Personal Armament

You guys see any holes?

Primary Rifle - AR15 : Service Rifle, 3 gun, HD.
Primary Service Handgun - STI 9mm 1911 : IDPA ESP, Steel Challenge
Secondary Service Handgun - Colt 45 ACP Combat Elite : CDP, Bowling Pins, HD
CCW - Colt 45 ACP ltwt Commander Wiley Clapp
CCW Backup - Smith 45 ACP 22-4 Thunder Ranch : IDPA SSR, ESR, Bowling Pins
BUG - Smith .38 K Frame 10-5 Snub : IDPA SSR, BUG gun.
Shotgun - Remington 870 Wingmaster : Hunting

Have 22lr uppers for the AR15 and 22lr conversions for the 1911s, and have several barrels for the Wingmaster, I THINK I might have all my bases covered.

Came into a LOT >for me< of money recently, so I am trying to figure out if I am missin anything.

Help me out guys, what have I missed as far as personal guns go?

Any glaring ommisions?

Will I see a big difference between hunting with Slugs vs hunting with a .458 SOCOM?

Ease of putting holes in pie plates wise?

Other than a AR based hunting gun, I feel like I have my bases covered.

Every boy in my house get an AR15 when he is born, so sticking with the AR15 line of guns pays huge dividends in my house... just FYI. Lots of scopes, red dots, sights etc to interchange.

Not thinking EOTWAKI, I am thinking more along the lines of "Ok, I have enough, now time to just concentrate on getting good with what I have."

I have had a relationship with a gun store here that has let me buy stuff at a discount, so I have been taking advantage of it, but I am having a harder and harder time finding a "need".

I think I might just be done.


Biggest question I have is, will a .458 SOCOM have any hunting benefit over a sabot slug w/ rifled barrel shotgun?

Problem with that is, .308 is outlawed hunting wise here in Indiana.

Has to be a pistol caliber or something really short like a .458 SOCOM

.357 Maximum is about as hot and flat as you can get here in this State.

Why do you think so Havoc? Ballistics too rainbowey?

Surely its better than my slug gun, although I dont know this for sure.

I admit I dont know much about it, I would be interested in hearing why, before I pull the trigger on an upper.

I thought so too Bannockburn, so I have carried a 642, Smith Bodygaurd 38, snub N frame .45 ACP, and a LCR.

In the end, I found out I must be different than everyone else, because I didnt find weight to be a big deal at all, and the guns were a LOT hard to shoot well.

At the end of a long day, I can find zero difference between a K frame snub and a J frame snub.

Either that or I just buy good belts.

I also hate pocket carry for any gun, so that might have something to do with it.

so I told the J frame, the smith bodygaurd, and bought a CHERRY model 10 with a Tyler grip like this.



Looks identical actually.

Carry it AIWB in a soft leather summer special, and it just dissapears beneath my gut fat.

The 1911 is on the strong side, IWB, and the mags on the weak.

but for just hanging around the house, picking up kids, living life... a 6 shot round edged bobbed K frame is just about perfect for me.

I just never realized the benefit of the small J frame for carry, and found it quite difficult to hang on to, and shoot the heavier loads from comfortably.

Also the trigger is better on the K frame, than even the LCR.



It was a rather expensive lesson to learn, but I learned it.

I did not know that.

My other options are .357, 44 mag, 45 colt, 454 Casull, and .357 max, as well as deer slugs.


What would you suggest would tear up less meat and be a better option?

My experiance is limited in this area, I have only hunted with 12 guage deer slugs.