Are y'all kidding? At home and if circumstances allow - AR15 hands down.
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What Is Your Favorite Gun for Self Defense?
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My answer:
1-- It's got to be a gun that I like shooting enough to regularly practice with it.
Full disclosure: Sure, I have carried guns I don't really like shooting. They are less than ideal. So if you're asking about my ideal carry gun, that wouldn't be it.
2- It has to be a size and shape that I will actually carry.
In my lifestyle, one gun cannot possibly fit all of the different circumstances in which I might carry a handgun, so I actually have two favorite carry guns. One is for more or less daily concealed carry, and one is for risky situations where I'll either openly carry or I will conceal it after dressing around the weapon, because it's physically a bigger & heavier gun.
3-- After conditions #1 and #2 above are satisfied, only then will I look at caliber.
For me, I want a cartridge that fits the gun size and weight and ergonomics, so that I can shoot it very rapidly and control it even one-handed.
This means 9 mm or .38 +p in a compact gun,
and more powerful cartridges like the .40, .45 ACP or 357 magnum would be reserved for heavier guns with longer barrels and hand-filling grips.
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Favorite....Whatever is within reach or on my person at the time.
It might be the handiest, but is it your favorite?
You can go wrong with a shotgun, especially if you have to reload.
My truck gun my dd mk18
Nice to see so many 357 sig fans. If I walked out the door knowing 100% that I was going to get in a gun fight that day, I’d have to choose an XD45 for whatever reason i shoot it the most accurately. My everyday carry comfort zone is a Glock 19 or 32. To me, it’s the best balance of conceal-ability , stopping power, control-ability and firepower.
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