What is your everyday carry set-up?

One of these combinations:

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I was carrying my LCR alot, but it is currently on indefinate loan to my Mom as her carry/bedside gun (It's sure rough sometimes being a "good son" but, what the hell. :rolleyes:)

I carry my primary IWB in a Bianchi Professional 100 holster and the LCP rides in an Uncle Mikes pocket holster.
 
My daily carry rig is a S&W M60 3" .357 in a pancake holster, occasionally an IWB.

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When working on my friends cattle ranch it's a 6.5" Blackhawk .357 in a double loop holster with a cartridge belt.

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Eugene
 
It's obvious that the true mountain man in this bunch is MALAMUTE. Dude, we're not worthy, that model 29 looks like its been there and back again.

I LOVE IT!!!
 
First of all, Malamute, nice Randall ... and the other stuff. ;)

P97, nice Ruger.

Having had to carry a full-size weapon both exposed and concealed over the course of my LE career, I eventually came to prefer smaller & lighter handguns as off-duty weapons. That required (in my thinking) that they be used for training/practice at least as much as the full-size guns. Sometimes even more, considering that some smaller platforms require a bit more of the user than similar full-size platforms. No matter, I like to do a fair amount of shooting as a firearms instructor and armorer. ;)

While I don't take pictures of my daily load-out, let's just say that in the spirit of this thread that I'll usually have either one or another J-frame on my person, (usually in a pocket holster), with either some speedstrips or speedloaders, or else one or another small 9mm (or less often maybe a .40/.45), along with 1-2 spare magazines, depending on what I plan in the way of daily activities and area of travel. This became my routine the last several years of my career and has carried over into my retirement.

Other stuff?

Well, knives can be handy tools upon occasion. I usually have 1 or 2 multi-function Swiss Army type folding knives and at least one well-made lockblade folding knife.

A small light source.

Flat badge wallet and a very thin regular wallet.

As much as I dislike cell phones, I do carry a personal phone (even though I no longer have to carry an issued one). Sometimes I even turn it on. ;)

Cigar cutter and/or punch, along with a torch lighter.

Reading glasses ... sigh.

Sometimes a pocket watch my daughter gave me. I quit wearing a wrist watch many years ago, using the annoying pager & agency cellphone given to me to tell time.

Now, when it comes to backwoods wandering, this list can change quite a bit ...
 
One of these two pistols and my knife.
Usually I just grab the Kahr, since it goes IWB real easy. If I am going to be out and about all day I will take the time to slip the 1911 on my belt.

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Wow - I'm seeing some really beautiful stuff here. Some of you are concealing barbeque guns, some are packing enough equipment for a war.

I csrry a PF-9 and 2 mags in a shoulder rig sometimes, and a P-3AT on a belt clip with a spare mag in my pocket at others. I always have a CRKT M-16 and a small folder with me and a cell phone.

You don't get to see a picture of them because either:

A. I'm a lousey photographer
B. They are plain-jane boring to look at
C. Concealed means concealed
 
Main carry: P-11 with 16 round spare magazine, hi-res camera phone, 12v charger, voice recorder, Leatherman tool, 2 AA Mag Light, SOG Twitch locking folder, tape measure and clip-on retention holster when O.C. is required. The tape measure is there just because it comes in handy a lot.

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lot to carry

Sean,

My guess is that you're a pretty big guy to conceal all that stuff. Didn't you hear the trend is to downsizing now with all those .380's you can hide in your front pants pocket?
 
5'10" 200 lbs. It is easier to carry this in the winter with a nice coat. I will be getting a nice IWB set-up. Or I may go back to a Ruger SP101 for warm weather carry.
 
I dunno how some of you guys keep your pants held up. Holy crap. I keep a Kahr PM40 OWB and a extra mag in the pocket. Nothing else accept maybe keys. I don't even like packin change.
 
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