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P365 is an excellent gun. I’d take it over a 38.
“...an EDC firearm...”
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Sig 365, S&W Sheild or Shield+. Unless you have a supply of .38Spec laid in. I myself am looking for a small .380 pocket pistol. Anyone had experience with either the Ruger LCP or LCP2?
At my last base, the Commander allowed pistols on base as long as they were unloaded and secured separately from the ammo.
My solution was to purchase a Book Safe from Harbor Freight Tools. I would secure the pistol in the safe without the magazine and place the safe on the passenger floor on my truck. All legal and the book safe cost was about $15.00.
You can go with a small safe under your seat that’s cabled securely to the seat’s steel supports, or have someone weld a lockbox to the frame.
Whatever you decide, you should also have a reliable alarm system that alerts you if your vehicle is tampered with. I have a Viper system.
P365
In this era of Antifa and BLM, my recommendation is to go for capacity.
Keltec .380 or 9mm
It’s the best deep conceal. Only drawback, no safety. I carry without one in the chamber. When i pull it out, I am trained to rack it.
If you cannot rack a handgun reliably, go with a wheel gun.
you won’t believe how light and concealable it is.
Sig 365, 365X or 365XL are all good.
As is the Springfield Hellcat.
Ruger Max9 has 12 round capacity as well.
car gun safe? get a good cheap truck gun, know where it is.
I have found ak under folders behind the seat I forgot about
I do not recommend 38 air weights nasty recoil for little bang
but good for ccw
Sig p938
Coincidentally, I took my wife to a gun show this past weekend to look at ccw guns for her. She is small and most pistols won’t fit her hand.
It came down to the Bersa Thunder that fits best. Also, the recoil from the.380 will be more manageable than the 9mm.
For car carry, look at gun magnets. The gun is handy and out of sight, underneath your dashboard.
The SW is not a ladies gun. I know state police units that carry them as their undercover/plain clothes weapon.
It’s ok not to like them…but they are good firearms.
With the big increase in car theft, I wouldn’t leave a gun in the car
Great advice on the auto gun safe on the thread so I won't try to add to it. One time I had jury duty, forgot to leave the piece at home, and ended up spending the day knowing I had a loose, loaded gun under the passenger seat with only a door lock to protect it. Not a good feeling. I found out later I could have checked it at the security desk. Ugh.
What EDC gun to choose is a topic well past the limits of an internet posting. Try a bunch and select one you like is my advice. It's different for everyone. There are at least a dozen acceptable micro 9's out there alone. Clint Smith carries a full-frame 1911 (I think two, actually), and Jerry Miculek does things with revolvers I can't even describe. Since I'm neither one of those guys I just try to get in as much practice as I can. If you have to use it the police are going to take it away from you anyway, so think of it as a semi-disposable tool and not an objet d'art. All just my $0.02.
Have you fired either? With today’s guns, especially from decent companies there isn’t much difference in quality, so it all comes down to feel.
Neither of those guns are designed for women. And you might want to consider, if your carrying spare ammunition, it’s much easier to reload a magazine with 10 rounds into a 365 then 5rds in a .38.
A lightweight, snub nosed.38 is not an easy gun to shoot and after 10-12’ it can be quite inaccurate. S&Ws desire to make them light, compromised the weight that helped with recoil. It’s designed more for a contact shot into someone’s rib cage while your tussling.
The 365 has a bunch of different models now and is a great gun. I’m a proponent of more is better. Controllability is better. With that….I’d go with the 365.
