Hiking/Backpacking Sidearms; My Choices

thomasFATCAT said:
these are my sidearms for hiking in jungle.
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What steel is that?:eek:

Nice Sig BTW. I love mine.
 
I own a S&W Airweight Model 637. When wearing it, I hardly notice its weight at all. I have it loaded with some very effective .38 Special ammunition, and have practiced enough with it to ensure I can place all 5 rounds where I want them at any reasonable handgun engagement distance. It's quite handy around the ranch as well, for varmints.

Ron
 
I'm amazed to see how quickly men write off a woman's ability to handle a semi-auto pistol. Last year my wife and I extensivly shopped for and purchased a SD pistol for her. She picked out what she wanted and felt comfortable with. She has had no problem handling her 9mm XD subcompact. Additioanlly I paid for her to go to a firearms academy and to be professionally instructed. After three all day seasons she was shooting better than most men and is confidant in her ability to use her pistol if needed.
 
James 61 said:
I'm amazed to see how quickly men write off a woman's ability to handle a semi-auto pistol. Last year my wife and I extensivly shopped for and purchased a SD pistol for her. She picked out what she wanted and felt comfortable with. She has had no problem handling her 9mm XD subcompact. Additioanlly I paid for her to go to a firearms academy and to be professionally instructed. After three all day seasons she was shooting better than most men and is confidant in her ability to use her pistol if needed.
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I've seen it a million times. I agree with you 100%. Have you been to the academy? :D

Andy
 
Andrew Colglazier said:
I've seen it a million times. I agree with you 100%. Have you been to the academy? :D

Andy
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I have not. I sent her to Firearms Academy of Seattle - FAS which came highly recommended and from my research has their act together. I've been meaning to go myself and see about brushing up on my skills. I was military trained over ten years ago and while I shoot as much as I can I'll be the first to admit I can always learn to be better.

Here is a link
http://www.firearmsacademy.com/default.htm
 
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James 61 said:
I have not. I sent her to Firearms Academy of Seattle - FAS which came highly recommended and from my research has their act together. I've been meaning to go myself and see about brushing up on my skills. I was military trained over ten years ago and while I shoot as much as I can I'll be the first to admit I can always learn to be better.
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You were smart to have your wife trained professionally, she likely wouldn't have responded so well to you.

You'll be even smarter to go and get the training for yourself. Never met anybody who regretted getting quality firearms training. :thumbup:

Andy
 
Andrew Colglazier said:
You were smart to have your wife trained professionally, she likely wouldn't have responded so well to you.

You'll be even smarter to go and get the training for yourself. Never met anybody who regretted getting quality firearms training. :thumbup:

Andy
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When I was carrying as part of my job I subscribed to all kinds of Firearms magazines and in one of them a regular columnist talked about the perils of teaching a spouse/girlfriend how to shoot. It was either Clint Smith or Mossad Ayaob but I can't remember exactly who it was now. Regardless the advice was sound and I listened.

No disagreement on getting more training. Unfortantly it is not in the budget at this point. I've been shooting with a friend who is a grad of their advanced programs and has been helping me with refining my technique. The wife came home with a bunch of training material and a book I've been meaning to look through to see what I can glean.
 
mtnfolk mike said:
great looking stuff andrew...:thumbup: i like glocks too...:thumbup: i have been meaning to get one for a while.. i wish we could carry handguns in the backcountry here in CA...:(

i really like that chest pack/holster.. those things are cool.. a buddy of mine has one..
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You can open carry in unincorporated land. National Forests allow it.
 
After a long debate, I decided to redeem my Glock certificate for a Model 20. It seemed ideal for a number of reasons.

I've fired less than 100 rds thru it. I read on 10mmtalk.com that there had been some frame cracking problems. I checked mine out and while mine was fine where others had seen failure, I found two cracks on the inside of the frame. The pic shows the worse side of the two. :(

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A properly set up 1911 is hard to beat for a woods gun, if the main purpose is for trail defense.

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Ron53 said:
I own a S&W Airweight Model 637. When wearing it, I hardly notice its weight at all. I have it loaded with some very effective .38 Special ammunition, and have practiced enough with it to ensure I can place all 5 rounds where I want them at any reasonable handgun engagement distance. It's quite handy around the ranch as well, for varmints.

Ron
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I thought about buying an S&W Air weight .44magnum as a bear defense gun for I when I go camping in Grizzly country. But I am just not as accurate, fast, or as comfortable as I am with a semi auto. To bad the Springfield XD doesn't come in 10mm. Anyone here packing a gun that shoots .50AE or .44 mag semi auto?
 
I'm quite happy with a S&W 327, which is an 8-round N-frame .357 magnum revolver, for hiking carry. Paired up with a Simply Rugged pancake holster, it's comfortable and easy to carry.
 
I bought a police trade in Sig P225 recently. it's a single stack 9mm. If you are right-handed, it's not a bad gun. Sig quality, smallish grip, and $279 is a reasonable price. It came with 2 mags and a ridiculous holster. They shoot easily and my wife likes to shoot it also. It is, however, a very right-handed weapon.
 
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