Skans » Today, 9:40 am » wrote: ↑
Big guns are just for fun. And, maybe home defense. I actually carry a Diamondback DB9. Ugly little 9mm, not fun to shoot, but easy to pocket-carry. I actually have to load it "weird" to make sure it operates flawlessly.
- Chambered round - hollow-point defensive round
- 1st round in magazine - high velosity, jacketed ball ammo
- 2nd round - same, ball ammo
- 3rd, 4th and 5th - hollow point defensive rounds.
It doesn't like to feed hollow points reliably if they are the first round in the magazine. But, hollow points feed ok so long as they aren't the 1st in the magazine.
This is basically what I carry - looks/prints like a wallet:
Diamondback DB9 - the good
- Very easy to carry
- Doesn't break
- Prints like a wallet
- smooth, fairly light DAO
- Fairly inexpensive
- Doesn't rust or corrode
- Don't give a **** if it gets scratched, gouged, dented, stolen, etc.
- 9mm, not .380 or other mouse-rounds
- Easy to keep hand in pocket on your gun when pumping gas late at night
The bad
- finicky with certain ammo, requires loading of different types of rounds
- Only holds 6 rounds
- awkward to shoot - accurate up to 20 feet. Won't win you any competitions
- DAO - double action only - slows your shots down a bit
- Not always easy to deploy from front pocket
- Might not scare a bad guy, so you'll likely have to shoot him.
Sometimes I carry my STI LS40
It's smaller than it looks - can actually be pocket carried. I have a pocket holster for it, different from my DB9.
Interesting...it doesn't matter as long as it repeats...guaranteed they'll think differently once a round is hurled their way....
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