Sidearms & Scatterguns Home Defense Suggestions

[Woolsocks]

How about some recommendations for a home defense pistol? Here’s my requirements.

1. Semi-auto, not a wheel gun
2. Must have an old-school thumb safety
3. Must be Washington state compliant
4. Full-size. It’s not for concealed carry.
5. Easy to shoot accurately.
6. Not a 1911
7. One of the common calibers (9, 10, 40, 45)
8. Would like to be able to put a laser sight on it.

I don’t care if it’s metal or plastic, don’t care how it looks, don’t care how much it weighs. My upper limit would probably be $800, but if there’s a utilitarian but reliable pistol for $400, even better.

 

[CK1.0]

CZ.

Shadow, SP-01, 75B, P-01, etc… pick one.

 

[db2000]

Glock and TLR-8 G

 

[Woolsocks]

Glock and TLR-8 G

Thumb safety on a Glock?

 

[TahoeDust]

P226 SAO?

 

[Woolsocks]

CZ.

Shadow, SP-01, 75B, P-01, etc… pick one.

That’s a good option. Was also looking at a beretta PX4. The idea of the rotary barrel reducing muzzle jump intrigues me.

 

[CK1.0]

That’s a good option. Was also looking at a beretta PX4. The idea of the rotary barrel reducing muzzle jump intrigues me.

Rotary barrels are cool, but they don’t really reduce recoil so much that you’d really notice… I ran a Grand Power (rotary barrel) for a couple of seasons of USPSA and they were great, they do shoot really flat, so there is something to it though.

IIRC, the Beretta rotary’s had a habit of cracking their locking blocks, but that was years ago and I never had one myself.

 

[mrtoyz]

If you’re on the westside of WA, go to Sportco in Fife. Best prices you’ll find locally.
Pretty impressive guns for the price. Meets all of your criteria.

https://www.springfield-armory.com/echelon-series-handguns/echelon-handguns/echelon-45-9mm-handgun-manual-safety-low-capacity/

 

[RTH1800]

When you know enough to set your criteria so tightly you already know what gun you want.
Just get it.

 

[diggler1833]

^ Yep.

But I'd go M&P in 9mm since you need a thumb safety.

 

[R_A_W]

 

[Redlion]

Beretta 92G Elite Langdon Tactical Centurion 9mm 4.25" (3) 18rd Pistol, Black

Mec-Gar Beretta 92FS / M9 9mm 10-Round Magazine

 

[db2000]

Thumb safety on a Glock?

19S
The S is for super gay

 

[BurtG]

Home defense ?

Something shoulder fired

 

[Capri_Man]

S&W m&p full size in 45acp sku:11526 should fit the bill nicely, or the 10mm optics ready sku:14091.

 

[xxflyingturtlexx]

P226

 

[Aftermath]

870 unless you are a poor, then M97

 

[Woolsocks]

P226

That’s a nice peice of hardware for $1200. P320 is more in the price range, though

 

[db2000]

That’s a nice peice of hardware for $1200. P320 is more in the price range, though

It’s for home defense not suicide

 

[Budrichard]

Wilson Combat EDC!

https://wilsoncombat.com/handguns/double-stack/edc-x9-2.html

 

[ut755ln]

How about some recommendations for a home defense pistol? Here’s my requirements.

1. Semi-auto, not a wheel gun
2. Must have an old-school thumb safety
3. Must be Washington state compliant
4. Full-size. It’s not for concealed carry.
5. Easy to shoot accurately.
6. Not a 1911
7. One of the common calibers (9, 10, 40, 45)
8. Would like to be able to put a laser sight on it.

I don’t care if it’s metal or plastic, don’t care how it looks, don’t care how much it weighs. My upper limit would probably be $800, but if there’s a utilitarian but reliable pistol for $400, even better.

I have written up kind of a reliability tier list before based on owning a shooting range. Given your particular list, I would recommend a CZ P-09 Nocturne F. It is DA/SA, and has an external safety/decocker. It also has a firing pin block as an added measure. It has a modern polymer frame and a reduced weight slide which gives it a very controllable recoil impulse. You can mount a red dot, light, laser on the pistol without having to send it away to get milled. We put our F model in the rental fleet when they came out and it has something like 5,500 rounds through it. We have had no problems with it of any sort. We stuck some random Holosun dot on it and it has held up as well (it has not flung the dot down the range). I think we retail it in the $525 area but routinely sell them for less than 5.

(Just because I saw it, there is a guntube guy with red hair outlaw somebody. He has crazy man love for S&W and CZ. I am pretty sure the first Nocturne he tested had some failure to feed issues. We have not experienced any problems with our pistol nor have we had customers complain about problems).

(If you had more budget, I would include HK (usp, 45, P30), I would include the Beretta 92, I would include the Sig p226).

 

[Camelfilter]

...(Just because I saw it, there is a guntube guy with red hair outlaw somebody. He has crazy man love for S&W and CZ. I am pretty sure the first Nocturne he tested had some failure to feed issues. We have not experienced any problems with our pistol nor have we had customers complain about problems)...

Honest Outlaw.