Choices Between Accuracy , Power And Capacity
I was recently in a discussion with a neighbor, his concern was in his selecting the best choice in his concealed carry handgun.
he just got his fla concealed carry license.
he owns a 9mm glock and a 4" S&W 357 mag revolver
the glock holds marginally less than three times the cartridge capacity,
17, cartridges vs 6 in the revolver,
the glock is thinner and easier to conceal in an inside the belt holster
the revolver has only 6 shots before it needs a reload ,
its a bit more bulky, and weights more,
but its significantly more powerful,
357 ammo
http://www.doubletapammo.net/index.php?route=product/product&path=126_140&product_id=338
9mm ammo
http://www.doubletapammo.net/index.php?route=product/product&path=126_133&product_id=556
and hes consistently a better and more consistent shot using the revolver
I pointed out he might and in fact probably would go his whole life without having to use either handgun,
in a life and death confrontation,
but if he did dependability and consistent accuracy would be critical
only hits count! and statistically,from what Ive read for decades,
most gunfights are at less than 20 feet and over in less than five shots.
but if you are not comfortable carrying a pistol its likely to be left home ,
on that one unlikely day you desperately need it.
youll, most likely have no control over whats going down,
the range you need to shoot at,or circumstances,
but Id darn sure want a handgun I could hit accurately with at 25 yards
the vast majority of people will select the glock in this choice,
due to easier concealment and higher cartridge capacity and at less than 20 ft ranges ,
well precise accuracy is not as important,
but the marginally increased reliability advantage with the revolver,
and significant power advantage should not be ignored... again his choice, neither is wrong
here.
this reminds me of a story Jack once told me about two cops he worked with,
I think this was in the 1980s when most cops transitioned,
to semi autos (I think it was a S&W 39) but older cops were allowed to retain traditional revolvers if they chose to,
the two were in a car watching a bar, in a bad section of town, waiting on backup,
the alarm had gone off, at about the time the bar normally closed, at about 3 am,
the first cops on the location were told to wait for back-up before entering the bar, to check it out.
the older cop in his 50s carried a 357 mag revolver, the younger cop carried a 9mm semi auto.
as they waited a guy came out , spotted the cop car
,and immediately started shooting at the cops, who bailed out and got behind the cruiser,
the younger cop returned fire over the trunk and was down to his last of three magazines in a couple minutes
when the older cop fired twice dropping the offender who was behind a car at about 50 yards
at the following investigation the question came up ... how could the younger cop get off over 20 shots and the older cop only fire twice?
the older cops answer, I only fired once I saw a target,
shooting holes in the car the suspect was behind seemed pointless
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...s-shot-capacity-in-a-defensive-handgun.16412/
I was recently in a discussion with a neighbor, his concern was in his selecting the best choice in his concealed carry handgun.
he just got his fla concealed carry license.
he owns a 9mm glock and a 4" S&W 357 mag revolver
the glock holds marginally less than three times the cartridge capacity,
17, cartridges vs 6 in the revolver,
the glock is thinner and easier to conceal in an inside the belt holster
the revolver has only 6 shots before it needs a reload ,
its a bit more bulky, and weights more,
but its significantly more powerful,
357 ammo
http://www.doubletapammo.net/index.php?route=product/product&path=126_140&product_id=338
9mm ammo
http://www.doubletapammo.net/index.php?route=product/product&path=126_133&product_id=556
and hes consistently a better and more consistent shot using the revolver
I pointed out he might and in fact probably would go his whole life without having to use either handgun,
in a life and death confrontation,
but if he did dependability and consistent accuracy would be critical
only hits count! and statistically,from what Ive read for decades,
most gunfights are at less than 20 feet and over in less than five shots.
but if you are not comfortable carrying a pistol its likely to be left home ,
on that one unlikely day you desperately need it.
youll, most likely have no control over whats going down,
the range you need to shoot at,or circumstances,
but Id darn sure want a handgun I could hit accurately with at 25 yards
the vast majority of people will select the glock in this choice,
due to easier concealment and higher cartridge capacity and at less than 20 ft ranges ,
well precise accuracy is not as important,
but the marginally increased reliability advantage with the revolver,
and significant power advantage should not be ignored... again his choice, neither is wrong
here.
this reminds me of a story Jack once told me about two cops he worked with,
I think this was in the 1980s when most cops transitioned,
to semi autos (I think it was a S&W 39) but older cops were allowed to retain traditional revolvers if they chose to,
the two were in a car watching a bar, in a bad section of town, waiting on backup,
the alarm had gone off, at about the time the bar normally closed, at about 3 am,
the first cops on the location were told to wait for back-up before entering the bar, to check it out.
the older cop in his 50s carried a 357 mag revolver, the younger cop carried a 9mm semi auto.
as they waited a guy came out , spotted the cop car
,and immediately started shooting at the cops, who bailed out and got behind the cruiser,
the younger cop returned fire over the trunk and was down to his last of three magazines in a couple minutes
when the older cop fired twice dropping the offender who was behind a car at about 50 yards
at the following investigation the question came up ... how could the younger cop get off over 20 shots and the older cop only fire twice?
the older cops answer, I only fired once I saw a target,
shooting holes in the car the suspect was behind seemed pointless
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...s-shot-capacity-in-a-defensive-handgun.16412/
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