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speedsix wrote:...Semmerling's too expensive for most mortals...and is not a semiauto, either...that much money and I ain't gonna manually shuck it... http://pistolsmith.com/vintage-pistols/ ... -45-a.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...haven't studied the AMT much...but I will...thanks....

Oh don't blame ya on that, just more of a novelty. AMT ~seems~ to be a pretty nice gun. Smaller than the Kahr but not by a whole lot. Still betting it won't be fun to shoot...but even less fun to be on the receiving end

speedsix wrote:...any smaller than the Kahrs???

Semmerling .45, or the Downsizer . AMT Backup is smaller than the Kahr. I would not consider the Downsizer a legitimate gun though... even the manufacturer does not suggest shooting it more than 5 times a day.

speedsix wrote:...that'd be great advice, but even the smallest .45s are hard to pocket carry, whereas there are a lot of pocketable 9mms...sometimes you have to settle for less than the best...but you never have to settle for .380...(NOW you can shoot the messenger)...


...an interesting comparison between the smaller 9mms and the smaller QUALITY .380s shows the size of the 9mm to be minimally more...and the performance of the 9mm is much more than minimally better...I'm being serious...though some won't take it seriously...

True on that, I don't disagree. Comes to preference I suppose. I had a Taurus 709 (9 mm) that was easily concealable and didn't like it. I just couldn't shoot it well, though others could. Now I have a Sig P238 and love it... shoots easily, doesn't beat the web of my hand and I can shoot it accuratly at 25 yards with 8 rounds. Anyone would be a fool to deny that bigger calibers are better, but I don't feel undergunned with modern ammo. Better powder and computer design lets the .380's now dependably expand with quality ammo. The Buffalo Bore ammo puts the results of a .380 to be on par with a 38 special +p. BTW, there are actually a few pocketable .45's... though I wouldn't care to shoot one!

speedsix wrote:...take it back and get a 9mm...(you asked...don't kill the messenger)...

And the next guy tell you, take back the 9mm and get a .45!

Desantis pocket holster is fine. I carried that way for a couple of years, then went to a OWB holster. It is small enough it disappears under just a polo shirt and can deploy much faster.

If you put a laser on it, it will be accurate at 25 yards.

Break it in, hard to do on these mouseguns because it isn't fun.

Hornady Critical defense that reliably expands the hollow points.

Carry a spare mag... 7 rounds is small enough, but if the mag fails.... one is none/two is one.