Affordable Pistol for CCW and Home Defense

I would vouch for the S&W Body Guard and Ruger LCP. Have no experience with the Berreta and want none with the Remington I don't consider it a pistol I would depend on. I am more
revolver guy but to be honest the small autos are more carrier friendly. Many happy Ruger
LCP owners and most of them are not what you would call gun people. 1st time buyers that
are buying for SD.
 
The Remington rm380 is a dependable pistol. Another that has been good to me is made by a company called Sarsilmaz. I have the Sar K2P 9mm. I have several thousand rounds through it without any problems or appreciable wear. There is an updated version called the CM9 gen2 available at CDNN Sports for less than $300. It is a poly frame DA/SA double stack duty size 9mm. It is a CZ style pistol and accepts CZ mags. It has some nice features for the price, but admittedly, lacks support. Although support is lacking, I have found very little in the way of problems reported with this pistol. Mechanically, the CM9 is identical to my K2P. Sootch has a good video on YouTube regarding this pistol.
 
Nanuk said:
Look for a police trade in Glock or M&P. I just got one for $299.
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The OP said he would prefer either DA or DA/SA but a Glock would not be either. When you talk about Smith M&Ps though you really need to be more specific. While most Smith M&Ps are DA revolvers the Smith semi-automatics that are called M&P can be all over the place when it comes to the action. Some are DA, some DA/SA while others seem to be striker fired SA only.
 
Bud's Guns (online) usually has police trade-in Smith and Wesson Model 10 38 special revolvers for $300 or so. A friend of mine bought one in December.

All of the handguns that the OP mentioned are ones that I own or owned and are good choices. However, $500 for a used Beretta 96 is way too expensive.

Kings Firearms Online has police trade-in Glocks and Smith and Wesson M&P's for sale for under $400. Most of them are 40 caliber, IIRC. I got an M&P 45acp from them for $249 before Christmas.
 
Affordable Handgun

Thank you for all the thoughtful replies.

As of now, I am deciding between a used Kahr CM9, priced at $299, an EAA Tanfoglio Witness in .45 caliber, priced at $289, a new Smith and Wesson SDVE 9mm priced at $349, and one of several Ruger P-Series pistols, priced in the $290 range. I am leaning towards the Kahr due to its concealability and double action trigger mechanism.
 
Keep in mind that whatever you buy isn't in stone. Once you have it and have shot it a few times if you determine that you don't really like it you can always trade it off for something else. It also may turn out that you too have MGS. (Multi Gun Syndrome)
 
I'll throw another vote to the Kahr. You can find them gently used for less than 3 bills, and its a lot of gun for that small money. It's very flat and easy to conceal, and I like the trigger. It's very reminiscent of a DA revolver trigger. The only problem is you have to order mags and holsters online because most brick and mortar stores won't carry them.
 
Macallanontherocks said:
Thank you for all the thoughtful replies.

As of now, I am deciding between a used Kahr CM9, priced at $299, an EAA Tanfoglio Witness in .45 caliber, priced at $289, a new Smith and Wesson SDVE 9mm priced at $349, and one of several Ruger P-Series pistols, priced in the $290 range. I am leaning towards the Kahr due to its concealability and double action trigger mechanism.
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When I was looking for a pocket pistol I settled on the CM9. Smoother trigger than anything else at the time. Shoots well and is reliable. Only thing I don't like is it only like to utilize the slide release to chamber a round. Racking the slide causes it to jam for some reason. That being said it has never failed to chamber using the release and that is what Kahr recommends anyway.
 
As an owner, and user of a Kahr CM9 I can say you will not be disappointed making it your choice. Only one minor issue, which just takes my effort to get used to. The dot and post sight system.
 
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