HD night stand: your pick?

HD night stand: your pick?

  • Glock 21

    Votes: 59 41.8%

  • HK USP 45

    Votes: 26 18.4%

  • Sig 220

    Votes: 30 21.3%

  • Dan Wesson 1911

    Votes: 26 18.4%
  • Total voters
    141
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Hi
As a night stand pistol which would you pick from the list?

Discuss your choice please and let us know if you have accessorized it.

My vote went to HK USP.

Thanks
 
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What about those of us who chose something not on the list?

Of those, the Sig because it can be had in a variety of trigger configurations (I'd choose the basic DA/SA decocker version).
 
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any 1911 , longer sight radius , big fat bullet will go through less walls, fits my hand better than others you listed , and if badguy is unarmed ,I now have a heavy chunk of steel to beat him with :neener:


opps,, I thought the sig and glock were 40's ,, still pick 1911
 
I voted Glock 21, and I'd add a Surefire or Streamlight WML.

In all honesty, I don't see a bad choice on the list. I'd have happily gone with any of the options that have an accessory rail. I'd put a 10rd mag in the Sig or 1911, of course.
 
RBid said:
I voted Glock 21, and I'd add a Surefire or Streamlight WML.

In all honesty, I don't see a bad choice on the list. I'd have happily gone with any of the options that have an accessory rail. I'd put a 10rd mag in the Sig or 1911, of course.
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10 rounds for HD , who did you pissoff ,, lol
 
10 rounds for HD , who did you pissoff ,, lol
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Since it sounds as though you have concrete answers that I do not, I'd like to take the chance to learn some things:

1. how many invaders are coming into my home?

2. how many rounds will each invader require to go down?

3. it appears that I'm missing a good reason to go with 8 rounds, despite having the option to go with 10. What is that reason?

4. Will the invader/s hold still while being fired upon, or move? What percentage of my shots fired will be hits?

5. If, as many people insist is the best way, I use a hand held weapon light, do I drop the light to shoot 2 handed? Do I retain the light, and shoot a .45 single hand rapid fire? In either scenario, how do light transition or single hand control + simultaneous light manipulation impact my hit rate?

6. Should I prepare for HD situations by assuming a set number of bad guys, a set number of hits, and a set number of rounds fired toward each target? If so, it would seem that I need to practice counting my rounds during rapid fire, under threat induced stress, so that I can be sure to portion my willingly reduced capacity equally among the number of threats presented.

7. I haven't got a lot of practice shooting at living humans, so I am as yet unaware of a technique that makes me confident enough to say that I shouldn't carry a firearm if I can't guarantee a high hit rate. I welcome any advice to help ensure a high hit %, with such certainty that I could justify intentionally bringing fewer rounds to a fight than I have the option to bring.


Thank you in advance for all offered help, sir. I'm always eager to learn.
 
RBid said:
Since it sounds as though you have concrete answers that I do not, I'd like to take the chance to learn some things:

1. how many invaders are coming into my home?

2. how many rounds will each invader require to go down?

3. it appears that I'm missing a good reason to go with 8 rounds, despite having the option to go with 10. What is that reason?

4. Will the invader/s hold still while being fired upon, or move? What percentage of my shots fired will be hits?

5. If, as many people insist is the best way, I use a hand held weapon light, do I drop the light to shoot 2 handed? Do I retain the light, and shoot a .45 single hand rapid fire? In either scenario, how do light transition or single hand control + simultaneous light manipulation impact my hit rate?

6. Should I prepare for HD situations by assuming a set number of bad guys, a set number of hits, and a set number of rounds fired toward each target? If so, it would seem that I need to practice counting my rounds during rapid fire, under threat induced stress, so that I can be sure to portion my willingly reduced capacity equally among the number of threats presented.

7. I haven't got a lot of practice shooting at living humans, so I am as yet unaware of a technique that makes me confident enough to say that I shouldn't carry a firearm if I can't guarantee a high hit rate. I welcome any advice to help ensure a high hit %, with such certainty that I could justify intentionally bringing fewer rounds to a fight than I have the option to bring.


Thank you in advance for all offered help, sir. I'm always eager to learn.
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WOW,,, you do know what "LOL" means right , holy cow man , I'm on you side LOL LOL, no such thing as to many rounds , it was a JOKE , ,,,,,, DeCaf ???
 
WOW,,, you do know what "LOL" means right , holy cow man , I'm on you side LOL LOL, no such thing as to many rounds , it was a JOKE , ,,,,,, DeCaf ???
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Tone is easily lost in text, and sometimes "lol" means "I'm laughing at you". Given the number of "If you can't do it in 2 shots, you shouldn't carry a firearm!" commandos running around, and the fact that I don't recall interacting with you previously, I had to consider the possibility that either you intended the post to mean that 10 was excessive for some reason, or that a subsequent viewer may assume that this was a logical mode of thinking.

I certainly have no hard feelings toward you. I come to various boards for the sake of information exchange and better understanding. When the opportunity to exchange varying viewpoints arrives, I like to make sure that I give myself the chance to be proven wrong.

In the real world, away from the keyboard, I sound a lot more conversational than formal. For that matter, I'm typically a happy go lucky goofball unless a situation demands that I behave 'professionally'. I apologize if my post sounded angry. I was smirking and pretty dry while typing it.

/salute
 
All of RBid's points are valid, and well thought out
Truthfully, if I have time I will throw on my PC and grab my M4. PC has a G19with a light in it and all spare mags are G17. But if all other levels of security have failed, my Kimber and G23 are bedside, as is a Bouvier.
For voting purposes, G21...and Id add a railed light.
 
It seems that some people after being asked the time,proceed and tell how to build a watch.My simple answer-any of the above would work for me.:evil:
 
It'd be a tough choice for me; tossup between the P220 and a Dan Wesson 1911. I'd probably take the Dan Wesson - make it the DW CCO - just cause that's the only gun on the list I'd really like to own, with the P220 being a contender, but not one I'd shell out the cash for. I still wouldn't use it for nightstand duty though.

My G19 is my HD/SD gun, and if I wanted something else for HD, it wouldn't be another pistol - especially not one with lower capacity.
 
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I've had a Glock 19 with TLR-1 in that role for about five years. Before financial troubles I had a Kimber Custom shop (first year) Eclipse 5" with adjustable night sights with a Dawson Precision rail and a Sure Fire weapons light (old style). I miss the .45 so I just put a Glock 21 in layaway.

As far as capacity on a HD gun, I like more rounds for HD than SD. On the street, I'm basically pulling a firearm to cover my escape. In the home I will have to stand my ground and it may be more than one bad guy. Also if someone breaks into or invades your home armed you're talking a serious criminal. Also in HD, there is no limitation on size of the weapon, because there aren't any concealment issues.
 
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I picked the G21 because that's what I actually have as my nightstand gun. Otherwise I'd just as easily vote for the HK or the SIG. I wouldn't take the 1911 because that's not my chosen platform.

My G21 has 27-round mags I bought from KRISS.
 
I am a big sig supporter. I carry a sig P220 on duty and trust one as my HD gun. My P220 is an older non rail version. I have Heinie straight eight sights on it and use ACT 8 round mags in it. I just keep a good compact handheld flashlight next to it.
 
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