Smallest caliber you'd feel comfortable carrying?

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Re: Smallest caliber you'd feel comfortable carrying?

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Bogart wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 1:02 am I tried 5 yards silhouette target. One barrel hit dead center, the other about a foot higher. I was aiming, strong hand only. I consider that acceptable for what it is.
Definitely sounds like a 'get off me' gun.
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Re: Smallest caliber you'd feel comfortable carrying?

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I haven't updated this thread with my new LCP Max. I've had and carried this for several months now and I have to say that I've been very comfortable with it. There are times when it even gets chosen over my P365 or XL. For example, yesterday I was at the new house doing some painting. Had on my old jean shorts and an old T-shirt. As I was going to be up and down a ladder and squatting and sitting on the floor and leaning over and such I simply didn't feel like wearing anything other than the Max. And it did great and I pretty much forgot I had it in an IWB holster at the 4 O'clock position.

I normally carry with the 12-round mag but if I'm in dress slacks for some reason I've been comfortable carrying with the 10-round mag as well.

No, this isn't a 'go to war' pistol but it wasn't designed to be. 12+1 rounds of .380 isn't insubstantial and if I find myself out and about with it instead of the P365 or XL I've felt fine. Didn't think I'd feel that way, but I do.
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A man cannot call himself peaceful if he is not capable of violence. If he's not capable of violence he isn't peaceful, he is harmless. There is a distinct difference.

Fate whispers to the warrior "You cannot weather this storm". The warrior replies, "I am the storm".
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