Handgun recommendations

I had the Bodyguard a while...probably 300 rounds through it. I sold it because I rarely carried it and the ammo was too pricey vs. 9mm. I ended up not liking pocket carry, and a slim 9mm is a better choice for belt carry.

The gun was reliable but one thing I really disliked was the stiff DA trigger pull and long reset. Yes, it's not meant for target shooting, but a trigger that heavy, on a gun that tiny, made for some difficult aiming for me. I preferred the Taurus .380 (whatever it was called...TCP?) because its DA trigger was so much smoother. Maybe the Bodyguard trigger would've improved over time and use, but I wasn't willing to invest that much .380 ammo to find out :)
 
Also avoid the LCPII, apparently its not designed to be carried with a round in the chamber. Do a forum or google search to learn more about it.
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Do enough forum searching, and there would not be a gun on this planet that could be safely carried with a round in the chamber.
The LCP II has a trigger not much different than a Glock, and most other striker fired guns. Maybe if the slides on striker fired guns were see through more people would understand that their "hammer", the striker, is cocked. It's just than on the LCP II it's visible.
As for owner manual warnings, lawyers have been writing them with warnings against carrying with a round in the chamber fot as long as we have been living in a lawsuit crazy world.
 
I got my G17 used in 1989 out in Los Angeles, CA for $450.00 in 1989. Lots of cops are selling their Glocks (being replaced by newer ones). BTW, my G17 has never jammed on me, and it weighs just 32 ounces fully loaded.
 
I don’t see any need to spend a butt load of money when I can get something a little less expensive that will be just as reliable and still get the job done.
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But you still haven't helped in getting suggestions by stating what "job" you want the gun to do.
Is it for concealed carry? What type of concealed carry?
Is it for home defense?
Would it be used to just keep in a vehicle?
Is it to be just a range toy?
Or, do you just want to buy a gun?
 
Not going to recommend a gun for someone else but I own the lcp and I put a laser on it and it seems to be of good quality gun I like it. I use it for backup carry gun. I wouldn't buy it for home defense though get something bigger if it's just for home defense. And when I say bigger I don't mean a 380 isn't sufficient enough to do what you need but bigger as in a full size pistol for home defense but as far as pocket carry gun the lcp is nice and small
 
I carry a Ruger LC9 with the built in crimson trace. Laser activates as soon as your middle finger grasps under the trigger guard. at 21 feet can stack ballistic hollow points between optic nerves.

Personally though, I would only carry a wheel gun, unless you put a BUNCH of rounds down range, and practice, practice, practice clearing dead rounds and jams.
 
Thankfully that's just you on the wheelgun. I have a couple of semi autos that have never failed on me yet. A couple of others that stove piped on other shooters who were limp wristing, and a couple others that have never jammed with proper mags.
 
Don't let anyone argue you out of a laser. Most felons are probably not going to attack/break in at high noon on a sunny day.

Crime happens in low light for a reason.

Practice with both sights though.

I spent 13 years looking through iron sights, here to tell you, would rather have a laser then not. Anyone can ramble all the doo doo they like, but when the shooting starts a laser in low light will aquire and HIT your target faster then open sights for everyone except Wyatt Erp.

If you have never been in combat, or shot at....LOADS different then paper targets, combat courses, and x-box.
 
I would not bother with a red laser. They are pretty useless most of the time. The green laser sights are about 10 times more effective than the red. I have one on a 9mm carbine that will just about light up a dark room and is visible in sunny daylight.
 
Most felons are probably not going to attack/break in at high noon on a sunny day.
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And they are not going to happen at distances requiring an electronic gimmick either. Actually, nor even sights for that matter. Money spent on ammo to learn and practice instinct shooting is much better spent than on circuits and batteries that Murphy's Law says could quiye possibly fail at the most crucial time.
If you have the extra $ for the laser go ahead and put one on for that once in a thousand chance you might need it. But more importantly learn, and shoot without it first.
But then who am I to say this in opposition to the "professionals" on TV, anf Youtube that get paid to sell them?:eek:
 
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Well, I would rather be able to shoot with both, and have both. I have seen men in combat miss at 10 feet. It's real easy to say how you will react when no one is shooting at you. Course I guess your right, TV professionals and those that sell lasers get the last word.
 
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