Handgun you trust your life with?

[Zaydok Allen]

I would trust my life with my:

HK45
XDs 45acp
S&W 686+
Ruger SP101
S&W 460V
Wilson/Beretta 92 Brig Tac
S&W 686 PC Competitor

Guns I couldn't stake my life on tend to get shuffled out the door for me.

 

[Teachu2]

Smallest I carry is a 9x19. Every handgun I own is reliable enough and accurate enough to trust with my life. I have a variety from Glock, Colt, S&W, CZ, Sig, Ruger, Baer, and RIA.

 

[35 Whelen]

Out of all the handguns you may have carried or may be carrying now, what ones do you trust your life with? i.e., the most reliable?

For me it would be S&W stainless J, K and L-frame revolvers and a recently manufactured Browning Hi Power.

The one that is nearest.

 

[gamestalker]

I carry a revolver most of the time, almost always one of my "K" frames, and yes, I trust my life with them.

I have AL's, all of them have been 100% reliable with my reloads. But the only handguns that feel like an extension of my arm, are my K frames.


GS

 

[MCgunner]

Most often, one or two of my Taurus revolvers. I have two very reliable Ruger P guns and a Kel Tec 9mm P11 that I carry off and on. They're all very reliable and accurate.

 

[wrdwrght]

All I own, except my Ruger Mark I, Ruger SP101, and CZ Kadet, each in .22 LR.

 

[Artofgolf]

My Glock 19.....

Yep

 

[cslinger]

I might have a couple that are more or less second string and I wouldn't likely pick them first but they would likely get the job done.

Other than that pretty much any of them.

My primary defensive choice, however, is the HK P2000 in .40 because it has all the features and handling characteristics I desire. Bedside or carry its just about the perfect do it all handgun. It's my hammer fired GLOCK 23 if you will.

 

[CDW4ME]

By default, any pistol I carry: Glock 19/23/32

 

[Gravedigger56]

All of mine. I don't buy garbage and I don't keep failures. Except the PPK, but I think it's cool and has some aesthetic value. Wouldn't bet my life on it though.

100% ^^^ this ^^^

Home guns -- M&P 9c or S&W 1911
Car/ BUG -- Sig P938 or Kimber Micro STS
Primary carry -- Kimber Ultra CDP II

 

[ACP]

thanks for the replies

deaf and gamestalker, we have similar tastes...

to the questions about my phrasing, I'm sure we all have firearms that are sentimental (gift from wife or kids, was your father's, carried it as an officer, etc.) or that we shoot exceptionally well (a 1911 custom-made hardball gun or a revolver bowling pin gun, etc.) or that cost an exhorbitant amount of money or that are especially rare and valuable... or that you paid next to nothing for... but are these the revolvers you actually carry everyday?

does a gun that is 100% reliable in a smaller caliber trump the one that you shoot very very accurately, but sometimes does not eject the empty case?

I guess that's what I'm getting at.

We all have a lot of firearms, I bet, the guys on this forum. Maybe not all of them are "in a rotation," or there is NO rotation -- there is just one you carry all the time for some reason, the others just go to the range or to matches, that is what I am getting at...

 

[browningguy]

All of my carry and competition guns.

 

[JDR]

HK P30 9mm, Sig P225, P228, M11-A1, CZ-75B, Glock 17 & 21, S&W Model 15, 627, 686

 

[Tallball]

There's nothing wrong with having SOME handguns that you wouldn't prefer to have to defend your life with. I have range guns and plinkers as well as SD guns. Some of them are in light calibers, or are a little bit fussy about ammo, or have barrels so long that they're unwieldy. As long as you have one or more that are completely reliable and chambered in an effective caliber, the other ones can be JFF - just for fun.

 

[flphotog]

CZ P-09. Daily carry.

You can't go wrong with a CZ, I've got the P-09, P-07, 75BD, and PCR, carry and trust them all.

 

[joem1945]

S&W 686 ss heavy barrel.

 

[tarosean]

We all have a lot of firearms, I bet, the guys on this forum. Maybe not all of them are "in a rotation," or there is NO rotation -- there is just one you carry all the time for some reason, the others just go to the range or to matches, that is what I am getting at...

So your just beating around the bush for an answer to an extremely common thread?? i.e. CCW.

 

[GBExpat]

Out of all the handguns you may have carried or may be carrying now, what ones do you trust your life with? i.e., the most reliable? ...

Over the past 40 years I have carried concealed, lessee ...

... a 4" 150- and later a 2¾" 151- model Security Six, 9x17 Walther PP/PPk/PPKs, Colt Combat Commander, 659, 629, various 1911s, TT-33 Variants (I keep my 3 original Russians in the gunsafe), Star PD, P3AT, PF9, G30S, G19Gen4, 3.3XDs45, Bulldog44 ... I think that is all.

Right now, the XDs has the duty most of the time, but it is about time to change-up ... maybe one of the Star PDs next, since they need some range time.

 

[mark.sweetser.75]

Uh, the one I'm carrying.

I find that to be an odd question with a somewhat self-evident answer.
When I am carrying a self-defense gun, then I am trusting it with my life.

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I think he's looking for an actual make and model. But thanks for sharing.
For me glock 19 gen 3

 

[LeonCarr]

Glock 17

As mentioned by several posters if I can't trust it, it goes down the road.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

 

[mongoslow]

Any one of these on a daily basis

 

[Mike J]

I don't own a lot compared to some here. I usually carry a XD-40 or a Taurus PT 111 Millenium G2 ( a recent inexpensive addition that works).
I occasionally carry a SR 1911 but I don't want to carry it all the time.

I also own a Kel-Tec P11 that I haven't carried since I got the Taurus but I may decide to use it again.

I have been known to carry a Dan Wesson model 15-2 when in the woods but my wife has taken possession of it so I'm going to have to get her another gun or get me another .357.

I have an old Ruger P94 in .40 caliber that I don't carry anymore. I trust it to work but I don't like the slide mounted safety. I really wish I had gotten the decock only version but I keep it around because it is the gun that I had when I decided to get serious about learning to shoot a pistol. I spent a lot of time with that pistol working on learning the fundamentals. I still shoot it occasionally.

I trust all of them.

 

[jimherb]

S&w 340

 

[entropy]

All three of my carry pistols. I own some others I wouldn't carry, a SxS .45 Colt/.410 derringer, and some cap and ball revolvers.

 

[gefess2]

cz p-09. Daily carry.

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