The Last Gun You Bought

[The Mastiff]

I already had the G17 and recently bought a Sig M18. All in all I like it but I give the Glocks the preference in shooting and the Sig in carrying. The lower bore axis makes the Glock(s) point and shoot nicer and faster in my hands. If the Glocks had a manual safety like the Sig I'd likely never have bought it. After 30 years of Glock ownership I will only carry them with no round in the chamber.

I'm still a revolver guy at heart but I can't not have a high capacity pistol around . They are so reliable now with good ammo I don't give that advantage to revolvers like I did in the old days.

By the way I got some time getting to know that Bodyguard 2 recently. It's amazing size wise and the feel is not bad at all for something so small. I haven't bought one yet though. Vivi's post about his really caught my eye. I'm not a big .380 guy though. I do have a micro 9 and will put up with the extra weight for the 9mm performance vs the 380 but who knows what I'm thinking in 6 months. The Bodyguard 2 is a true pocket pistol.

[benben]

^ That's an impressive recommendation!

Steel is real, 46.5oz of Cadillac smooth! My first all steel pistol, won’t be my last!

[Bolster]

Steel is real, 46.5oz of Cadillac smooth! My first all steel pistol, won’t be my last!

After surveying the many "plastic" guns on the market, I better understand @apollo's preference for traditional, heavy, full liner knives. I have the same reaction to heavy steel firearms! I like them. I understand the polymers have many advantages, but the heart wants what it wants, and I like the steel (or at least aluminum) firearms. Which makes me an inconsistent "heavy firearm, light knife" guy. I can see why you're drawn to this CZ.

[apollo]

Steel is real, 46.5oz of Cadillac smooth! My first all steel pistol, won’t be my last!

After surveying the many "plastic" guns on the market, I better understand @apollo's preference for traditional, heavy, full liner knives. I have the same reaction to heavy steel firearms! I like them. I understand the polymers have many advantages, but the heart wants what it wants, and I like the steel (or at least aluminum) firearms. Which makes me an inconsistent "heavy firearm, light knife" guy. I can see why you're drawn to this CZ.

Glad to read that @Bolster . By the way i do not own a gun but the idea of a “plastic” gun gives me chills it would feel unsafe for me and honestly the idea feels like a thing made for people with bad intentions.

[xceptnl]

I already had the G17 and recently bought a Sig M18. All in all I like it but I give the Glocks the preference in shooting and the Sig in carrying. The lower bore axis makes the Glock(s) point and shoot nicer and faster in my hands. If the Glocks had a manual safety like the Sig I'd likely never have bought it. After 30 years of Glock ownership I will only carry them with no round in the chamber.

I'm still a revolver guy at heart but I can't not have a high capacity pistol around . They are so reliable now with good ammo I don't give that advantage to revolvers like I did in the old days.

By the way I got some time getting to know that Bodyguard 2 recently. It's amazing size wise and the feel is not bad at all for something so small. I haven't bought one yet though. Vivi's post about his really caught my eye. I'm not a big .380 guy though. I do have a micro 9 and will put up with the extra weight for the 9mm performance vs the 380 but who knows what I'm thinking in 6 months. The Bodyguard 2 is a true pocket pistol.

I wanted a pocket pistol for years. Loving my single action 1911s had me looking hard at the Sig P238 when they first arrived on the scene but I couldn't make the choice for .380. This is why I asked about the S&W CSX e series in an earlier post. It has many of the features of the Sig P238 & P938.
What was your favorite revolver Joe?

[The Mastiff]

In 357 it's tough to not pick the Smith K frame in a 4 inch version. The last one being a model 65 but there were others including a blue model 10 hb. I carried them as a state employee for my whole career and even got to go to the Smith armorers course paid for by work. I could do anything realistic with it using either hand including point shooting from the hip with eyes closed and up to 25 yards everything went in one2.5 inch ragged hole every time. There might have even been a guy or two that could out shoot me but they were the competition shooters that did it almost like a job 500 rounds at least a week. Unless we got in a bad batch of ammo there was never an issue. After 10 years of training and qualification of a couple hundred guys the revolvers just seemed to get smoother trigger pulls. Ya gotta love the performance and reliability

I still rely on a 4 inch K frame but when out and around it's more often a j frame 38 or 357. I wouldn't want to have to be without that J frame either ( model 60 3 inch).

