Gunslingers Gun of Choice?

[chuxter]

So i've been in the market for a good personal protection weapon for a while.
I have my great-grandfathers S&W .38 Model 10 and I'll probably keep it for my wife to use but I want a compact (not sub-compact) pistol. I've been looking at a S&W 4006 that is part of a police buy-back deal and I can get it for a reasonable price. Does anyone have any hands-on experience with it? It was a toss up between a 9 mil or a .40 and I'm leaning toward the .40
I go in for the concealed weapons class next week and I'll probably use my High-Standard 22 to qualify just 'cause it's so easy and cheap to shoot.

I'm also interested in hearing what you guys carry or wish you had to money to get.

[Randall Flagg]

Sig Sauer 229 .40 caliber or a Glock 23 .40 Caliber.
The Glock is going to be ~6oz. lighter. Both are fine weapons.

[She-Oy]

I used to have one of these before I sold it...

a cute little Beretta...

[OchrisO]

Glocks are dangerous as shit all around.


I just keep a 16ga shotgun in my home, and no handgun , though my roomates both have them.

[Storyslinger]

I had a .45 revolver with sandlewood grip, no shit, from my grandfather, but it was stolen from my house just over a year ago

I will kill who ever took it

[Letti]

I always keep a micro uzi in my handbag. (next to my makeup)

[Storyslinger]

[Letti]

No kidding.

[Storyslinger]

[Daghain]

I used to have a Ruger in the house, but I lived with a crazy person then, which is why I'm leery of guns in the house.

I did inherit my dad's pellet pistol, though, although I have never shot it. I'm kind of afraid of messing with it and accidentally putting a hole in my wall.

[ZoNeSeeK]

Best defence ever is setting your house on fire. Who's going to break into a burning house and steal your freedom and liberty and american way of life? NOT ME!

[Wuducynn]

Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan in .45 Colt



and my other gun of choice, Ruger New Vaquero also in .45 Colt

[ZoNeSeeK]

Here's one of my personal favourites:

the Deadlock AM-215 47mm (comes with 3 spare keys)


The AM-215 pretty good in combination with the SC-100 Wireless:



and with



(Look at the little terrorist!)

[fernandito]

You forgot the Danger : 10,000 volts! sign.

[Letti]

The first one is a cutie, CK.
The second one looks nice.

[OchrisO]

That stuff doesn't give you the chance of possibly getting to shoot someone, though, Zone.

[ZoNeSeeK]

O yeah

you could thump them in the head with the lock, though

[chuxter]

I always keep a micro uzi in my handbag. (next to my makeup)

OK, does anyone else think this is just sexy as hell?

I've been away for the weekend and didn't get to read all the responses.
That Super Redhawk Alaskan is pretty cool. Easy to conceal too. My buddy has the Super Redhawk .44 Rem Mag. It's got a 9 1/2 inch barrel and it takes him 5 minutes to draw it out of the holster.

The Sig Sauer 229 is bad ass too. I think that's what the Secret Service guys carry. I thought about that one but i've priced them anywhere from $850.00-$1300.00 which is too rich for me right now.

[Wuducynn]

The first one is a cutie, CK.
The second one looks nice.

You're a cutie.

[Wuducynn]

OK, does anyone else think this is just sexy as hell?

Me.

I've been away for the weekend and didn't get to read all the responses.
That Super Redhawk Alaskan is pretty cool. Easy to conceal too. My buddy has the Super Redhawk .44 Rem Mag. It's got a 9 1/2 inch barrel and it takes him 5 minutes to draw it out of the holster.

The Sig Sauer 229 is bad ass too. I think that's what the Secret Service guys carry. I thought about that one but i've priced them anywhere from $850.00-$1300.00 which is too rich for me right now.

Yeah its a great gun and so is the Vaquero but its definitely not a carry gun unless your out in the woods somewhere, I want the one with the shortest barrell available which is the one in the pic.

[chuxter]

OK, does anyone else think this is just sexy as hell?

Me.

I've been away for the weekend and didn't get to read all the responses.
That Super Redhawk Alaskan is pretty cool. Easy to conceal too. My buddy has the Super Redhawk .44 Rem Mag. It's got a 9 1/2 inch barrel and it takes him 5 minutes to draw it out of the holster.

The Sig Sauer 229 is bad ass too. I think that's what the Secret Service guys carry. I thought about that one but i've priced them anywhere from $850.00-$1300.00 which is too rich for me right now.

Yeah its a great gun and so is the Vaquero but its definitely not a carry gun unless your out in the woods somewhere, I want the one with the shortest barrell available which is the one in the pic.

And there are several factors for me in choosing between a long or short barrel. Do I want to conceal it, is it for personal protection, is it for target practice.....etc. I'd want the long barrel for longer range accuracy or a short barrel to conceal and for those folks who might invade what my wife calls one's purple circle, 7 yards or closer.

[Matt]

Even though I was a military guy, I am not much on guns.

Home defense? The dog for sure.

Hunting? Not me man

Sport shooting? That was actually kind of fun back in the day and once the kids are all gone, me and Dora might pick it back up.

[ZoNeSeeK]

There was a pistol shooting range in one of the southern suburbs. After a few people paid their $15, went in there and blew their brains all over the walls, they modified the guns so that they couldn't be pivoted around.

[Wuducynn]

There was a pistol shooting range in one of the southern suburbs. After a few people paid their $15, went in there and blew their brains all over the walls, they modified the guns so that they couldn't be pivoted around.

Idiots.

[Wuducynn]

If I was to get a semi-auto (I prefer revolvers) it would be a Kimber 1911 like this one