Revolver vs C3 Glock for Home Defense

[Joe Mac]

About 20 years ago while working security at a retirement center, I had to deal with a young man intent on beating up his girlfriend, a nurse. I refused to back down. He said, "Old man, you know I can whip you", and I replied "if we fight and you lose, I'm gonna climb on you and fuck you!" He left. I guess he thought I was crazy.

Yep.. Always make them think you're crazier than they are. I used to recite random Jethro Tull lyrics to throw street people off their game.

[Chuck Whitlock]

I'll take ANY pistol that is READY TO USE over any pistol that has to be manipulated.

Having said that, if you're not comfortable with a loaded Glock as your HD pistol, you're unlikely to train enough to be proficient with a pistol that has marginal sights, a heavy trigger, and relatively heavier recoil. Sounds like a bad recipe to me.

As an "out there" idea, I'd suggest a HK LEM pistol with loaded chamber and long, deliberate trigger, or a Sig DAK pistol, which are widely available for a short song in .40 S&W...

While my usual carry gun is a 1911 or BHP, my bedside gun is my P250c w/night sights.

[Borderland]

While my usual carry gun is a 1911 or BHP, my bedside gun is my P250c w/night sights.

You need a light on that. I have an HK P-30 with a light. No question about who I'm about to shoot.

[Chuck Whitlock]

You need a light on that. I have an HK P-30 with a light. No question about who I'm about to shoot.

Also on the nightstand is an early Surefire 6P (Laser Products marked) with a 1200 Lumen head and a Raven clip/ring.

I do have an early TLR-1, but my stubby fingers don't interface well with any PML switching arrangement other than a DG switch.

[MickAK]

It really is perfect for the nekkid gun sprint so you’re not flopping.

I keep a chest rig draped around the bedside safe so if I have time before I go investigate I can reholster without the reaching to the beltline motion associated with the Enigma.

I haven't considered that butt naked the cops might just shoot me on general principles.

[Lost River]

Quick video of the oldest daughter (Kimber) going to town on the steel plates with her Marlin Mountie lever action .22


https://imgur.com/XZeKEmG

I can do a link, don't know how to directly embed a video. If someone does, I would appreciate it. Ringing the steel with a lever gun puts a big smile on her face.

Watching her do it with a lever action puts a bigger one on mine.

[JRV]

There are endless debates about carrying with an empty chamber and the consensus seems to be that it’s not a great idea. A common recommendation is that person would be better off carrying a revolver.

But what about home defense? Is a revolver still the better choice over a Glock with an empty chamber on the nightstand?

There are endless debates on lots of things that are well-settled; that’s because being dumb isn’t punished by natural predators. Look at the guy from the first Iron Man movie and his theory of 1 x 1 = 2. If he was a zebra, he’d be bones on the savannah.

A revolver for home defense only make sense for (1) guns that will never ever see an ounce of preventative maintenance during a lifetime of sedentary sock drawer duty, (2) people who by some law or legal regime are bound to own a specific revolver for that purpose, and (3) degenerates who will happily sacrifice a more generally useful firearm in order to be a revolver guy.

It’s not even in the same discussion as Condition 0/1 v. Condition 3, because living situations at home are wildly different than on-body carry. Not everyone has the gun on a nightstand. They can be in the nightstand, in a biometric or simplex safe, etc. The urgency of potential one-handed utility isn’t really a thing unless you’re sleeping on a couch by the front door.