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Talk to me about the 45acp glocks. I have been a 1911 guy since 1988 when I got my first handgun for high school graduation from my dad. Since then I've been all over the place, but always loved the 45 well because why not?

In most of the 90's it was wheel guns for me, it wasn't until 2008 election of Barry and Michael Obama did I get into the high capacity auto loaders. Had never been a Glock (plastic gun) fan. But I wanted them because I thought for sure they would be banned... Little did we know right?

Anyhow, I got an XD 45 first, then saw the price of 9mm vs 45 and picked up a Glock 17... Still carrying wheel guns on a regular basis. Once I became comfortable with autos I decided to get a Glock 26 (this was before the subcompact craze started) and the 26 was about the only choice.

I'm 100% comfortable carrying 9mm with modern defensive ammo. But.... This is the 45 part...

Ruger just released the PCC 45 (pistol caliber carbine in 45acp)

I've never shot any gun in doors let alone 9mm or 5.56 from an AR, but as an older person with hearing loss I feel it would be very detrimental.

Secondly my wife has trouble with everything, even 380 which is her gun. So I got to thinking of this new Ruger as a home defense gun. It comes with a threaded barrel and since 45 is already subsonic I think would be the perfect home defense rifle??

Bringing it back to Glock... Well this new ruger uses glock 21 mags... I like guns with inter changing mags (my 26 can use glock 15 and 17 mags)

So now I'm thinking we should run 45 acp in glocks across the board. The glock 17 sits in the nightstand, but I could see changing that out to the 21 and get a threaded barrel and suppressor for it and have the Ruger for her with a suppressor. I think she could handle a rifle in 45 pretty good. And then use the glock 30 as a edc, especially since I could use the larger mags as well as a reload like I do currently with the 26.

I know we don't need an excuse to get more guns, but this new setup (PCC + glock 21 + glock 30) sounds bad ass.

#guns #edc #2a #homedefense #pistol #selfdefense

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Michael S Wildcard ✨ 😶‍🌫️🗽⚡ 1y ago

Come tell me this isn't the greatest home defense setup... At least for indoors, we take it outside, we'll we've got other stuff for that.

https://youtube.com/shorts/MePD25R93Kw?si=u9j7R0sedErl8QyT

Jdwagner17 1y ago

Way better support and proven design in 9mm for PCC. Noise isn’t that different, get a suppressor (if you want) or the fancy headphones that cancel out gunshots (their cheap now and work really well). Shooting a 45 in a house with no ear pro is going to shake you up the same as 9mm, pretty much. 9 gives you more tries and less recoil. In my experience, people like the 45 because it feels better or something. Many people like that have only shot 45 out of a metal frame handgun and 9 out of a polymer handgun. Wonder why they think the 9 is snappy.

You’ll make the right decision for yourself, but I think 9 has the best available PCCs and the noise isn’t a factor. Just my opinion.

772f9545... 1y ago

Ruger supports gun control.

Cost: filling a G17 mag is a little cheaper than filling a G21 (currently).

More rounds: a G17 mag has 17, a G21 has 13.

I like to pick a round and then use it across the board. Total cost of ownership is mostly ammo not the firearms. So if you are already in a bunch of 9mm and have little-to-no .45, it probably makes sense to stick with 9mm. If you are already in a bunch of .45 and have little-to-no 9mm, it probably makes sense to stick with .45. Along these lines you might want to get rid of the .380 because it's similar to 9mm but is almost as expensive as .45.

Pistols and/or shotguns are probably fine for home defense. I don't know how one can avoid hearing loss in a home defense situation.

Michael S Wildcard ✨ 😶‍🌫️🗽⚡ 1y ago

I've got both as you can see I've got a 1911 and an XD45. I probably wouldn't shoot them a lot. That's why I got 9mm in the first place, to save on ammo.

772f9545... 1y ago

Indeed. I don't have a Glock in .45 and don't remember any experience with them in .45 but I've heard nothing bad about them. I have heard bad things about 1911s from James Yeager and have seen a couple of them malfunction in easy conditions. I have not seen any Glocks or XDs malfunction in easy conditions. Not that I have seen a lot of either, I'm talking a handful.

Michael S Wildcard ✨ 😶‍🌫️🗽⚡ 1y ago

My first 1911 was a Spanish made Llama and it would jam with ball ammo. It was a cheap gun. I traded it for my sp101 in 357 which I still have. My current is a Sig 1911 and feeds everything well. Any gun can fail, but I've not had any troubles with my glocks! That's for sure.

Samuel Adams 1y ago

Sounds like a great idea to me.