RE: What pistol for self defense?
 

bigbulls:
I am not trying to disagree with you but we had two of the SW-99's blow up at the last canidate school for the local P. D training. Since that I and I say I on this matter, Would never buy one for myself.

I carrie a H&K 40 cal. for my personal protection. Although they are not cheap, they are worth it to know that I can count on my weapon 100%.

hunter338.

RE: What pistol for self defense?
 

I might be old fashioned, but for the type of shooting we're doing here, pointshooting is hard to beat, once you get the hang of it, literally shooting from the hip and hitting a "rib-cage" is pretty easy at 20ft or less.

I don't know how rich some of yall are, but the biggest room you'll ever have in a house is going to be 10yrds across a 14" target (ribcage of someone facing you) is going to be 140MOA, at 10ft it's about 450MOA, at 15ft-across a bedroom-a spinal column is going to be about 40-60MOA, accurate shooting isn't a real issue here, it's getting lead into your assailant, a 230grn slug from a .45acp isn't going to feel good no matter where it hits you, walking three shots in half a second from kidney to heart is going to stop someone, and it can be done just as fast as finding your sight picture and putting the first one in the heart.

I never have liked glow in the dark sights other than on the front sight, all glowing sights are kind of fuzzy when they're glowing, and big, glowing rear sights can sometimes make seeing the frontsight difficult (green/white combos tend to blend together, green/red don't, but red doesn't glow very well).

Moral of the story, practice, practice, practice, anyone can learn to pointshoot or frontsight really well at 20ft on a rib-cage sized target.

Think of throwing a baseball instead of shooting, you're so close you can pretty well throw it from any position and hit your target, it's not a bomb from the fence to the 2nd baseman, guys that can do that fast play ball, anyone can wing it across the room and hit a recliner!

RE: What pistol for self defense?
 

Nomercy- you said it better than I could:)

RE: What pistol for self defense?
 

You big experts you. We might have to register you as a lethal weapon.

RE: What pistol for self defense?
 

I carry a Kimber Pro CDP II .45ACP. During the extreme Texas summers, I carry a Kahr PM9 when I wear shorts. PM9 (can also get it in 40S&W) is pretty small and lightweight (under 1lb) and easy to conceal...

RE: What pistol for self defense?
 

My wife has a Bulgarian Makarov for concealded carry and it's an unbelievably relaible gun. The roundball ammo is dirt cheap and you can easily get ammunition more suited for self defence for it.
BigBulls; I read somewhere that Smith & Wesson bought Walther. They've actually turned the PPK/S into a fairly reliable firearm now. And they added a longer beavertail that cuts down on the damage that vicious little gun does to the web of your hand. Still wouldn't trade the Makarov for a PPK, though.