Got it! I didn’t figure you’d be much farther than 20 feet. A good strike to the face, or groin can buy a lot of time! Time is critical. Most people don’t realize just long 1.5 to 3 seconds is. I have a young friend who can walk away from a target and upon unannounced command, draw, get sights on target, and put three rounds in the zone in under three seconds using the 1911 .45ACP. Time is critical. :-) Thanks buddy! :-)
You know, I used to carry “Old Slabsides” too...Say...Did I ever tell you the story of how the Glock 19 and I fell intimately in love?
I probably did, but I’ll tell you again anyway, since you asked (:^)
Originally, when PA went “Shall Issue On Demand” (gee...ain’t that a GREAT phrase to use when dealing with Public Servants?) I already had a 1911A1 Springfield Armory GI Issue .45 American Commie Popper in the gun safe.
I sez to myself - “Self”...I sez...”You should carry this heater...” as in totin’ a rod....packing heat...schlepping da Gat....
So I did. For a while. Shoulder rig. Small of back. Hip with paddle...hip with belt slide...inside the waistband (BUT - it was pointing at my crank, and THAT li’l fact was very disturbing...)
There was no comfortable way to carry “The Beast”.
So, I sez to myself “Self”...I sez, “You need another piece to carry. This rationalization took all of, oh three point seven seconds, me being the deep thinker that I am.
So I schlepped on down to the local Armory to see Fred.
Fred pointed to a just-came-in Beretta Model 85 in .380 caliber. That’s “Euroweenie Teenie Nine”. I thought - well, THIS will fit the bill nicely! Fits in the pocket, comfortable to the hand, etc., etc.
So I bought it...left the store lighter in heart and wallet, and heavier in the collection by one more piece.
So I toted the Beretta around for a bit, and I got to thinking...this is a REALLY small round, compared to the .45. I mean, it’s REEEEEEEEEEEEEALLY small. Miniscule, even...
So I sez to myself...”Self” I sez..”You need another heater...” and I went back to see Fred.
Fred, of course, smiled and was VERY happy to see me back again. I’ve given him a lot of money over the years...
Mine eyes fell upon the UBER handgun...the cool, polymer sheen - SHEEN, I tell you - of the Glock G19. THE AK47 of the handgun world.
It’s a 9mm. Of course. Bigger than the .380. Smalled than the .45 (still), but it holds a LOT of 9mm.
So....that’s how me and the Glock became compadres. Been totin’ her ever since.
And for the record, I also picked up a Glock 21 in .45 ACP. It fits all of my Glock holsters, and I occasionally carry that instead.
The backup SW642, well, that was a Valentine’s Day present for the wifey...she didn’t like it, so I inherited it. :^)