Glocks are nice, it is what I carry just about everyday. As for the Beretta 92 9mm, it is a big gun, but it can be concealed. For years we had them in MPI and CID rolls, they are big and hvy, but they still can be worn that way. Now we have the Sig P228 9mm (M11) and the Sig P226 9mm tactical (M13) for our MPI, CID, and SRT agents in the military.
As for taurus, I would hardly call it a Beretta knock off, if anything in some area it out preforms the Beretta. Also it might not hurt to look into a used gun. This way you can get a high quality side-arm with out breaking the bank. A used Glock 19 9mm, 17 9mm, or 26 9mm, can be found in the 350$-450$ range.
I am how ever a glock fanatic. I love them, there not pretty, they are no frills business weapons. They have one job to do, and they do it well. There will be ppl that say H&Ks are better, and they are nice pistols, they can run right up there with the glock. In fact I would have to issues with using one..... but why pay $800 for a pistol that works the same as a 500$ pistol? Becuz its looks better you say? Well then you know nothing about self defence pistols. Looks should be very low on the list of needs.
If anything buy the Glock, and spend the money on things like extra mags, extended slide releases, exstended mag releases, mag well plugs, Perce grip mag extentions, FOBUS holster, and mag holder. Then spend the extra 75$ left over to get the slide done in a satin finish. Now you have a Glock that is custom carry ready, and will out perform an H&K easly, somthing the Glock did just fine in its stock setting.
Even then the bottom line is carry what you like, carry what works. If its stupid but it works, its not stupid. I have seen things like ruber bands wraped around grips, skate board tape on grips. Little tricks ppl have learned. Find somthing that works for you and stick with it.
In my school I have found that I have to watch what I do and say, as well what I carry. So when I am teaching a class, or whenever I am at the range, you will hardly ever see me wear the same gun everyday. Some ppl say that is a mistake, that in a shooting I may freeze and wont know how to operate the gun correctly. Well what I say to that, two shootings later I am still alive. I spend 15 hours a day at the range, partly becuz I own it, and partly becuz I enjoy it. I fire my weapon or a firearm atleast four maybe five times a day.
What I am trying to point out, once you have selected your firearm you MUST train with it. Take the weapon to the range after you buy it, fire 500 target rnds or so though it. Get use to the feel of it, how it shoots, how it recoils, what o'clock postistion is the sight picture. The load it up with no less than 200 rnds of the defensive amm you are going to load in it. Get a feel for how it shoots with the new ammo. Guns perform diffent with diffrent types of ammo. You should do this when ever you change ammo types.
Then practice drawing from the holster. Do this at home at the range. You can use snap caps. This will help you to draw faster. Try drawing your weapon from under lots of clothes, just like you would in the winter, practice drawing your weapon with gloves on. Have a friend help you with an UNLOADED AND SAFE WEAPON, OR TRAINING GUN IE TOY GUN. to practice break away drills where someone is right next to you, and you need to break away to draw and fire, practice contact shots, some weapons wont fire simply becuz they slide is being pushed back when the barrel is placed on someones body. So you will need to push the back of the slide foward while pulling your firing hand back to get off the contact shot.
Practice, practice, practice. It is the key. It becomes more and more easy as you go. At the point of you practicing this much, you will feel secure even with somthing as small as a .22. Exsample.
One night I was in the office, we had close but one of the other owners and myself were there. We were going to hang out there all night, repair the back stop and clean. (Mostly sit on our tulips eat pizza and watch DVDs in the back offce.) Our range is on the corner of a not so good part of town. I had locked my firearm up in my truck outback. We heard glass break, we had not installed the bars on the windows yet, the lights were out up front. Jarred had his Taurus PT100 .40 (basicly a Berreta 96 .40) I had nothing, in the drawer next to me was a little .38 Darrenger. I grabed that. Him and I cleared the whole building with me using a darrenger. Turns out the glass we heard break was a light in the range, that fell down after being shot earler in the day.
The next day Joel (Jarreds brother and the other co- owner) asked me if I would have been able to hit someone with it. So I went out on the range, fired both shots at 50Ft and nailed pretty much dead center. This comes from practice. I am was not born with a gift. Anyone can shoot like that. You just need to practice.
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