best pocket gun

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What would be the best pocket gun for self defence? Many thanks to all who answer

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gap1916

My vote is for the Kahr line. The 9mm or the .40

BigTex

I Like the sub-compact Glocks, especially the G-29.

badboybob

I use a Kel-Tec .32 ACP. Just a pea shooter but it weighs only 10oz fully loaded. It's so light I sometimes forget it's in my pocket.

JudgeColt

bbb hit on the main issue. How big is your pocket? Depending on the size of my pocket on a given day, I start with a NAA .22 mini-revolver, go up to a Kel-Tec P-32, then a Colt Pony Pocketlite, then a Kel-Tec P-11, then a S&W M6906, then a Steyr GB, then a High Standard 10-B, then a USAS-12 with 20-round drum, etc.. I have chosen all the pistols I have listed over any others in their respective classes regardless of cost or make. As good as the Kahr pistols are, I consider them too heavy and they hold fewer rounds than a Kel-Tec P-11. The P-11 gets my vote for a pistol in that size category.

RSLINTII

AMT .380 DAO Stainless. I am around a marine enviroment and it is what I carry on and off the job. Best, Robert

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badboybob

Good grief Judge, how many o' dem tangs ya carry at once?

Rembrandt

I'll bet those Judge's robes have lots of room on the inside....could probably hide a Thompson and your lunch....

v35

Airweight 38 Chiefs Special with aluminum cylinder. Its a serious caliber and weighs 13 ounces with Crimson Trace laser sight grips and loaded with Glasers.

Tony Barnes

I love my stainless Colt Pocketlite,did some checking before I bought it,one of the lightest .380's on the market. Smaller than most .32's. No safties do deal with, double action every shot. Only down side is the hard trigger pull,but with a bobbed hammer,I guess it needs stong springs for reliability.

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royc38

I also would go with the Colt Pocketlite. I wish they would bring them back.

JudgeColt

Well, I normally do not carry all at once, but I often carry two! (I know the NAA does not even count as a gun to some, but I think it is good onion field insurance.) I carry the biggest one I can under any given set of circumstances, although I find myself carrying the Kel-Tec P-32 a lot because it is the lightest and smallest package that has any significant power. (Yes, I know the power is still very low.) The Colt Pony Pocketlite is also a nice and light package for its power level.I cannot remember the actor who played the role (was it Brian Keith?), but there was a television series where a judge carried a M1911 under his robes, maybe in a shoulder holster, and just wore shorts and a tee shirt as well. Maybe I should rig up a carry rig for the High Standard 10-B for under the robes. If someone can tell me how to sit down while wearing such a rig, please tell me!Glad to see all these other Pony fans. Maybe we should all lobby Colt to bring it back. Actually, I have heard that Colt will be returning certain guns to production. I hope the Pony is one.

jltrent

I carry a North American Arms 5-shot revolver .22 magnum hollow points. This little gun might not have the stopping power of some of your bigger calibers, but I dang sure wouldn't want to be shot by it. It is SS and by taking the wood handles off it, I have carried it in my shoe and never know it is there. It being a revolver it is easy to use and never malfunctions like some of the small semi-autos I have had.

Xracer

An airweight S&W Bodyguard (Model 38) in .38 Spl.

ishootblanks

I love my Seecamp 32. Never leave home without it!

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