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The Evangelist Cowboy

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Well the 10mm is gone and now Im having trouble choosing the replacement, the new guns considered are the Glock 19 Gen 4 and the Beretta 92FS, both 9mm. The purpose will be occasional ccw on long road trips (Which I frequently do), and fun at the range. They will NOT be the HD weapon, that role is filled. What are yall's recommendations on these two?
 
With a hammer fired gun, you know whether the pistol is cocked, and can also easily de-cock it, if you want. Some folks prefer the safety of
a de-cocker and a long double-action trigger pull, like you get on the Beretta.

Others prefer to guess when their striker is cocked, have no safety, and no way to de-cock the gun,and a short trigger, like with a glock. It's all about what you prefer, I guess.
 
Danoobie said:
With a hammer fired gun, you know whether the pistol is cocked, and can also easily de-cock it, if you want. Some folks prefer the safety of
a de-cocker and a long double-action trigger pull, like you get on the Beretta.

Others prefer to guess when their striker is cocked, have no safety, and no way to de-cock the gun,and a short trigger, like with a glock. It's all about what you prefer, I guess.
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Yep.. If the slide has been cycled, no guessing if it's cocked or not. It is. ;)
My primary is a Taurus PT111 Millennium Pro (not the G2, but I've read good reviews on those too..)

12+1 packed with Gold Dot +P+. Have a 17 mag that fits but looks a little funny.

Great gun that won't break the bank. NEVER a single issue and it eats ANYTHING you feed it.

The safety of a DA is great.. IMO.

I carry one in the chamber with the safety off.
 
Walk up to any striker fired pistol, and look at it. Is the striker cocked?
With a hammer-fired pistol, you can tell, at a glance, if the hammer is cocked.
IF the slide has been cycled-HAS it?
 
The Glock, absolutely. You’ll save a lot of weight and can pick sights you like. A spare 33 rounder is a plus too.
 
With my smaller size hands the Glock 19 would be my choice. While the Beretta 92FS is a fine gun I just can't get comfortable with it's dimensions plus it would be a little large (at least to me), for CCW.
 
Danoobie said:
Walk up to any striker fired pistol, and look at it. Is the striker cocked?
With a hammer-fired pistol, you can tell, at a glance, if the hammer is cocked.
IF the slide has been cycled-HAS it?
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On a Glock, you can look at the trigger at a glance.
 
Can't go wrong with a Glock 19- light, economic, reliable, simple, consistent (1 trigger squeeze for 1 gun), has a light rail if you decide you want to use one later, no de-cock to remember (hopefully) to activate after an engagement. The pistol adopted by SOCOM when we happily replaced the M9.
 
Danoobie said:
Walk up to any striker fired pistol, and look at it. Is the striker cocked?
With a hammer-fired pistol, you can tell, at a glance, if the hammer is cocked.
IF the slide has been cycled-HAS it?
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Rack the slide and it “cocks”. Realistically it doesn’t matter like it does on the beretta. I see that as a feature.
 
If it is for concealment if I would take the Glock 19. Either one will work but it is a lot smaller than the Beretta.
 
Danoobie said:
Walk up to any striker fired pistol, and look at it. Is the striker cocked?
With a hammer-fired pistol, you can tell, at a glance, if the hammer is cocked.
IF the slide has been cycled-HAS it?
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Let's back up a step.

It doesn't really matter if it's cocked if there isn't 1 in the chamber.

(Saftey rules also say loaded instead of cocked)

Now reread what you wrote but substitute 'round in the chamber' instead of 'cocked' and start thinking of the steps and scenarios from there.
 
The Evangelist Cowboy said:
I walked into the LGS with some money saved up and the money from the glock 29 sale
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I realize this is kind of a stupid question since you ditched it, but what were your impressions of the Glock 29. I've been thinking about switching my CCW to a Glock 29 since I like the capabilities of 10mm, and I reload. However, I'v never shot 10mm out of a gun that size. I know I can down load it a bit, but I'm not that interested in loading it to 40 S&W levels, since it would defeat the point of a 10mm.

You know what, my question is off topic, so I'll start a thread. Hope you respond there.
 
Others prefer to guess when their striker is cocked
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As FL-NC noted, it is very easy to look at the trigger on a Glock and see if the striker is cocked. If the trigger is all the way back in the fired position, it is uncocked. If it is forward, the striker is cocked.
 
The Evangelist Cowboy said:
Yeah I have other .357s, the 10mm isnt justified, it doesnt do anything my .357 doesnt, and if I need more power out of a handgun I have .44s and .45 colts.
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Fair enough.

I went the opposite route. I have 10mm to fill the role of 357 and 45 Colt for if I need something bigger.

I also have 327 Federal...for reasons I really can't justify other than I like it.
 
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