I hunt black bear, mountain lions, and hogs. No brown bear yet and if I see a pot grow I back the hell out quick. But in the city 2 legged critters can be found and as far as competition I’m thinking IDPA and 3 gun.
I notice a lot of people are thinking a Glock 10mm or a 45acp+p. I have a 1911 right now but I don’t know if they are as rugged as a glock or an hk. I know that a gun is a tool I’m just wanting to simplify my training as well as un clutter my gun cabinet. Just wondering if the old saying is true “fear the man with one gun” so can one gun cover everything ?
I second that. I carry a Glock 29 in a raven concealment.
Are you planning on hunting with the handgun in question as a primary hunting weapon, or just as a back up to archery equipment? Just curious about that distinction since if you are CCW’ing the pistol or revolver while hunting as a self defense weapon the handgun will not have to meet any state laws for legal firearms for hunting. Otherwise you may have minimum power requirements and magazine capacity restrictions that will rule out some auto pistols.
There are some 1911 'smiths and mfgs that make their guns run like clockwork. Drop em, toss em, run em dirty, just lube it here and there, clean the bore, and change the recoil springs and extractors (same maintenance as any other gun). Mags may require a little more attention. Well built 1911s are no different than any other well built gun. I can think of a few great options for less than 2,000.
A Glock in 10mm or 45ACP would serve you well too. An HK45 or HK45c is something I would consider as well. There’s a lot of options out there. I would take a look around. There’s a lot of sweet, tuned up 1911 10mm Delta Elite’s worked on Chuck Warner and Chuck Rogers on 1911forum.com that have certainly grabbed my admiration. Options are endless dude. It really depends on your budget, the time you have, and your personal taste.
Whatever you decide, make sure it makes you happy. But don’t discount the 1911 platform.
IMHO, Best answer given your parameters.
One gun to do it all? That means it’s gonna be half-assed at everything and excel at nothing.
Seriously, this is the United States and we’re in the middle of the biggest oil field boom in history.
Buy more guns.
IMHO look at a Sig P220, or the Sig P227, both 45ACP.
Samuse, you nailed it.
G29 with conversion barrels.
You can shoot 40 S&W, 357 Sig, and 9x25 Dillon with the correct barrel. Have the 10mm barrel for hunting w/ 15 round mags.
As stated, it will be the jack of all trades and master of none to try and find one gun for all scenarios.
I love me some 1911’s, and you can have a decent 1911 and another cute pocket pistol for that money, but I wouldn’t go that route.
G19. Two of them. Go balls to the walls with grip reductions, get the sights you want. You can keep your Kimber for dealing with larger game, but if you’re going to spend time and cost yourself money condensing your collection, standardize down to one platform and focus on getting better with it.
Show me any state that allows hunting of large game with a 15 round magazine in any weapon.
For myself, with a CCW and living in a condo I have to say my Glock 30S. It’s still small enough to conceal carry outside the house and won’t over penetrate into my neighbors living room if I need to use it in my condo
ALL premium defensive pistol ammo that will reliably penetrate to the necessary depth in a bad guy WILL also penetrate in modern building materials.
Same goes for defensive shotgun ammo.
In fact, some defensive 5.56mm have the necessary defensive penetration, yet penetrate less in modern building materials.
Choose wisely.
Glock 41 with the frame cut down to G30 size and a 460 Rowland barrel conversion.
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Do any of you people realize the legal magazine capacity for hunting with a semi-auto in most states is less than 10 rounds? In fact in most that I’ve looked up it is 6 rounds. The gun can only take 6 rounds with the magazine being used. If the magazine can even accept more ammo it will be illegal to use for hunting. Good luck finding 6 round magazines for your Glock.
Anyway back to the fairytale advice…
As with my 870 switching between 3 & 5 rounds, I use a plug. For the G21 chambered in .460 rowland a wooden plug resulting in the spring sitting on the block. Actually only 4 in the magazine and one chambered.
What does hunting with sound suppressors have to do with magazine capacity on a semi-automaitce firearm used for hunting?
There are a few states where you can evidently hunt big game with no magazine capacity restrictions on a semi-auto but they are the exception rather than the rule. If one handgun must do it all, then you want to get one that is legal to hunt with in as many jurisdictions as possible so that will preclude most semi-automatic pistols. Between magazine capacity limits, minimum energy requirements, and minimum barrel length requirements it would be tough to dump the money into a nice 1911 or Glock set up for hunting only to find it is not legal in the state you just applied for bear tags in.
If you want a handgun that will in most cases meet all of the above requirements for legal use in just about any state that allows the use of handguns for hunting then buy a .44 Magnum revolver of your choice with at least a 4" bbl on it. Pretty simple.
PlatoonDaddy,
I suppose if you want to go that route you could, but if you are not going to have the advantage of extra ammo (which in hunting is not much advantage anyway) why not just use a .44 Magnum revolver? You get much wider ammo selection, typically better adjustable sights, and most .44 Magnum revolvers tend to very accurate.
I carry for self-defense from a brownie, when hunting out west and harvesting a elk, the rifle generally is away from the skinning site. When carrying a .44 revolver in a shoulder holster (even with a 4" barrel, of course my opinion) to cumbersome to carry or draw. Therefore the choice of a G21, much easier to carry and or draw from the shoulder holster.
Fortunately I have never encountered a brown bear, but I have friends who assisted a fellow hunter that wasn’t so lucky.
Forgot to add: block is only required if semi is restricted.