Handgun advice needed

[badf250]

Currently have a Taurus ultralight snub nose.38 as my carry gun and go to defense gun. I run regular .38 hollow points in it. Also have a sigma .380 carry gun, but its picky on ammo. AT home i have the S&W .44 mag sitting next to the .38 so if I need more power, she does the job.
As to the tactical shotgun thing, I shot my buddys Mossberg with the pistol grip and recoil is hard enough that I really wouldnt want to shoot it very much at all.

[mr4teth]

I love Kimbers and own one but for the cost of this conversion kit why not buy a nice 22 pistol like a Walther P22 or Ruger 22/45 or Mark III?

[coolmac]

I'm with others that feel shot placement is most important.
I practice a double tap from the holster mostly, both for speed and
accuracy.

.380/38 - not the stopping power I need.
9mm - good stopping power and shot placement.
40 - great stopping power, but snappy gun, bad shot placement.
45 - great stopping power, but bad follow up placement.

I like the Glock 19 or 26 and Walther PPS
Ruger's "LC9" has a small 9mm, very long (dao) trigger pull.
LC9 under $300.
I don't carry a round in the camber, unless it has a safety.

Good defensive ammo will give you 90% one shot stopping power
with 9mm.

Why I carry a gun . . . because I can't carry a Cop.

The fastest reload is your backup gun.

Food for thought . . .

[mr4teth]

Anyone looking for a cheap 1911 22 ....

https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/...ducts_id=59751

or

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/p...ducts_id=13153

[40thGT]

My first handgun was the Smith & Wesson Sigma 9mm. I thought it was very cheap quality and not very accurate so I got rid of it and bought a Glock 27 .40 cal for both carry and home defense. I loved everything about it except for the weight when carrying it. I sold the Glock and bought a Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 380 for carry and a Bushmaster Ar-15 carbon for home defense. I am very happy with both.

[Killercanary]

I ordered a Beretta Px4 storm 40cal and got my concealed carry permit today. Any suggestions on grain weight of ammo? I plan to try various types but everyone is suggesting Speer gold dot for self defense, I just don't know what grain to buy and what grain of FMJ to use for the range. Any suggestions for 40cal?

[phillysrt4]

I love Kimbers and own one but for the cost of this conversion kit why not buy a nice 22 pistol like a Walther P22 or Ruger 22/45 or Mark III?

I lean that way too. The main advantage to the conversion kit is the feel of your primary stays mostly intact. However, with many of the 22/45 versions you can get different grips and other custom options to make it a nice plinker.

.380/38 - not the stopping power I need.

To paraphrase a line I heard in a youtube video, I've never met someone who can take a 380 to the face and walk it off.

[phillysrt4]

Not necessarily on topic, but I just got this info in the email from ruger about their SP101 available in 357 mag:

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[wickedsnake03]

For protection ammo I always use federal hydro-shok, jacked hollow point. I think for you paul i would go federal hydro-shok. 180grain jacked hollow point. Reason I would personally choose that grain is for its stopping power. Has alot of energy yet isnt going to have that speed that allows the bullet to just keep traveling after it hits its target.

After impact it will despense most of its energy. PS this was told to me directly by federal when i sopke to them awhile ago. Im sure there are lots of awesome protection ammo out there as well, I have always used federal. My gun likes it, its accurate for me, and seems to have good stopping power when fired at targets.

[Rio94gt]

Paul the PX4 storn is a nice piece. Its the traditional Beretta model 92s im not a fan of. I like that the PX4 has a hammer so you have the capability of a true single action trigger pull and a double action trigger pull.

As far as ammo goes. I have SEEN with my own eyes what various types of ammo are capable of. I have also attended a wound ballistics workshop presented by ATK (the company that own Federal).

I currently have hydra-shoks in my Glock 10mm and S&W revolver but that will change soon. The hyrda-shok tends to break up on impact. The jacket is weakly bonded to the core. It has also been known to not be as effective on heavy clothing.

If you can order some you want the new Federal HST round in 180 grain. Its what the Pittsburgh Police use. Excellent expansion and excellent weight retention. Itll go through anything (excluding a ballistic vest).

If you cant find that my next choice would be the Winchester Ranger XST in 180 grain. Remember the Black talon? Well this is the exact same bullet but without the black coating.

Choice number 3 would be the Remington Golden Saber in 180 grain. Again great expansion and good weight retention.

Choice 4 would be Speer Gold-dot or Federal hydra-shok.

[Twin01cobra]

Well I'm a little late to the game, in my opinion the best option for home defense is an AR15. My go to home defense gun is a BCM M4 with a Daniel Defense rail, Tango down short vertical grip with a Surefire 6P with a 276 lumens LED upgrade. I have 30rnds of Hornady TAP loaded in the mag.

These guns are light, short, easy to manuver and control compared to a shotgun and will end the fight much faster than and handgun, plus a 30rnd option is hard to beat.