A G22 and now the Sig 320/M18 are my favorite auto pistols. In shotguns it's my Rem 870, and rifles would be HK 308.

I must admit the rifles and shotguns don't get as much shooting anymore. It's getting rare.

[Cletus]

My last pistol was the Bodyguard 2.0. It is everything you guys said it was, and hands down better than my Ruger LCP Max. The Ruger has been 100% reliable, and accurate. So has the Bodyguard for that matter, but the Bodyguard has less recoil and a better trigger pull and fits my hand better. I am curious what you guys use for ammo. I have mine loaded with Federal deep and it's accurate and reliable with it but dang! $$$$$

[benben]

Steel is real, 46.5oz of Cadillac smooth! My first all steel pistol, won’t be my last!

After surveying the many "plastic" guns on the market, I better understand @apollo's preference for traditional, heavy, full liner knives. I have the same reaction to heavy steel firearms! I like them. I understand the polymers have many advantages, but the heart wants what it wants, and I like the steel (or at least aluminum) firearms. Which makes me an inconsistent "heavy firearm, light knife" guy. I can see why you're drawn to this CZ.

This CZ was my first pistol purchase in probably a decade that wasn’t a HK, love my HK pistols! Speaking of polymer, my personal opinion, I don’t think there’s any comparison between HK’s polymer and Glock’s polymer, with HK’s being a superior product.

My HK days go back to when there was no P30 series, no VP series, no new CC9 micro carry, it was generally gonna be a USP, unless you went back even older….

Around 1993 when the USP .40 hit the market, and then later (1995?) when the 9mm & .45acp hit the scene, you could buy two Glocks for the price of one USP, which definitely made Glock way more appealing, and why wouldn’t it? Yeah there was wayyy more Glocks sold compared to HK, still are. That HK price tag kept a lot of folks for experiencing just what an awesome polymer pistol HK’s are, which is a shame!

I have four carry pistols…..all 9mm.
Gen3 Glock 26
HK P30sk
HK P2000
HK P2000sk

I love my G26, it’s been a phenomenal pistol, but I carry a HK every single day!

I think my next pistol purchase will be an aluminum framed CZ P-01 to go with my Shadow 2, it’s really piqued my interest, for some reason I really have no interest in a polymer CZ? Guess I already have enough great polymer, plus these metal framed CZ’s are just incredible shooters!

[RustyIron]

love my HK pistols! Speaking of polymer, my personal opinion, I don’t think there’s any comparison between HK’s polymer and Glock’s polymer, with HK’s being a superior product.

I agree about the shootability and reliability of the HK's. And they're good looking guns, too. I have a P2000SK, USP Compact, and HK45C. I put about fifty rounds through the HK45C on Thursday. One came with the LEM trigger, and I converted the others.

I only have one Glock, a 20. It's fat, even for my XL hands. But that was the expectation for 15 rounds of 10mm. What I REALLY don't like is the diminutive trigger guard. My trigger finger barely fits. The whole gun is sized for Andre the Giant, but the trigger guard is for a fairy princess.

[benben]

love my HK pistols! Speaking of polymer, my personal opinion, I don’t think there’s any comparison between HK’s polymer and Glock’s polymer, with HK’s being a superior product.

I agree about the shootability and reliability of the HK's. And they're good looking guns, too. I have a P2000SK, USP Compact, and HK45C. I put about fifty rounds through the HK45C on Thursday. One came with the LEM trigger, and I converted the others.

I only have one Glock, a 20. It's fat, even for my XL hands. But that was the expectation for 15 rounds of 10mm. What I REALLY don't like is the diminutive trigger guard. My trigger finger barely fits. The whole gun is sized for Andre the Giant, but the trigger guard is for a fairy princess.

