Will you have enough Guns when it matters the most? M3D Folding Glock

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 10/4/2019 | F Jardim

[w1n1]

Full Conceal Folding Full-Size M3D and Sub-Compact M3S Hi-Capacity 9mm Pistols - From the corner of her eye, Christina saw the lumbering man aiming his pistol at her and she knew she was about to die. She didn't close her eyes. When the shot came a moment later, the blast was deafening. She was surprised she didn't feel anything.
It wasn’t until the fifth blast that she became aware the shadow of the lumbering figure was gone and she heard what she thought to be the weak tinkling of small bells. Tiny bright objects began to dance on the polished granite floor in front of her…fired shell casings. Someone screamed "RUN!" By the seventh blast she was on her feet sprinting for her storefront, which she remembered had a rear exit.

The blasts continued as fast as a jackhammer and Christina chanced a glance over her shoulder as she ran to safety. To the left of the sunglasses kiosk, its merchandise scattered thickly on the surrounding floor, she saw the lumbering man had fallen to his knees and now had only one of his pistols. There was one more blast and the lumbering man fell instantly, like a marionette whose strings were all simultaneously cut.

Some men grabbed up the motionless gunman’s gym bag and pistols and started pulling open his clothes. "He's got a bulletproof vest on!" she heard one of the men say. "No wonder she had to shoot him 20 times to stop him."

The woman in the yellow pants was there too. She'd recovered her phone and was talking on it. Her second phone was tucked under her arm again. She was crying and talking loudly. Christina recognized the voice and rushed over to her as the woman finished her call.

"You were the one that told me to run," Christina said. "You saved my life."
"You had that deer-in-the-headlights look," the woman said, wiping her eyes.
"You killed him! How did you get his gun from him?" Christina asked.

"I had my own gun," the woman said, taking the rectangular object Christina had thought to be a second phone from under her arm and amazingly unfolding it into a full-sized handgun.

THE PISTOL THAT ended the rampage in this story was a Full Conceal M3D Folding Pistol (a Glock 19 modified to fold) loaded with 22 rounds of 9mm. Michelle Walterham, our yellow-pants, soccer-mom, afraid-she-might-shoot-herself-accidentally, unexpected heroine was hardly what anyone would call an “Operator,” but she was armed like one during a life-or-death situation, when it was critical to have enough gun. In fact, she had a little bit more gun than most policemen have, but it took up a lot less space and nobody ever noticed it, despite it being in her pants pocket until the madman made his entrance. Read the rest of M3D Glock.

[RandallFlagg]

Colion Noir reviewed this in January.
https://youtu.be/tpyQl3XeRoc

[nevergore]

Fictional story but interesting real modification.....

I still prefer a conventional secure holster setup.....i’ve carried concealed for almost 40 years.... deployment, aim, and fire is second nature at this point...

[G Larry]

I prefer accuracy.

If he hasn't slowed down after the 2nd center mass shot, go for the head.

If you can't hit his head after 5 shots from 25 ft. you need more range time.

[Anti-Bubba182]

More video showing folding action:

Full Conceal M3D Folding Glock - SHOT Show 2018

[Yo-Yo]

I used to carry a Glock 26 IWB, and my wife had a Glock 42 for concealed carry (in a dedicated concealed carry purse.)

She had some surgery and couldn't rack the slide on her 42, so I gave her my J-Frame temporarily, and while she had that, I experimented with pocket carry of the 42.

I fell in love with pocket carry so much that I ended up buying a Ruger LCP and now that's my EDC.

No hassle with putting on a hybrid holster in the morning, no worries about dropping trou in a public bathroom stall, no fiddling about with trying to tuck a shirt around the "tuckable" hybrid IWB holster.

Just put the LCP into a pocket holster, slip it into a front pocket, clip a spare magazine on my belt, and off I go.

I'm not worried about the lack of stopping power with today's .380 defensive ammunition, and with 13 rounds on my person, I don't worry about being in an extended firefight.

And for those 25 foot head shots, I have a Viridian laser on my LCP that is activated automatically by removing the pistol from the pocket holster. There is a magnet in the holster that turns off the laser when inserted.

I still carry my Glock 26 occasionally, but frankly I have used it more at GSSF events than I have for EDC since getting my LCP.

[William Tell]

"I fell in love with pocket carry ..."

I shelved my LCP for a Sig P238. I modified the right front pocket of my pants to provide a little more room. If you don't mind the 1911 style safety, you get a superior trigger pull.

[OKSooner]

Made up, fabricated bullshit is for guys like Pencil Neck.

[William Tell]

With the P238 you also get far superior sights.

[Big Red Badger]

I took Offense when
Someone here called
It a Little Crappy Pistol.
LCP.

[ConservativeMind]

Thank you for this.

I think I will look into the .357 Sig version, converted.

[Yo-Yo]

No doubt about it, the P238 is a far superior pistol to the LCP, and it's price tag reflects that.

I got my LCP about a year after the LCPII came out, and I paid $199 for it.

Ruger still makes both the LCP and LCPII, but the LCPII is about $100 more expensive.

[Yo-Yo]

I took Offense when
Someone here called
It a Little Crappy Pistol.

Not as crappy as the Keltec P3AT that the design was ripped off from.

[NTHockey]

The only problem I see with CCW is once you apply for one, the government knows where to go to grab it. Now, IF I had any guns, I wouldn’t want the government to know. Unfortunately, I lost any that I may have had in a tragic boating accident.

[marktwain]

Now that you have posted on freerepublic about it, the government knows.

Might as well get a CCW for all the benefits.

[ConservativeWarrior]

Still carrying the Kahr PM9 I bought 10 years ago.

What is generally considered the best compact 9 available today?

Anyone?

[Yo-Yo]

What is generally considered the best compact 9 available today?

Anyone?

Are you intentionally trying to start a bar fight?

;^)

[ConservativeWarrior]

Could have been worse. Ford or Chevy?

haha

[Pollster1]

Not as crappy as the Keltec P3AT that the design was ripped off from.

Yes, the Keltec P3AT is a crappy pistol. The trigger is terrible. The sights are a joke (but a laser makes it borderline usable). There is no revolver or semiautomatic pistol sold that would be worse in a gunfight. However, I love mine. The P3AT in its holster is the size and weight of my iPhone. There is no time, ever, when I'll leave the P3AT behind because of the weight or the bulk. Pistol is better than no pistol, and the Keltec is for that situation when you would otherwise not carry at all.

[PapaBear3625]

If he hasn't slowed down after the 2nd center mass shot, go for the head.

Also, the average vest only protects the rib cage area. A shot to the pelvis is an easier target, and he WILL be on the ground.