Gallery: Choosing pistol, revolver home personal property defense
Don't get yourself fooled by what you see in movies or by the cool design of a gun: the choice of a self-defense pistol has to be made after a thorough evaluation of many features -- particularly if you're a beginner!
Bruno Ardovini
A choice that shouldn't be made light-heartedly: a handgun to be carried concealed or kept at home or in the workplace for personal and property protection is a tool your life may depend upon...
Bruno Ardovini
A picture is worth over one thousand words: unfortunately you can't hear the massive noise caused by this .357 Magnum 2"-BBL revolver fired indoors!
Bruno Ardovini
If the gun must be easy to conceal, dimensions must be well evaluated; in this case, the small semi-automatic pistol is the winner!
Bruno Ardovini
A snub-nose and a pocket-size semi-automatic pistol, side by side
Bruno Ardovini
As appealing as it is, a single-action revolver like this will be less effective as a defensive firearm than a modern polymer-framed semi-automatic handgun
Bruno Ardovini
Glocks are the progenitors, if not the ancestors, of all modern striker-fired pistols
Bruno Ardovini
Interchangeable backstraps are more and more common in semi-automatic pistols, making them more comfortable to handle
Bruno Ardovini
Such a pocket-sized pistol is perfectly apt for smaller-handed shooters
Bruno Ardovini
Even pocket-sized pistols may exploit the advantage of an interchangeable grip backstrap
Bruno Ardovini
A regrettable choice for a small-handed shooter: it will be too hard to handle the gun correctly and easily reach the trigger to fire a shot in double-acton mode
Bruno Ardovini
Beretta's 92-series full-size pistols were been conceived for open carry, and will be better used by big-handed shooters
Bruno Ardovini
Extreme temperatures are always used to test the reliability of handgun designs; we ourselves sunk this SIG-Sauer P250 deep in the snow, and it still had no problems firing after it was dug out
Bruno Ardovini
Accuracy is always welcome, even though self-defense engagements always happen at close range: this Ruger SR-1911 has been able to put five shots in one single hole from 13 meters away!
Bruno Ardovini
Many shooters frown upon modern polymer-frame, striker-fired pistols as most of them lack manual safeties -- that's not the case for Smith & Wesson's M&P line, though...
Bruno Ardovini
Full-size, Compact, Sub-compact and Back-up designs have all been conceived for a specific purpose and should never be distorted from that
Bruno Ardovini
Walther's PPQ is patterned upon the Glock philosophy: no manual safety, excellent ergonomics, constant trigger pull, excellent magazine capacity, extreme reliability
Bruno Ardovini
As far as we are concerned, the only viable way to carry a 1911-type pistol for self-defense is the "Condition One"
Bruno Ardovini
Single-action revolvers require proficiency in particular handling techniques to be effective - such as the "Fanning" on this Colt M1873 SAA "Peacemaker"
Bruno Ardovini
Left to right: .460 Smith & Wesson, .454 Casull, .45 Long Colt. Of all the three of them, only the .45 LC is a viable option for home defense - all others are overkill!
Bruno Ardovini
In case of an emergency, and if you have nothing better, these high-grade competition pistols may be used for home defense, but they're not the best choice around at all!
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