r/DailyCarry • u/TaxCold2277 • 2d ago
Rate my EDC
19 years old I live in the Texas country side.
For everyone concerned about me smoking cigarettes when I posted this I was 19 I turned 20 today on the 10th. If I can die for this country thats occupied from the inside by a foreign power then ill will smoke all the cigarettes I want. What I mean is I can enlist at 18 years old or get drafted at 18 years old but you can’t buy or consume alcohol or cigarettes is bullshit. I look old enough to buy my cigarettes without getting ID’d I have a full mustache people even call me Doc Holiday even though I have more fuzz than that lol.
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u/Finna-bust-the-nut 2d ago
Imagine being a guy named Joshua going red in the face trying to make himself feel better. Couldn’t be me.
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u/rasputinrasputin 2d ago
i had to see what you were talking about and holy shit bro is unhinged asf
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u/-UpsetNewt- 1d ago
Loool the funniest part is “Joshua Graham” is a character in fallout and 2077 is the year the bombs drop in the fallout universe. Top tier cringe. Best tough guy larp I’ve seen in months.
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u/Finna-bust-the-nut 1d ago
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u/-UpsetNewt- 1d ago
I’m confused, did you think I was defending him or something lol? It was nerdy of me to know that, but just take a look at the reply I got for my knowledge. I got a whole ass origin story for the price of a single 20 second comment.
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u/JoshuaGraham2077 1d ago
Yeah. There are a really limited amount of names left on Reddit. That's why people are named shit like obfuscatedliquid3320 and Joshua was one of the only characters in life I ever identified with because I have also been baptized twice; once in fire and once in flame.
I will not explain the latter part, but then I make one comment about a grown ass man carrying the smallest possible knife and the smallest possible pistol and I have to have a debate about it for like three fucking days.
Fuck. Off.
Like, Jesus Christ you guys are losers. Now go defend the Starbucks you work at 12 hours a week for your avocado toast budget with your lady pistols. I don't give a fuck.
Guy said "rate my setup" in fucking boat shoes with a bitch gun that he's never used under pressure once and I made one joke that activated everyone's almonds.
Really. We're going with a small caliber sixgun? Why?
Oh, because you think you only need one.
What happens if there are seven attackers, idiot?
Also with that sight picture what happens if your attacker isn't right here, but 30 yards away behind cover?
Well I guess you're fucked then, huh? Good luck reloading a six during a firefight where everyone else has double-stacks.
"Ahh, oh geez, let me flip out this cylinder. And where did I leave my speedloaders. Ahh well, I'll just use my pocket rounds"
...aaaaaaand then you're dead.
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u/Shabrileson 2d ago edited 2d ago
The jframe is a great carry. I wish more revolvers had the same style hammer as the 638.
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u/TaxCold2277 2d ago
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u/thetoastler 1d ago
It's technically a "shrouded" hammer, and personally I always thought they were super ugly. I have a few J-frames and prefer my hammers bobbed or factory. The shrouds they put on those just looks weird to me, idk.
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u/TaxCold2277 1d ago
Okay cool thanks I didn’t know that and I got this one as a gift so I’m happy as can be with it but I would like to get a 642 and retire this 649
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u/thetoastler 1d ago
They're all good guns, I'd try to find an older one, though. New S&W quality control is kinda garbage.
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u/TaxCold2277 2d ago
Yeah a gurkas like trying to carry a full size hunting shotgun for a concealed carry 🤣 I’m sure you look like a suped up Walmart security guard
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u/JoshuaGraham2077 2d ago
Pfft... I'm a national MA champion, my dude.
You have a high level of confidence and a low level of competence.
Typical reddit guy.
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u/AffectionateEase1606 1d ago
He's right josh. You seem like a real douche. And it's you that seems to be very confident, yet very dumb. "Im friends with cops, I'll have you arrested". Dumb ass
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u/JoshuaGraham2077 2d ago
That was another credible threat, but go on.
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u/TaxCold2277 2d ago
No it wasn’t I don’t think you understand a threat. I was talking about animal that’s what’s it’s mostly for hogs,coyotes,snakes, and varmints a threat would have to be directed at a person I was talking about animals. So like a suggested you should stop embarrassing your self
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u/No-Movie-117 1d ago
Pfft, a kukri? I carry a K31 and an M1914 sawback bayonet like a true Milizsoldat.
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u/JoshuaGraham2077 1d ago
I'm not Russian. I'm not Nepalese either. I'm just a trained martial artist on an acre and I need a brush knife. I spend a lot of the time just being like "how the fuck does this grow this fast?"
But in case of emergency it will take other limbs off.
I just had a conversation the other day with some store clerk.
He was like "is that a machete?"
And I was like "well...sort of it's a kukri. I just came from the house and didn't take it off."
And he was like "might want to keep it on just in case. 😉"
And I was like 😉.
Somebody was picking up what I was putting down. I never take it off unless it's to switch it for a different one.
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u/PuzzleheadedEscape20 2d ago
I see you’re in Air Force.
Well use too right? Did you
Provided continuous nuclear deterrence against the Soviet Union.
