Bryan Austin
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- Hickory, NC
Glad I can carry in the States, been carrying a Single Action Army for 15 years
Walther PPK..... because I'm a James Bond fan !
Actually the reliability concerns bring up another point. Maybe the best thing to carry, if that's your concern, is a 6-shot revolver.
Semis ARE complicated, and when they jam, fixing it is complicated. Especially in a stressful situation. You're going to have to cycle the slide, maybe clear a jam, tap the magazine, maybe rack the slide again--making sure not to short cycle it. And hope one of those things fixes whatever the complicated problem is. That is, assuming you remembered to flip off the safety.
With a revolver, if you need to clear a malfunction, you just pull the trigger again. Even if you got a squib most revolvers are built strong enough that the result of pulling the trigger again is TWO rounds go down range (and you get a massive recoil). In the same scenario your autoloader is a pipe bomb and all those complex bits of machinery--extractors, magazines, slides, and such--will be flying off in every direction.
The new and improved James Bond gun is the Walther P 99.
And try finding one of them in stock...anywhere!
I would keep it simple. Glock 19 Gen 5.
Beretta Px4 Storm Compact...or the MP 2.0
My S&W M&P 9mm. Never had a hick up and i can reliably hit with it.




























