I have carried a Hi-Power. I may do so again. Also with two spare mags. I may, or may not carry a S&W 586 with two moonclips in moon pouches from Jeffrey’s Custom Leather.

There may, or may not be a PCC with three 32 round mags in the car, accessible from the drivers seat. Illegal in a lot of jurisdictions. I don’t give the LEO’s a reason to give me a second look.

A good belt, not some cheap Wally World special, and a quality holster. I use Milt Sparks and TT Gunleather. I’m closer to 70 than I am 60. I don’t mind the weight.

Mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.

And what about a 5 or 6 shot revolver?

Most don’t weigh 32 oz. In fact my SW Model 36 from the 1960s is less than 20 oz.

No, not with 7 round mags.

We have moved from the ‘common criminal’ one or two perpetrators thing. Today its becoming frequent for 3, 4, 5, heck 15-20 attackers at once. Haw fast can you reload when the attackers are right there in arms reach and closing? How effective will six rounds in a revolver be if there are more than 6 attackers closing or a 7 round .45 mag be if there are more then t attackers closing that are dedicated and will not stop unless you stop them cold, when you account for any misses or wounding that does not stop and motions when those attackers are closing and suddenly you need to reload when they are right there at arms reach? Ya think they are going to go “Oh, ok, you reload, we’ll wait’? How about the thousands of screaming mentally ill leftist cult fanatics on line that have in their imaginations tagged ‘you’ (as in any ‘conservative’), as their enemy and want to roam in mobs looking for targets of their irrational mental illness fanatical hatred willing to die for their imagined cause, ya think they are gonna stop every time you need to reload that six shot revolver or that 7 round mag .45?

You need to be able to sustain fire with a minimum of reload interruptions – at very close range that’s not going to give you time to reload a six shot revolver or a 7 round mag for a .45 .

You don’t have to do this as a civilian. If you’re gonna buy a gun with intention of carrying it, then you really need to consider the size and weight. And you need to consider the type of job you have, as well as the type of clothing you already have.

A 1911 is very difficult to conceal because of its size. If you are wearing office business attire? I don’t think a 1911 is going to work out for you. A business woman wearing a dress is going to have a difficult time concealing a 1911.

And the “gun community” does not spend a lot of time addressing the issues of female gun owners when it comes to what they’re going to wear to conceal their weapon.

And females are the largest subgroup of new gun buyers. A self employed person can carry whatever they want.

And most gun owners are not self employed. If you are self employed you can carry whatever you want.