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EDC Options (part 1 of 2)

Musashi said:
I'm trying to like the new Sig P6 Xcarry Legion I just bot for EDC. After 200 rounds it is finally firing without stovepiping every other round. Still not locking back after last round with certain ammo (PMC, Blazer). I really want to like it and depend on it for EDC but... Having said that, I have not had one failure with either my Echelon or HellcatPro from day 1. I'm part asian so smaller at 165#. Echelon OWB and HCP IWB. I have confidence in these for EDC and for your size, I see no reason why you wouldn't be able to stuff the Echelon comfortably. For the money, it would be my no frills choice. Though I did shoot my friends wife's S&W Performance Center M&P380 EZ Shield the other day and it was pretty sweet.
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I learn a lot by soliciting the opinions of others. Honestly, I didn’t know Sig had that model. I’m built like an ogre so I’m sure with more experience carrying I’ll be able to hide a larger firearm. Sometimes the options seem endless. Thank you for lending your knowledge.
 
everSearching said:
If I was wealthy and collected, I'd be interested in acquiring unique pistols.
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Unique junk, is still junk.

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Before I say anything else I want to clarify that when I was talking about auditory exclusion, I forgot to mention that even though your brain blocks out the sound of the gun firing it will still damage your ears. (I think most people here know that.) One shot without hearing protection is enough to cause permanent hearing loss.

That said.

This is going to be a long one.

My parents divorced when I was 9 years old. My father vanished and I was "raised" by my mother.

I want to say my mom was anti-gun but the truth is my mother was a control freak and a flaming liberal and being anti weapon was just a manifestation of that.

I wasn't allowed to have any kind of weapons. No pocket knife, no hunting knife, I don't think my mother even let me have a Boy Scout Knife when I was in the Boy Scouts. She certainly wasn't about to allow me to own a firearm of any description.

When I got my first job I went out and bought a CO2 powered pellet gun and she confiscated that. When I turned 18 I moved out of the house and out of the state. I came back home to visit when I was 20 years old and I asked my mother for my pellet gun back and she really had to think about it before she gave it to me. That's how anti-weapon (and how much of a control freak) she was.

Anyway when I turned 18 my father offered me a job in Houston Texas. My mother refused to allow me to go until I reminded her that I was an adult and she couldn't stop me.

So I moved to Houston and I don't think I was there two or three weeks before I walked into a pawn shop in Pearland Texas. I don't even remember what I went there looking for but while I was there I realized that I was an adult and I could buy rifle and Mom couldn't stop me.

It was a Remington Nylon 66 in .22 caliber. It was the first rifle I ever bought, it was the only firearm that I ever bought that I actually regret selling.

Anyway for most of my adult life, even after my mom died that was my rationale for buying firearms, because I was an adult and my mom couldn't stop me.

I've been through all the rest of it before. The older that I got the more utilitarian I became. I currently own less than 10 firearms and unless I run into another Remington Nylon 66 that I can afford I don't really have any intention of buying any more.
 
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Here are my two cents for what it is worth.
Members here have way more experience with firearms and EDC than I have, so this is what I have done.
I Bought a Springfield Armory XD Grip Zone Tactical 9mm and when I got my CCW permit I bought a Springfield Armory XD Grip Zone Compact.
The Tactical was easier to learn on since it has a longer sight picture and all the controls are the same on both.
The compact is my EDC in cooler weather, and my warmer EDC firearm is my S&W model 36 in a pocket holster.
 
The Night Rider said:
Unique junk, is still junk.

ETA

Before I say anything else I want to clarify that when I was talking about auditory exclusion, I forgot to mention that even though your brain blocks out the sound of the gun firing it will still damage your ears. (I think most people here know that.) One shot without hearing protection is enough to cause permanent hearing loss.

That said.

This is going to be a long one.

My parents divorced when I was 9 years old. My father vanished and I was "raised" by my mother.

I want to say my mom was anti-gun but the truth is my mother was a control freak and a flaming liberal and being anti weapon was just a manifestation of that.

