Hello:
I am buying a 45 caliber pistol for home defense. I have pretty much settled on 230 grain Golden Saber, as these seem to have been endorsed by law enforcement both for stopping power and reliability. But I don't know which pistol would work best with them. Here are some parameters of use if it helps:
1. Cost not an issue.
2. Size, handedness, accuracy, recoil, etc not an issue, as this pistol would only be used at human target no further than 10 meters away, and most likely between 1 and 5 meters, and I am a decent enough shot (with a rifle anyway).
3. Target unarmored, wearing at most a thick jacket or jeans.
4. Pistol would be stored in a cool, dry, readily accessible location in house, fully loaded without trigger lock or any impediment other than its safety. It would not be a personal carry.
5. Pistol would have NO MAINTENANCE performed on it other than the following: once every 3 months I will go to a range and fire one full magazine,
to keep it "limbered up." Unless it jams during these trial shootings, it will NEVER be disassembled, and I will have a gunsmith do the disassembling if it's a significant malfunction. After about 4-5 years, equaling about 150-200 rounds fired, I will sell and replace the pistol with the latest best model. The idea is to keep the pistol as reasonably close to "brand new" as possible.
6. As stated, the pistol would not be used for recreational shooting, and only have a net lifetime use of about 200 shots.
7. In home defense, fire rate would empty the magazine, firing at about 2 shots per second.
That's about it. My instinct was to go with a Glock 21 due to the inherent reliability of simplicity but for every article praising it I've found one trashing it, so I'm open to any make and model. In summary, what pistol is least likely to jam firing a full magazine of 45 ACP 230 Golden Sabers at about 2 shots per second?
I am buying a 45 caliber pistol for home defense. I have pretty much settled on 230 grain Golden Saber, as these seem to have been endorsed by law enforcement both for stopping power and reliability. But I don't know which pistol would work best with them. Here are some parameters of use if it helps:
1. Cost not an issue.
2. Size, handedness, accuracy, recoil, etc not an issue, as this pistol would only be used at human target no further than 10 meters away, and most likely between 1 and 5 meters, and I am a decent enough shot (with a rifle anyway).
3. Target unarmored, wearing at most a thick jacket or jeans.
4. Pistol would be stored in a cool, dry, readily accessible location in house, fully loaded without trigger lock or any impediment other than its safety. It would not be a personal carry.
5. Pistol would have NO MAINTENANCE performed on it other than the following: once every 3 months I will go to a range and fire one full magazine,
to keep it "limbered up." Unless it jams during these trial shootings, it will NEVER be disassembled, and I will have a gunsmith do the disassembling if it's a significant malfunction. After about 4-5 years, equaling about 150-200 rounds fired, I will sell and replace the pistol with the latest best model. The idea is to keep the pistol as reasonably close to "brand new" as possible.
6. As stated, the pistol would not be used for recreational shooting, and only have a net lifetime use of about 200 shots.
7. In home defense, fire rate would empty the magazine, firing at about 2 shots per second.
That's about it. My instinct was to go with a Glock 21 due to the inherent reliability of simplicity but for every article praising it I've found one trashing it, so I'm open to any make and model. In summary, what pistol is least likely to jam firing a full magazine of 45 ACP 230 Golden Sabers at about 2 shots per second?
