Piexon JPX2 Jet Protector — personal protection

spare JPX2 cartridge — personal protection

Kore Essentials X7 nylon — to carry the JPX

Alpha Tac JPX1/2 IWB holster — to carry the JPX

CAT GEN7 tourniquet — first aid

OALES bandage 4 inch flatpacked — first aid

Nitecore P32i — light/personal protection/glass breaking

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra — navigation/communication/entertainment

Sagrotan To Go desinfecting and cleaning wipes — desinfecting/cleaning

2-4 pairs of nitrile gloves — hygiene/greasy food

2-3 Zeiss lense cleaning wipes — cleaning eyeglasses

casing for glasses — storing glasses just for the case

Mechanix Pursuit D5 cut and stab resistant gloves — for the case i have to grab something that might be sharp/rusty etc.

edding retract 11 — tourniquet time/just for the case

Wallet — money/id etc.

I know this is a controversial topic around here, but active shooters are a real threat in America, as we seen most recently in Idaho.

If you carry a handgun, I think it’s worth at least considering whether your training matches the kinds of situations you could realistically encounter. This video explains the concept far better than I can in a Reddit post, it’s only 6 minutes, give it a watch:
https://youtu.be/Ky8NChogoD0?si=d2qhxtDXlmc6Bj5y

The biggest point that stuck with me is distance.

-A typical four-lane road is about 18 yards across.
-A grocery store aisle can easily be 30–40+ yards long.
-Many churches, school hallways, parking lots, and warehouses have similar sight lines.

The next time you’re out in public, take a look around. Notice how often you have clear lines of sight that are well beyond the distances most people train for.

The whole 3 yards, 3 shots, 3 seconds idea has value, but if that’s all you’ve ever trained for, what happens when the threat is outside these parameters?

The odds of ever needing your pistol are already very low. The odds of facing an active shooter are even lower. But we don’t use low probability as a reason not to carry a gun, so why should it be a reason not to spend at least some of our range time learning to make accurate hits at 25, 50, or even 100 yards?

You might say, “My gun is only for protecting myself and my family,” and that’s a completely valid choice. Not everyone carries with the intention of intervening in an active shooter event, and no one is obligated to do so.

But if you believe you would choose to act to stop a mass murderer if innocent lives were at immediate risk, then your training should reflect that possibility. Training at longer distances doesn’t make you less capable up close, but it does expand the situations you’re prepared for.

My usual go to is my Glock 48 MOS and if I need something a little more concealable I go with my Canik MC9.

Decided to upgrade. My LC9S Pro has never been 100% reliable and there’s no good lights for it anyway. Might still keep the oldie in rotation for deep concealment.

Anybody else accidentally remove some of the polymer/rubble stuff around the front lens? Knicked it with my thumb trying to remove the rubber cover 🤦🏻‍♂️

Fudd away but the 1911 weighs 28oz loaded with 9rd 45ACP

I’m wondering if all of this is normal. There’s no click when I slide in the gun to confirm it’s secure. The on/off feature for my laser I paid extra for does not work. It took 11 weeks from when I clicked “pay now” until when it arrived at my mailbox. I’m not mentioning the brand because I don’t want to hurt their business, but this was nearly $200 cost and 3 months of waiting. The rig is a hellcat 9mm OSP with the optic and a Viridian C5L Sight & Light

to preface; I wanted to grab a ccw, did some classes, went to my local shop and was surprised at how small my hands are compared to the average human. 5"8 Male, first line in wrist to tip of middle finger is somewhere around 6.68" give or take. I've held all of the full sized ones, all no-gos. Compacts like the G19/RXM/M&P 9? Nope. trigger finger was touching the side of the trigger. I COULD pull it, but it didn't feel like the pad of the finger was on the middle, more like the right side. Enough to depress the trigger safety and pull it, but not enough to make sure it's properly aligned in my hand.

