06-15-2012, 08:50 AM
The single most important factor in a hand gun is accurate follow up shots when people are shooting back.
Types:
Glocks handle the best but they are totally shit weopons to go shooting with. Their clips make your hands bleed if you have to re-load them consistantly.
S&W's are the best over all weopon to practice with. Easy reload and reliable when dirty.
Caliber:
.45/.44 is heavy but follow up shot speed and accuracy is extremely hard. You have to be very, very good to effectively use a .45 when it counts. A .45 is the best killer but it can also get you killed.
9mm is very good at follow up shots but the problem with 9mm is it sometimes requires too many follow up shots. Even with special ammo I don't believe in the 9mm as far as power goes.
.40 is a good compromise. A .40 has good follow up speed and in general most people are way more accurate with a .40. I own a bunch of .45's/9mm's but I eventually chose a .40 that sits near my bed. The .40 is the weopon of choice vs. the 9mm if you talk to enough gun users.
Practice:
Make sure you practice correctly before you judge your weopone of choice. You need to practice in fast 3 shot centered burst in order to judge your own ability most effectively. Firing a full clip or single shot burst is a very poor way of judging how well you will survive in a gun fight.
In the end you need to use what ever you have to in order to put a minimum of 3 in the chest in under a second.
Types:
Glocks handle the best but they are totally shit weopons to go shooting with. Their clips make your hands bleed if you have to re-load them consistantly.
S&W's are the best over all weopon to practice with. Easy reload and reliable when dirty.
Caliber:
.45/.44 is heavy but follow up shot speed and accuracy is extremely hard. You have to be very, very good to effectively use a .45 when it counts. A .45 is the best killer but it can also get you killed.
9mm is very good at follow up shots but the problem with 9mm is it sometimes requires too many follow up shots. Even with special ammo I don't believe in the 9mm as far as power goes.
.40 is a good compromise. A .40 has good follow up speed and in general most people are way more accurate with a .40. I own a bunch of .45's/9mm's but I eventually chose a .40 that sits near my bed. The .40 is the weopon of choice vs. the 9mm if you talk to enough gun users.
Practice:
Make sure you practice correctly before you judge your weopone of choice. You need to practice in fast 3 shot centered burst in order to judge your own ability most effectively. Firing a full clip or single shot burst is a very poor way of judging how well you will survive in a gun fight.
In the end you need to use what ever you have to in order to put a minimum of 3 in the chest in under a second.