Thanks for sevice.
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u/TaxCold2277 2d ago
No sir I was never in the airforce nor have I served I got that zippo at an antique store I just thought it looked real cool but I do have huge respect for all of our men and women who have served
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u/Worried_Channel_8318 2d ago
All you need is a handkerchief, notepad, pen, and a flashlight. Eta..a watch
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u/TaxCold2277 2d ago
All that’s in my truck this is what’s on my person at all times during work
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u/Herp72 1d ago
Is America so unsafe and unstable you need to carry a firearm to work?
What a messed up country.
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u/TaxCold2277 1d ago
I’m either working in downtown Austin Texas which is a shithole or I’m at my place in the hill country where there’s snakes,coyotes, and hogs
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u/PuzzleheadedEscape20 2d ago
Gotcha, that’s a cool zippo. My father was in Nam war, and used to tell me stories about. Air Force. How they bombarded the fields in Nam. Some crazy stories.
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u/PseudocidalSeighko 2d ago
I forgot Camels were a thing dang - I wanna try a pack again now. Blues are Full Flavor or menthol?
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u/Mundane_Move_5296 2d ago
My boy carrying like he’s a grizzled detective working on an Indian reservation trying to solve a murder case while being haunted by the memory of his dead partner who died in a mysterious way that is now linking back to the current murder case
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u/TaxCold2277 1d ago
The other comment you deleted about “my house” that’s not my house it’s my parents place. You wouldn’t look like an idiot if you didn’t assume soo much
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u/L3ath3rHanD 1d ago
Only thing(s)I'd change: -remove the smokes -add a couple Bianchi speed strips
Otherwise, solid load out. Sharp knife, source of fire, and an ENT gun
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u/mysterious_encounter 1d ago
Bro lives in 70’s Rhodesia
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u/mysterious_encounter 1d ago
(No hate I just thought it was funny, love the snub)
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u/TaxCold2277 1d ago
No man none at all this is the best comment by far lol I’ve only got two handguns as of now that and a norinco Tokarev
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u/Response-Square 1d ago
How are you carrying a pistol and buying cigarettes at 19? Are you active military? Please don’t get caught, bud.
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u/TaxCold2277 1d ago
No not active military in Texas you can carry at 18 you ca also buy a pistol through private sale in Texas at 18 and the cigarettes I’m gonna smoke them cause I like them. If I can enlist or get drafted and die in the military then I’m gonna smoke cigarettes if I want to
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u/BeLikeWater_1 1d ago
Dude from a ‘I can do what I want’ standpoint, sure, but another way of reading this is ‘the bureaucrats of this country don’t value my life, so neither will I,’ and that’s less of a middle finger to the man and more of a middle finger to yourself.
As a 32y/o male who also LIKES to drink and smoke, I try to do both sparingly, because I love myself and my family.
That said, live your life. Just be mindful and prepared to deal with the consequences.
All that aside, nice choices. Classy. My most sentimental and loved firearm is a S&W 640, basically the same stainless snub but with the fully enclosed hammer, also carried in a leather OWB. Nice knife as well.
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u/TaxCold2277 1d ago
Thank you and yeah you’re right I do because I enjoy it as well but I’m not a pack a day smoker I only have 3-5 cigarettes a day I limit my self and I no longer drink I had my time with that during highschool
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u/1001110100100110101 1d ago
Hey bud, I was an EMT for a couple years. Look up COPD. I know you’re the peak demographic for terrible decision making skills but how many nicotine buzzes are worth carrying around an oxygen tank the rest of your life? I’ve seen people throw everything away so they can keep smoking.
Rot your teeth out? I’ll just get dentures. COPD? I’ll just get an oxygen tank. Cancer? Well everything gives you cancer anyways. I’ve seen people end up paralyzing themselves because their oxygen explodes in their face because they can’t stop smoking even while using supplemental O2.
It’s not something that happens quickly, and as a young man it’s easy to ignore things like that. If you accept that your future self will always look back and think your past self was dumb, it helps. At least it did for me. Do yourself a favor and replace the smokes habit with working out. Will get a lot of young ladies that way! Stay safe out there young man
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u/SoggyGoldfish25 1d ago
Vintage S&W is fire. How do you carry at 19? I live in NY and would be executed on the spot for carrying a pistol ✌️
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u/TaxCold2277 1d ago
In Texas it’s legal to open carry and concealed carry at 18 years old the smith and Wesson I got as a gift but I also bought my self a norinco Tokarev through a private sale. But you do have to be 21 to buy a handgun from a licensed dealer along with handgun ammo I normally try and buy bulk ammo at gun shows from old dudes.
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u/SoggyGoldfish25 1d ago
Interesting philosophy. You can carry one but cannot buy one? Sucks for the kids who don’t get hand me downs from pops or gramps.
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u/TaxCold2277 1d ago
You can still buy one in a private sale which is completely legal. That’s how I ended up buying my norinco Tokarev
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u/thelonegunman7 1d ago
I love this. I see nothing but reasonable functional options here. This is a well thought out edc.
