Posted on 01/16/2013 6:06:55 PM PST by Farmer Dean
After reading the story of the mother who shot the home invader 5 times,she went to the store and bought a Beretta PX-4 in .45acp.Anybody have any experience with this weapon?
personally i like the 10mm.
Smart wife. You are blessed.
One round of a .45 ACP in the shoulder will disable the bad guy enough to give her control.......
Got the full size version of that in .40. Easy to strip for cleaning, never had FTF or FTE, and looks doggone sexy as well.
Only I don’t like how snaggy the safety switch “ears” are when racking the slide back. Since buying mine, I coulda swore I saw one new that came with no slide safety at all. Would love to trade but may just go for custom grinding if I make any changes.
Early on, I was also interested in lightening the trigger pull. The smith I consulted said it was too new a model for Beretta to offer a lighter swap, and he didn’t trust himself to try the technique he found on the Net.
Despite those niggly details, I love the gun and bought its CX4 buddy that takes the same mags. That pistol was my first in a buying spree that began with O’s first election & the loss of what had been my career. *shrug*
Does your wife’s have the frame rear-mounted safety or no? She enjoying it?
>> I think acquiring a handgun with a laser will work just fine in lieu of practice. Point the little red dot where you want the bullet to hit, hold steady and shoot.
What? Are you serious? NO! Practice.
Years and years ago during a training class, I listened to the teacher make an interesting statement about what kind of shirt to wear when shooting one of these. He said wear a T-Shirt or button up your shirt when shooting.
So I had an IZod mostly buttoned up and took my turn Squeezing off a few rounds. Sure enough, an empty ejected, flipped straight up, and landed in the space between the top button of my shirt and my neck, and went right down.
HOT!HOT!HOT! I exhaled strongly, calmly laid the .45 on the platform and took two steps back. "AHHHHHH!!!!" I yelled as I shook the hot round out. Much laughter, including my own followed...
The instructor said "That's how you handle a situation like that responsibly. He put the gun down facing down range, evacuated the firing line and dealt with the problem." I got to shoot several extra clips for free. Ouch.
Somehow I don't think that was the experience you were looking for, but it may help your wife some day. CHEERS!
A 12 gauge is overkill. Our CCW class did a comparison and everyone agreed that the .410 had the best result. It kicks less, makes a decent hole and less likely to kill the kids in the next room.
My 9 is loaded with Federal +P hydra shock hollow points when at home with two additional mags right next to it.
She was trained to shoot for center of body mass,and continue firing until the thug is on the ground.So 3 or 4 in the heart and lungs is more likely.
The .45 is better home-defense round than a 9mm which has over-penetration properties. Although I’m not familiar with the gun she bought, the .45 is what I would have recommended. A .40 may also have been a good choice.
The .45 is a better home-defense round than a 9mm which has over-penetration properties. Although I’m not familiar with the gun she bought, the .45 is what I would have recommended. A .40 may also have been a good choice.
Practice is necessary but right now for the general practice ammo is scarce, in some places its abundant, in others its back ordered until 2014. At the very least I would suggest an airsoft gun that closely resembles what you own and practice with it in the privacy of your home.
The feeebs are out in force getting informants set up at the shooting ranges right now. Not tin foil cap thinking, its the truth.
“We are XD fans here.”
Here too...thinking about an XDs for my wife. We also like Federal HydraShok .45 acp
What ammo?
Good training. Bad guy will be one and done.
But just in case, he’ll be dead 3 or 4 times..... ;-)
Yeah those boating accidents sure are getting more common nowadays...: )
“The thing about stopping power is shock induced by the round.”
The FBI disagrees with you.
You think a 45 won’t penetrate sheetrock? Neither a 9mm or 45 is likely to go thru a human with a lot of power left over, and either will go a long ways with a miss..
A friend of mine as an exquisite and VERY valuable collection. He bought a huge Wells Fargo safe.
Fine choices both.
A buddy of mine got his yesterday. Let me know how it does at the range.
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