The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - I can say with certainty...

I can say with certainty... (reply)

rob — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 03:58:57 +0000

That any rumor of plastic guns melting in Texas heat is pure fiction. However, blued steal AND STAINLESS will, without question, rust from sweat in the Texas heat. Which, by the way, is exactly why I no longer carry revolvers and 1911's. I could carry a Glock every day, all summer, sweat all over it, throw it on the night stand drenched in sweat and not even think about wiping it off and it won't even get a speck of surface rust on it. But I have had every kind and finish of 1911 made and even with constant maintenance the plunger tubes and plungers get rust in them, I've had mag releases rust on both 1911's and a P226 (my favorite pistol). A Glock may not be pretty but they work and keep on working with little to no maintenance making my G19 my PPP. Unlike my nice sixguns, it goes everywhere I do, even the places I do take my nice guns. It ain't pretty but it does what I need it to do:)

He has TWO 1911s and I have none (reply)

stonewalrus — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 19:13:39 +0000

I do pack a Springer 45 a lot, just happens to be an XDS.

I think what we have here is a failure to communicate... (reply)

Catoosa — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 01:46:11 +0000

And to think that the young whippersnapper has a perfectly good Ruger 1911 that he could be carrying instead of that thing that would likely melt in a Texas summertime!

I think what we have here is a failure to communicate... (reply)

stonewalrus — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 01:48:31 +0000

He has never really known the pleasure of strapping a handgun on his hip and going walkabout for a day. My first ppp was a Ruger Single Six - it was the only handgun I owned straight out of college. Used to love wandering National Forest in SE Missouri. To me PPP means a walkabout gun. Also a bit harder to do east of the Mississippi where there aren't as many mega tracks of land.

I do think there is a bit of a generation gap. We cut our teeth on revolvers and the newer generation has been more involved with the Tupperware guns.

Tom he still needs a whipping, set down in the corner (reply)

Rob Leahy — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:20:24 +0000

with so0me Taffin, Skelton and Keith...

I do enjoy wandering... (reply)

Brian A — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 12:47:37 +0000

and discussing the adventures. Especially when it comes to the firearms that often accompany us on those adventures. Very little is more fun to me than putting a bullet through the head of a fox squirrel, way up in a tree, with a gun most would think unsuitable for the task. Have used .177 pellets, all the way up to 44 magnums for the task, with loads of fun coming from pocket pistols, some of which have proven only slightly less reliable to hit with than a scoped Contender. Have I stretched your original concept of the PPP? Absolutely, but it has provided a whole lot of fun afield in the process. It has also helped prove that the original concept is a very sound one.

My poor man's mountain gun (45 Colt Astra) had a 4" barrel (reply)

stonewalrus — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 03:20:39 +0000

It might get the nod otherwise my Security Six. I find myself packing my Airweight 38 a lot. I think of a perfect packin pistol as a strong side OWB revolver though - Commander size auto comes a close second though.

Ain't no such thing as 'the' Perfect Packing Pistol... (reply)

Catoosa — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 02:14:03 +0000

I may be found carrying whatever I take a notion to at any particular time, but for the last couple of years the USUAL choice has been a 1991A1 Combat Commander .45 in a self-made pancake holster, strongside. Before I got the CC, I most often carried one of three Star BM 9mms in varying states of wear from nearly mint to almost no finish left. Those are still my "grabbit" guns, kept handy if I need one to stick in my waistband as I go out the door. I like revolvers, but the BMs are the easiest-carrying, most comfortable guns I have ever found, and they work just like a 1911 so the manual of arms is the same. Wish someone would start making them again.

Of course, a 442 is close by all the time, and even a Beretta 950BS for "formal" wear.....

It depends... (reply)

matt/pa — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 01:52:39 +0000

on where, what, when, how bad...

My usual carry is a bobbed Colt Lightweight Commander 45 ACP that sits in a Simply Rugged IWB holster. It fits the PPP definition (bbl length/weight, etc..) but most importantly, it fits me. When I can't carry it for whatever reason (temperature/season/clothing) then I have to sacrifice and carry a 442/642.

If I'm bumming around the woods/trails/walking, etc... and I can get away with open carry, then it is usually a Colt New Frontier 45 Colt 4 3/4" bbl.

All of that being said, as has been stated, it is all about the hunt to get to perfection. I haven't achieved perfection yet, so I'm still a-huntin'!!

I just acquired a 4 5/8" Ruger OM Blackhawk, 357 mag, with a polished round butt gripframe and a #5 style front sight ramp. I installed a Belt Mountain #5 base pin, a polished ERH, and a Clements OM Super Blackhawk hammer on it. I sent the gripframe out to have a set of bone grips made for it. I also have an El Paso Saddlery Threepersons carved/lined holster for it. I'm sure going to give it a whirl as a PPP!!

Matt

Yup, can't go wrong with a 442/642... (reply)

matt/pa — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 01:43:09 +0000

I keep a few around at all times for just in case.

Matt

Ain't no such thing as 'the' Perfect Packing Pistol... (reply)

John Meeker — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 01:32:49 +0000

Pret dang close to 'it', around here.....well worn 442 or 642 when more discretion is desired.

He tried to get me to trade my 4" Security Six for his 6" (reply)

stonewalrus — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 01:28:57 +0000

GP100. I still have the Security Six...

Results-oriented thinking... (reply)

Sarge — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 23:40:53 +0000

I get that.

SOME HAVE STRAYED SO FAR!! THE ORIGINAL IDEA (reply)

SIXGUNNER — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 21:13:49 +0000

OF A PPP WAS A SIXGUN OR SEMI-AUTO WITH A BARREL LENGTH OF 4"-5-1/2" AND IN A CHAMBERING THAT WOULD HANDLE ANYTHING THE PACKER WAS LIKELY TO ENCOUNTER. POCKET PISTOLS, 2-1/2" SIXGUNS ETC MAY BE FINE BUT THEY DO NOT FIT THE DEFINITION OF A PPP.

You need a good wippin for that. (reply)

Rob Leahy — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 20:54:29 +0000

Read your John Taffin & you will know what us grown ups are talking about.

Yep! I have found several and am only looking for one more (reply)

Rob Leahy — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 20:38:59 +0000

...the next one!

Ain't no such thing as 'the' Perfect Packing Pistol... (reply)

StoneWolf — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 18:27:21 +0000

Yet again a number of factors, but if I had to choose just one it would be my Glock 27. Accurate with it up to 50 yds, it has never had a malfunction and relatively easy to conceal. The runner up would be the LC9 only due to it being easier to conceal since you can slip it into a pocket and go, only fault with it I find it's a little harder to hit with.

The journey is usually more important... (reply)

Brian A — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 18:02:55 +0000

Than the destination, even if we may not recognize it at the time.

No, close to a half birthday, but not an actual one... (reply)

Brian A — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 17:57:12 +0000

Just had a wild hair that needed to express itself.

Happy Birthday? (reply)

Hoot — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 17:44:53 +0000

Although it sounds like a serious question.

I guess I've never put enough thought into it. What is carried boils down to what is grabbed. What is grabbed varies with the wind, phase of the moon and the age of my socks as well as a few other factors of which I am likely unaware. It might be a 1911 of several varieties or an N-frame in one of several calibers or a single action in as many calibers. I am blessed with more than enough good 'companions'.

As mentioned, situations would also dictate which gets the nod. Example: I pretty much would never wear the .480 SRH to a dinner party.

Of course, if I'd-a knowed I'd be in a fight, I'd-a brought the shotgun or a company of Marines.