CHL guns

[ATX 4x4]

Originally Posted by SV_DuckBuster

Matter of opinion. Some will say because unlike a Glock, it has a true safety.

IMO, the right holster and an educated/trained person is the safest carry option... not the type of gun.

Keep your booger hook off the bang button!
(FWIW, I carry a Glock 27 in a Crossbreed Supertuck)

Well said. I love Glocks. For the record, Kel Tec PF-9 is what I carry.

[Capt Scott Reeh]

Originally Posted by Profish00

.380 for any carry, anything bigger is just that.

Keep believeing that.......a mouse gun is just that...a mouse gun! Hit the wrong person w/ a mouse gun and you just might not like the outcome when he make you eat it !

[Johnny V E]

Glock Safeties...

1. Trigger Safety: This is incorporated into the trigger in the form of a lever and in the untouched state it prevents the trigger from being moved rearward. If the weapon is dropped or if the trigger is subjected to an off center lateral pressure; the trigger will remain in the forward locked position. The trigger safety can only be released by pressure being applied directly to the lever on the trigger. This type of safety, in conjunction with the other two, offers a minimum fire ready time with a maximum level of safety for the user.

2. Firing pin safety: In the secured position, the spring loaded firing pun safety plunger projects into the firing pin channel. This prevents the firing pin from moving forward, until the trigger is depressed.

3. Dropped gun Safety: The firing pin pushes the trigger bar onto the safety ramp of the trigger mechanism housing under the power of the firing pinspring. This action places the left side extension of the trigger bar cruciform (the gun oriented with the muzzle down range) on the trigger mechanism housing ramp until the trigger is fully depressed. This safety prevents the trigger bar from releasing the firing pin without the trigger being depressed. If the trigger bar does not drop, the firing pin is not released.
Use the one which gives you
the the quickest deployment. I usually carry either a 1911 in a .45 or my 9mm Glock
4. I feel just as safe with one or the other.

[Slightly Dangerous]

Scott is right but the big bores are very carry unfriendly, even the smallest of them. I don't much care for holsters so my little Colt Mustang .380 sits in my pants or shorts front pocket everywhere I go. Might not kill them but it sure will make a person stop and think about it long enough for me to go elsewhere.

[Wolf6151]

Originally Posted by Spots and Dots

So I was shopping today and the gun guy told me a 1911 is perhaps the safest carry gun. For the life of me I can recall why. Any input from this crowd?

I'd have walked away from that salesman quickly hoping that stupidity wasn't contagious. Any gun is only as safe as the person using it, and the best safety for any gun is between your ears.

[Boomhauer75]

G-23 for me & the wife.

[Bird]

I was having this same discussion with a friend the other day and we were talking specifically about having to carry 'cocked and locked' with the hammer back. It doesn't bother me too much since I've been shooting 1911 style pistols for a long time but for him, he wasn't comfortable with the idea. That being said, I've carried full size big bore guns and I just don't like having all that weight on my belt nor having to dress for the carry. Consequently, I carry a Ruger LCP (.380) or a Ruger LC9 (9mm).

[CHARLIE]

As Wolf6151 says X2

[cgmorgan06]

Kimber Ultra CDP in a crossbreed supertuck for me.

[chingy]

i own both of them and it depends what you comfortable with. i gave the glock to my girlfriend which is in her closet with a extended clip just incase somebody try to breaking in. i carry the 1911 because it looks good and mean and hopefully it scare them off before i have to use it