Do You Have A Summer Gun And Winter Gun For Concealed Carry?

By James England

This is a question poised to our audience: do you switch up your concealed carry handgun depending on the season?

It’s a question we’ve asked ourselves. For those of us living in places that have all four seasons, we have to come to grips that the hot weather will be hot and the cold weather will be cold.

More layers can mean more opportunity to conceal a full size gun. A full size handgun — or even just a bigger compact — affords a few unique features.

Full size and compacts tend to have bigger magazines.

The bigger the magazine, the less time will be spent changing out magazines.

Full size handguns are a bit more comfortable to shoot. That’s subjective. Some people really like the feel and grip of smaller compact pistols. Personally, I find I need a handgun I can fit my full hand around. I’ve also noticed that larger framed pistols tend to move better with recoil.

Case in point: I used to carry a Smith & Wesson M&P Shield chambered in .40 S&W. You can see the review I did on this pistol here. It was an excellent pistol with an extended magazine capable of holding up to 8 rounds of …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation