MachIVshooter
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Of those three, I'd go G21. As it happens, my bedside piece is the G20
The strobe setting on this thing is quite disturbing.
Using what ammo?I don't buy that at all. A .45 is certainly likely to penetrate a human target and hit whatever is behind it.
Well, I remember some old data (sorry, can't find it) that 9mm (FMJ especially, but HP, too) penetrated an awful lot of layers of drywall. Still, .45 ACP is no slouch in that department, either.you have less of a chance of pentration through walls and chairs behind which other family members might be taking cover.
It was also (assumed) common knowledge that 9mm from an SMG like the MP5 posed less penetration risk than 5.56 did from rifle. Testing has proven that (assumed) common knowledge wrong.Also, in an urban environment, you have less of a chance of pentration through walls and chairs behind which other family members might be taking cover. Delta Force used the .45ACP according to Col. Charlie Beckwith because he said that if they ever had to shoot terrorists on an airplane, there was too great a chance that the fast 9mm would travel through a terrorist, travel through his chair, and then hit an innocent in the next seat.
So my G34 will get a retro mod - a standard slide catch to replace the extended one.
The Gen 4 mag release is a little bigger in surface area and easier to reach.
A .45 is certainly likely to penetrate a human target and hit whatever is behind it.
Then I wouldn't say that .45 ACP defensive loads (especially, say 185 grain HPs or 160 DPX) are "certainly likely" to overpenetrate a human attacker. They certainly can, especially with a peripheral hit (say, forearm only). But they AFAIK don't have a reputation for overpenetration with COM hits.Any defensive load.
I'm using all 3 for HD.Out of the G21,G19,G17 what would be the best one for home defense?
I am almost directly qouting this from somewhere, but it happens to ring very true to me: Any round that will penetrate enough to be a good self defense round will also penetrate walls, be it from a pistol, shotgun or rifle.
Glock 21. Lots of power in 13+1 rounds of .45ACP. Also, in an urban environment, you have less of a chance of pentration through walls and chairs behind which other family members might be taking cover. Delta Force used the .45ACP according to Col. Charlie Beckwith because he said that if they ever had to shoot terrorists on an airplane, there was too great a chance that the fast 9mm would travel through a terrorist, travel through his chair, and then hit an innocent in the next seat.