What type of handgun would be best for a SHTF situation?, page 1

reply to post by TheFinalTruth14

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I vote a shotgun, if you are not yet a practiced marksman.

Also, me, I want to go to that Frontsight training camp outside Vegas...I had been planning on doing that this summer myself, but then I wound up being out-of-work for some months (just got re-employed two days ago, praise God) so I gots to put that off for a little bit...

Anyway, my two cents worth 4 ya...

reply to post by TheFinalTruth14

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The Glock 17 with hollow-point bullets.

Shooting the Glock 17: Hype Proven

Quote from : Wikipedia : Glock 17

Glock became aware of the Army's planned procurement and in 1982 assembled a team of Europe's leading handgun experts from military, police and civilian sport shooting circles to define the most desirable characteristics in a combat pistol.

Within just three months, Glock developed a working prototype.

The new weapon made extensive use of synthetic materials and modern manufacturing technologies in its design, making it a very cost-effective candidate.

Several samples of the 9x19mm Glock 17 (so named because it was the 17th patent of the company) were submitted for assessment trials in early 1982, and after passing all of the exhaustive endurance and abuse tests, Glock emerged as the winner with the Model 17.

I own 2 of them and would not trade them for anything.

And I have plenty of ammunition.

Just enough for me.

Quote from : Wikipedia : Hollow-Point Bullets

A hollow point is an expanding bullet that has a pit or hollowed out shape in its tip, generally intended to cause the bullet to expand upon entering a target in order to decrease penetration and disrupt more tissue as it travels through the target.

It is also used for controlled penetration, like in situations where over-penetration could cause collateral damage (such as on an airplane).

Jacketed hollow points (JHPs) or plated hollow points are covered in a coating of harder metal to increase bullet strength and to prevent fouling the barrel with lead stripped from the bullet.

The term hollow-cavity bullet is used to describe a hollow point where the hollow is unusually large, sometimes dominating the volume of the bullet, and causes extreme expansion or fragmentation on impact.

I love them.

reply to post by TheFinalTruth14

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You should really take some lessons at a gun club if you want to buy a gun and have no experience.

This will help you figure out what kind of calibre (and kick) you can handle, as well as give you the practical training and the experience of actually firing one.

Don't just go and buy one because you heard "that one" was good.

reply to post by TheFinalTruth14

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yes! I love love love guns. my fellow ATSer u will have to take my word for it I have great knowledge in handguns and my gun of choice for you would be a .45cal Springfield armory XD or XDM. the .45 cal has great stopping power and dosnt really lack the ammo capacity the double stack magazine holds 13 rounds and the gun itself is very easy to breakdown and put back togather if things go wrong.. which they prob won't because thing gun is as strong as strong and can take a beating like the glocks can but also is just as accurate and easy to use the only thing I can say that makes the springfield better IMO is the grips and how the gun feels when u hold it. then again it's really more of a question on the cartridge ur using more then which gun because people usually buy guns according to how they feel personally. but here's a few I would suggest if a SHTF scenario came to be. 1. glock 18 this handgun is fully automatic and illegal but would work out great if u needed the exstra arm for carrying or other things. 2. the judge it's made by Taurus ( don't quote me ) it's a revolver type handcannon lol and it fires both 410 shotgun rounds AND .45 long colt rounds. 3. smith & wesson 500 ohhh boy this one u need two hands it fires 50. cal rounds and comes in a 12 with a 12 in barrel lol let's jus say if u shoot someone ANYWHERE on thier body there not getting up.... well I wish I could write more and give u links and sites for the info but I'm on my phone so feel free to M2M me if u want more info or links for these guns but great post love talking about guns!

reply to post by KrispyB

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Talk about being shortsighted, I didn't even think about the survival aspect. I will have to look into the gun you suggested tomorrow when I have more energy.

If anyone else wants to give some advice I'd love it. I'm planning on calling someone about an 8 hour course prerequisite to getting your gun license tomorrow, and maybe go to the shooting range and mess around. Figure I should at least shoot a gun before I go about buying one.

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