I wasn't allowed to have any kind of weapons. No pocket knife, no hunting knife, I don't think my mother even let me have a Boy Scout Knife when I was in the Boy Scouts. She certainly wasn't about to allow me to own a firearm of any description.

When I got my first job I went out and bought a CO2 powered pellet gun and she confiscated that. When I turned 18 I moved out of the house and out of the state. I came back home to visit when I was 20 years old and I asked my mother for my pellet gun back and she really had to think about it before she gave it to me. That's how anti-weapon (and how much of a control freak) she was.

Anyway when I turned 18 my father offered me a job in Houston Texas. My mother refused to allow me to go until I reminded her that I was an adult and she couldn't stop me.

So I moved to Houston and I don't think I was there two or three weeks before I walked into a pawn shop in Pearland Texas. I don't even remember what I went there looking for but while I was there I realized that I was an adult and I could buy rifle and Mom couldn't stop me.

It was a Remington Nylon 66 in .22 caliber. It was the first rifle I ever bought, it was the only firearm that I ever bought that I actually regret selling.

Anyway for most of my adult life, even after my mom died that was my rationale for buying firearms, because I was an adult and my mom couldn't stop me.

I've been through all the rest of it before. The older that I got the more utilitarian I became. I currently own less than 10 firearms and unless I run into another Remington Nylon 66 that I can afford I don't really have any intention of buying any more.
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You’ve certainly had a childhood with more than your share of hardship. That is something I’d never wish on a child.

Thank you for sharing.

Best,

Tony
 
Wirenut said:
Here are my two cents for what it is worth.
Members here have way more experience with firearms and EDC than I have, so this is what I have done.
I Bought a Springfield Armory XD Grip Zone Tactical 9mm and when I got my CCW permit I bought a Springfield Armory XD Grip Zone Compact.
The Tactical was easier to learn on since it has a longer sight picture and all the controls are the same on both.
The compact is my EDC in cooler weather, and my warmer EDC firearm is my S&W model 36 in a pocket holster.
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Springfield makes a good firearm. My only issue with the Prodigy is that the optic keeps coming loose because there is so little room between the slide and the extractor that you must use very short screws as slightly longer screws will hamper the extractor and the gun won’t cycle. I’m going to take it to a smith to see what can be done about it. Perhaps they can drill and tap the plate and slide to accept a larger diameter screw which will provide more thread engagement.

Thank you.
 
everSearching said:
Springfield makes a good firearm. My only issue with the Prodigy is that the optic keeps coming loose because there is so little room between the slide and the extractor that you must use very short screws as slightly longer screws will hamper the extractor and the gun won’t cycle. I’m going to take it to a smith to see what can be done about it. Perhaps they can drill and tap the plate and slide to accept a larger diameter screw which will provide more thread engagement.

Thank you.
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Good Luck!!
All my firearms are too old for optics, kinda like me.
 
everSearching said:
Springfield makes a good firearm. My only issue with the Prodigy is that the optic keeps coming loose because there is so little room between the slide and the extractor that you must use very short screws as slightly longer screws will hamper the extractor and the gun won’t cycle. I’m going to take it to a smith to see what can be done about it. Perhaps they can drill and tap the plate and slide to accept a larger diameter screw which will provide more thread engagement.

Thank you.
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My Holosun 507c came with two sets of screws. One set was too short and the sight kept coming loose from my 1911 CC AOS, the other set of screws was too long. I took my Dremel and ground a bit of metal off the long screws and used a good dose of loctite, let it dry 24 hours, torqued screws to spec, problem solved.
 
HayesGreener said:
My Holosun 507c came with two sets of screws. One set was too short and the sight kept coming loose from my 1911 CC AOS, the other set of screws was too long. I took my Dremel and ground a bit of metal off the long screws and used a good dose of loctite, let it dry 24 hours, torqued screws to spec, problem solved.
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I might give that a try. I’ve got digital calipers somewhere so I can determine the height and diameter of the current screws.

Thank you.
 
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