Cheap handgun for the truck

[greg vess]

I only have one poly gun, Glock. For sentimental reasons. But I have to say, I can't really say anything bad about it

There there's no argument about the efficacy of a Glock. I know they are extremely well built handgun and go bang every time you pull the trigger. I just can't get past the looks. I know that's Petty as hell but I just have to find a handgun visually appealing before I can own it. That's really the only reason I don't own a Glock other than the fact that it's a 9 mm. I like 45 ACP and 10 mm in my handguns. Of course I've got the old 357 revolver as a standby. A man has to have a 357 there's just no argument about that for me anyway.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

A 1911 with a trigger job isn't what I think of as a "truck gun" but then again, a gun you leave unattended in the truck only during the DAYTIME, but carry with you into your house at night is only HALF a truck gun.
My big objection to truck / car guns that stay in the vehicle 24/7 is the risk of theft, and thus arming a thief,
and most of those break-ins happen at night (if you're parked at home-- but at gyms and shopping plazas and multi-level parking garages they happen at all hours).

If I wanted the "best value" for a capable defensive handgun that was cheap to buy and wasn't going to get customized,
I think the S&W Sigma or whatever the next generation of that gun is called, would be it.
I see them selling for $240-$300 and they hold something like 15 rounds of 9mm.
Such a gun is ugly but functional, no-frills, like a 16 oz. framing hammer from Harbor Freight that you'd buy for $9.

 

[Asbestos]

I rethought my want for a truck gun. The gun I rely on to protect myself throughout the day is going to have to pull extra duty and protect me from the truck to the house.

 

[basstracker89]

There there's no argument about the efficacy of a Glock. I know they are extremely well built handgun and go bang every time you pull the trigger. I just can't get past the looks. I know that's Petty as hell but I just have to find a handgun visually appealing before I can own it. That's really the only reason I don't own a Glock other than the fact that it's a 9 mm. I like 45 ACP and 10 mm in my handguns. Of course I've got the old 357 revolver as a standby. A man has to have a 357 there's just no argument about that for me anyway.

Yep, I like a good looking gun. Mine's a 40/10mm short.......LOL

 

[wolfmanrogers]

Of course metal over plastic. What kind of groups do you get with the 1911? I'm an old 1911 fan, but the market has changed. I have to say, I can't say anything bad about a Glock. Except too clunky for conceal carry for me. As for an actual war theater weapon, I'll go metal every time. But a 1911 is limited as a battle pistol anymore. For me to say that, it's a very big deal

Yeah, the pistol that is lighter, smaller, has higher capacity, and is more reliable is definitely not as good of an option for concealed carry.

 

[fastfish66]

I never thought I would ever be considering this but I am in a special situation. When I leave the house and come home after dark I am exposed for about 50 yards from my parking place to my front door. To boot it black as pitch out here and I am thinking of buying a very cheap 9 mil just to keep in the truck to carry from the truck to the house on late nights I come home.

So when I mean cheap I mean inexpensive. I have nice handguns and I am squirting another this Friday but it's much to nice to be clunking around in the truck. Which brings me to my subject at hand. What is the least expensive handgun I can purchase that will be reliable but not break the bank. I am not a big Glock fan but I have looked at some of the clones at PSA. 300 or 400 looks like might be something I wouldn't mind rumbling around the truck. The chances of using it are low but not out of the realm of possiblity.

What options do you guys recommend for safety walking to and fro the truck after the sun goes down that won't be likely to kill me because it won't work when it needs to but affordable enough that I won't mind it getting it marked up in the truck. Any recommendations out there?

Best of luck on your cheap gun.I would not bet my life on it.Hope it never comes to that.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

I rethought my want for a truck gun. The gun I rely on to protect myself throughout the day is going to have to pull extra duty and protect me from the truck to the house.

This isn't optimal for those of us whose "daily carry" guns are small and light, but such features aren't needed or even desirable for a gun you want only to tote for a dozen steps from your truck to your house door.
If I feared getting robbed / ambushed as I arrived home,
I'd want the gun I bear for that short time to be big, powerful, high-capacity, and with a tactical flashlight and/or laser unit clamped to it.

Maybe this could be a PDW --- personal defense weapon-- not a conventional handgun.

 

[Asbestos]

This isn't optimal for those of us whose "daily carry" guns are small and light, but such features aren't needed or even desirable for a gun you want only to tote for a dozen steps from your truck to your house door.
If I feared getting robbed / ambushed as I arrived home,
I'd want the gun I bear for that short time to be big, powerful, high-capacity, and with a tactical flashlight and/or laser unit clamped to it.

Maybe this could be a PDW --- personal defense weapon-- not a conventional handgun.

Ok

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

I once worked at a warehouse in New York where I didn't, at first, have a handgun permit.
Yet I wanted a gun to carry with me across the parking lot to and from the warehouse door.
What was my solution?
With the business owner's permission and upon assuring him it was legal,
I carried a small rifle. A wooden-stocked carbine that had 2" trimmed off the butt stock,
A 16.1" barrel, and a 10-round magazine (at first, before I found higher-capacity mags that were grandfathered-in and exempt from New York's "assault weapon and high capacity ammunition feeding device" law that they've had since the early 1990s.

I carried this little 5.5-lb gun in my hands or tucked under my arm every day.
One time somebody started yelling outside and there was a gunshot and a bullet came through one of our windows.
I went to the roof with my carbine to look around and see if anybody wanted to play.
Nope-- nobody around by the time I looked over the parapet.

 

[BHPSteel]

I once worked at a warehouse in New York where I didn't, at first, have a handgun permit.
Yet I wanted a gun to carry with me across the parking lot to and from the warehouse door.
What was my solution?
With the business owner's permission and upon assuring him it was legal,
I carried a small rifle. A wooden-stocked carbine that had 2" trimmed off the butt stock,
A 16.1" barrel, and a 10-round magazine (at first, before I found higher-capacity mags that were grandfathered-in and exempt from New York's "assault weapon and high capacity ammunition feeding device" law that they've had since the early 1990s.

I carried this little 5.5-lb gun in my hands or tucked under my arm every day.
One time somebody started yelling outside and there was a gunshot and a bullet came through one of our windows.
I went to the roof with my carbine to look around and see if anybody wanted to play.
Nope-- nobody around by the time I looked over the parapet.

Honorary Roof Korean, eh?