CCW which gun do you use and why?

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  • ace028
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2007
    • 952

    #16
    Mine would be only for home protection also, but I think having a permit is a good idea.

    Avanti, thanks for the link, I think I like the glock better due to durability of the polymar, but I think the HK looks better (not that it matters for its purpose), and is probably more comfortable to shoot, looks like either choice is good. Both are probably out of my price range right now, though. Maybe I can pick up a good used one.

    If you type magpul on youtube you get a bunch of cool clips of guns and mock up scenarios.
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    • Avanti
      Fast Electric Addict!
      • Nov 2007
      • 1280

      #17
      either one will be in the $500+ range
      The Manx has been sitting dormant, but I think I finally have my motivation back. I hope to see it float soon.

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      • Steven Vaccaro
        Administrator
        • Apr 2007
        • 8720

        #18
        Originally posted by Bill-SOCAL
        This would be my choice:



        .45 ACP get the job done the first time.

        But whatever you decide on. PLEASE take the time to actually become proficient. It still mystifies me why gun owners get all wound up about this. In most states all it takes to buy a gun is a clean record and the money. But we require the girl who cuts your hair to be proficient and licensed. How insane is that??

        My wife is 5 foot nothing and never had a problem with a .45.

        And this will no doubt shock some of you, but when I was doing my fieldwork in geology in SE Arizona just feet from the border I carried TWO guns. A Ruger Redhawk .44 Magnum in a holster with 2 rounds of snake shot in the first 2 chambers and a full size stainless steel .45 ACP in my pack. And yes, I knew how to use both of them. Still have them but see little or no reason to walk around with them. At the ready in the house to be sure, along with the Remington 12 Ga.

        I like seeing this post by Bill. It shows even though he's a dem, he harbors some hidden inside right wing views. He's just totally understanding them yet. Dont worry Bill, we all still love ya!
        Steven Vaccaro

        Where Racing on a Budget is a Reality!

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        • Steven Vaccaro
          Administrator
          • Apr 2007
          • 8720

          #19
          I am carrying a Glock Model 27 at work, but also have a HK40. After trying to be proficient with the 27 for years, I will switch to carrying the HK once I find a nice holster for it. The HK is much smoother. For those of you who don't know, my full time day job is a jewelry store owner in a rougher than liked neighborhood.
          Steven Vaccaro

          Where Racing on a Budget is a Reality!

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          • Meniscus
            Refuse the box exists!
            • Jul 2008
            • 3225

            #20
            What about a Sig Sauer P229? (for the record, I stick to the rifle and shotgun for hunting) However, I do borrow a handgun when I go into the mountains.
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            • Diegoboy
              Administrator
              • Mar 2007
              • 7244

              #21
              The only gun I ever owned was a 9x18mm Makarov exactly like this one.



              I sold it after my camping trip in the blueridge mountains.

              Foreign-made 9x18mm ammunition is very inexpensive and allows for considerable shooting. It is slightly more powerful and much less costly than the ballistically similar .380 ACP
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              • Avanti
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                • Nov 2007
                • 1280

                #22
                I have a safe full
                my fav is my Armalite AR15
                The Manx has been sitting dormant, but I think I finally have my motivation back. I hope to see it float soon.

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                • Bill-SOCAL
                  Fast Electric Addict!
                  • Nov 2007
                  • 1404

                  #23
                  Originally posted by Steven Vaccaro
                  I like seeing this post by Bill. It shows even though he's a dem, he harbors some hidden inside right wing views. He's just totally understanding them yet. Dont worry Bill, we all still love ya!
                  I am actually registered as an Independent. You see, I think a woman should be able to CCW when when goes to get an abortion is she so desires.

                  But don't get too happy yet. I also think that there is not even the slightest bit wrong with requiring people to demonstrate some minimum level of competence with a firearm before they can go off and start packing heat.

                  And finally, I am always concerned about the Billy Bad A$$ mentality that I see from many gun owners. 90% of these folks would fill their own shorts if they were ever actually confronted with a situation requiring the use of deadly force.

                  But in the end, I agree with Col. Cooper, An Armed Society is a Polite Society.
                  Don't get me started

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                  • rockwerks
                    Senior Member
                    • Jul 2008
                    • 772

                    #24
                    Originally posted by Diegoboy
                    The only gun I ever owned was a 9x18mm Makarov exactly like this one.



                    I sold it after my camping trip in the blueridge mountains.

