yeah definitely a great carry gun, and so-so gaming/training/classes gun. If i didn’t alraedy own a pair of 9mm glocks i wouldn’t have bought a P7.
My vote is for a USP .40
But you can’t go wrong with a Glock .40 either
My dad brought up a similar point to the post above about potentially losing your handgun if you use it lawfully or not. It would really hurt to lose a really nice gun if you used it to defend yourself and the police never gave it back.
It’s definitely hard, but I vote to stay practical - G19/SW MP. One of the best things I’ve done for my shooting skill is to do more with less. As a former owner of various handguns, I can say that my skill level spiked when I committed/consolidated to one platform that I shoot well and poured that extra money in training and ammo.
I don’t regret selling a set of consecutive P7s to pay for a week class & ammo even though I didn’t need to. That training was above and beyond what I could learn from standard training, which also probably saved my arse numerous times overseas. The way I looked at it at the time was, what good are the P7s if I end up in a cedar box unable to enjoy them. Besides, I shoot the 10-8 Pistol Test better with a G17 than a P7. YMMV.
Yeah, but if it came down to that, I’d rather have a “good” gun when I needed it most. If I have it taken away… then at least it did its job. Small price to pay if you actually need it.
Rezarf You definately bring up a good point I think I may have been over looking.
True, but it’s not like anyone is saying to buy a Hi Point in case it ends up in an evidence locker until the end of time. You shouldn’t compromise on reliability due to that possibility, but I’d certainly rather have two Glock 19s for instance over a single HK45 (for roughly the same amount of money set up as they’d need to be) so that I had a backup on hand.
if you don’t shoot the glock well get two m&ps