What pistol gives you an unfair advantage?

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If you could carry any handgun you wanted, but you had to actually carry it most every day for a year, and you only wanted to carry a weapon that gave you an UNFAIR ADVANTAGE, what would you carry!

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I think this is a bit silly for a couple reasons.

One, what do you mean by unfair advantage. To me any gun I surprise an attacker with is a huge unfair advantage if I know how to use it well.

Two, most of the time I wear casual clothes so concealing a gun is pretty easy. Sometimes I dress up and need a smaller gun. And I’m also thinkingof carrying more firepower when I go to Northern Va as it’s becoming a war zone.

So for me one gun would be impossible.

But here’s what I do. XDs45 for most of the time. PF9 in a pocket holster when dressed up. And I’m thinking of adding a S&W M&P 9C when I want lots of ammo for the war zone. As in the 15 round in the gun and a couple 17 round mags extra.
 
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Yeah I'm with Hokie_PhD in that I'm not sure what you mean by "unfair advantage". Are you talking about magazine capacity, gun (your choice) versus knife (their choice), or just being armed in general? If I'm going to carry the same gun year round it's probably going to be my Kahr CM9 with a couple of spare magazines.
 
Thanks for playing. Unfair advantage means whatever it means to you.

For one person, a GP100 with 125 grain magnums might give them an unfair advantage because they are a long time revolver shooter and shoot the GP better than anything else they’ve ever tried.

For someone else, it might mean a Sig P226 because they’ve carried it for years and could field strip it at midnight, in the dark, during a thunderstorm.

Someone else might choose the Shield, with the short mag in place, because they can carry it EVERY where and they feel that gives them a HUGE, even an UNFAIR advantage.

What carry gun is so good for you, so right, easy to carry or accurate in your hands that it is almost unfair?
 
If folks want to discuss what is a good EDC, that is fine.

I find the question not to be well formed. There is no conceptualization of 'unfair' in self-defense. There is the concept that your action has to be legal.

So I'll let this go on if we want to discuss a good carry gun. Let's drop 'unfair'.
 
Hmm. I don't do much around other people except at work where my job is mainly sitting at a computer. Weight therefore is not an issue. Needs to be comfortable though so I will carry it, so shoulder holster, OWB hip, or bandolier style for open carry with attitude. I don't do anything to cause a stir of multitudes of people, so I don't necessarily need a big pile of ammo on hand.

Unfair advantage...I'm calling my advantage on range. I will take either of two options, my 15" 357 buntline for summer carry, and my tc contender 7-30 10" for winter carry to cut through heavy clothing better at ranges up to 200 yards. I have a nice little Case XX ammo rig that slides onto a belt that holds 10 rds. I figure that should be plenty for the contender, a speedstrip for the single action brings me up to 12 so i think im good there too.

Not sure why this would ever really come to fruition as there is no conceivable reason I would draw down on somebody at that range, but assuming that the reason finds me, that's what I'm going for. Engage at effective range greater than their effective range. Seems pretty one sided to me though.
 
I think maybe to reword it, the OPs question is more of what gat piece would give you marginally higher advantage over an enemy.

Either way, a gun is a gun. It doesn’t give you as much power over an enemy as one would be lead to think. I experiences that lead me to prefer a .45 acp over most carry weapons, I would say it gives me any significant
advantage over any other guy with a gun.

The fact that i have years of training, experience, and can draw and fire a tight little hammer pair in a doods chest at 15 yards in a quarter second might SEEM unfair to the guy at the recieving end of that gun. Better than him than me.

As my homie Sun Tzu would say, “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.”
 
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Btw I had a friend get carjacked. The carjacker jumped into his car at a traffic light and pulled a knife on him. My buddy pulled his 1911. Talk about a huge unfair advantage.

Yeah, unfair how that knife won't jam up like the ole .45 :neener:

I find the "unfair advantage" cliche is a marketing gimmick. Just like "Defend your legacy" and "perfection" and "watchdog/sheepdog" are all just tactical cultural buzzwords.

For me, my tactical awareness is a tactical weapon where I tactically operate my Ruger LCP in tactical environments. Because I'm a sheepdog defending against the things that go bump in the night. I am a crusader who depends against enemies at my gate.

Or some kind of cliche bumper sticker line like that...
 
