I watched a three part video series on YouTube by Scott Thorfinson, a.k.a. Mr. Holster. Scott is a former private investigator and professional bodyguard who retired to a cattle ranch on the Minnesota/Canadian border. In the first installment, Scott talked about handguns and choosing a single handgun for your main carry and self-protection. His take is that you stay with the firearm that you are best with, and that you buy two more just like it as back-ups and parts guns for the primary.
It has been an interesting series and has got me re-thinking some of my own personal system. I like, shoot and own semi-autos, but I think sometimes American gun owners who conceal carry get too caught up in having high capacity. They also get too caught up in buying and carrying several different types of handguns. I shoot the best with my S&W Model 64 revolver, however. I much prefer accuracy over capacity, especially since most citizen self-defense shootings are brief with only 1-3 rounds fired. If that is the gun that I shoot the best and have the most confidence in, then that is the gun I need to carry.
Here is the first installment of Scott's series:
Thanks, Greg for the interesting video. I also prefer accuracy and fast shooting over the gun capacity, but I take into account the capacity too (probably just to be sure?). Scott Thorfinson showed the Glock with one dot on the front sight. Great handgun! I love Glocks. Sight dots are good for fast shooting and shooting in the low-light conditions. However, I certainly shoot much better with plain black sights; therefore, I try to distract myself from any dots if I shoot at long ranges.