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Help!! Handgun question
Posted on 10/13/12 at 9:49 am
Posted on 10/13/12 at 9:49 am
I posted this on the OT and forgot about this board. But I want to get a handgun for home protection. I was looking at a smith and wesson .38 bodyguard revolver with a sight.
It's really small and I was wondering what do u all have. It wud be used for me shooting around w the boys and for gf on days when I am not home for her protection as well. Thanks in advance guys.
It's really small and I was wondering what do u all have. It wud be used for me shooting around w the boys and for gf on days when I am not home for her protection as well. Thanks in advance guys.
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Posted on 10/13/12 at 9:51 am to Mercy Percy
The Judge
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Posted on 10/13/12 at 9:54 am to Mercy Percy
Check the stickies thread at top of page. It has what you need to know.
Posted on 10/13/12 at 9:59 am to Mercy Percy
1911
Posted on 10/13/12 at 10:00 am to Mercy Percy
Get a 20 gauge shotgun
Posted on 10/13/12 at 10:04 am to Mercy Percy
quote:
It wud be used for me shooting around w the boys and for gf on days when I am not home for her protection as well.
Since this would be for the GF's use as well, then I'd say a .38 is a pretty good choice.
.38 is all that police used for many years. Now .38 isn't good enough for us macho frickers on this board, but in all seriousness, the ammo is affordable enough to go plinking with it to develop skills, yet strong enough to put some hurt on someone.
Posted on 10/13/12 at 10:08 am to Mercy Percy
If you're set on a .38, take a look at the Ruger LCR. It's lighter than the Bodyguard, has a better grip, an has one of the best DAO triggers out there.
Posted on 10/13/12 at 4:58 pm to Mercy Percy
A bodyguard is a compromise to allow it to be concealed. No need to be concealed for home protection, so get a full-size .38 or medium frame .357 that you can load with 38's.
Small smith revolvers are difficult to shoot well because the double-action trigger pull is tough & choppy. Combining that with the short barrel means it will be really really hard to hit anything even at ridiculously close range.
Small smith revolvers are difficult to shoot well because the double-action trigger pull is tough & choppy. Combining that with the short barrel means it will be really really hard to hit anything even at ridiculously close range.
Posted on 10/13/12 at 6:39 pm to Mercy Percy
quote:Shotgun brah. It'll make a bloody mess of 'em.
for home protection.
Posted on 10/14/12 at 1:03 am to Mercy Percy
Hey Mercy,
Welcome to the OB. You'll get lots of advice. Pick and choose the real world advise you get here w/ your other research and you should figure out will work best for you and the gf.
The "rate limiting step" here is youe gf using the gun. Given the fact that she's going to be using the gun, I'd suggest a full size, non lightweight revolver in 38 Spec. A lot of other guns have already been mentioned, but I don't think most really apply.
I like lightweight snubbies for concealed carry (and carry one myself), but don't recommend them for a home defense gun. A lightweight snubnose will have one less round,be more difficult to shoot and have more recoil compared to a full size, steel revolver.
I don't recommend a semi-auto, either pocket sized or full sized. Your gf may be the exception, but lots of women find it difficult to rack the slide of a semi-auto. If you take her shooting and she handles a 9mm semi-auto, great. Then I could recommend a double action/striker fired semi-auto like Glock or Smith&Wesson M&P, or possibly a Ruger SR9 if you don't mind an external safety.
38 Special ammo is widely available. Low pressure rounds are cheaper and easier to handle and shoot than the high pressure +P rounds. But when it comes to self-defense, the +P rounds are well respected fight stoppers.
Having said all that, the single best home defense gun is actually a shotgun, preferably a 12 gauge, but the 20 gauge is also very good. Again, in consideration of your gf, for a home defense shotgun I'd recommend an easier to handle youth model.
Here are some nice police trade in 38 Specials at a great price.
LINK
ETA: You could also get a full size 357 Magnum and load it w/ 38 Specials for home defense. If at some point your gf becomes comfortable w/ 357 Mag loads, you could then stoke it up w/ them. She probably won't like you if you start her on full power 357 Mag loads. The 357 Mag is a fine self defense caliber.
Welcome to the OB. You'll get lots of advice. Pick and choose the real world advise you get here w/ your other research and you should figure out will work best for you and the gf.
quote:
It wud be used for me shooting around w the boys and for gf on days when I am not home for her protection as well.
The "rate limiting step" here is youe gf using the gun. Given the fact that she's going to be using the gun, I'd suggest a full size, non lightweight revolver in 38 Spec. A lot of other guns have already been mentioned, but I don't think most really apply.
I like lightweight snubbies for concealed carry (and carry one myself), but don't recommend them for a home defense gun. A lightweight snubnose will have one less round,be more difficult to shoot and have more recoil compared to a full size, steel revolver.
I don't recommend a semi-auto, either pocket sized or full sized. Your gf may be the exception, but lots of women find it difficult to rack the slide of a semi-auto. If you take her shooting and she handles a 9mm semi-auto, great. Then I could recommend a double action/striker fired semi-auto like Glock or Smith&Wesson M&P, or possibly a Ruger SR9 if you don't mind an external safety.
38 Special ammo is widely available. Low pressure rounds are cheaper and easier to handle and shoot than the high pressure +P rounds. But when it comes to self-defense, the +P rounds are well respected fight stoppers.
Having said all that, the single best home defense gun is actually a shotgun, preferably a 12 gauge, but the 20 gauge is also very good. Again, in consideration of your gf, for a home defense shotgun I'd recommend an easier to handle youth model.
Here are some nice police trade in 38 Specials at a great price.
LINK
ETA: You could also get a full size 357 Magnum and load it w/ 38 Specials for home defense. If at some point your gf becomes comfortable w/ 357 Mag loads, you could then stoke it up w/ them. She probably won't like you if you start her on full power 357 Mag loads. The 357 Mag is a fine self defense caliber.
This post was edited on 10/14/12 at 1:08 am
Posted on 10/14/12 at 3:37 pm to Mercy Percy
Get a full size semi auto. Such as an XD, Glock or M&P.
Small guns are hard to shot
Small guns are hard to shot
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