carguy

Don't give out any info you're not comfortable with. I'm not asking for WHAT you carry or WHY, those are up to you and a topic for another thread.

Just wondering how many, and for how long?

Where I was raised, there is no CCW, but open carry was quite common in my area.

I started CCWing in 1997, and have had licenses for Tennessee, Alabama, and now NC.

SciuirseMorrigna

I carry, since I turned 18, many, many moons ago.

arebindixie

I started carrying in 1983 (even though it was not legal to do so and I was too young to purchase a pistol) after I nearly got shot while working in a grocery store. The manager on duty was shot and the perp was shot by police as he exited the store.

Unalist

I had one a while ago. I'm in Afganistan right now so I open carry all the time.

carguy

101st?

7of7

Do some brandishing too while your there!! (since I can't over here, without causing myself trouble)
Stay safe, and thanks.

Unalist

Yes Sir, Screaming Eagle.

Currently in the senic Pesh Valley.

7of7

Thank you for your good wishes. I always make sure to reflect thanks back on those who served before me. I'm in transit going back to my base but I know from personal experience that plenty of people right now and especially before me didn't have internet access or climate control or a descent chow hall like I have here.

Pistolero

I've carried, on and off, since I was in my late teens. (That's a long time.) For the past 13 years I've carried 2 pistols 24/7. I even sleep with one under the pillow; but, around here, that's because I have to.

carguy

Good on you, sir. I was a Screaming Eagle for eight years. Currently at Bragg right now, but I really enjoyed my time at Ft. Campbell.

Good luck and come home safe.

andy

I'm looking into a DA cap and ball. Legal for felons in VT, AL. Ruger's Old Army is a solid performer, but slow for repeat shots (especially one handed) and huge, heavy, expensive, and Ruger won't mail-sell it, as other C and B revolvers are sold.

Aslan

Watch your six!

Thanks for having ours - thoughts and prayers to you and the rest of the 101st Hoo-ah!

Aslan

Been carrying legally for a long time. Now we even have CCW without a permit. But for travel and carry in bars, I maintain my permit.

Terry G

Sure do. I'm under LEOSA, which means I can carry concealed in every state in the Union.

Kpdpipes

Same here. Only in NJ since 1988 until LEOSA passed in 2006.

arebindixie

Double actions, such as the Starr, were sound yet unpopular in their era because debris from burst caps could play hell with the action. Colt Navy reproductions are inexpensive, easy to acquire, and the design was well regarded. Most will group four inches or so at 25 yards and, as a matter of fact, you can get two for less than the cost of an Old Army. Most importantly, Richard's-Mason type cylinders are available which permit use of low pressure loads in .38 Special cartridges.

andy

you don't know jack about the law, do ya? :-) The conversion to cartridge capability makes it illegal for felons to possess. I wouldn't bother with any SA. I'm talking about a conversion, so to speak, of a certain type of existing DA cartridge revolver. Witha pair of them worn as I plan, loaded as I plan, they will match the firepower of a Nazi MP40 smg, for the first 1 second of firing, out to 4m.

arebindixie

I'm familiar with the law and the conversion would be useful in most of the worst case scenarios that you present, even if it were not immediately utilized. Double action cap and ball revolvers never took off because of burst caps binding the action and I do not see how re-engineering a contemporary design can correct this problem, especially when primers not seated to proper depth can drag the recoil shield, binding a modern double action revolver. Everyone has different views but I prefer accuracy to speed and I do not really feel ill armed with a single action revolver. As a matter of fact, I've never had a single action not strike a primer hard enough, bind to the point of disrupting accuracy, or be stopped by an extractor rod unscrewing under recoil.

andy

That's why the design is going to make me rich. :-) Only those who've never seen much, if ANY action don't think speed is vital. Ditto repeat hit speed. The reality of combat is that most shots TOTALLY miss the attacker, and most hits are poor ones, and having multiple attackers is a commonplace scenario. If you know enough to use a two handed stance, and use the weak hand thumb to cocke the hammer of an SA, it's a lot faster than one handed use, but a DA in EACH hand is a lot faster, and the way that I load them makes them a lot more effective yet.

andy

You STILL don't get it about the law. Most of the buyers of such a gun will be of the 10 million felons who are off parole. If they get caught with a "convertible" C and B revolver, even WITHOUT the replacement cylinder, they get 10 years in Fed prison.

arebindixie

A two handed stance, cocking with the weak thumb, is very effective when firing single action. I was not aware that that the availability of aftermarket cylinders would cause a cap and ball revolver to be classified as convertible.

andy

wow, somebody who can ADMIT that they learned something from me.

brucebkue

So great you are.

rogertc1

I have had one in Iowa for 39 years when I turned 21.

John in AR

Wasn't always legal way back when, but I've been ccw'ing since I was younger than my kids are now. (Been doing so legally for probably 15 years or so now.)

AustDeathMachine

I had no idea there was a NewYork China.

jasper

Pigeon english makes me chuckle......

money30

Don't give out any info you're not comfortable with. I'm not asking for WHAT you carry or WHY, those are up to you and a topic for another thread.

Just wondering how many, and for how long?

Where I was raised, there is no CCW, but open carry was quite common in my area.

I started CCWing in 1997, and have had licenses for Tennessee, Alabama, and now NC.