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primary gun

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primary gun [′prī‚merĀ·ē ′gən]
(ordnance)
Principal or main gun, especially of a tank or other armored vehicle.


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Second, cops carry spare handguns as backups to their primary service sidearm, for many good reasons: the primary gun can be snatched, damaged by an opponent's bullet, taken at gunpoint by a criminal who then drops his guard, or the handgun becomes disabled.
Those advantages, which you might want to discuss with the customer, include the following: A backup can save your life if the primary gun is unclearably jammed.
Both the Simunitions and two of the live-fire rounds found me starting with the backup gun in my shoulder holster instead of the primary gun behind my hip.
 
 
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