Does .45 ever make sense for a ccw? Or is it just unnecessarily fat/expensive?
Used to carry my 1911 with no problem
>>30021825
It works fine. Especially if you use Speer's 200 grain "flying ashtray" +p load.
Other calibers offer better capacity, of course, but if you choose to carry a single stack pistol, or live in a state with restrictions on magazine capacity, then why not?
Eh, not sure.
9mm is alright, bare minimum.
Personally I would like a 357.mag with high capacity.
I carry a 9mm CM9. No extra mag. I live in a duty to retreat state. The glock 36 looks tasty.
If you live in a repressive state/country, sure.
>>30021825
It's a fine carry caliber. This debate is endless, just fine a weapon and caliber that works best for you and your specific needs. The G30 and G36 are fine options.
>>30021825
If you shoot any caliber well, have a gun that you like in that caliber, and feel confident and can accomplish self-defense shit with that weapon then carry it.
.22lr, .32 ACP, 9x19mm, .45 ACP, .44 Magnum, fucking .50 AE or whatever the fuck. Having a gun you can shoot well beats having no gun.
A 9mm pocket pistol will have the same mag capacity as a .45, more or less. If your 9mm carry gun is double stack, it's not compact. The grip will still be virtually full sized.
.45s make a bigger hole, thus they are the better round in these situations.
>expensive
$19.99 for some S&B 230gr range ammo, effectively using 2x the material of a 115gr S&B 9mm is hardly """"""expensive""""""" and defensive loads are about the same price
>>30022310
That's a single stack though.
I was looking at two single stack pistols, one a 9 one a .45 and read they both have trouble feeding hollowpoints. I was thinking for the number of bullets in a single stack the 45 was standard and the 9 was coming up pretty low. Without hollowpoints the .45 looked like a much better option.
best gun is never unnecessary.
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