New Carry

[Masherbrum]

Personally, I regularly shoo tmy USP 45.  I have yet to have any problem with it.  The gun is 9 years old and I have owned it for 5.  I have thrown almost 4000 rounds through it.  I bought used from my Uncle.

I am looking at EITHER:

HK USP Compact .40

or the

Glock 23 (my buddy has the "C" model and I love it)

Karaya

[Tarmac]

Let us know what you decide, martlet.  I'm looking at getting a 239 as well.  I've been carrying a P226 and think the thing is great, but I'll need something smaller when summer rolls around and winter coats won't cover it up.

[Maverick]

Laz,

Yup I do like the glocks. I hated them when I first saw them. They were the UGLIEST darn thing I had ever seen on a range. Then I made a terrible mistake. I shot one. Did a qualification with a borrowed one and got almost the same score as my regular weapon.

For off duty I was carrying an Officers model .45. Loved it but the Glock was SO much lighter and had over double the number of rounds.

I switched from duty carry with a S&W 66 to the Glock 17, later a 19. I kept the 19 for the last 10 years on the dept. and still have it. I also have the old first duty gun (bought it from the Dept.) and my first off duty a S&W 66 in 2.5". I have a hard time parting with the ones I used when I needed to depend on them.

[lazs2]

yep... matter of taste and... how it feels in your hand and... what you expect a gun to perform like...

I think trigger feel is like that.  I was used to the letoff of a good single action or double action revolver and hated the auto stuffers... till the Kimber.  NO ONE complains about the feel of the Kimber trigger or my revolvers..  

The Ruger 45 was quite simply one of the worst triggers it has been my misfortune to wrestle with..  glocks and most other double action semi autos are bad too for me but nothing like the horrible takeup and feel of the Ruger 45.  Even my CZ clone was not that bad.

As far as recoil goes... I honestly never realized that people thought .45's recoiled much.  

But....If the gun feels good to you and is reliable then that is the one you should have.  

Unless it is a 22 I simply can't shoot any other semi auto as accurately or as pleasantly as the Kimber 45.

I am a glutton for punishment tho so someday I will revisit the 38 super (especially if Kimber makes one) or get interested in the 357 sig round in a 1911 style.

lazs

[Dune]

Was at the range today with my Gov't Model and 9mm CZ 75.  Like Lasz said, it's all in how the gun works with you.  CZ shot like a dream, although about 2 inches left at 20 feet.  And Betty (my .45) shot like like she always does.  Very, very well  

And I agree, Glocks just don't do it for me.  They shot well and are very reliable.  But they look like hell and feel weird.