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Dean Weingarten: My Everyday Carry Guns
AmmoLand ^ | December 30, 2021 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 01/03/2022 3:35:17 AM PST by marktwain

The author really likes his Glock and lightweight revolver.

U.S.A.-(AmmoLand.com)- My everyday carry is a Glock 17 in a Fobus retention holster. It was fitted with Glock factory tritium night sights when refurbished by a Glock armorer a few years ago. A spare magazine is carried in a narrow pants pocket. The ammunition is 115 grain Triton +P 9mm hollowpoints. When a need for more concealment than easily achieved with the Fobus arises,  the deeper concealment pistol is a Smith & Wesson 337 Scandium revolver with a 3 1/8 inch barrel, adjustable sights, and Crimson Trace grips. Various holsters and concealment methods are used. It is rated for .38 Special +P loads. It is loaded with 125 grain Federal +P Nyclad hollowpoints. Spare ammunition is carried in two HKS speedloaders.

The subject of everyday carry necessarily starts with a clear understanding of what the objective of carrying the firearm is.  This is a highly personal decision, with numerous purposes and combinations. Each person needs to consider their own objectives, risks, benefits, the environments they will be in, and choose accordingly.

For this correspondent, the primary objective is political, with a secondary objective of defense of self and others, dominated by deterrence over tactical surprise.

I ordinarily carry openly. Open carry is more politically effective than concealed carry. The two methods complement and reinforce each other. Both have advantages and disadvantages. I have often practiced both at the same time.

Weingarten open carry image taken by friend picked up from the hospital. Courtesy Dean Weingarten.

Open carry is an effective statement the carrier has Second Amendment rights. Those rights limit what the government can do. The carrier is not afraid to assert those

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: banglist; bloggers; blognotnews; blogpimp; concealedcarry; opencarry; weingarten
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To: Pollard

Now that’s funny!!


21 posted on 01/03/2022 7:08:25 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

My point was that I don’t have the manual dexterity to operate speed loaders. As for me, I prefer a revolver. Just be packin’.


22 posted on 01/03/2022 7:41:58 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: ComputerGuy

I understand. I prefer revolvers over semis, too. I have the speed loaders mainly to carry in a pouch in a loading fixture that can load better than fumbling with loose ammo. But in the end, 5 or 6 rounds needs to be enough or there’s trouble.


23 posted on 01/03/2022 7:50:14 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: marktwain; mylife; Joe Brower; MaxMax; Randy Larsen; waterhill; Envisioning; AZ .44 MAG; umgud; ...

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24 posted on 01/03/2022 7:54:29 AM PST by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: marktwain

Triton ammo and Nyclads? He must have stacked it deep 20 years ago.


25 posted on 01/03/2022 8:02:51 AM PST by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: ComputerGuy

I went ahead and standardized on 9mm for my snubbies, too. Ruger LCR 9mm, and I had my 442 machined for 9mm. Moon clips are much easier for me to reload than speed loaders/strips.


26 posted on 01/03/2022 8:08:31 AM PST by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: ComputerGuy

True, with a 5 rnd revolver one would be at a disadvantage against another with hi-cap mag.

Most incidents probably wouldn’t require more than 5 rounds. Who knows. Every situation is different.


27 posted on 01/03/2022 8:22:39 AM PST by servantboy777
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To: ComputerGuy

Years ago, I picked up a Ruger SP101 in 9mm. It was in the consignment case at a local gun shop and had an appealingly low price tag. I find loading moon-clipped ammo to be easier than using traditional speedloaders. Not as quick as slapping a fresh magazine into a semi-auto, but pretty darned close. The Ruger is a wee bit on the heavy side for everyday carry, but it’s as rugged and reliable as anything else out there.


28 posted on 01/03/2022 8:30:30 AM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: marktwain

I’d suggest a G18 mag for your vehicle as spare ammo for the G17. Gives you up to 33 additional rounds in an easy to stow and deploy package.


29 posted on 01/03/2022 9:18:19 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: marktwain

Everybody has an opinion about open or concealed carry. I am not opposed to open carry, I do so on certain occasions. When I do, I also carry a concealed firearm as a back up. I see open carry as a statement, makes me a target, and I want that back up if for some reason I am disarmed. For my concealed carry, being 5‘8“, I find that with normal clothes it is difficult to conceal A full-size my room is so many people talk about doing. I don’t want to wear baggy clothes, look fatter than I am. I find the Sig P365 easy to conceal with most attire. I normally use extended magazine, so I have 12+1. When size is a serious issue, I have a Ruger LCP II. And when size is not an issue, I have an HKVP9 or VP40. When I go to California my car carr, is a Smith and Wesson J-frame 357. At the end of the day, everyone has their own choices, these are mine, I don’t criticize people for their’s.


30 posted on 01/03/2022 9:34:15 AM PST by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: Pollard

Perfect!!


31 posted on 01/03/2022 9:34:51 AM PST by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: marktwain

“… Crimson Trace grips…”

I finally broke down and admitted to myself that I could no longer see the sights and the target without doing the pecking chicken movements to get my bifocals to work. I got a CrimsonTrace trigger guard sight, sighted it in with a chamber laser for 30 feet, bought a custom holster that fits the pistol with the new appliance, and have been very happily carrying ever since. All I have to remember is that the closer the target, the slightly higher the hit will be, about 1.5” up at 3 feet.


32 posted on 01/03/2022 9:39:35 AM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: Gaffer

To be fair, let’s put Jerry M with his 625 up against Rob Leatham with his XDM.


33 posted on 01/03/2022 9:46:44 AM PST by Bryanw92
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To: Gaffer

Remember that JMs SW-625 uses moon clips which are significantly faster than speed loaders.


34 posted on 01/03/2022 10:08:02 AM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: Lurker
Right on!

Perhaps carrying one in the open and two more concealed is the ticket. ;-D

35 posted on 01/03/2022 10:50:15 AM PST by GingisK
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To: Poser
"Too much passive voice in the narrative."

That's true, as far as it goes, but this isn't a news piece and Mr Dean Weingarten is too seasoned and stalwart a defender of 2A/RKBA to be casting him adrift because the dangles the occasional participle.

There aren't many who have a platform as visible as his who still can be counted to shoot from the hip and not couch their opinions in the interests of his sponsors. In my view that qualifies him for a bit of syntactic leniency.

36 posted on 01/03/2022 11:31:18 AM PST by Paal Gulli
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To: P8riot

Yes. I have two of them.


37 posted on 01/03/2022 1:17:09 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: Lurker; marktwain
I’ve grown very tired of the concealed vs open carry argument.

I have, too. Therefore, I propose a new form of carry: Implantation.

Here is my proposal for an implanted handgun:


38 posted on 01/03/2022 1:21:40 PM PST by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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To: Lazamataz

I’ll send you my order form tonight. LOL


39 posted on 01/03/2022 1:23:04 PM PST by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: Lurker
"I’ve grown very tired of the concealed vs open carry argument."

Agreed. I'm also tired of 'revolver vs semiauto". I own both and mostly carry a small semiauto now. Truth is very few mass shootings take place at a hardware or a tack & feed store, and those two stores are where I do the bulk of my shopping....

But I wouldn't feel naked carrying my S&W Model 60. 5 rounds of 357 in a gun I'm very familiar with is nothing for a bad guy to sneeze at. In church, my favorite is a J-frame with 38 specials and a Desantis clip hooked on my jeans pocket


40 posted on 01/03/2022 1:56:42 PM PST by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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