How Many Test Rounds Before You Call It GTG

[Entryteam]

I'm curious to know what some of you guys consider a proper break in and testing period for your pistols before you consider them good to go for carry. I bought a Ruger LCP Max knowing full well that some of these guns had issues when it came out. So I've put a hundred rounds of ball and 50 rounds of Critical Defense through it with no failures. .380 auto is so ****ing expensive that I don't feel like pumping too many more rounds down range for testing. If it were 9mm I'd keep going but on this one I want to call it good and start throwing this thing in my pocket. The Texas summer is almost here and pocket carry is all I can tolerate this time of year. Thoughts?

Stay safe

Heavyweight

I carry my newest glock 19 (5ish years old) and consider it good because it made it through Fighting Pistol with no hiccups/malfuctions/etc. YMMV.

But... get a good one, and it's a hell of a lot easier to consider vetted.

[Heavyweight]

The one in my carry rotation I trust the least is a KelTec P11 that I have had zero problems with in terms of function. Fortunately I rarely have to go "extra discrete" carry.

For me it's the opposite....day in and day out I mostly have to carry in that extra discrete category. I would love to strap on my CZ-75 or P220 in a paddle holster with photographer's vest as cover but it's not happening. So I feel like I'm always compromising. My S&W Model 60 is bet your life reliable, but 5 rounds. LCP Max has capacity and size but much higher chance of issues under stress. Pocket carry is really limiting. You guys that don't have to depend on it are very fortunate. Kuddos to you SteyrAug on that P226! That is a solid carry option.

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[pag23]

My MR920 had 2 fail to feed on the first round with brand new Pmags....i don't blame the gun but the brand new out of the bag Pmags.....hence why I really prefer Glock mags vs Pmags. Ammo was 115 and 124 FMJ

After the first mag through them and keeping them loaded at the range between shooting I had no problems after that.... The trigger also smoothed out a little bit after 100 rounds. I will shoot another 100 rounds of HP before carrying it...

[SteyrAUG]

For me it's the opposite....day in and day out I mostly have to carry in that extra discrete category. I would love to strap on my CZ-75 or P220 in a paddle holster with photographer's vest as cover but it's not happening. So I feel like I'm always compromising. My S&W Model 60 is bet your life reliable, but 5 rounds. LCP Max has capacity and size but much higher chance of issues under stress. Pocket carry is really limiting. You guys that don't have to depend on it are very fortunate. Kuddos to you SteyrAug on that P226! That is a solid carry option.

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Apologize, didn't fully understand your environmental limitations when I posted. You are in a tough spot. Have you ever considered back pocket carry? I do it from time to time with my P11 and nobody really notices, doesn't print as a hangun and feels like a wallet. Generally better access than a super tucked system.

[Heavyweight]

Apologize, didn't fully understand your environmental limitations when I posted. You are in a tough spot. Have you ever considered back pocket carry? I do it from time to time with my P11 and nobody really notices, doesn't print as a hangun and feels like a wallet. Generally better access than a super tucked system.

Apology definitely not necessary. I bought a J&J leather holster with back pocket in mind. Haven't tried it out yet in back although I've thrown it in my front pocket a couple of times. In that summer carry thread Yoni brought something up I hadn't considered and that's carrying below the belt line. I might give that a shot. I could definitely go with something bigger but the draw would be a bitch. But just having a real gun within reach would be a comfort.

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[LowSpeed_HighDrag]

I don’t buy off brand or lower tier guns, so when I get a new G19, it gets a range trip to zero optics and some general range practice and then is good to go.

[SteyrAUG]

Apology definitely not necessary. I bought a J&J leather holster with back pocket in mind. Haven't tried it out yet in back although I've thrown it in my front pocket a couple of times. In that summer carry thread Yoni brought something up I hadn't considered and that's carrying below the belt line. I might give that a shot. I could definitely go with something bigger but the draw would be a bitch. But just having a real gun within reach would be a comfort.

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I do back pocket without a holster but would never try that front pocket. Too much room for movement and bad things. I've done the "in the pants" thing but I think after just one 8 hour shift it would get old really fast.

Carrying on the job when you aren't supposed to is probably the most difficult CCW challenge. At that point I might seriously consider an ankle rig, solves some problems but with different challenges.

Assuming your main concern is personal security coming and going from the job and not at the place of work itself? If so you could run some kind of pocket handgun (very discrete carry) and possibly keep a G19 or whatever in your vehicle to transition to as you leave the workplace. Those nightstand safes make a nifty car safe, especially if you have room under a passenger seat. That is how a lot of my friends solved that problem, including those who couldn't take a firearm in the building due to metal detectors and such.

[WillieThom]

Apology definitely not necessary. I bought a J&J leather holster with back pocket in mind. Haven't tried it out yet in back although I've thrown it in my front pocket a couple of times. In that summer carry thread Yoni brought something up I hadn't considered and that's carrying below the belt line. I might give that a shot. I could definitely go with something bigger but the draw would be a bitch. But just having a real gun within reach would be a comfort.

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Check out Demonstrated Concepts/Rhett Neumayer on YouTube. A big part of his whole schtick is deep carry w/ small caliber revolvers/mouse guns/etc.

[WillieThom]

Apology definitely not necessary. I bought a J&J leather holster with back pocket in mind. Haven't tried it out yet in back although I've thrown it in my front pocket a couple of times. In that summer carry thread Yoni brought something up I hadn't considered and that's carrying below the belt line. I might give that a shot. I could definitely go with something bigger but the draw would be a bitch. But just having a real gun within reach would be a comfort.

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Yeah. what the guy above me said…

[jyo]

I've bought my last several defensive HK pistols used, but mint---they had already been fired by previous owners---don't know how many rounds, everybody claims "about 300 rds", but no way to know actual number. In both 9mm and 45 ACP, NONE of these pistols have ever malfunctioned for me! I shoot them (P2000 9mm DA/SA, P2000SK 9mm "light" LEM and 45C DA/SA) semi often and all three shoot to point of aim for me---in fact, NONE of my HKs (I have others) has run less than 100% and I bought my first USPf 9mm right after they first came out in 1994...!