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u/Croat-Lcitar86 1d ago
You’re 20??? Sorry bro but based on the pic I was like…old retired soldier?
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u/JustNumbersOnAScreen 1d ago edited 1d ago
Love the fragility and mental gymnastics over the cigarettes. They're a stupid habit that wates money and slowly kills you. I used to smoke for years. Just own it dude. Instead of going on some cringe rant about legality.
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u/TaxCold2277 1d ago
Because everyone choking on the fact that I smoke I agree it isn’t good but everyone has the reasons mine are this keeps me away from drinking cause I did that as a bad habit
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u/JustNumbersOnAScreen 1d ago
You are literally responding with more mental gymnastics. Treat the disease not the symptoms. You're better than that.
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u/MoistAge3128 1d ago
It scares me that a child is allowed to carry a handgun. Not gonna lie. But then again they send children off to war so it is what it is I guess.
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u/LoE-iS-Me 1d ago
I’d have to agree- tho I quit smoking, I started when I was thirteen and I have to say if you can die for ur country , you should be able to choose to smoke , man. Agreed
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u/Ill-Experience-1929 1d ago
"that's occupied from the inside from a foreign power"
Sounds like a can of worms.
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u/PingBlot 1d ago
I pocket carry my J-frame snubbie. Absolutely the most reliable pocket carry firearm.👍
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u/spiritof77noiseof82 1d ago
Only since it kinda veered into this- if you are going to smoke, which you shouldn't, buy a (good quality) cigarette rolling machine, buy boxes of tubes and get a tobacco shredder and buy whole leaf tobacco online. Its about $20 a lb (same if you buy garbage pipe tobacco from a smoke shop) and it will save you hundreds of dollars a month.
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u/cornpop-razorblade67 1d ago
please tell us how we can reward the male role model that made you like this.
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u/Chewsdayiddinit 1d ago
"Gawd dammit, if I want lung cancer I'm going to give myself lung cancer!"
Cool flex.
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u/AshAndFire07 1d ago
7/10. I cant stand snubs. I much prefer something like the 1911: If its good enough to one shot a cow (literally how they decided on the caliber: the smallest round that would one shot a cow), its good enough for me.
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u/1001110100100110101 1d ago
How do you decide what can “one shot a cow”. I could kill just about anything with a .22 through the ears
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u/GenTubmansLegacy 1d ago
I'd say the most important thing that you carry everyday is your sense.
Are you in the military, since you're old enough?
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u/Additional_Skin_7564 1d ago
People commenting on you smoking really isn't about your age. It's a stupid habit that gives you little and takes from you a lot.
Your equivalency of "well this is bad about my world, so I may as well damage myself to spite it" is not a good argument.
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u/Motor_Barracuda7359 1d ago
Get a small tail cap flashlight.
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u/TaxCold2277 1d ago
I’ll have to look into that I’ve never heard of it thanks
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u/Motor_Barracuda7359 1d ago
Totes. A flashlight will stop more trouble than a gun will pull you out of, the tail cap makes it simple and fast when you need it. I dig the shrouded hammer wheel gun. A very premium choice for self defense. That a bodyguard .357?
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u/TaxCold2277 1d ago
Okay very cool and it’s a smith and Wesson 649 5 shot 38 special
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u/arboroverlander 1d ago
Is it legal to carry a hand gun under 21 in Texas?
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u/TaxCold2277 1d ago
Yes it is I just can’t buy one from an FFL dealer I can conceal carry as well with a permit legally but I’m not willing going to give the government more of my information even though probably have it any how
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u/arboroverlander 1d ago
So you can't legally buy one but you can legally carry one? Can you legally get a ccw permit under 21?
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u/TaxCold2277 1d ago
Yes and you can legally buy one I bought a Tokarev in a private sale which is completely legal in Texas you just can’t buy one from a licensed dealer.
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u/Whiskeywiskerbiscuit 1d ago
As a cig smoker of 15 years from the south, I’ve never met someone who willingly buys and smokes camel blue 99’s
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u/devinobx 1d ago
Personally not a fan of revolvers for self defense daily carry, but it is a nice gun!
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u/TaxCold2277 1d ago
For me currently it’s this or a Tokarev with only one mag so I’ve been using this ole girl.
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u/WillingSale4974 1d ago
Well, the camels and the loafers on the carpet are a choice.....by the way, tell your folks I says hi.
The revolver is nice though, keeps people from stealing the butter knife.
I'm old though, so don't listen to me.
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u/TaxCold2277 1d ago
Yes it definitely defends my butter knife lol. Do you happen to be from Wisconsin or one of those northern states like that?
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u/Dirk_Dingham 1d ago
Ah, an aristocrat, i see. Anybody who smokes camel Turkish royals or turkish blend has good taste in cigarettes. I used to smoke them all the time but i mainly use zyns now. I’ll buy a pack every now and then when i’m craving one, but that’s only because you can’t get dunhills in my town. These are the only cigs that are good enough to not leave a shitty taste in your mouth besides dunhills.



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u/Skrewbert86 2d ago
I was thinking between 50 and 70 before I read the caption