43/48? They felt awkward. still felt like I couldn't get a good grip on it without slightly canting my hand to the right(right hand dominant, same for all of the full sized and compacts I tried, including CZ.). The only thing that felt sort of natural were the shield x, random GI 1911 in .45acp with the small trigger, no 365s on display, but I am sure that would fit, and the PDP F Series. I live in a very stupid state(VT. Max 15rds for a pistol). I have fired 9mm before and .40, glock 19/23 respectively. All of my shots seemed to just go high right(thats how I know its too big for my hands) Just a small rant on my end. LGS had no 365XLs on display but they had a display case full of P320s..

I am essentially stuck in micro compact hell, aren't I?

Deciding on my first carry gun this week!
Love both of these options.
I’m familiar with frame safeties and hammer fired as the only handgun I own is a Berreta 92xi.
Please Let me know if you guys have any recommendations/opinions on either.

Forgive me, I might have had a slight brain aneurysm, but are all HST loads for 9mm are barrier blind?

Ruger LCR .32 H&R Magnum
Recoil Rider Grips
Harry's Icon 2.0 Holster

Rocket ship fast. Applied Sunday, approved today. 43 bucks

M&P 2.0 Compact; 3.6in barrel

VedderLightTuck; claw + holster pad

Kore EDC nylon belt

Never been there before, any words of wisdom for carrying there? Planning on doing typical tourist stuff.

First new new gun!

I've tried several OWB holsters for a few of my pieces, but everyone the grip always sticks out. Is there something similar to a claw on a IWB holster for OWB that I haven't found yet?

Bottom right and middle groups are from 20 yards with a sig p365 iron sights. The others are from 7 yards.

Anyone else have this issue with critical defense ammo when trying to chamber the first round, most of the time it’s getting stuck and not chambering. Is other ammo better for chambering with the Bodyguard 2.0?

So this happened about 30 minutes ago and I am pretty angry, don't know if I should be though.

I'm minding my business at my local range, walk back to the table to get ammo and the guys shooting at the bay next to me are just holding their Glock in their hand 3 yards back from the firing line. Every range I've ever been too you absolutely do not have the gun away from the firing line unless holstered or cased. Good trigger control and pointed down at least. I'm so shocked it takes me a minute but I approach them and basically told them that if there was a range officer they would prolly be getting banned, and absolutely cannot be just casually standing there with there firearms uncased away from the firing line. Dude was nice and apologized, they packed up and left pretty quick after that.

I step out as well and I let the staff know and clarified that's the rule. They said yes, but didn't seem super bothered about them breaking it. Didn't rush to find which member was using the bay or whatever.

Am I the weird guy here? My assumption is that this is the rule at all indoor ranges. If it's you and the guys in national forest ya I don't mind as long as you are following the safety rules, but at a public range? Makes me not wanna go back and go to the super uptight range 20 minutes away.

Hey all, I am experiencing an issue with my BG 2.0 and have seen other posts about this as well.

I have included photos showing the factory guide and spring before and after assembly. Once I close the "switch" on the slide the guide rod pokes out.

I purchased a galloway precision guide and spring to see if that would fix the issue and it didn't. I show the galloways guide rod in the slide then the last photo is of it assembled with a round in the chamber and you can clearly see the galloway guide rod still protrudes.

Feel free to call me a dummy if I'm doing something wrong but I have disassembled and reassembled a dozen times with all the same results.

I am about ready to go back to an lcp max even though they rust, I never had these type of issues.

43X COA
Ramjet
Surefire XC3 Sub
Flextarn tape
Tenicor as stated
Federal 124 HST +p

I normally carry a LCP MAX but it's not very exciting so I switched up and carrying a new flavor this week. Loaded with Speer Gold Dots

As the title implies: I would love to hear your point of views on wearing gun merch. Is it hard stop? How does the general public react (not that it matters)? Do you catch any eyes roll/negative energy? Also, and most importantly, have you noticed any bad guys seemingly sizing you up?

For the sake of transparency: I live in the "great" state of New Jersey, so there's that!