dcmdon
NES Member
I've been a mouse gun guy for 25 years.
I got my first mouse gun at the ripe old age of 21 and carried it every day. Over time I flirted with larger gun, but always ended up coming back to the mouse gun. Mainly because I'm a wuss when it comes to weight.
Over time I've learned to carry up to a G19 comfortably with a good belt and holster. But its always good to have an "anytime" gun around.
In my quest for perfection I've owned:
Beretta 950
Seecamp 25
Seecamp 32
KelTec P32
Ruger LCP
Kahr P380
Glock 42.
Except for the brief detour into the land of Keltec, each change either represented a step up in power or shootability. Usually not both.
The step up to the LCP was a definite step down in shootability.
The LCP was tiny, very reliable and eminently carryable. But it was no fun to shoot. The recoil was snappy but manageable. The problem was that the trigger guard smacked the back of my trigger finger with every shot.
Enter the Kahr. The Kahr is about the size of the LCP and is much better to shoot.
I went through more ammo with the Kahr in 6 months than I did with the LCP in 3 years. But the Kahr is like a J frame. You need to practice practice practice. Even still, when i did weak hand or moving drills, accuracy went all to hell.
I bought the Glock because I got a deal on 2 of them and thought I would sell mine after trying it out. But thats not how things worked out.
The G42 is about as big a gun as I'd want to put in my pocket. So its right at the upper edge of an "always gun".
What this extra slide and grip length got me is incredible shootability. Here is the amazing thing. I shoot the G42 better than ANY OTHER CARRY GUN i OWN, up until I get to the G17. And even that could be argued isn't a carry gun.
I can double tap head shots at 7 yards as fast as I can pull the trigger. I shoot it so much better than my larger Kahr P9 or even my G26 that I wonder which is actually a more effective human/tool combination. As the saying goes, a hit with a .380 is better than a miss with a .44.
To me, the G42 recoils about like a light wadcutter in a 686 revolver. Its nearly nonexistant. My split times when shooting for the -0 section of an idpa target are much much faster than any of my defensive sized 9mm guns. The G19 is close, but its still slower.
For me, its an epiphany. The gun is an extension of me. I can launch bullets out of it at personal best speeds with combat accuracy. I'm astonished. Its now one of my favorite guns to shoot. In fact, I shoot it so much that I'm now reloading .380.
Think about that. I'm going to continue to get better with this gun. I'm going to continue to get better at putting shots where they need to be.
If you are a shot placement trumps caliber kind of person. You owe yourself to try one of these guns out.
Don
I got my first mouse gun at the ripe old age of 21 and carried it every day. Over time I flirted with larger gun, but always ended up coming back to the mouse gun. Mainly because I'm a wuss when it comes to weight.
Over time I've learned to carry up to a G19 comfortably with a good belt and holster. But its always good to have an "anytime" gun around.
In my quest for perfection I've owned:
Beretta 950
Seecamp 25
Seecamp 32
KelTec P32
Ruger LCP
Kahr P380
Glock 42.
Except for the brief detour into the land of Keltec, each change either represented a step up in power or shootability. Usually not both.
The step up to the LCP was a definite step down in shootability.
The LCP was tiny, very reliable and eminently carryable. But it was no fun to shoot. The recoil was snappy but manageable. The problem was that the trigger guard smacked the back of my trigger finger with every shot.
Enter the Kahr. The Kahr is about the size of the LCP and is much better to shoot.
I went through more ammo with the Kahr in 6 months than I did with the LCP in 3 years. But the Kahr is like a J frame. You need to practice practice practice. Even still, when i did weak hand or moving drills, accuracy went all to hell.
I bought the Glock because I got a deal on 2 of them and thought I would sell mine after trying it out. But thats not how things worked out.
The G42 is about as big a gun as I'd want to put in my pocket. So its right at the upper edge of an "always gun".
What this extra slide and grip length got me is incredible shootability. Here is the amazing thing. I shoot the G42 better than ANY OTHER CARRY GUN i OWN, up until I get to the G17. And even that could be argued isn't a carry gun.
I can double tap head shots at 7 yards as fast as I can pull the trigger. I shoot it so much better than my larger Kahr P9 or even my G26 that I wonder which is actually a more effective human/tool combination. As the saying goes, a hit with a .380 is better than a miss with a .44.
To me, the G42 recoils about like a light wadcutter in a 686 revolver. Its nearly nonexistant. My split times when shooting for the -0 section of an idpa target are much much faster than any of my defensive sized 9mm guns. The G19 is close, but its still slower.
For me, its an epiphany. The gun is an extension of me. I can launch bullets out of it at personal best speeds with combat accuracy. I'm astonished. Its now one of my favorite guns to shoot. In fact, I shoot it so much that I'm now reloading .380.
Think about that. I'm going to continue to get better with this gun. I'm going to continue to get better at putting shots where they need to be.
If you are a shot placement trumps caliber kind of person. You owe yourself to try one of these guns out.
Don