Best all around ccw (anything goes)

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garyd54

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ok guys I've gotten a good response from ya'll on which is better glock or xdm. now I want to hear what YOU think is the perfect ccw for anyone and why! :rolleyes:
 
A SW Airweight snubby in .38 special or Colt Cobra/Agent. Simple to use by anyone, low maintenance, very concealable, light weight, reliable, and enough power to do the job.
 
I'll have to second K. Jim's thoughts on the airweight .38/.357s; for me, nothing carries better.
 
M&P 9C. A personal defense weapons PRIMARY function is its ability to provide appropriate firepower quickly and accurately on a target. The snub nosed revolvers, while easy to carry, are severely lacking by comparison. When loaded to sufficient power they are very difficult to shoot quickly (muzzle blast, recoil, poor sights, short sight radius, heavy triggers, etc..) or accurately (at speed) and firepower is very limited. There are many compact autos made that will trounce all over the performance of the snubs. The snubs are very versatile in carry mode, light, and reliable but the M&P compacts, Glock 26/27 and similar guns that are almost identical in size have made them obsolete in my opinion. I KNOW many will disagree but in my experience the level pf practice and effort it takes to make a snubby a viable defensive weapon just takes it out of the picture. That same level of training and practice with the above weapons will result in more accuracy, higher firepower, and with better defensive ammo and power than with the snub.

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This is true for many, but how it carries is much less of a concern to me than how it performs.
 
The OP asked about the "perfect ccw for anyone" and that's one reason I dropped out the semi-autos. For someone who doesn't shoot much, a semi-auto may be intimidating. At "average" defense distances (7 yards or less), mot people can shoot a snub revolver just fine.

I haven't found them to be particularly difficult to shoot fast or accurately at these close ranges. BTW, I have a M&P 9C and like it very much.
 
I don't know what the best is, as it's all relative to the person your asking. For me I like the Glock 26 for its reliability, concealability, and accuracy for such a small gun. That and you can always carry a Glock 19 mag and have an additional 15 rounds ready to go.
 
For pocket-carry CCW, it's hard to beat the Rohrbaugh - 9mm,more powerful than a 38, smaller, fits in a pocket.....downside - it isn't cheap
 
I don't know what the best is, as it's all relative to the person your asking. For me I like the Glock 26 for its reliability, concealability, and accuracy for such a small gun. That and you can always carry a Glock 19 mag and have an additional 15 rounds ready to go.
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I guess my favorite carry today is a Sig 239 in .40S&W.

"Best" is truly relative to the individual and the situation. If I knew there was a really good chance of being in harm's way...I would carry 1911 variant but...for the average daily carry with little chance of a seriously hostile social encounter...I carry either a Glock 27 in .40 or my little Sig...my choice mostly depends on my attire requirements.
 
I would take the Glock 26 for auto, and the S&W 638 for revolver. The 638 at first glance is one ugly gun, but shoots and carrys very well, one of my favorite handuns.
 
Well if you throw the "for anyone" into it then I would absolutely disqualify the snubby. If you think a revolver is a better choice then a 3-4 inch .38 would have all the qualities of the snub EXCEPT better sights (if you get adjustable sights), a longer sight radius, and it would be much easier to shoot with less recoil and muzzle blast. A snubby would be far from the best choice for a beginner. The recoil of the lighter snubs can be intimidating for even and experienced shooter especially the really light ones on the market now. They also don't promote practice if they are unpleasant to shoot, which is another very important part of CCW. Beginners ARE sometimes a little intimidated by autos but I think that is pretty easily overcome when the person gets familiar with it. There are several good choices of DAO fireams that also mimic the trigger of the revolvers without the safeties or whatever else may be confusing to a beginner. I prefer to impress on a new shooter the importance of familiarizing themselves with their new weapon rather then giving them a weapon that I feel is inferior to defend themselves with. I've let several new shooters try my M&P 9c. The recoil is very soft and they had a great time shooting it.
 
Either or the Glock or XD, whichever you the shooter can handle best. The M&P "C" series is nice because it's smaller than a Compact Glock but larger than a Sub-compact glock.

I'm not a big fan of snubnose revolvers, long trigger pulls and low capasity with a longer more complicated reload if you keep extra ammo on you.
 
I myself have fallen in love with a Kahr CW45, I'm use to carrying a bigger gun with the same amount of ammo or a bulkier gun with more ammo that just isn't that comfortable. The gun is small, but handles like a pussycat, I put 399 rounds through her today and not a single failure I even used a modified wilson combat mag (not really a mod just opened up the mag catch hole a bit) and no failure for the 399 rounds which 199 of them were with both a factory mag and a 1911 mag. I have on the other hand been carring her for a few days now IWB and I forget she is there most of the time.
 
If I could only have one pistol to be the best all around including CC, I'd go with a 3" Ruger SP101 in 357mag. Not to big or small, handles loads mild to wild and is SS.
 
After years of searching for my perfect CCW I've found that for me it's the HK P2000SK in 9mm. It's small enough I can conceal it in shorts and a t-shirt (with a good holster and belt of course) but big enough that I can shoot it just as good and accurate as my fullsize guns. It's light weight so I can carry it all day without it getting uncomfortable. And it's shot everything I've put through it flawlessly.
 
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Kahr, of course

Kahr is hard to beat when it comes to concealed carry, especially if your a smaller person and dress lightly like I do.
 
Smith and Wesson M&P .40-C... I don't care about a gun for "anyone" though, I'm talking about a CCW for a shooter. If a person doesn't know enough about manual of arms to operate a DAO Semi-Auto Pistol they have no place carrying a gun for social work.

Second Choice (for a recoil-timid shooter) would be a Beretta Cougar in .32 ACP.
 
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