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I carry a Beretta 9000/40. Great gun. But the new PX4 in a 40 is the gu to have. Muzzle volecity and knock down. Many law enforcement offices are changing from 9mm to 40 s&W. The perfect slot from a 45 to a 9mm

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Or, if you just have to have something bulky... theres always a USP .45.:D

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Looked at the USP45... didn't care for the grip especially, nor the location of the safety/decocker. I might consider an LEM model, and I do like the feel of the USP45 Compact grip. Still, I am pretty much narrowed down to the DW 1911 CBOB 10mm or a SIG P220 SAS Carry... and based on what I'll be using it for, I'm thinking that I'd like to carry a 1911 again more than I'd like to carry a Sig again.

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I've always found the full size USP a tad big as well. However, i'm not a .45 guy...never have been. I love my USPc 9mm. It disappears under a tshirt, its ultra reliable, and i can shoot better with it than any Sig or 1911. It's the pistol for me.

You'll find something. :D

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You could always split the difference and go with a Sig 1911 although to tell the truth, I'd rather have the DW 1911.

I have a real problem with the position of the decocker and slide release on the sigs as a lefty and a weak hand only situation might be something to think about with a carry gun.

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I carry a Beretta 9000/40. Great gun. But the new PX4 in a 40 is the gu to have. Muzzle volecity and knock down. Many law enforcement offices are changing from 9mm to 40 s&W. The perfect slot from a 45 to a 9mm

I had a Beretta 9000 in .40 and hated it. I was all over the silhouette with it. Bought a Browning Hi Power (9mm) and took them both to the range. Again, I was all over with the .40 and all my shots were in the 9 ring or better with the BHP. A couple of weeks later when the next Goodman show rolled into town I traded my 9000 for a 2nd Hi Power.

I'm equally as accurate with the .45 in my 1911s. I just never bonded with the snap of the .40

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To the OP, you're over thinking this. Just get a 1911 and be done with it. :koolaid:

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Eddie, I think I've already discussed my love of the D-Dub CBOB with you. That's my pick, and I think getting it in 10MM is the choice I would make myself. I've shot the CBOB in.45 and it was great. I only shot 2 mags worth, but they were flawless and went where I was pointing. The only other 1911 I've shot that I was more accurate with was Disney's Kimber, but I think there's something about that one particular gun that makes it so great, so that doesn't count!

GO DW!!

Oh, you also need to buy it so I can shoot it!

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I can afford to go to a pistol which is a bit larger for occassional carry. So, I'm thinking about a .45acp handgun along the lines of a Sig P220 Carry, an XD-45, or one of the new FNP-45s... but part of me leans heavily towards a Dan Wesson Bobtail Commander in 10mm or .45acp.

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Well since your rolling in the dough,why not appease the gun gods and get them all :koolaid:

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'afford' as in I can afford to get a bigger gun because I have something else that is concealable...

:koolaid:

...I wish though... I would.

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I've been hearing some horror stories recently about P220 reliability... not sure how I feel about that.

You're joking, right?

There are no horror stories about 220s, except from die hard 1911 fans who cant stand the idea of a .45acp being totally reliable.

Only issue I ever heard of was with the P220 stainless and some of the slides had cracking issues.

It's a manufactured item. Anything made by man is subject to problems.

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No, seriously, it seems that the newer P220s are having extractor problems here and there which are taking multiple trips back to the factory to fix.

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No, seriously, it seems that the newer P220s are having extractor problems here and there which are taking multiple trips back to the factory to fix.

Translation: One guy had this problem and posted it to every internet forum he was on.

The newer P220s use an external extractor, which is pretty simple to get right. I would have to see this first hand to take it seriously.

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You know that I liked my P220 Carry SAO. You also know that I traded it off. Why? Too bulky given that there are plenty of other options for a reliable .45ACP in packages slightly smaller and more concealable.

I carried the P220 Carry SAO once and that was for 9+ hours in a VM2 holster. It was nowhere near as comfortable to carry as my HK P2000 or my 1911.

What about the HK 45C? Or the forthcoming M&P 45c? Those two really float my boat lately.

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I'd probably consider the M&P45c, but I didn't care for the DA trigger pull of the HK45c which I handled the other day.

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I had a dream last night that I was shooting a Dan Wesson CBOB...

Did you hear a voice from a burning bush at any time during this dream? It's clearly a John Moses Browning sort of thing happening here if you did. :D

molonlabetn Prolific Contributor

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Did you hear a voice from a burning bush at any time during this dream? It's clearly a John Moses Browning sort of thing happening here if you did. :D

No... but I was naked.

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No... but I was naked.

That's odd... Joe's told me that you are naked in most of the dreams he has of selling you new handguns. :D

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You know that I liked my P220 Carry SAO. You also know that I traded it off. Why? Too bulky given that there are plenty of other options for a reliable .45ACP in packages slightly smaller and more concealable.

I carried the P220 Carry SAO once and that was for 9+ hours in a VM2 holster. It was nowhere near as comfortable to carry as my HK P2000 or my 1911.

What about the HK 45C? Or the forthcoming M&P 45c? Those two really float my boat lately.

The HK .45C gives me a woody. I've thought about trading my USP towards it.

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The HK .45C gives me a woody. I've thought about trading my USP towards it.

Supposedly my brother is working on getting one of them to replace his Wilson Combat 1911. I'm going to have to shoot his a few times once he does. :D

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