Hello! I recently bought a used Glock 17 (pretty great condition) and have a few questions maybe someone could help me out with.
1. Is a light or a laser a better fixture on a sidearm? I dont live with family, and the few i have over, wouldnt be in pitch blackness for me to ID them as we leave lights on in most major rooms any opinions or real use for a light on a Glock 17?
2. I hear hollow points are standard for self defense, and on that note does anyone know how much a 9mm hollow point would penetrate before it was totally ineffective? I.E. the bad guy hides behind my couch taking pop shots at me, can i return fire and expect to hit him?
.3 Take the above question to a wooden door, personally what I figure i'd do in a self defense situation (and recently I almost had one, or thought I did, heard a loud noise some shuffling around and for the first time pulled out my side arm and locked and loaded, I was also shaking, dont laugh) once I was sure it was not someone I knew and it was someone that wasn't supposed to be there, i'd probably let some rounds through the door crouch down and call the police where i'd stay there covering the general direction of where I think the intrusion is. Would that be a waste of my precious rounds? or would it go through the door not being a full metal jacket?
Thanks! -Darkwolf
1. Is a light or a laser a better fixture on a sidearm? I dont live with family, and the few i have over, wouldnt be in pitch blackness for me to ID them as we leave lights on in most major rooms any opinions or real use for a light on a Glock 17?
2. I hear hollow points are standard for self defense, and on that note does anyone know how much a 9mm hollow point would penetrate before it was totally ineffective? I.E. the bad guy hides behind my couch taking pop shots at me, can i return fire and expect to hit him?
.3 Take the above question to a wooden door, personally what I figure i'd do in a self defense situation (and recently I almost had one, or thought I did, heard a loud noise some shuffling around and for the first time pulled out my side arm and locked and loaded, I was also shaking, dont laugh) once I was sure it was not someone I knew and it was someone that wasn't supposed to be there, i'd probably let some rounds through the door crouch down and call the police where i'd stay there covering the general direction of where I think the intrusion is. Would that be a waste of my precious rounds? or would it go through the door not being a full metal jacket?
Thanks! -Darkwolf