What's Your Bedside Gun? Why?

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My Gen2 G17 has filled that role since I bought it new. It has plenty of rounds through it with 100% reliability over a long time frame. I trust it.

 
SIG SP2022; very reliable with rail-mounted light, decoker and no safety, so all one does is pull the DA trigger without having to think about it. Loaded with factory defense rounds designed not to overpenetrate to reduce chance of hitting innocents in case of misses. Backups strategically located as well.
 
S&W 1006 lives in a Gunvault on the nightstand.
S&W Shield 9mm in its IWB holster goes on the nightstand shelf when I undress.
 
Interesting that there's lots of pistols.

I think it was Clint Smith who said, "A handgun is for fighting your way to your rifle which you shouldn't have put down in the first place."
 
Remington 870 and Rock River Nat Match 223 Wylde both stay in the bedroom as constants.

The pistol changes from time to time as to what I'm digging the most at the time. Whatever I'm shooting more and feel more comfortable with and/or if I came across some new ammo or something that i may feel does a better job than the last pistol.

Right now it's a glock 20 with a TLR-1 on it with tru-glo TFO 24hr sights, plus 2 mag ext and talon grips chocked full of some hot underwood 165gr gold dots.

It took the place of a S&W 681 357mag.
 
G19X because I’m a Glock guy and I really like the 19X. It replaced an older Gen 3 G17 for home defense. Rifles and shotguns are too big and unwieldy and too loud for a medium size house with tight hallways, many rooms and average room sizes of 14x14.
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Interesting that there's lots of pistols.

I think it was Clint Smith who said, "A handgun is for fighting your way to your rifle which you shouldn't have put down in the first place."

Most wouldn't disagree and I will be fighting while my wife makes her way to the 12GA ;)

On the other hand, when there are kids in the home it's handy to have a free hand to round them up.
 
I have either a 4" 357 or a snub 44. It depends on which room I'm sleeping in.

The why is because they're revolvers; I feel more comfortable with revolvers and shoot them better. 357 magnum and 44 special are cartridges I have lots of confidence in.

I live in a "safe" area and have two large dogs. If I lived somewhere more rough, like I used to as a young man, I would have more dogs and some long guns within reach.
 
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My EDC is my 'bedside' gun. I have 3 p229's for EDC in drawers in arms reach of me when I'm in bed (two in .40 S&W the other is an m11A1 in 9mm). I also have 2 S&W 4006's stashed around in my office and living room. As other posters have said, the pistol is used to get to your rifle and I have several 12 ga. shotguns and a couple of Mini-14's in strategic locations. I keep an old (but pretty good) Taurus .44 magnum revolver handy in a drawer next to the front door along with pepper spray ... just in case. I live alone with my very large dogs so there's no chance of unauthorized use.
 
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Mine's a Performance Center Smith, 1911, 45ACP. It's stainless, so I don't have to pay quite as much attention to it, and I'm more than familiar with operating 1911s - 1911s are so second nature to me that every time I pickup a different semi-auto, it takes me a few seconds to familiarize myself. And as far as 45ACP goes, I figure it's the perfect combination of a big hole, power, and penetration for self/home defense. Of course I don't know that for sure, but I doubt that anyone else here does either.
My wife has a "youth-model" 20 gauge pump standing in the corner on her side of the bed. We haven't had kids in the house in 20 years, we live in the country, no real-close neighbors, and we have a noisy dog with good ears that "alarms" at every sound he doesn't recognize.:D
 
Mine sits in a speed vault bolted to the wall next to the bed because, toddler.

I keep a Glock 17 with a streamlight for HD because it shares mags with my carry guns (19X most days, 26 some days)
 
Sig P938 with 7 rds of 9mm 124 gr JHP. It's what I train with and what I carry every day. When I go to bed, it goes on the nightstand.
 
SIG P320 Carry (compact slide and full-length grip) with a CT green laser on it.

No light -- I have a separate flashlight next to it, but that's a whole 'nother discussion.
 
Nothing at the bedside, where I live now the murder rate is super low and kids are too inquisitive. A small safe is within reach.

Several years ago I had to rent an apartment in a rather shady town in GA for an extended work project. Kept my G17 with a night light in a holster jammed between the bed and the wall. One of my co-workers had his apartment broken into while he went to get a bite, all they got was the work laptop. The customer's company had a strict "no guns allowed" policy yet by the end of the first month half the people were carrying and the head of their security made sure we knew of "don't ask, don't tell" approach. Or as he put it, "don't flash your private parts in public, don't be dumb and make me walk you out". Fun times..
 
My bedside gun is whatever I carrying at the time. Which means it can be anything from an 1860 Colt Army to a Glock 30.

I subscribe to the theory that for home defense a handgun is what you use to fight your way to a long gun.
 
There may or may not be a cruiser-ready 590A1 and an M4, both equipped with SureFire Scout lights nearby, plus a SIG P-226 Legion with a SureFire X300 in a drawer ... As for why: why not 16 rounds of .45 ACP and a reliable light/laser combo?

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Winchester pump.

A woman I knew, a former classmate, came to the US from Johannesburg. I once asked her why she left South Africa. She explained that she just grew tired of sleeping with an Uzi under the bed (God bless America).
 
Interesting that there's lots of pistols.

I think it was Clint Smith who said, "A handgun is for fighting your way to your rifle which you shouldn't have put down in the first place."
I think there are two reasons for how many pistol responses there are.

First of all, Clint's right if fighting is the sole consideration.

If being able to open/close doors, turn lights on and off, operate a phone, handle a separate light, or deal with any other things that require, at least temporarly, the use of a free hand, then a handgun is very...handy.

My 870 would be my first choice if I knew an attacker was coming down the hall to the bedroom with havoc in mind, but if I'm going to check to see if the unknown noise is the cat playing with something again, or if someone is trying to jimmy a window, then it's an unwieldy choice because it's nearly impossible to keep it at the ready with only one hand.

Second? The question was posted in the handgun section of THR. :D
 
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