If it came down to 3 handguns???

[old grunt]

Reading all these different threads on the Handgun side of M4Carbine.net I thought about what 3(we love TOP THREES..Don't we??)HANDGUNS would I keep for defensive carry if I had to boil it down to that.

My list:
1: A 1911 Full-Frame(Gov't) .45 ACP
2: A GLOCK 19 9mm, of course...go anywhere do anything pistol
3: A Smith J-frame(Airweight) as a BUG or extreme warm weather/min.clothes
carry.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?????????????????????????

[DocGKR]

That is a great list for urban use.

In a rural/wilderness area, I might consider adding substituting a large bore revolver for one of the others...

[JonInWA]

Good choices; mine would be:

- Glock 17/Glock 19

- Ruger GP100 4" Adjustable Sight model

- Ruger P89 (Yep, my P89 made shortly before Ruger chose to discontinue
them is, believe it or not, an absolute tack driver, and as reliable as my
Glocks)

Best, Jon

[ToddG]

1. Mine
2. My back-up
3. The bag guy's

[mattjmcd]

G19 just because it's easy to wrench on and parts are all over the place

P228 (I have multiples of these. Do they "count"? )

quality .22LR revolver. Smith makes one in Ti, IIRC. I forget the nomencalture. They seem very handy, though.

[KTR03]

Generally thinking of combative/survival combos:

A Glock 19
A Glock 20
A Thomspson Center Encore in 308.

[RogerinTPA]

M&P45
M&P9c
G-23

[Buckaroo]

As per my personal collection (if one could call my meager few a collection)

M&P 40C
Taurus 605
Taurus Tracker .44mag

[BobM]

Reading all these different threads on the Handgun side of M4Carbine.net I thought about what 3(we love TOP THREES..Don't we??)HANDGUNS would I keep for defensive carry if I had to boil it down to that.

My list:
1: A 1911 Full-Frame(Gov't) .45 ACP
2: A GLOCK 19 9mm, of course...go anywhere do anything pistol
3: A Smith J-frame(Airweight) as a BUG or extreme warm weather/min.clothes
carry.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?????????????????????????

Interesting; for a while I carried one each of the above as my daily off duty weapons when fully dressed. I'd put the Glock in a fanny pack when jogging or going to the gym. Good choices, and I agree with DocGKR about the large bore revolver; my dealer is looking for a 4" Redhawk for me.

[batgeek]

1. full sized 1911
2. P228
3. Ruger MkII