This has been a subject of considerable hand-wringing for myself. Taken in present company, I am a novice, green as the new spring grass -- but if I may say -- have learned much.
As has been said before, handguns, in the broad scope of all firearms, really are poor fighting tools. It is their convenience, their ability to be there that makes them desirable.
It is written:
The sole purpose of a handgun is to help you fight your way to your long gun...
And what retired military gunwriter wrote, when asked, what weapon of all the myriad choices of weapons available, would he choose as the very best, answered...
3,000 marines?
So, it's all relative, isn't it?
The recent loss of a lovely Colt 80 Series (which was sold out from under me when I tarried a day too long) has me revisiting the question.
What "major caliber" shall I get? Certainly, some are better than others, and my current .380 doesn't give the answers that I would like to hear from my daily carry gun.
.45 does. And so does 9mm. .45 somewhat better, but 9mm has the enge with costs. A sad and pathetic way to judge a cartridge on which one's life may depend, but costs may translate to trigger time for me, something I sorely need. For a C-note, more or less, I can get a case of 9mm. .45ACP will cost me at least half again that much.
So is this a fair enough yardstick by which to compare? Dare I step into a 9mm because of mere cost?? Because, once the deed is done, another will be long in coming. My choice will be my daily companion for some time to come.
-S
As has been said before, handguns, in the broad scope of all firearms, really are poor fighting tools. It is their convenience, their ability to be there that makes them desirable.
It is written:
The sole purpose of a handgun is to help you fight your way to your long gun...
And what retired military gunwriter wrote, when asked, what weapon of all the myriad choices of weapons available, would he choose as the very best, answered...
3,000 marines?
So, it's all relative, isn't it?
The recent loss of a lovely Colt 80 Series (which was sold out from under me when I tarried a day too long) has me revisiting the question.
What "major caliber" shall I get? Certainly, some are better than others, and my current .380 doesn't give the answers that I would like to hear from my daily carry gun.
.45 does. And so does 9mm. .45 somewhat better, but 9mm has the enge with costs. A sad and pathetic way to judge a cartridge on which one's life may depend, but costs may translate to trigger time for me, something I sorely need. For a C-note, more or less, I can get a case of 9mm. .45ACP will cost me at least half again that much.
So is this a fair enough yardstick by which to compare? Dare I step into a 9mm because of mere cost?? Because, once the deed is done, another will be long in coming. My choice will be my daily companion for some time to come.
-S