That’s an impressive HK lineup you have there Rusty! All three phenomenal pistols, I can’t put into words for other guys just how good your P2000sk is, superb!

[twinboysdad]

I already had the G17 and recently bought a Sig M18. All in all I like it but I give the Glocks the preference in shooting and the Sig in carrying. The lower bore axis makes the Glock(s) point and shoot nicer and faster in my hands. If the Glocks had a manual safety like the Sig I'd likely never have bought it. After 30 years of Glock ownership I will only carry them with no round in the chamber.

I'm still a revolver guy at heart but I can't not have a high capacity pistol around . They are so reliable now with good ammo I don't give that advantage to revolvers like I did in the old days.

By the way I got some time getting to know that Bodyguard 2 recently. It's amazing size wise and the feel is not bad at all for something so small. I haven't bought one yet though. Vivi's post about his really caught my eye. I'm not a big .380 guy though. I do have a micro 9 and will put up with the extra weight for the 9mm performance vs the 380 but who knows what I'm thinking in 6 months. The Bodyguard 2 is a true pocket pistol.

No spent casings on the ground is a massive advantage, if you need that kind of advantage

[Bolster]

No spent casings on the ground is a massive advantage, if you need that kind of advantage

How so? The bullet itself will tell an investigator what the caliber is, twist rate, and will identify a barrel by the marks left by lands and grooves; does the casing tell them lots in addition to that?

And for you HK guys...aren't your polygonal barrels rather unique in the marks they (don't) leave?

Edit: Oh.

[RustyIron]

I can’t put into words for other guys just how good your P2000sk is, superb!

Right? She's small enough to be readily concealable, but big enough to easily handle. The thing that is really hard to put into words is the LEM. I can describe it, but until you shoot it you can never grasp how great this is on a carry weapon.

Anecdote about the reliability of the HK45C:
My buddy was loading my magazines and would randomly stick in a fired case. The expectation is that it will create a jam and the shooter has to clear the malfunction and continue with the drill. It's a little contrived in that you know it's coming and you've already worked out your response in your head. So I'm going along...
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
click

Click? WTF? I was expecting a jam, not a misfire!

So I cleared the misfire and continued on. The HK45C loaded the empty brass just as reliably as it did ball ammunition. Instead of simulating jams, we simulated misfires. My expectation of one thing and seeing another ended up setting me back a couple seconds. That was the real lesson, which gave me something to work on. The other amusing lesson is that you can't jam an HK.

[Cletus]

I am trying to find an HK CC9 right now, but they are hard to find in my area. (Reno NV.)

[benben]

I am trying to find an HK CC9 right now, but they are hard to find in my area. (Reno NV.)

Handled one yesterday at a LGS, the tag was marked “SAMPLE” in red sharpie, it wasn’t for sale, guy said they had 30 on special order for customers. I liked it, don’t know if I’ll buy one but I did like it.

[RustyIron]

I am trying to find an HK CC9 right now, but they are hard to find in my area. (Reno NV.)

There's plenty of CC9's on Gunbroker.
You can have one by this time next week.

[Doc Dan]

Does anybody have any hands-on experience with the 5.7x28?

[Halfneck]

Does anybody have any hands-on experience with the 5.7x28?

I'd looked into getting a handgun in that caliber. Basically, everything I read it sounded like shooting a .22Mag. Low recoil, loud out of a handgun, and poor wound ballistics. Unlike .22Mag though was the higher cost of the ammo.

[Cletus]

I have had the chance to shoot both the p90 submachine gun and the FN pistol. Both were like shooting .22lr. If the 'many holes' concept works, the 5.7 will get the job done because they are super easy to rapid fire. Especially the sub gun of course.

[Midnightrider]

In 357 it's tough to not pick the Smith K frame in a 4 inch version.

If you ever get a chance, grab an N frame Smith in whatever caliber you can't go wrong. But a 6 inch N frame .357 is the cat's meow. Breaking glass trigger, good enough for IMHSA rams at 200 meters with 180 SJHPs. Just killer...