Kahr vs 1911 for CCW

[jocko]

u have a odd way of begging Bawanna, make the guy an offer. We don't want u to suffer. Your points though are good and right. Leo's don't walk the same walk as we civilians do. If I walked into my coffee shot with a G17 strapped on my waist and 4 spare 17 round mags, I would not get my ass to the seat and I would be ask to leave the building where as a unformed officer can do just that and 4 17 round mags sure trumps 6 kahrs single stack mags, any day...or for that matter 6 single stack any other brand mags..

[Bawanna]

My extremely dull point is, 4 17 round mags for the officer is right for his mission. He's in it for the long haul to protect and eliminate the problem, running into the trouble not away.

For you the PM9 in you pocket with no spare mag is all you need. For most sheep who carry nothing, you have a big step up on them and they will count on you to protect them and run AWAY. I'd still add a spare mag were I you but your system works for you and you haven't had to shoot it yet so chances are good there won't be an issue.

Course it could change with this afternoons milk shake run too.

[JimC]

JimC if that reissued series 70 needs a home, put me on the list.

Bawanna;

That re-issue GM is quite happy living here for now.
I don't know that you would care for a slightly mosified version anyway.
Nothing I did prevents me from returning it back to a stock Colt if I so desire.

I added a Wilson drop in grip safety, Wilson ultralight commander style hammer, Wilson extended thumb safety and a Colt steel firing pin to replace the alloy pin that came with the pistol.

Colt did it right when they built these 1911's. Mine will feed any bullet config. or weight from 185 gr. FMJWC to any 230 gr. HP bullet.




Here it is with a set of Esmeralda custom grips.

[jocko]

esmerlda ade a ultra thin pain of grips for my Parry carry9. she is really good.looks better on the col than on my ara though,as I no longer own my Para.

[getsome]

I think of it like this,
Every day carry: PM40 pocket holster...

Every day carry in bad parts of town: PM40 pocket holster and two extra mags...

Carry when threat is a good posibility: PM40 pocket holster and two extra mags, S&W M&P .40 in shoulder holster with two extra mags...

Carry to a gang fight: All above along with all the heavily armed friends I can come up with...

SHTF: Mossberg 500 12 gauge pump with all the 00 shells I can carry...30-30 Marlin and .308 Remington in the trucks gun rack along with all my other pistols, all the ammo cell phone, food, water, tent, camping equipment fishing rod, lures and first aid gear I can get loaded in my 4x4 pickup and get the fork outta Dodge ASAP!!!...
I feel how much to carry depends on the situation...:80:

[wyntrout]

I still want a good battle pistol... high-capacity .45... something like the FHN .45 with 14-round mags. I don't like that big, bulbous-based 15-rounder magazine.

All I have are single-stack-mag pistols. I did get a McCormick 10-round and tried it in my PM45 after trimming and smoothing the top to fit, and bending the follower top down just a skosh. First try, all 10 rounds fired fine but the slide didn't lock back... never did. Each magful got worse, though, and on about the fourth mag-ful, every round was an FTF... jams or empty chamber. I'm thinking the follower didn't need bending down.
I guess the S&W 645 with 8+1 and four or five more magazines will have to do for now. I have the nylon web belt and pouches and magholders for all of that. That would give me the most portable firepower. The danged NS are toast, though, and I haven't seen any replacements for that... pinned blade front and adjustable for windage rear blade.

That and my Charles Daly Tactical Semi-auto with Remington Express 00 buck... 5+0 loaded and a 30-round belt ought to do, along with many other at-hand choices for backup.

Wynn


Wynn

[Armybrat]

How about the Springfield GI Hi-Cap 13+1?

[Bawanna]

JimC, that colt makes my britches stick out in front.

That's a beauty. Long as it's happy living with you, fine and dandy. If that changes I'm always available.

Take good care of it, it's truely a gem and I don't think you did anything wrong to improve it.

[jocko]

would that be the same as a "booner"??

[JimC]

JimC, that colt makes my britches stick out in front.

That's a beauty. Long as it's happy living with you, fine and dandy. If that changes I'm always available.

Take good care of it, it's truely a gem and I don't think you did anything wrong to improve it.

Bawanna;

I think that's an image I really don't need to see.

I'll surely keep you in mind on the Colt but if I were you, I wouldn't hold my breath.

I bought that GM NIB in '09. I've put 3,000 + rounds thru it w/o any problems at all.
It runs 100% with Colt, Wilson (7&8 rd.), Mec-Gar (7&8 rd.) and MetalForm mags.

[JimC]

would that be the same as a "booner"??

A Colt "woody" would be more like it.

[Bill K]

Clear, draw, point & shoot. No thumb safety for me. Respect the decision of others who would not carry a gun without it having a manual safety.

[TheTman]

I carry a CW40 or .45 most every day that I leave the house. I like the Kahr trigger much better than the light SA trigger on the 1911. If I were 20 years younger I might prefer an officers size 1911. But getting older and shakier, I like the Kahr's trigger better for a self defense weapon. Both are light enough they just disappear in their holsters, and only bother me a little when I sit down or drive, but it's not too much to drive with them. I hardly ever take them out of the holster for driving, even when I'm driving fairly long distance of 2 or 3 hours, longer than that I would put it in the center console. I carry about 5:00 with the handles canted up pretty high so they lie against about where my kidney would be. I find that way they don't print bad unless I bend over at the waist, so I bend my knees instead and try to keep my body straight. They are much lighter than any 1911 I've held, officers or full sized, and the .40 has plenty of oomph to stop an attack. I do prefer to carry my CW45 though, just because I like the .45 caliber a little better than the .40.

[jeepster09]

These are my CARRY choices that I prefer.....
A 360PD 357 or my Para PDA 45, both very lite weight under 24 ounces so not to burden you with heavy weight but STRONG firepower. P.S. Both are Magnaported.

[O'Dell]

no doubt u carry what ur confident with, be it a 45 or 9mm, both will do the job as we well know.I just have never been a 45 fan, just grew up with a 9mm and wnat to stay there. 45 makes a big hole. 50 makes a bigger, whats the point. I cannot put a 1911 of any make in my front pocket with the ease and light weight and size of my PM9, so a Kimber 45 sitting at home does me now good when I am on the road. If Iwas to carry a 45, it would not be a single stack for its gonna be a wasite band carry anyways and more than a bigger hole I want more than 7 rounds + or - .

A 9mm may not expand but a 45 will never shrink!