Trey Veston
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My daily carry weapon is a Sig P365 w/ night sights, 12-round mag, and manual safety. I have three holsters for it; IWB leather holster, OWB DeSantis leather w/ thumbstrap, and kydex OWB paddle. All three are comfy, but I use the DeSantis leather the most often under an untucked collared shirt.
The P365 feels great, and it has met my criteria of sub 2" 5-shot groups at 25 yards. Points naturally and I have total confidence in it.
Then yesterday, my son-in-law wanted to try out three different pistols I have to see which one he wants to buy for his own CCW.
He shot my P365, my G19 Gen 5 MOS with red dot, and my G23 Gen 5 with Dawson sights.
We went to the cabin range where we had multiple paper targets for accuracy, about a dozen beer cans set up, and a steel hostage reactive target.
I let him shoot all three pistols with everything from factory ammo to my reloads consisting of match ammo and hot defensive loads. He shot at all types of targets.
He was amazed at how well the P365 shot for such a small pistol with such little recoil compared to the G19.
I had my daughter do the same and she liked the P365 the most...
Both are beginner shooters, so didn't really shoot any of them at speed. But, it looked like the P365 was the winner for all of us.
Then, I decided to show them what a higher level shooter could do. I used the P365 and fired a magazine at the reactive target, making the swinger go back and forth. I hit about 70% of my shots.
Then I picked up the G23 and did the same drill. I hit 12 out of 13 shots and was much, much faster.
My son-in-law said it was amazing how fast and accurate I was with the G23.
So, that got me to thinking that maybe I should be carrying the pistol that I am the fastest and most accurate with, if it is reasonably concealable.
I'm thinking of setting up a challenge to truly evaluate which pistol I am the most effective with. I also have a Gen 4 G23, which I have a ton of holsters for, so I hope it is as good as the Gen 5 in terms of speed and accuracy.
So, what type of targets and challenges would you set up to evaluate which pistol is the best for CCW?
Obviously, I am going to have to buy a shot timer, so hopefully can afford one the next pay period.
The P365 feels great, and it has met my criteria of sub 2" 5-shot groups at 25 yards. Points naturally and I have total confidence in it.
Then yesterday, my son-in-law wanted to try out three different pistols I have to see which one he wants to buy for his own CCW.
He shot my P365, my G19 Gen 5 MOS with red dot, and my G23 Gen 5 with Dawson sights.
We went to the cabin range where we had multiple paper targets for accuracy, about a dozen beer cans set up, and a steel hostage reactive target.
I let him shoot all three pistols with everything from factory ammo to my reloads consisting of match ammo and hot defensive loads. He shot at all types of targets.
He was amazed at how well the P365 shot for such a small pistol with such little recoil compared to the G19.
I had my daughter do the same and she liked the P365 the most...
Both are beginner shooters, so didn't really shoot any of them at speed. But, it looked like the P365 was the winner for all of us.
Then, I decided to show them what a higher level shooter could do. I used the P365 and fired a magazine at the reactive target, making the swinger go back and forth. I hit about 70% of my shots.
Then I picked up the G23 and did the same drill. I hit 12 out of 13 shots and was much, much faster.
My son-in-law said it was amazing how fast and accurate I was with the G23.
So, that got me to thinking that maybe I should be carrying the pistol that I am the fastest and most accurate with, if it is reasonably concealable.
I'm thinking of setting up a challenge to truly evaluate which pistol I am the most effective with. I also have a Gen 4 G23, which I have a ton of holsters for, so I hope it is as good as the Gen 5 in terms of speed and accuracy.
So, what type of targets and challenges would you set up to evaluate which pistol is the best for CCW?
Obviously, I am going to have to buy a shot timer, so hopefully can afford one the next pay period.