How confident are you in your carry gun?

[repeter1977]

I trust all the various firearms that i have. Never really had any problems with any of them, but I know how to clear jams quickly as well. I will be carrying shortly, and I already have picked out a couple that I will be carrying.

 

[Bruenor]

more recently porter county had a bunch of officers trade in their back up glocks due to a little issue with them braking/ jamming in the wrong situations. I guess an officer had the gun jam and hit the perp with the glock and shattered the frame.. oops..

Wait, you're saying that the officer's Glock jammed, so he hit someone with it hard enough to shatter the frame of the gun? How strong was the cop? And what happened to the person he hit? I'm thinking that there's a touch of exaggeration with this story.

 

[ChrisBarnes]

I as well as others in this post have a Glock as my carry gun. I trust it with all my heart to fire if the reason ever came up for me to draw it in self defense.

 

[esrice]

Nothing is 100% reliable or guaranteed, but I do have a high level of confidence in the weapons I've chosen. But not so high that I don't train for failure.

 

[dsol]

Ruger 3inch SP101 flavored with good old Federal 125gr hps. Goes bang everytime, puts hole right where I point it. I practice with it a lot and while it is not some large capacity wondernine, newflavorfourty or big old 45, I have confidence in it and me with it.

Two speed strips, one with the same and I just changed out the other to hold 158gr metal piercing 357's. My good old Dad had a box of those nasty little suckers, probably from the 1970's squirreled back. I shot one, man it is a handful! That damn Colorado shooting with the nutcase in armor has got me shook up a little becasue my kiddos and I go to lots of shows, concerts, plays, ect...

 

[JetGirl]

No, then he'd only have to carry BUB (Back Up Boooolits).

Um..."she'd".

 

[Relatively Ninja]

Very very confident. I carry an XD, and I've seen videos on teh internets of people dunking it in mud and firing of a whole magazine. I take care of my toys (read: weapons) so I believe it would fire as much as I need it to, when I need it to.

 

[wolfts01]

99.999% with my Walther PPS. I have had 0 gun-related failures (new reloader here) in almost 1000 rounds, and it is more accurate and consistent than I am.

I'm more confident in it than I am in my ability to use it properly if SHTF.

 

[bwframe]

Lets see here. If I read it right, the majority of posters are confident in their gun. Be it for reported high reliability or because it was the purchase they made, thus it must be the best. It is believed that their gun will work, no matter what, to solve any self defense problem.

Worded differently, how many people are less than completely confident with their carry gun? I notice a few folks with a backup plan, but not many.

Because you have smoke detectors and fire extinguishers, do you ignore an escape plan assuming those will completely solve your problem?

 

[indyjoe]

My definition of "Carry Gun" requires 100% expected reliability.

It does not get the title of Carry Gun until 200 rounds + multiple mags of carry ammo used is through without a flaw.

 

[Glock19]

Tested and proven....

 

[eldirector]

Very confident here as well. Clean gun, plenty of range time (but not abused), factory ammo, malfunction drills, etc... .

 

[cmstuard]

100%... has to be 100%.

 

[kjf40]

100%

 

[Packing Heat]

Confident enough but Murphy's Law will challenge the infalibility of the Glock when least expected and Vegas will give you odds on the sun rising tomorrow. The better question already asked is about Plan B...

 

[Doug]

Lets see here. If I read it right, the majority of posters are confident in their gun. Be it for reported high reliability or because it was the purchase they made, thus it must be the best. It is believed that their gun will work, no matter what, to solve any self defense problem.

Worded differently, how many people are less than completely confident with their carry gun? I notice a few folks with a backup plan, but not many.

Because you have smoke detectors and fire extinguishers, do you ignore an escape plan assuming those will completely solve your problem?

If you have smoke detectors, fire extinguishers and an escape plan, do you run extension cords under the rugs and empty ashtrays into the trash cans without checking to see if they're hot?

The carry gun IS the backup plan. The brain is the first line of defense.
Situational awareness, avoidance, and de-escalation are the plan.
The carry gun is deployed after all else has failed and is used to provide an avenue of escape or threat neutralization as necessary.
It is used only "in the gravest extreme."

 

[kjf40]

If you have smoke detectors, fire extinguishers and an escape plan, do you run extension cords under the rugs and empty ashtrays into the trash cans without checking to see if they're hot?

The carry gun IS the backup plan. The brain is the first line of defense.
Situational awareness, avoidance, and de-escalation are the plan.
The carry gun is deployed after all else has failed and is used to provide an avenue of escape or threat neutralization as necessary.
It is used only "in the gravest extreme."

Well said Doug.

 

[GNRPowdeR]

If I didn't believe in it, then why the Hell am I carrying it?!?

 

[LCSOSgt11]

If one takes care of their gear, it should work all of the time. Of course, that may imply that the owner has fired the weapon enough with the choice of carry ammo to ensure reliable operation.

A reliability rate of 999/1000 is not unreasonable. It SHOULD work every time one pulls the trigger.

 

[GlockZ]

Glocks go bang no matter what. They are the AK of the handgun world. What people should be more concerned about is training. Training in such a way that you become 100% reliable.