Palladan44
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When it comes to lawful self defense, we all have in the back of our minds what weapons we would gravitate towards instinctually. Often times these might not be the weapons that are our prized collectables. These weapons might be ones which you have trained with the most with, hence being your go-to if you ever needed them in a real gun fight (God forbid)
For Me in the handgun dept, my go to is my Glock 17- Gen3. Fired thousands through it with no hiccups, and its surprisingly accurate grouping within millimeters of my Sigs, or Hi Powers at 7-10yds Why glock you might Ask? Durability, reliability, good enough performance, and its simple. Gotta love the gun that has what you need and only what you need and absolutely nothing else. Id bet my life on this firearm.
A handgun is something you can have (concealed or open) carried on your person and is rapidly deployable. A rifle or other long gun isnt always so much the case, even LEO's who have rifles on the rack next to them, often do not have enough time to deploy it and are forced out to counter an ambush with their "sidearm" duty gun(Based on my general observations from LE badge cam footage when an LEO is forced into a gunfight (when fractions of seconds count, just like every deadly threat) They only have time to counter ambush with the weapon that they have on their person.
If i had to choose a close second, I would chose my 2003 made during ban, Colt LE-6920 Law enforcement Carbine. The reason is i have fired this rifle the most, and has never had a failure on me up to this point. I sighted in the rear peep sight on the carry handle (dont make fun you younger guys, it has the A2 top handle) and it has hit true since that last sight adjustment over a decade ago. Also something about the "Rampant Horse" Colt rollmark that makes me feel extra cozy with this gun....why is that?
Military training and phrasology calls the long gun the "primary" and the handgun the "secondary". Not in the self defense world, at all.
The gun that you have on you all the time is your primary weapon, in my opinion. I posted this thread to spark some discussion and to see what other weapons out there make you all feel the safest in your hand? And explain why so, whether its the reputation of the maker, your personal training with it and any other reasons.
Maybe you live in Alaska and your most common threat is wildlife, so your 500 s&w makes you feel safest. We all have different security needs, and in some cases different possible threats which shape our instincts for a weapon best suited to cover our behinds.
For Me in the handgun dept, my go to is my Glock 17- Gen3. Fired thousands through it with no hiccups, and its surprisingly accurate grouping within millimeters of my Sigs, or Hi Powers at 7-10yds Why glock you might Ask? Durability, reliability, good enough performance, and its simple. Gotta love the gun that has what you need and only what you need and absolutely nothing else. Id bet my life on this firearm.
A handgun is something you can have (concealed or open) carried on your person and is rapidly deployable. A rifle or other long gun isnt always so much the case, even LEO's who have rifles on the rack next to them, often do not have enough time to deploy it and are forced out to counter an ambush with their "sidearm" duty gun(Based on my general observations from LE badge cam footage when an LEO is forced into a gunfight (when fractions of seconds count, just like every deadly threat) They only have time to counter ambush with the weapon that they have on their person.
If i had to choose a close second, I would chose my 2003 made during ban, Colt LE-6920 Law enforcement Carbine. The reason is i have fired this rifle the most, and has never had a failure on me up to this point. I sighted in the rear peep sight on the carry handle (dont make fun you younger guys, it has the A2 top handle) and it has hit true since that last sight adjustment over a decade ago. Also something about the "Rampant Horse" Colt rollmark that makes me feel extra cozy with this gun....why is that?
Military training and phrasology calls the long gun the "primary" and the handgun the "secondary". Not in the self defense world, at all.
The gun that you have on you all the time is your primary weapon, in my opinion. I posted this thread to spark some discussion and to see what other weapons out there make you all feel the safest in your hand? And explain why so, whether its the reputation of the maker, your personal training with it and any other reasons.
Maybe you live in Alaska and your most common threat is wildlife, so your 500 s&w makes you feel safest. We all have different security needs, and in some cases different possible threats which shape our instincts for a weapon best suited to cover our behinds.
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