What’s your favorite shooter? Carry piece?
My personal favorite is my Stainless Colt 1911. Soft trigger, fits my hand just right, and dead on accurate. Me and the boys shoot once a month at my backyard range, and I school them every time.
I’m currrently looking for a good carry piece, but I like what I see in the kimber micro 9. I’m not a fan of the keltec or other versions of the super small conceal carry handguns. I don’t have banana’s for fingers, but I just can’t get a good grip on those little bitty guns.
My favorite shooter, handgun wise, is an ATI FX45 .45 Commander. Not as big as a full sized 1911 but it has a great trigger and the mass (36 oz. empty) dampens the felt recoil enough to make it comfortable to shoot for extended range sessions, EDC is a Glock 26 9 mm…
Funnest gun I ever shot was my uncle’s .38 Target S&W revolver with a 6" barrel. It had a very smooth action (it’s double action felt easier to shoot than most single actions).
I completed my Ruger Blackhawk 3-screw collection on Saturday. I finally found a very good condition 30 carbine. I had to pay more than I expected, but looking at prices on Gunbrokers it was a fair deal at $635. Gunna check it out at the range this afternoon.
I used to have an XD(M) and now carry a Ruger .357 revolver.
On the XD I had no complaints on it though. It was a decent shooter and I liked the fact that the version I bought would take the compact mags or the full sized ones with a sleeve.
Every 1911 that is properly made is just a piece of functional art and a piece of firearms history all rolled into one.
The 1911 is to Semi Auto’s what Colt’s Peacemaker was to revolvers.
That being said while I have a substantial collection of both revolvers and semi autos these days I tend to carry the Springfield xd’s and xdm’s for EDC.
Usually I’m carrying an XDM 5.25" comp model in either 40 S&W or 45acp. Depending on where I’m going though and how I dressed I may opt to carry the XD in either the 3.2" subcompact or 4" Compact Model in .40 S&W.
The 3.2 and 4" are much easier to conceal but the 5.25’s are 16+1 in .40 and 12+1 in .45acp and I’m kind of generally a more is better sort of guy when it comes to magazine capacity.
Sounds like you had the 3.2" subcompact like mine. Handy little EDC carry piece.
I shot my instructor requal with it last year and qualified with my first 16rds in a 4" circle at 45’ and by no means to I consider myself a great shot with a pistol.
Some guns just seem to put it where you want it instinctively and others can take a whole lot of work.
I find my Taurus 5 shot 4" revolvers to be the same.
The first production of XDS’s had some issues. They were quickly resolved.
I find them to be too small for my hands but other than that would have no problem carrying one for a backup if needed or for EDC for that matter if they fit my hand better.
The XDM’s are double stack and come with different backstraps you can interchange to get a perfect grip fit which I really like.
