oldschool
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I’ve been carrying & playing (Steel ,IDPA, Pins etc) with a Kimber Compact Stainless, and now the time has come to add a double stack 9mm to the stable. Help?
There is really only 1 requirement and that is that it have a manual safety (i.e., no glocks, no Springer XD’s) and preferably that it work down to fire like a 1911. This is the wife’s rule for a potential night stand gun.
Features I’d like are;
- full sized ~5” barrel
- tactical rail would be nice (see night stand use)
- ability to carry cocked & locked
- readily available magazines
- polymer frame (Glock 17 weighs fully loaded what my Kimber weighs empty)
- around $500 price range lower would be better
Guns I’ve been looking at;
- CZ’s
- HP- clones
Caliber note here, part of my 9mm kick is penetration through light cover 45’s don’t do this well, 9’s do, 40’s not worth the recoil and 10mm is next years project. Also I can buy 9mm for about what it costs me to reload 45’s but the 9’s will probably be reloaded for 22 level recoil for teaching and competition.
If any body has any specific models that might fit this bill lets hear them I’ll check the ergonomics at a gun show in a few weeks.
Thanks,
There is really only 1 requirement and that is that it have a manual safety (i.e., no glocks, no Springer XD’s) and preferably that it work down to fire like a 1911. This is the wife’s rule for a potential night stand gun.
Features I’d like are;
- full sized ~5” barrel
- tactical rail would be nice (see night stand use)
- ability to carry cocked & locked
- readily available magazines
- polymer frame (Glock 17 weighs fully loaded what my Kimber weighs empty)
- around $500 price range lower would be better
Guns I’ve been looking at;
- CZ’s
- HP- clones
Caliber note here, part of my 9mm kick is penetration through light cover 45’s don’t do this well, 9’s do, 40’s not worth the recoil and 10mm is next years project. Also I can buy 9mm for about what it costs me to reload 45’s but the 9’s will probably be reloaded for 22 level recoil for teaching and competition.
If any body has any specific models that might fit this bill lets hear them I’ll check the ergonomics at a gun show in a few weeks.
Thanks,