                    Foreign-made 9x18mm ammunition is very inexpensive and allows for considerable shooting. It is slightly more powerful and much less costly than the ballistically similar .380 ACP
                    Those are nice little guns, but what a kick! shooting that all day will build you your hand and forearm hungarian PA-63. There are spring kits and other mods available to reduce the trigger pull and kick about 50%. They shoot a real nice pattern very accurate. Being la lefty though I had to make myself up a set of grips
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                    • Steven Vaccaro
                      Administrator
                      • Apr 2007
                      • 8720

                      #25
                      Originally posted by Bill-SOCAL
                      But don't get too happy yet. I also think that there is not even the slightest bit wrong with requiring people to demonstrate some minimum level of competence with a firearm before they can go off and start packing heat.

                      And finally, I am always concerned about the Billy Bad A$$ mentality that I see from many gun owners. 90% of these folks would fill their own shorts if they were ever actually confronted with a situation requiring the use of deadly force.

                      But in the end, I agree with Col. Cooper, An Armed Society is a Polite Society.

                      I agree that there should be training. In the great on state of Massachusetts getting a firearm is extremely difficult!
                      Steven Vaccaro

                      Where Racing on a Budget is a Reality!

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                      • Bill-SOCAL
                        Fast Electric Addict!
                        • Nov 2007
                        • 1404

                        #26
                        Unfortunately that is the problem. I think the government has focused on making it harder to obtain a firearm rather than making sure that those who do get them are safe and trained.

                        I am not a fan of background checks and such. Bad guys will get guns irrespective of that. But it makes no sense to me that Joe Suburbia can fill out the papers, pass a background check and he is good to go. Here in California they actually require that you obtain a handgun safety certificate (not needed for rifles and shotguns). You have to pass a test on safe handling and gun laws and then do a practical test with the gun you want demonstrating that you actually know how to safely load and unload it.

                        Not one person I know of would be OK with allowing people to drive without a license, but owning a gun without a similar deal is just fine and dandy. But as I said, sadly the government has focused licensing on who can own a gun and record keeping in that regard rather than on making those people safe.

                        This is one place I think the NRA has gone way off course. I think that if we had proficiency based licensing it would reduce the number of accidental deaths and injury and remove one of the major points used by anti-gun people to argue against guns.

                        Bottom line - I think anyone who owns a gun and who has not taken at the very least a course in safe handling is an idiot.
                        Don't get me started

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                        • rockwerks
                          Senior Member
                          • Jul 2008
                          • 772

                          #27
                          Both Ali and I have had gun safety courses and have signed up for refresher as for the competitive type courses those would be several hundred miles away from us (or farther). We both have been around guns our whole lives. I run a 6 cottage resort on the Olympic Peninsula, the closest town of any size is 70 miles away. I take several walks around the property at night to make sure that there is nothing out of place. I am the security for the resort and our guests;, and feel its time to take that roll a little more serious.

                          As in the past, when I purchase the new guns. I will spend quite a bit on ammo, so we can practice, and practice. I think I also found a retired sheriffs officer to give us further training.
                          an RC rock crawler lost in a sea of boat parts.........

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                          • teach
                            Senior Member
                            • Jun 2008
                            • 509

                            #28




                            I know it's not realistic and i know nothing about guns.......but it's sure neato.

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                            • rockwerks
                              Senior Member
                              • Jul 2008
                              • 772

                              #29
                              Originally posted by teach




                              I know it's not realistic and i know nothing about guns.......but it's sure neato.

                              actually that looks like a Walther P99 variant all decked out. a very nice handgun.
                              an RC rock crawler lost in a sea of boat parts.........

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                              • Bill-SOCAL
                                Fast Electric Addict!
                                • Nov 2007
                                • 1404

                                #30
                                Originally posted by rockwerks
                                Both Ali and I have had gun safety courses and have signed up for refresher as for the competitive type courses those would be several hundred miles away from us (or farther). We both have been around guns our whole lives. I run a 6 cottage resort on the Olympic Peninsula, the closest town of any size is 70 miles away. I take several walks around the property at night to make sure that there is nothing out of place. I am the security for the resort and our guests;, and feel its time to take that roll a little more serious.

                                As in the past, when I purchase the new guns. I will spend quite a bit on ammo, so we can practice, and practice. I think I also found a retired sheriffs officer to give us further training.
                                Sounds to me like you are in the perfect situation to be armed/CCW.
                                Don't get me started

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