Posted on 08/01/2013 7:57:08 AM PDT by circlecity
Ping!
“I don’t know anything about guns nor do I have any...”
Yep...I know EXACTLY what you mean. me the same...
You don’t need the grip strength to overcome malfunctions in most pistols. you just need training to have a proper and consistent grip. You don’t need to be double tapping to own and use a pistol for self defense. A lot of pistols will function well even with a weak grip. Better to pick one that is forgiving than to have to work out your grip. Especially for a home defense gun if you don’t plan on practicing a lot.
Kind of hard to conceal though!
bfl
Glad you anwered him. I wasn’t going to. Yeah, the 9 mm and .45 are both old designs but the guns, powders, and bullets of today perform better, by far, than anything that was available when the two were introduced.
well, I have the pps, but Walther gets my vote. Not a kel-tec or Taurus fan..
I was looking for a cz 75b about a year and a half ago and couldn't find one for less than about 700 bucks.
I got lucky. My wife inherited her father’s CZ-75B. Blue steel, wood grips, sez made in Czechoslovakia.
If I am in a situation where I have decided to use deadly force, I want to be sure the threat stops.
I don't want to depend on pain tolerance or drug free judgement.
I would prefer to be able to put several .22LR rounds through the individual than I would a single, larger caliber round,
I would prefer at that point to put several larger rounds through the individual. Why isn't that one of your choices? The options are not limited between too small to be effective and too larger to control. I think it would take a rather weak individual who did not train to be unable to bring a 9mm back on target. My pre-teen girls can.
but in most cases, .22LR will fit the bill.
But fewer cases than rounds normal proscribed for personal protection. It seems a bad choice form most individuals.
Now You’re Talking!
Black Powder is cool.
boat accident, right?
Don’t underestimate the anti-personnel effectiveness of .22LR.
Some anecdotal evidence:
“In my 20+ year’s as a former LEO I’ve
seen more people killled from a .22 LR Hollow Point;
than I have any other caliber, bar none.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DzLQGv-w5M
No a buy back where I got tickets to a Jay-Z concert and some skittles.
Save up for a Ted Nugent concert,
Kill it and Grill it !
You obviously married the right gal. Congratulations.
While I would rather have a 22LR with me over no firearm at all, I would not leave my larger calibers at home to carry it for personal protection.
I have never found anyone that teaches firearm self-defense that would recommend it over .380 and up.
Just because it is common, doesn’t make it a better choice. It is common for the same reason I shoot a 22 more than my other weapons; it is cheap to shoot.
A bad day plinking with the 22 is still better than a good day working.
At this point, it is arguing tactics, which sad experience has taught me has no resolution. Some like one, some like another. My recommendation to the poster stands, as I’m sure does yours.
Each to their own.
Cheers
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