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Posted: 6/24/2023 5:48:37 PM EDT
You have been invited to a dance with your wife/ladyfriend, "buy war bonds" or the like. Assume that you are a civilian who is legally allowed to carry concealed. Moderate dress, suit, tie, top coat in 70 degrees or so.
What are you carrying, in what holster, and are you carrying a reload? How? Not completely off the chain - I might be going to something like this in November/December. 
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Posted: 6/24/2023 5:52:27 PM EDT
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Browning Hi-Power in a cross back leather shoulder holster under suit jacket with two spare mags under opposite arm pit. Suits and sports jackets are made for shoulder holster carry.
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Posted: 6/24/2023 5:52:35 PM EDT
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Colt 1903 or 1908 pocket hammerless.
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Posted: 6/24/2023 5:54:33 PM EDT
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Hard to go wrong with a USGI 1911. If I'm attending a party in that particular year, I'll assume I'm a man of some means.
I'm carrying it in a holster custom made for me by a man who makes it his business to make things for men of my imaginary station. I'll go with soft lead handloads. Make them semi wadcutters if they've been invented by then back now. A single reload magazine on my belt. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 5:55:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Browning Hi-Power in a cross back leather shoulder holster under suit jacket with two spare mags under opposite arm pit. Suits and sports jackets are made for shoulder holster carry. Either this or pocket carry a snub nose .38 if I want more concealment. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 5:56:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Colt 1903 or 1908 pocket hammerless. This. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 5:57:02 PM EDT
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I dont think that concealed carry was a widespread thing in 1944
Keep in mind that when FL passed its concealed carry laws in the 80s it was a massive shift from what had been allowed Ironically most Upstate NY counties in the 40s were still decades away from restricting issued carry permits with administrative overstamps. I wouldnt have been a routine suit and tie guy in the 40s any more than I am now |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:03:27 PM EDT
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1911 two extra mags
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:05:15 PM EDT
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P.08 Luger
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:08:46 PM EDT
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My grandfather born in 1898 bought a 1911 when he bought his first farm at 19. I remember seeing him wearing it when we’d go visit in the early 80’s before his health declined.
So I’m gonna have to go with Colt 1911. One of my cousins has it, the box and receipt… |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:13:14 PM EDT
[#10]
SAA in your boot
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:15:45 PM EDT
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Probably a Colt Dick Special
 If I was transported from today with modern knowledge, I'd get a gunsmith to chop the barrel and butt on a S&W 1917, or maybe a Colt New Service in 45 Colt.... |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:15:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Either this or pocket carry a snub nose .38 if I want more concealment. I thought about that, but the J Frame wasn't invented until 1950, the I Frane in .32 SW Long or #8 SW was what I found. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:16:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Browning Hi-Power in a cross back leather shoulder holster under suit jacket with two spare mags under opposite arm pit. Suits and sports jackets are made for shoulder holster carry. Yes |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:16:45 PM EDT
[#14]
Hi Power
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:16:47 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:17:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Shoulder holstered TA5 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/418696/gunwstick_001_jpg-2862726.JPG This is a party in the United States, not Tarawa or Bastogne. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:21:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hard to go wrong with a USGI 1911. If I'm attending a party in that particular year, I'll assume I'm a man of some means. I'm carrying it in a holster custom made for me by a man who makes it his business to make things for men of my imaginary station. I'll go with soft lead handloads. Make them semi wadcutters if they've been invented by then back now. A single reload magazine on my belt. Nailed it! |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:24:49 PM EDT
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An S&W Registered Magnum or a Colt 1911 in .38 super. Either with reloads, a circa 1944 speed loader for the Registered Magnum or a magazine for the 1911 . Go high speed.
Either in an IWB hip holster. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:28:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Browning Hi-Power in a cross back leather shoulder holster under suit jacket with two spare mags under opposite arm pit. Suits and sports jackets are made for shoulder holster carry. In 1944, the number of Hi Powers in the US could likely be counted on one hand. Bringbacks likely weren't brought back until after VE Day. Browning Arms did not start importing them until 1954. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:31:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In 1944, the number of Hi Powers in the US could likely be counted on one hand. Bringbacks likely weren't brought back until after VE Day. Browning Arms did not start importing them until 1954. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Browning Hi-Power in a cross back leather shoulder holster under suit jacket with two spare mags under opposite arm pit. Suits and sports jackets are made for shoulder holster carry. In 1944, the number of Hi Powers in the US could likely be counted on one hand. Bringbacks likely weren't brought back until after VE Day. Browning Arms did not start importing them until 1954. It’s a fantasy scenario. I salute you autistic pedantry sir. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:32:37 PM EDT
[#21]
Sawed off Carcano.
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:37:11 PM EDT
[#22]
Colt 1903 in a leather reinforced front pocket with a spare magazine in the opposite side pocket.
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:38:27 PM EDT
[#23]
It’s 1944. I’d be in Europe killing goddamn heathen Nazis or in the Pacific splitting Nip skulls.
I’m not sure what kind of zoot suit draft-dodger bullshit is going on in here, but it ends in a riot after some heads get knocked, historically speaking. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:44:32 PM EDT
[#24]
Colt 1903 with ivory grips.
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:47:47 PM EDT
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What my dad carried in those days when he wasn't carrying in Europe for Uncle Sam.
A nickel finish S&W .32 hand ejector revolver carried in a spacious 1940s trouser pocket or a leather belt holster he made. {I think he won the .32 in a poker game} He traded it in on a S&W model 15 in 1972, wish I still had it for old times sake.  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:49:49 PM EDT
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No dance for me. I'm somewhere in Europe slaying nazis.
