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Posted: 7/5/2007 4:04:25 PM EDT

What is the heaviest gun you've ever carried for a full day?
My Dan Wesson .41 mag 6" heavy barrel tips the scales unloaded at over 50 oz. It's the heaviest handgun I've carried. It even out weighs my Desert Eagle Mark VII.

Posted: 7/5/2007 4:06:11 PM EDT

[#1]

Glock 22 with 16rds. No idea on weight though.

Posted: 7/5/2007 4:07:09 PM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
What is the heaviest gun you've ever carried for a full day?
My Dan Wesson .41 mag 6" heavy barrel tips the scales unloaded at over 50 oz. It's the heaviest handgun I've carried. It even out weighs my Desert Eagle Mark VII.

I met a guy who CCWed a Freedom Arms .454 Casull with a scope mounted in a shoulder holster.
He wasn't even trying to be funny about it.

Posted: 7/5/2007 4:15:35 PM EDT

[#3]

Well I'm down with that. I mean it's a good gun and I'm sure he's accurate so... ok. Now over penetration might be an issue and in NYC you might get some looks but I believe there is a place to carry every handgun. If I was backpacking in the sticks I might carry a FA .454 scoped too (If I could afford one that is.)

The G22 fully loaded is 34 oz. Hate to say it dude but that's a pretty wussy heavy carry. I'd give it a 2 out of 10.

The Freedom arms without bullets or scope is 37 oz in a 5.5" barrel. With scope and ammo I'd say that probably tipping 60 oz. Definitely a contender.

Posted: 7/5/2007 4:18:23 PM EDT

[#4]

As soon as I get a long enough coat, a M1919

Posted: 7/5/2007 4:21:33 PM EDT

[#5]

i thought the title was Harry Carrey.

"steve, you wanna buy some scalps..."

Posted: 7/5/2007 4:23:22 PM EDT

[#6]

Muddydog, Now did I make fun of you in your bigfoot thread?

Posted: 7/5/2007 4:24:33 PM EDT

[#7]

Mac11 smg on a strap.

Probably my Serbu otherwise.

Posted: 7/5/2007 4:24:53 PM EDT

[#8]

I carry my 629,in a shoulder rig ,deer hunting.Out side of coat {Ohio law}.

Posted: 7/5/2007 4:25:05 PM EDT

[#9]

Stainless P90 in .45. No idea how much it weighed but if I didn't pay attention I would walk in circles because of the damn thing...

Posted: 7/5/2007 4:26:55 PM EDT

[#10]

7.5" Ruger Super Blackhawk 44mag.

Not a full day. Just for a walk and some grocery shopping.

Posted: 7/5/2007 4:30:30 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
Muddydog, Now did I make fun of you in your bigfoot thread?

sorry, i have a horrible sinus headache and i wasnt quite paying attention to the title.

i have a 629 with a 6inch and i wouldnt carry that beast for a CCW for any reason known to man. i would rather carry a pocket full of marbles to toss.

Posted: 7/5/2007 4:31:43 PM EDT

[#12]

A steel 5" 1911. I love the 1911 to death, but it's literally a weight off my shoulder (or my hip, rather) going to a featherweight Glock. Maybe I'll try an alloy framed 1911 someday.

Posted: 7/5/2007 4:32:01 PM EDT

[#13]

Nothing to out of hand. Probably my S & W 686. Four inch barrel.

Posted: 7/5/2007 4:32:33 PM EDT

[#14]

Back when I was an impoverished graduate student, my CCW was a Ruger Blackhawk in .45 Colt. It was the only handgun I owned that was not a .22. <shrug>

Posted: 7/5/2007 4:34:43 PM EDT

[#15]

Full sized Kimber Custom TLE II with 2 mags on the other side.

HH

Posted: 7/5/2007 4:36:31 PM EDT

[#16]

The FN P90 tips the scales fully loaded at 6.6 lbs! The Ruger P90 is only 34 oz.

The Mac 11 fully loaded is 3.5 pounds or 56 oz

The Ruger Super blackhawk is 45 to 52 oz.

I've carried my 629 it's a snap compared to the others. It's only 2.8 pounds or roughly 46 oz.

Muddydog, I'm just picking on you

I figured you'd need a 1919 in your back yard!

For the 1911 guys I've carried a steel 5" every day since I turned 21. But it's the reason I started this thread. After the Dan Wesson and the DE it's a light weight and so easy to draw... It's all perspective.

Posted: 7/5/2007 5:05:50 PM EDT

[#17]

M9 in a shoulder rig

Posted: 7/5/2007 5:15:53 PM EDT

[#18]

Para P14-45 with a 14 round magazine, in a Kreiger horsehide holster. Like wearing a boat anchor.

Posted: 7/5/2007 5:45:45 PM EDT

[#19]

I carried an M240 and 200 rounds of belted ammo on a training mission once in the Army. With the ammo it was well over twenty pounds. I love that machine gun, but its a heavy pig.

Posted: 7/5/2007 5:50:20 PM EDT

[#20]

My Ruger P-89 definitley. I would have prefered to carry my boat anchor as it had a better trigger pull but I couldn't find a holster for it so the P-89 it was.

Posted: 7/5/2007 6:48:59 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Just imagine if the M9 / 92FS had a real slide instead of a thong.

Probably wouldn't have that much effect. The "thong" part is much thicker then a conventional slide because it doesn't go around the top. If it was full coverage, it wouldn't have to be nearly as thick and would probably end up weighing about the same. Plus the slide weight has to stay pretty similar or you can screw up the timing and have to change a bunch of other stuff to keep the gun running.

Posted: 7/5/2007 7:05:36 PM EDT

[#22]

M-67 90mm recoilless rifle "37.5 pounds of man breaking steel".

As far as handguns go, my Para Accordance Steel framed P-12

Posted: 7/5/2007 7:07:45 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
My Ruger P-89 definitley. I would have prefered to carry my boat anchor as it had a better trigger pull but I couldn't find a holster for it so the P-89 it was.

<----P-89 owner.

Posted: 7/5/2007 7:35:29 PM EDT

[#24]

HK USP Tactical with the light installed on the rail. That thing was huge, but it was the only handgun I owned at the time.

-Ben

Posted: 7/5/2007 7:45:49 PM EDT

[#25]

240B

Dismounted TOW. Don't ask.

Posted: 7/5/2007 7:50:37 PM EDT

[#26]

M249

You really notice the multitude of places to hang it up on, tent flaps, camo netting, cot, wiring, seat belts...

If they could smooth a SAW out like the F2000 it would improve the snag factor, it's annoying...

Posted: 7/6/2007 8:50:26 AM EDT

[#27]

Browning Auto-5. You didn't say "sidearm".

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