Unfair advantage means whatever it means to you.
Which makes it meaningless. If we can't agree on what that term means, then this thread is pointless.

Also, if anyone thinks one specific handgun is an "unfair advantage" compared to another handgun, then they don't understand the nature of handguns. Handguns are a compromise when you can't carry a rifle or shotgun; with a handgun you gain portability in exchange for a firearm that's a relative peashooter. So when it comes to handguns, the shooter matters way more than the gun.
 
"Unfair advantage" reminded me of this quote from Jeff Cooper:

"The 1911 pistol remains the service pistol of choice in the eyes of those who understand the problem. Back when we audited the FBI academy in 1947, I was told that I ought not to use my pistol in their training program because it was not fair. Maybe the first thing one should demand of his sidearm is that it be unfair."
 
"Unfair advantage" reminded me of this quote from Jeff Cooper:

"The 1911 pistol remains the service pistol of choice in the eyes of those who understand the problem. Back when we audited the FBI academy in 1947, I was told that I ought not to use my pistol in their training program because it was not fair. Maybe the first thing one should demand of his sidearm is that it be unfair."

Now you’re getting it! Thanks for the great quote Goosey.
 
Which makes it meaningless. If we can't agree on what that term means, then this thread is pointless.

Also, if anyone thinks one specific handgun is an "unfair advantage" compared to another handgun, then they don't understand the nature of handguns. Handguns are a compromise when you can't carry a rifle or shotgun; with a handgun you gain portability in exchange for a firearm that's a relative peashooter. So when it comes to handguns, the shooter matters way more than the gun.

Not at all, Theohazard. A Glock .45 might give one person a solid sense that he had the upper hand because he LOVES Glocks, has big, strong hands and loves having lots of big, heavy bullets. The next guy might shoot Tactical Tupperware for crap and have small, arthritic hands. He might feel a 9mm Commander gives him an unfair advantage because it fits his hand perfectly and comes with a marksman quality trigger pull.

Completely different answers that are both valid and true.

Have you never shot a pistol that was so easy for you to shoot well that it almost felt like cheating? For me, it was a 5” S&W 1911 in 9mm. I rented it one day on a lark and shot a perfect Dot Torture score without even trying. It was so accurate and easy to shoot, it was almost like cheating.
 
I am at a loss to understand why any self-defense advantage would be unfair no matter how great. Unfair is a word used way too much these days. I am tired of all the whining about fairness. You know exactly who I mean. Everyone should do what is right for them. If you don't like a disadvantage, do something about it. If you don't like an advantage, you are nuts. Whining about fairness is so third grade.
 
Have you never shot a pistol that was so easy for you to shoot well that it almost felt like cheating? For me, it was a 5” S&W 1911 in 9mm. I rented it one day on a lark and shot a perfect Dot Torture score without even trying. It was so accurate and easy to shoot, it was almost like cheating.

I beg to differ. Getting it right isn't cheating or even almost like it.. It is getting it right.
 
Like the other poster said, at a distance it would be my Super Blackhawk 44 magnum with 7.5" barrel. At 50 or 100 yards it is, in my hands anyway, far superior to a smallish handgun.
 
I carry the gun I want all day every day. I practice with it a least once a week. I think that gives me an advantage in some cases, but not sure I can find anything unfair in carrying a gun legally.
 
The gun that gives me the greatest advantage (I don't care about unfair if I'm trying to defend myself) is my P320 RX as the red dot sight allows me to be on target faster.
 
I have been pondering this subject since last evening. I think i understand the spirit of the question.
I have three guns thst i carry from time to time. They each have their advantages for me. 20180318_170227.jpg
I did a little informal gong ringing and paper punching with them just yesterday, as i do every week or two.
20180318_170232.jpg The advantage of the LCP is thst it is small, light, and thin. It us 100% reliable, snd a decent shooter.
20180318_170244.jpg the officer's 1911 is very shootable, carries easily, and makes big holes in the target.
20180318_170238.jpg The ruger sr9c. If one of these three carry guns has any unfair advantages, it is this one.
Ambi safety
Light rail
Loaded chamber indicator
High capacity
Low recoil
Cheap practice ammo
Compact size
This gun lacks the cool factor for me, but it does everything a carry gun should do, and then some.
 
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