This ammo
https://www.22pistol.org/product/agu...re-ammunition/

With this gun.
https://heritagemfg.com/small-bore/9...ndard-cocobolo

Be good cheap apartment protection.
It's a point blank set up.
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You need to make sure you get the right rounds so penetration through walls isn’t an issue. You hit a neighbor on accident you will be super fucked.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.usc...ense-ammo/amp/


https://www.pewpewtactical.com/home-...erpenetration/



Some people say it’s not something to worry about but I have seen rounds penetrating through walls and blowing through rooms into the next wall. Lots of times
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Get a good pistol with night sights that does NOT have an external safety. I'm not a Glock fanboy, but a Glock 19 is an excellent gun for a first time owner. Easy to use, easy to handle, easy to breakdown and reassemble, reliable, and if you handle it correctly and use good ammo, your odds of having a failure in a crucial situation are about the same as your odds of getting hit by lightening. My nightstand gun is a Glock.

And fuck revolvers. 15 rounds much better than 6. Heavy double action trigger pull which can make you more likely to miss. You can cock the hammer to get a single action pull, but if you do, and then need to uncock it because the burglar alarm went off because a door wasn't shut quite right, while it's loaded and you're half awake, heart pounding and ears ringing, your thumb might slip off the hammer while you have the trigger depressed and you just might have a negligent discharge in your house. And really regret telling people about it later. Trust me on this. :-)

1911s are kind of next level guns. Harder to disassemble and maintain, and they all have external safeties that you will likely forget to disengage in a crisis situation. I won't carry one and, and my 1911s all live in my safe.

Shotguns are effective, but bulky and harder to manipulate, especially if you're a novice fumbling around in the dark. Again you have the external safety issue. Same goes with ARs or similar rifles.

Get a Glock 19, and for home load it with good defensive rounds. Learn how to use it and maintain it. Take a class. Practice using it until you can reliably hit what you're aiming at.

And remember, merely owning a gun isn't enough; it's a tool, not a talisman against evil. You have to be prepared to use it, and use it correctly.
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Keep in mind you're the prey in these situations, so you don't want to be noticed until you're ready to be. If you ever retreat or move to a dark area in an attempt to avoid, rather than defend/attack, the last thing you want to be holding is a chrome piece.

The odds of it happening are slim to none, but it's similar to the revolver vs semi auto debate. You're trusting your life on them not seeing a reflection, just like you're trusting your life on the semi auto not jamming.

Survival is always about eliminating the what ifs.
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Didn't see this one earlier.

Find a friend and ask him to slap you really hard.

Personal defense isn't a fucking beauty contest. If you want to get a cool gun just because it looks cool, well that's okay. BUT NOT FOR YOUR FIRST PURCHASE. That shit comes later. For a novice, much later. I've got a couple of gorgeous, expensive 1911s that never leave the safe unless I want to take them to the range. They're fun to shoot and other people oooh and aaah over them. That's all they're good for.

Again, get a Glock for your first gun. It's uglier than a bulldog's asshole, but that matters not one bit.
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Ive got it loaded up with shorty's. I am using a Aguila minishell feed. Works great.
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I just can’t completely get behind this line of thinking. If someone has a little bit of experience with handguns and has handled both safety types, then I can see how it could cause an issue. However, if a complete novice starts with an external safety and sticks with that platform until it’s second nature, then… it’s second nature. All of my initial handguns were external safety models, and I’m not concerned about forgetting to flip it off if I need to pull my H&K or one of my 1911s.
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Excluding hammerless handguns.
I dnt understand the big difference between having the hammer fully cocked with the safety on or having the hammer in half cock position with the safety off.
Either way. You have to manually move the hammer to full cock or the safety to the off position..
But when I took the CC class. They made me holster my 1911 in full cock with the safety on.
I'd never carry it loaded this way.
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Condition 1 of readiness for the 1911 (cocked and locked) has been time tested to be a perfectly safe form of carry.

Col. Jeff Cooper’s conditions of readiness for the 1911 -

https://www.americanrifleman.org/con...e-1911-pistol/
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I have considered this as well.

Why do they even make chrome pistols if it provides such a tactical disadvantage?



Calmate, esé! Lol.

I was wondering if you'd chime in. I'm scared to death of an accidental discharge.

Rest assured, I'm not the type to dick around with guns. To be honest, I don't even particularly enjoy shooting at the range. Ideally, I'd just make a couple purchases and these bad boys just sit in a safe in my closet for the rest of my life. If I'm lucky, I'll never have to bring them out except to clean them.

I have held a few glocks but I've never shot one. They feel cheap to me. Like they're toy guns or something.

The glock 19 is the most popular handgun, though, IIRC. I'll consider it.
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I'm going to assume what you saw was probably nickel plated. It is more durable and weather resistant than a traditional blue steel. It's also much easier to clean and keep smooth when compared to other more raw or rough finishes that won't glare. As you noticed, it can be very eye appealing and make grown men impulse buy shit they don't even need.

Stainless is another chrome appearing material. It has several advantages similar to nickel plating and when polished can create a very functional and eye appealing piece. I own a stainless Ruger Mark3 with a bull barrel that I absolutely did not need when I bought it. :-)
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If you feel this way, why bother? If you're not willing to train and practice, you've basically rendered the gun useless at best and dangerous to yourself and others that you don't plan to shoot at worst. And if you're not willing to pull the trigger when the need arises, all you've got in your hand is a $600 paperweight. At least until it's taken away from you.

We all have the right to own guns, but they're not for everybody. I gave a Glock 19 to my FIL for Christmas a couple of years ago, but it wouldn't surprise me if he keeps it in a box in the attic with his .22. He's never expressed any real interest in shooting it or learning how to properly use it. I probably should have just gotten him a sweater and kept it for myself.
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It takes a lot of practice and dedication to get to that point, and most people simply aren't willing to devote that kind of energy. Some are. I have little doubt that you'd have no problem with it. But a novice probably won't take the time to get there.

Nobody wants the last thought in their life to be "oh fuck, the safety's on."
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https://onlineguncompany.com/product...acp-5-8rd-sts/

Here's the gun in question, FYI. It's a good looking piece, IMO.

I don't feel so bad knowing you guys have been duped into making similar purchases. I guess humans just really like shiny shit.
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