Most of the gun smiths/dealers that I know that conceal carry every day every waking minute carry a SW hammerless .38. Very light and easy to conceal in your front pocket but with enough power to discourage folks. IF you need more ammo than that you probably don't want to carry it in your gun all day long. Light, simple, jam free, cheap and hold their value.
I was going to buy my lady a Colt Defender but she also has weak hands so that was a no go. The M&P Shield 45 was easy for her work the slide. We have to pick up a speed loader cause loading the magazine is almost impossible for her.
Let me ask all you Dirty Harrys out there what exactly is it you plan to do with your concealed carry ?
to resist tyranny of centralized government, and to curb the reprobate who has no re-guard for the second use of the law. and varmit eating if there is a zombie Kodak bear end-days. plus there's a cool factor in their too. plus as a Calvinist I don't believe in luck, like dirty harry. that's like roman goddess fortuna worship.
well that's what they said anyway. I allways heard (from military folks) a .45 puts them down and a 9mm just gets them angry. that's why I'm .45, but I wonder what a .45 plus p would be like or if they make them?A 9mm is nothing like a 45 ACP.
If you're going to go with the 45 ACP just stick with the basic tested proven round. And that's a 230 grain FMJ. You hear all this stuff about Target ammo... ball ammo...practice ammo don't listen to that. The 9mm people had to come up with a way to match your 45 and that's where you your JHP rounds came from. And you'll hear hollow point described as self defense rounds. To me this is all jargon in my opinion. The 9 mm is faster and so it blows apart once it comes in contact with soft tissue. If you try to use hollow point in a 45 you're not going to get much different result because the speed of the bullet is slow enough that it doesn't fragment with the same efficiency. In short, your grandfather killed many of the enemies with his 230 grain FMJ for a reason... It's the ultimate self defense round.
Ok thanks for the info red rover!
ok I'll check out colt defenders and their price/looks. you made hollow points sound not really effective with a .45, but do they affect anything negitivly if you use them anyway? like accuracy?
I I think the difference is negligible as far as accuracy goes. Also you aren't going to get the same penetration with a 45 JHP compared to a FMJ. But some see that as a plus in a heavily populated area. You don't want to send a bullet through 3 different people.
