Night stand choice
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Valkman
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I have a SA XD-45 with weapon light by my bed, with a 14 rd magazine.
Nice hardware!
I hope your aim is true, and there is no need for a reload/rack.
Is that an old Ithaca? like, the one that if you hold the trigger and pump as fast as you can?
I think I saw one of those way back in time.
stonebuster
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I keep a Ithaca Model 37 12 gauge in my bedroom closet. Dad bought it for me Christmas 1969 when I was 19 and it didn't take me long to learn you could slam fire it. I keep a GP100 loaded with 357Mag and a Model 10 on the night stand. The 357 in case the huge Black bear that visits my porch breaches the glass slider door and the 38+P for two legged intruders.
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Golfanaticshooter
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Do you mean this one?
Yeah!
If I had one, that's my choice!
RikSors
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God be with me if the need arises.
And my ever loyal guard
And my ever loyal guard
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BLACKHAWKNJ
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In the first Death Wish movie Charles Bronson carried an old Colt 32.
I rotate mine, at present my 6" Stainless Ruger Security Six, smooth action, loaded with good 38s. Single guy, 2 story row apartment, limited avenues of approach,short distances, if someone were to invade I like to think I have the home ground advantage.
I rotate mine, at present my 6" Stainless Ruger Security Six, smooth action, loaded with good 38s. Single guy, 2 story row apartment, limited avenues of approach,short distances, if someone were to invade I like to think I have the home ground advantage.
lightman
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My night stand gun for the last several years is a Glock 23 loaded with Remington Golden Sabers with an extra mag in the drawer under it.
I used to keep a 1911 Colt Commander as a night stand gun. I was comfortable with it but its increased in value to the point that loosing it would hurt. Glock on the other hand has not increased all that much. I can still replace my Glocks for within $25 - $35 of what I have in the them.
We also have a monitored alarm system that sends notices to both of our phones while are on chargers on the night stand. Kind of like having another alarm speaker by the bed. Should wake me up in time to participate!
I used to keep a 1911 Colt Commander as a night stand gun. I was comfortable with it but its increased in value to the point that loosing it would hurt. Glock on the other hand has not increased all that much. I can still replace my Glocks for within $25 - $35 of what I have in the them.
We also have a monitored alarm system that sends notices to both of our phones while are on chargers on the night stand. Kind of like having another alarm speaker by the bed. Should wake me up in time to participate!
And why is that? Green veridian no safety and I'm comfortable with it. My 870 won't b fit the nightstand anyway.
Ten rounds PG Hornady Critical Defense in extended mag, laser, confidence.
Charlie used everything from a ,.32 revolver to a big Wildey. Which one?
The Wildey, as pictured on a previous post.
mljdeckard
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My carry gun is on the nightstand from when I get undressed at night, until I get dressed in the morning. (It's currently a RIA double-stack 9mm 1911.) But I consider it backup to the VR80 shotgun I keep ready.
sevt_chevelle
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CZ P09 with 21rds.
CGW pro package
Primary arms threaded barrel
Milled for rmr, but Holosun with green acss
Streamlight trl1 light.
CGW pro package
Primary arms threaded barrel
Milled for rmr, but Holosun with green acss
Streamlight trl1 light.
While I often unholster my daily 'round the farm' carry gun and put it on the night stand; my dedicated 'night stand' gun is a Sig P226 Mk25 with a TLR-1 light attached to the rail. The back up for the light is a hi-intensity AA flashlight and the Sig's tritium night sights.
I have two upper, x-change units for the 226, and generally leave the .40 S&W slide & bbl. installed. The gun is 100% reliable, the light shows bright enough with a beam wide enough to make it entirely usable here in the house. I particularly like the pivoting on/off/pause switch just in front of the trigger guard.
Best regards, Rod
I have two upper, x-change units for the 226, and generally leave the .40 S&W slide & bbl. installed. The gun is 100% reliable, the light shows bright enough with a beam wide enough to make it entirely usable here in the house. I particularly like the pivoting on/off/pause switch just in front of the trigger guard.
Best regards, Rod
damyankee425
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Oh ,how I miss my 228. But replaced it with 1911 Commander. I seem to lean toward the mid size barrel length
Captains1911
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Because a G43 is a small gun, designed for concealed carry, and so the tradeoff is it is more difficult to shoot well, regardless of skill level. Since concealability isn't a factor or consideration for a nightstand gun, it's a less than ideal candidate for that roll.
You be happy with your choice, I'll be happy with mine. And it is role, not roll.
I have a Benelli M2 autoloading shotgun near the bed, in a standing position. It was my duty shotgun, during the final two years of my police patrollin’. (My previous duty shotgun was a Remington 870P; my pumping arm became gimpy.)
I do not currently have a dedicated nightstand handgun. Carry guns can double as bedside guns.
I do not currently have a dedicated nightstand handgun. Carry guns can double as bedside guns.
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Captains1911
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Happy has nothing to do with it. Tools are designed for specific purposes, and defensive firearms are no different. The G43 is not a home defense tool by design. Sure it could work, just like I could drive a nail with the screwdriver handle, but why would I? Food for thought.
Rather than “disengage a safety,” one can think of it as aligning the lever/selector/switch with the target/opponent/enemy, which works with frame-mounted 1911-style thumb safeties, as well as slide-mounted de-cocker levers and safeties. That is how I managed reconcile the disparate types of safety devices, on various weapons, after having first ingrained the 1911 safety system into my brain and nervous system. Like it or not, I was MANDATED to carry and use PD-issued Tasers, which had/have safety levers like the slide-mounted safeties on various auto-pistols. The Tasers were mandated, but I had already become comfortable with slide-mounted safety/de-cock levers as found on voluntarily-purchased Walther PP-series and Third-Generation S&W auto-pistols.
But, I do understand what you mean. It is the AR/M4 rifle system that causes unease, for me, personally, because the weapon is on-safe when the selector lever is aligned with the barrel, and off-safe when the selector lever is pointed downward. So, even though I own and maintain M4-type weapons, I do not see them as go-to weapons for defensive purposes. I did not buy into the AR15/M4 system, until age 40, when it was that I needed to be able to carry a rifle, while on police patrol. At that time, the 1911 had a 19-year head start, and the slide-mounted pistol safeties had about a decade’s head start. I had reconciled the differences in the frame-mounted and slide-mounted levers long before I had started using the AR15/M4 system.
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