Poll: If you could choose your combat sidearm.

[Old Dog 19]

I have read a lot of posts talking about this or that handgun being the best for our military sidearm. I have not come across a national poll, although there may have been some somewhere. Anyway I decide to start my own poll as I wondered what the gun owning public thinks when politics and money are not part of the selection process.

 

Vote here and see the results

[Purple Patrick 638]

Can't open the link

 

 

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[67gtonut 847]

Worked for me....

 

As much as I love my M&P..... I love my 92FS also

 

I picked the M9..... 

[MidwestPX 172]

None of those.  Glock 20 would be my choice.  I'd also upgrade the AR15 design to .223AI while I was at it...

[BigBlueQ 7]

I also went with the M9, more from familiarity, but I do enjoy my 92fs. Easy breakdown, wide open ejection, and availability of parts, with a common caliber to trade for if the shtf.

[Mikeythumbs 1]

1911 all the way big bullet stops problems

[checko 180]

gimmie my 1911

[jrfly3006 42]

My choice isnt listed but was part of the new sidearm trials(before congress sh!tcanned the competition)..,15+1. .45 capability. FNX-45 Tactical

[Tack Tickle 0]

Glock 19 is all you need!!!

[usnmars 136]

1911..... 9mm doesn't cut it

[SgtToadette 59]

I voted HK45. I wouldn't trust the 1911's reliability or capacity with my life.

[Mikeythumbs 1]

Glock 19 is all you need!!!

Why the 19 if this is going to be used as a military sidearm the extra sight radius of the 17 helps plus the two extra rounds and you are not concealing it. I just feel for those reasons the 17 should be the choice if you are going glock

[Tack Tickle 0]

Why the 19 if this is going to be used as a military sidearm the extra sight radius of the 17 helps plus the two extra rounds and you are not concealing it. I just feel for those reasons the 17 should be the choice if you are going glock

Ok, looked at the poll just now. 17 it is then.

 

9mm doesn't cut it? That's just ridiculous. Military ballistic reports have put the Navy SEAL's 147 grain JHP expanding to .62 of an inch. That will cut it.

[benboga37 2]

Glock 17. Proven and very light. 

[Maksim 1,504]

HK 45 or FNP 45.  Most likely HK 45.

[Socom 19]

Glock 21 SF 3rd gen, converted to .460 Rowland.

[checko 180]

I didn't know I could choose something not on the list. I might go with the FNX 45 tact then.

[njJoniGuy 2,131]

1911 all day long

Because anything less than .45 is just that ... LESS

[bhunted 887]

Any of my HKs.. 1911 too heavy which is why I stopped carrying it in the first place.

 

 

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[tony357 386]

1911 parts are easy to find and simple design..

[Shawnmoore81 623]

Sig 229 or 226

 

 

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[Clintoon Eastwood 2]

You serious glock 17, that's gotta be a joke. Too many glock fans in the world...sad

 

1911 hands down

[GRIZ 3,369]

1911..... 9mm doesn't cut it

 

Don't get me wrong I like the 45 ACP but in FMJ loads it's not that much better than a 9.  Having carried both in combat situations I didn't feel undergunned with a 9.

 

1911 parts are easy to find and simple design..

 

You might need those parts.  I oversaw several hundred Glocl 17s, 19s and 26s for about 8 years.  When you throw out bad magazines (still rare) I can count the times a Glock broke down on my fingers.  There are many Glock 9s that have gone several hundred thousand documented rounds with no failures.  I can't say the same for 1911s as much as I like them.

[DLF 1]

Glock 18

[GRIZ 3,369]

Glock 18

 

Ever fire one?  I have.  They are somewhat controllable but you'd want to carry plenty of ammo.

[tony357 386]

Don't get me wrong I like the 45 ACP but in FMJ loads it's not that much better than a 9.  Having carried both in combat situations I didn't feel undergunned with a 9.

 

 

You might need those parts.  I oversaw several hundred Glocl 17s, 19s and 26s for about 8 years.  When you throw out bad magazines (still rare) I can count the times a Glock broke down on my fingers.  There are many Glock 9s that have gone several hundred thousand documented rounds with no failures.  I can't say the same for 1911s as much as I like them.

same old story come up with something new..  i will still take the 1911..

[carl_g 568]

They forgot the best one! Walther PPQ M1

[Tack Tickle 0]

You serious glock 17, that's gotta be a joke. Too many glock fans in the world...sad

1911 hands down

No joking going on. That would be my choice. I'm not gonna be disgruntled if you pick a Kimber or an Ed Brown... But, there are what 6-7 elite tried and true pistols in the poll and the glock is up there. So I would think that's not too sad.

 

21 oz of plastic and metal and some lightweight cartridges. That would be my choice. Now if you were to say you can only bring a pistol with no primary, I would go with a Nighthawk 1911 and carry the heavier rounds.

 

Being a combat pistol, you will always have your primary 223, 6.8, 7.62x39, 308, etc. Because as they say, the only reason to be using a pistol is to be fighting your way to your rifle...

 

As for not initially choosing the 17 for the extra 2 rounds, longer sight radius, etc... I like the compactness for the 19 and would probably be carrying the 17 mags on me. That's if I were not in the greatest of all, garden state...

[blksheep 466]

Glock 17...17 rounds....carry extended mags. Can be repaired in the field if need be with one tool and easy to carry parts.

[Tallday 10]

1911 less shots in mag but you can stop with one round!! All steel because when the ammo is out you can use it like a hammer... no spraying and praying with a 1911!