Let's see your backup Handgun

[Jer]

I picked up a Ruger LCP which is a backup handgun (palmgun?) in .380 auto. I've added a customized Hogue grip which seems to make a pretty big difference in how it feels in my bear paws. Holds 6 in the mag and one in the chamber and for what it is will dead a BG at about 7yds no problem.

http://coracing.net/gallery/d/12691-1/IMG_1692.JPG

http://coracing.net/gallery/d/12695-1/IMG_1690.JPG

Here she is with one if her big brothers to show size:
http://coracing.net/gallery/d/12698-1/IMG_1691.JPG

And lastly on my shipping scale which is hard to see but it says 12.1oz fully loaded 6+1
http://coracing.net/gallery/d/12701-1/IMG_1688.JPG

[Frens]

that ruger looks interesting! and cheap too :)

here is my backup...good old steel...good old mod.36 Chief Special :cool:
served my father very well.
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/4708/sw38spl.jpg

[Savior 6]

Six rounds of 9mm on/in hand.
http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc325/Savior_6/Toys/DSC01611.jpg

[tex45acp]

I believe your BUG should be of the same caliber as your main carry weapon, so
If I am carrying my Browning Hi Power or my Para USA LTC 9mm I back them up with a Kel Tec PF9.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f43/mike_seale/KELTEC_PF9.jpg

If I am carrying my Wilson Combat Professional or my Springfield XD45 I back them up with a Taurus PT-145.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f43/mike_seale/PT145STLS.jpg

[tpd223]

Glock 26s and S&W 642s make up my BUG battery.

[Detmongo]

i use a g26 to back up my g19

[dirksterg30]

P3AT, carried in a Desantis SuperFly:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/dirksterg30/Kel-Tec/IMG00034-20090831-0915.jpg

[jmp45]

Kel-Tec PF9

http://www.hamptonplace.com/_remote/pics/swm9_01.jpg

[mattal21]

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq74/mattal21/DSCF1098.jpg

[cathellsk]

One of my Js. 642 and 442 no locks on top, 640 on bottom.

http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/001142.JPG

[CoryCop25]

My BUG is a Kahr K-40 with night sights. Heavy as all heck but reliable and accurate. I have a holster that secures to the straps in my body armor and sits like a shoulder holster. Spare mag in my trauma plate pouch. It's also the same caliber as my duty gun (G-22).

[LanceOregon]

My Kahr PM9 backs up my Taser C2, if things get too hairy:


http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s272/lanceJOregon/guns/taser_kahr_on.jpg

[sjohnny]

Sometimes this is my primary sometimes it's backup. It's just about always there regardless of which role it's filling.
I load it with 158gr LSWCHP. One of these days I might get around to trying some of those new fangled short barrel
Gold Dots but I've still got a couple boxes of the old timey stuff that will last me a little longer.
The lock has been disabled.
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt176/keggius/smithbuck.jpg

[Reddevil]

My work BUG and primary off duty

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/symr00/4843761a.jpg?t=1253401253

[The Dumb Gun Collector]

http://www.schuetzenverein-burgstaedt.de/stadtmeisterschaft/Colt_Anaconda_44mag.jpg

[perna]

If that is your backup handgun what is your primary?

[buckshot1220]

If that is your backup handgun what is your primary?

I definitley would not want to find out!:D

I carry an LCP all the time, sometimes it is a backup and sometimes it is a primary.

[bkb0000]

From the "what's your edc shit?" thread
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/52/l_42a595456ea740d8895904cdd673a7d3.jpg





If that is your backup handgun what is your primary?

http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-07/remington-1859-replica.jpg

[maximus83]

If I am carrying my Wilson Combat Professional or my Springfield XD45 I back them up with a Taurus PT-145.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f43/mike_seale/PT145STLS.jpg

Can you give some more info on that Taurus? How has it held up for you? What does it shoot like, in terms of accuracy, recoil, feeding and extraction?

[flybyyou]

My glock G30
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff226/jwl007/DSC00068.jpg

[tex45acp]

Can you give some more info on that Taurus? How has it held up for you? What does it shoot like, in terms of accuracy, recoil, feeding and extraction?

Maximus83

For the size of this gun and having a polymer frame, one would think it kicks like a mule. Quite the contrary...the recoil is more of a push, that even my 97lb, 5'6" wife can easily handle. I have only had a total of 3 failures to function in over 5000 rounds through this gun. One was a feed problem and upon inspection of the cartridge, it's overall length was longer that the standard 230gr 45acp. Two other FTF's were extraction problems after the gun had been shot over 200 founds without cleaning. Accuracy is much better that I would expect with such a short barrel and an inexpensive cost. Here is one of my targets, that I shot freehand from a modified Weaver stance at either 15 or 25 yards. I usually mark them.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f43/mike_seale/TaurusTarget.jpg

[LanceOregon]

Wow, that is an impressive group. I bought a Taurus PT140 some years ago, and shooting it was like spraying bullets all over the target. It was far, far inferior to any of my other handguns.

I was truly amazed at how inaccurate it was. Your gun obviously has no such problem.

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[duradster]

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Puaer85wZ8s/SsqubmgAjlI/AAAAAAAAAiE/G7rG-vRaTPQ/s800/ShareBU.jpg

[tex45acp]

Wow, that is an impressive group. I bought a Taurus PT140 some years ago, and shooting it was like spraying bullets all over the target. It was far, far inferior to any of my other handguns.

I was truly amazed at how inaccurate it was. Your gun obviously has no such problem.

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You are not the first I have heard from about the PT-140's inaccuracy. I have heard very few such reports about the PT-145. I have let others shoot it and most have been impressed with the accuracy and comfort of the gun. Double taps are very easy to accomplish with this gun. There is very little muzzle flip. You do feel a definate push back into your hand though.

tex