry older firearms as their main carry. I'm talking about pre 1985 guns here: Older Colt auto's 380, 32 or 2 or 4 inch Smith, Colt or Ruger revolvers. Walther P-38, P1's, P5's or PPK's. Browning Hipowers or Smith 9mm 39's, 439. FN pocket guns in 380 or 32. Question is do you feel
like you lost an edge to the newer guns like Glocks, Sigs, Smith or Walthers newer designed guns of today. How about a german luger or an original colt 1911, anyone carry one. I know the younger folks are more into modern designed guns but anyone who carried these way back when, have you changed or stayed with your tried and true guns? I still carry older Colts and Smiths 2 inch revolvers from the 50's and 60's. Sometimes older Walther PPK or P5's. Have a nice Smith 39, I carried in the 70's always, a good shooter. Any younger folks like the older guns better?
 
If you carry an older gun and have to use it in self defense you may rest assured it will be confiscated, if only temporarily.

A new gun can be replaced in one day.
 
I think as long as the gun is well maintained then there is no reason not to trust it. Besides being lighter revolvers haven't changed much in the last 20-30
years. The 1911's big improvents are better sights.

Personally, I like the newer guns. However, I would have no problem with the older ones.
 
I'm curious how many carry older firearms..... I'm talking about pre 1985 guns
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Anything "pre-1985 is OLD............Dern I thought old was the 1800s....I thought my service revolver was new, a mid 1970s Model 28.........I dont ever consider my 1943 era USGI 1911A1 as old, or my early 70s Gold Cup.

I though old was something like my Grandfathers S&W break open 44 Russian.

Young whippersnappers next are gonna push me off to the old soldiers home.
 
My mid-70's S&W model 13 I guess qualifies as old, but she's barely broken in. If you think about it, reliable self defense doesn't require technology any newer than about the 1890's.:)
 
I carry a new old gun

I use a SW 642 for off duty carry daily, It's an older design but the revolver's on about 2 years old.
 
ClayInTx has a good point. Carrying any very valuable gun, old or new, is not a good idea. You won't like seeing your $10,000, enraved, gold inlaid pistol kicked around on the sidewalk or tossed onto the concrete floor of an evidence locker. Worse, you might be reluctant to obey a police command to drop the gun, and hesitation is definitely not a good idea.

No matter what some ads say, reliability is what counts for a carry gun, not price.

Jim
 
I think the better position is to go with "seasoned."

Any firearm that has repeatedly functioned with a wide(r) variety of cartridges, magazines and during foul weather conditions will most likely fire when needed.

I shot apart a stainless Colt Officers ACP that was technically "newer" than many firearms I owned. I used that pistol for work and I wanted it to always function. It went out to Terry Tussey, and it was fired very often with full-house ammunition.

By the calendar it was newer. In real life it was very old...

(After three extensive re-builds Terry told me to hang it on the wall.)
 
What I am carrying today is new....a Glock G36, but I don't hesitate to carry my 1970 Colt Det. Special, 1970 Smith 36, or 1966 Colt 1911. That kind of age means nothing to me. Heck, I shoot a Winchester 57 .22 rifle made in 1928. Been shooting it since about 1949......me worry about older guns.:) OK, that's not a carry gun.
 
Well, I guess you would consider my warm-weather CCW old since it was made in the early 80's (S&W M66-2 with 2 1/2" barrel). I've also been known to carry my mid-70's S&W M28-2, my late-60's Walther PP, and even my mid-50's CZ-52 on occasion. So long as it is in good working condition and suitable for the purposes envisioned, I wouldn't hesitate to carry a much older gun.

I don't really feel that I'm giving up that much by carrying an older gun. I most often carry a DA revolver and those really haven't changed all that much over the past 100 years (I do often change the grips though).
 
The "older" handguns I carry include a Colt Agent and a SW Model 38. I have other handguns which were made pre-1985 that I would have no qualms about covering.
 
I carry old guns allmost all the time. My duty weapons for one PD I work at are either a S&W M-14 or my fathers old '59 vintage Colt .357. My usual carry gun is a 60's vintage Colt Detective Special. When I am in an Auto mood for CC I sometimes carry on old stock military '43 vintage Remington-Rand. One of my favorite woods-bummin' guns is an old Colt New Service 45LC but I have been known to carry a Chinese Broomhandle 9mm afield too. I carry an old M&P 2 in. that belonged to my father(only gun he ever carried when he wasn't working) or a 69 Vintage Colt Official Police when I am working on my property. The only modern gun I carry regularly is the Glock 21SF that my other PD mandates.
 
Old vs New Carry Gun

Clay and Jim both have a point. And its why I like the Glock for
SD carry (with Clintonion magazines yet). If it gets confiscated
so what ? Not like losing a pristine Colt or Browning.
Just my opinion.
 
Pre 85 ain't that bad. Just a few things.

#1. I carry a modern Sig 226 .40 most of the time.

#2. I carry a old West German 220 .45 occasionally. I think it's gonna be post 85 (side mag eject button). It's good...But I don't carry it for full time because I don't want it confinscated if I have to use it.

#3. I do carry a Browning HP sometimes too. Mainly when I want a shoulder holster. It's old, an Argentine FM.

I don't feel handicapped with any.

I am comfortable with all, I just simply don't/won't carry stuff primarily if I don't want it taken if I have to use it.
 
The technology is still valid. For my carry gun I went with .45 ACP with a single stack mag that poached half its design from the 1911. Really, the only widely accepted changes since the early 80's are the adaptation of 40 S&W, higher capacities, and lighter materials (more plastic and crazy metal alloys). All good things in their own right, but they haven't made old guns obsolete. We're still shooting the same ammo :D.
 
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