What is your bedside mag?

[GIJOEL]

FIRST: go to boxotruth.com and read about what rounds do what.
SECOND: go to ammotogo.com and get a few boxes of LE golddots or hydroshok
THIRD: go to the range and practice

 

[AKElroy]

I keep 115gr +P+ Double Taps in my 9's. They have a very high lethality rating, and tend to fragment more readily just due to the light weight & high velocity.

I would second an earlier comment that you need a reliable system for waking up when any exterior door or window is opened. We leave our alarm "Instant on" when home; it has battery backup in a hidden, locked metal strong box. Every window & door is protected. If someone comes in, we know it, and every member of the family knows what to do. Barring that expense, get a dog.

 

[deano186]

I thought you meant 'What magazine do you keep by your bed'. Dillon's 'Blue Press' for me

 

[MK11]

If they do get into the bedroom before he wakes up, probably doesn't matter whether it's on the nightstand or not.

 

[MCgunner]

By my bed is a 20 gauge coach gun loaded with 3 buck, a .357 magnum loaded with 140 grain JHP full power loads, and a snub .38 loaded with +P 158 JHP. None have magazines. Sometimes an issue of "American Rifleman" in there, though.

 

[bassclef]

i was told by a guy that you should carry in your CCW whatever the local police for your county/state carry. for me its speer gold dots.

 

[wrs840]

Based on what was in stock, it'll be Golden Sabres for now...

No problem with that. I'm a Speer Gold Dot fan in General, Use Hornady FTX in my pocket-guns, Speer GD or Winchester Silvertips in my .45 colt revolver... But... My bedside pistol is a S&W 5904, and in range testing a bunch of SD rounds shooting at 7 yds, 124gr Golden Saber non-+P low-flash grouped best for me out of that particular gun, so it seemed like a natural "pick" in every way.

Les

 

[LiquidTension]

16 rounds of Winchester Ranger RA40T.

 

[mgmorden]

I don't keep anything in my night stand. If I hear something that makes me wake up... I'm not immediately going to reach for my gun in a semi-conscious state. Not advised at all. Getting out of bed and walking across the room for a firearm is a much better way to go about it. In the night stand is just way too common.

I hope no one gets to your bedroom before you wake up.

Agreed. If you have young kids in the house then you have to perform some extra lockup, but if it's all adults, then I see absolutely no point (and a significant disadvantage) in adding more and more layers to get to your gun. If it takes more than a few seconds to access then you very likely won't have it when you need it. All it ends up being is a false sense of security. It's the same reason why most newer handguns are coming with no manual safety added. Anything fiddling and tinkering between you realizing there's a threat and your gun going bang if it needs to is just a tragedy waiting to happen.

That said, my bedside gun (strangely enough) is currently a Nagant revolver. Not much rhyme or reason. I was keeping the SIG P6 next to the bed but I took it to the range a few months back and never got around to loading it back up and putting it near the bed, so the Nagant is there for right now .