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Posted: 6/24/2023 6:58:35 PM EDT
[#27]
WW1 P08 Luger that you brought back from France in 1918.
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Posted: 6/24/2023 7:11:16 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/24/2023 7:14:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It’s a fantasy scenario. I salute you autistic pedantry sir. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Browning Hi-Power in a cross back leather shoulder holster under suit jacket with two spare mags under opposite arm pit. Suits and sports jackets are made for shoulder holster carry. In 1944, the number of Hi Powers in the US could likely be counted on one hand. Bringbacks likely weren't brought back until after VE Day. Browning Arms did not start importing them until 1954. It’s a fantasy scenario. I salute you autistic pedantry sir. If that’s the case then it’s a Glock 19 for me. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 7:15:24 PM EDT
[#30]
John Dillinger had a 1903 Pocket Hammerless in his pocket when he was killed in 1934, and he had experience!
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Posted: 6/24/2023 7:19:31 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/24/2023 7:20:31 PM EDT
[#32]
FN 1910 in shoulder holster. Class all the way.
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Posted: 6/24/2023 7:23:04 PM EDT
[#33]
Hard to go wrong with an M1 Garand in 1944 … if you could conceal it.
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Posted: 6/24/2023 7:27:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hard to go wrong with an M1 Garand in 1944 if you could conceal it. And if you could get it off your camp/base/ship/etc., because they weren't for sale in gun shops yet. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 7:40:10 PM EDT
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Same as what Humphrey Bogart or other Tough Detectives carry.
A snub nosed .38 that fits easy in a pocket or waist band. Plenty effective at Dance Floor range. Bigger_Hammer 
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Posted: 6/24/2023 7:41:17 PM EDT
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So my dad was alive and somewhat of age in 1944, carried a gun and hunted during that time. Dad lost an eye in an accident in the shop.
1. you couldn't beg barrow or steal a 1911, HP 35, PP or PPK. 2. Youd couldn't beg barrow or steal 45 acp, 9mm, or 32 acp ammo 3. You did have whatever you had access to prior to Dec 7 1941 At that point he had a 1903 Colt, a Smith pre mod 10 and a Official Police, Grand dad had a 32 S&W Colt Det Special When I would run through a box of 22 LR, he would scold me about how hard .22 was to get during the war. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 7:44:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It’s a fantasy scenario. I salute you autistic pedantry sir. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Browning Hi-Power in a cross back leather shoulder holster under suit jacket with two spare mags under opposite arm pit. Suits and sports jackets are made for shoulder holster carry. In 1944, the number of Hi Powers in the US could likely be counted on one hand. Bringbacks likely weren't brought back until after VE Day. Browning Arms did not start importing them until 1954. It’s a fantasy scenario. I salute you autistic pedantry sir. Well why not a Sig P320? For fucks sake, GD never disappoints. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 7:44:10 PM EDT
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I’m gonna go with my Daisy Buck Rogers Disintegrator. Light weight, unlimited shots, excellent terminal performance.
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Posted: 6/24/2023 7:50:34 PM EDT
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I would EDC just like my old grandpa. A 1911, a spare mag, a case trapper-style knife, a box of matches, and a handkerchief.
All of the things a gentleman should always have. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 7:51:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It’s 1944. I’d be in Europe killing goddamn heathen Nazis or in the Pacific splitting Nip skulls. I’m not sure what kind of zoot suit draft-dodger bullshit is going on in here, but it ends in a riot after some heads get knocked, historically speaking. Who do you think made the bullets, tanks, ships and food that got sent to the front? And the Zoot Suit riot was in L.A. - I have no intention to ever go to L.A. Some good ideas here, thank you. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:01:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:04:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:14:49 PM EDT
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10 shots quick, not that I've ever been able to get more than 8 in the repro mag I have. I'd probably throw another mag in my back pocket anyway bit with that funky heel release a relod is going to be slow.
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:17:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Colt 1903 or 1908 pocket hammerless. This. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:25:23 PM EDT
[#45]
03 Colt with mother of pearl grips
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:35:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Colt 1903 or 1908 pocket hammerless. 
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:36:40 PM EDT
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Smith n Wesson Victory Model in .38 spl . 4 “ Barrel
This was my first hand gun and I will Never get rid of her . |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:54:18 PM EDT
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Dick special or a lemon squeezer in a pocket holster
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:57:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If that’s the case then it’s a Glock 19 for me. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Browning Hi-Power in a cross back leather shoulder holster under suit jacket with two spare mags under opposite arm pit. Suits and sports jackets are made for shoulder holster carry. In 1944, the number of Hi Powers in the US could likely be counted on one hand. Bringbacks likely weren't brought back until after VE Day. Browning Arms did not start importing them until 1954. It’s a fantasy scenario. I salute you autistic pedantry sir. If that’s the case then it’s a Glock 19 for me. False equivalency. The firearms I selected, the Browning Hi-Power began production in 1935 and was being mass produced in Canada, abet for the military in the 40s. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:57:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well why not a Sig P320? For fucks sake, GD never disappoints. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Browning Hi-Power in a cross back leather shoulder holster under suit jacket with two spare mags under opposite arm pit. Suits and sports jackets are made for shoulder holster carry. In 1944, the number of Hi Powers in the US could likely be counted on one hand. Bringbacks likely weren't brought back until after VE Day. Browning Arms did not start importing them until 1954. It’s a fantasy scenario. I salute you autistic pedantry sir. Well why not a Sig P320? For fucks sake, GD never disappoints. The Sig 320 didn’t exist in 1944. The Hi-Power did. |
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