Seriously, What is the BEST fighting pistol?

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It really depends on what you prefer.

For me, the best fighting pistol is the XD45, i'm sure everyone else has their favorite.
 
+1 The best fighting pistol is the one in your hand.

#1 Rule to a gunfight = Have a gun

IMHO the best fighting pistol is a company of army rangers.....

if yer gonna fight, fight to WIN
 
this should be moved to the revolver page,

seriously though, its got to be either the 1911 or the Sig P220. Both good offensive handguns in skillful hands.
 
"It only takes so many shots to get back to your rifle."

Little tired of hearing that "sage" quote. By the time I shoot my way back to my rifles I'll either have ended the conflict (1 to 3 shots) or I'll already be dead. Most of the time I am miles away from any of my rifles...That quote in these modern times has little value and may be the wrong message to send to our younger gun totters...Either pack your rifle or learn to use your handgun more proficiantly...
 
Whatever pistol YOU are most efficient with is what is best.
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Bingo!

Double stack Glocks are fine guns, but Mrs. M1911 has tiny hands with short fingers -- she can't reach the trigger on any of them. So they are not the "best" pistol for her. YMMV.
 
Thank you Bushmaster, I've been waiting for someone to say that. I really don't envision myself involved in a protracted gun battle with multiple armed assailants in my own home. We're not John McLean and this isn't Die Hard. :what:

As to the actual question from the OP...

I'm very new to handgun ownership and SD, so take this for what its worth (not much). My goal in handgun ownership is simple: protect me and my own. "Battle" (in a military sense) is not something I intend to become entangled in. If it's that bad (i.e. foreign invasion, marshall law, armed gangs roaming the streets, etc.) than my wife and I will be at the in-law's farm before you can say "S--- Hits The Fan." As such, the term "fighting pistol" is a non-issue. I carry an affective SD handgun, and practice to become proficient with it. That is my preferred weapon. I guess what I'm saying is: I agree that the best "fighting pistol" is the one you own and know how to use. If you aren't in the military you'll most likely just be hiding somewhere.
 
Okay despite the fun and pithy responses about what a "fighting pistol" actually is, I decided to do some googling. It seems that when googling "fighting pistol" only one thing keeps coming up; the Tactical Response website. So it appears to me that "fighting pistol" is a manufactured term used by a single training facility that means something only to them.
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you are right the 1st time and really the only time i hear "fighting pistol" is in the context of tactical response. i have never heard it any other place but i know what the school is trying to get across, i have taken both of the fighting pistol courses. i also understand what the op is trying to say.

the reason behind Tactical Response using "fighting pistol" is because the classes are focused at fighting with a handgun rilfe, shotgun etc, not merely a "shooting" school where you go to learn how to shoot tiny groups.

Tactical responses courses truely are fighting schools.

btw i did both course with my xd service and it ran like a champ. does this mean that the xd line is a "fighting pistol"? i think it does!:)
 
When the Marine Corps replaced the 1911A1 with the Beretta (after I left), I was no fan of the 9mm. But the amount and severity of testing that goes into a decision like that is significant. I know of no other agency that goes to anything like the lengths of the U.S. military, even when popular opinion disagrees. (Consider the M-16.)

Given that I've never done the necessary testing or evaluation, I'd have to go with the best authority and suggest that the Beretta M9 is the best real fighting pistol.

That said, I backed up the 1911A1 with various other handguns during my time in service, so even there my trust wasn't complete.

-Don
 
If you are serious about personal or home defense, you must acknowledge that NO pistol round is sufficient for self-defense. Most people who are hit with a pistol RUN AWAY. Just because you don't WANT to keep a rifle handy doesn't make the pistol any better. Unless I am going somewhere forbidden by law (I wind up going onto military posts frequently) I have a pistol on my person and a rifle in my vehicle.

A pistol is something you use to fight your way back to a rifle. Any better result than that is luck.
 
In the normal home invasion or on the street confrontation, if you have to use your pistol to fight your way to your rifle, you're not using enough pistol. I depend on 10mm or 45acp hot defense loads and at self defense distances plan on laying on effective fire, first and fast.
 
If you are serious about personal or home defense, you must acknowledge that NO pistol round is sufficient for self-defense. Most people who are hit with a pistol RUN AWAY.

That's all that's necessary........Elvis has left the building
 
If you are serious about personal or home defense, you must acknowledge that NO pistol round is sufficient for self-defense.
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that is the truth, but it is so funny the amount of people who do not believe this. it is sad really, if most people knew how effective handguns weren't they probally wouldn't be as confident in thier handgun. the same folks that think that a caliber that starts with 4 is the answer to all the problems in the world.
 
When that gun comes along there will no longer be a need for forums such as this. There won't be anything to discuss.
 
If you are serious about personal or home defense, you must acknowledge that NO pistol round is sufficient for self-defense. Most people who are hit with a pistol RUN AWAY.
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err, that works just fine for home or personal defense for me. As long as the danger has passed/gone away and I'm still intact, then the gun has done it's job. I'm not looking to leave a corpse strewn battle ground in my house.
 
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"... I've been waiting for someone to say that. I really don't envision myself involved in a protracted gun battle with multiple armed assailants in my own home. We're not John McLean and this isn't Die Hard."


yeh....and I'll bet that most home invasion victims of multiple armed assailants didn't envision it either...It doesn't matter who you are... if you're not ready, you probably will "die hard". All of the Wyatt Earp wanna-be's that think and teach that having a "fighting pistol" is the "end-all for all their problems are warped...Having said that....YES, be proficient with whatever you have...know how and when to use it, and pray you never have to. Having someone tell you whether your pistol is the real deal or not, is not going to save your life...knowing how to shoot whatever you have may save your life...It's not always gonna be 1-on-1...Avoid bad situations....common sense saves more lives than any gun ever could. Anyway....be ready.
 
The M-1 carbine was an attempt to get an effective defensive weapon into the hands of Officers and REMF's during WWII.
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Ahem. They made more than 6 million M1 carbines, and (if historical accounts are accurate -- I'm not that old) huge numbers of them also went to non-REMFs like tank crews, paratroopers, combat engineers, mortar crews, other crew-served weapons crews, and even medics and corpsmen. Not that they weren't REMF weapons also, but a lot of front-line guys who didn't have "infantry" as their MOS also carried them. No big thing -- this just stuck in my brane.

Now back to arguing about whether your "fighting gun" has to be painted in camouflage or not.

(Does an FN PS90 count as a "handgun?" :) )

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Tacbandit...If I could conceal my 1949 mod 94 Winchester .30-30 on my person when I go to town I would. I'm damned good with it as it and I have been very good friends for 50 years. But I can't seem to find a holster that will work. So what I said above still stands...My main battery for going to town is a Kimber Ultra Crimson Carry II. It will sufice until I get home and back to my .30 WCF. I doubt that the bad guy will be able to follow me home though.

The theory of the handgun being the ticket to getting to your rifle is good if your rifle is only 10 or 15 feet away. Other then that...You better get much better using your handgun...Good luck...
 
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