What's in YOUR nightstand? (Home Protection Handgun Set-Ups)

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Posted: 1/6/2006 5:07:29 PM EDT

I currently have a Smith & Wesson Tactical .40 loaded with Ranger SXT's as my nightstand bump in the night go-to gun.

While I am profecient with it, I find myself disliking the idea of a decocker/safety device on my pistol. I think that at 2am the less bells and whistles I have to worry about, the better.

I am considering switching to a Glock 21 with night sites and a Surefire X200 on it for a new nitestand gun.

Pros:
-BG's dislike the taste of .45
-13rd capacity is a plus
-Safe action = point and pull reliability (no decocker/safety to foul the engagement)

Cons:
its not a 1911

What do YOU trust YOUR life with?

ETA: What about lighting? Seperate flashlight..gun mounted light?

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:08:49 PM EDT

[#1]

Springfield 1911 or H&K USP 40.

Mrs gorilla opts for the Taurus model 85 .38 snub.

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:10:05 PM EDT

[#2]

my AR loaded with sierra 60 grain hollow points.

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:10:28 PM EDT

[#3]

Glock 35

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:10:41 PM EDT

[#4]

1911

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:12:53 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
my AR loaded with sierra 60 grain hollow points.

+1

Never bring a pistol to a riflefight...

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:13:25 PM EDT

[#6]

Springfield 1911 on the night stand, and a Rem 870 with 5 shells on the dresser on the other side of the bed.

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:14:49 PM EDT

[#7]

Beretta Storm with a Surefire Light.

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:15:46 PM EDT

[#8]

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:15:59 PM EDT

[#9]

P7 PSP

I like that I can put it in the pocket of my robe without concern of an AD.

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:16:02 PM EDT

[#10]

Sig P-220, with Tirjicon night sights, with both mags loaded up with some 200gr Hp's

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:19:26 PM EDT

[#11]

Springfield 1911,and an XM177E2 clone

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:21:42 PM EDT

[#12]

SW 686 with glasers
Flashlight
Extra speedloader with Fed Hydras

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:22:16 PM EDT

[#13]

Sig P220 with a couple of extra mags...

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:23:01 PM EDT

[#14]

no handguns, but theres a 12ga 870 between my headboard and my matress. 1st nrd light target, then 2 00 bucks, and 3 1oz slugs.

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:25:03 PM EDT

[#15]

G21 witn a M6.

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:26:21 PM EDT

[#16]

A .45, a big Buck knife, and a bunch of condoms.

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:26:40 PM EDT

[#17]

Sig P220 with 230+P grain Federal HST
XD 9MM SC with 124 grasin Federal HST
Mossberg 500a Persuader with Federal Reduced Recoil 00 buck under the bed.

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:27:25 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
Sig P-220, with Tirjicon night sights, with both mags loaded up with some 200gr Hp's

Nice. How do you like it with that gr. weight? I've been trying to find a 220 locally to pick up for a decent price.

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:28:09 PM EDT

[#19]

One of these:

And one of these:

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:28:32 PM EDT

[#20]

a customized BHP loaded with Ranger T's

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:29:27 PM EDT

[#21]

A glock 36 with 2 extra mags, Surefire 6P & a flashbang. My RRA M4gery sits next to the nightstand so Iguess it doesn't count.

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:30:10 PM EDT

[#22]

G19 - extra mag - Streamlight Scorpion

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:31:39 PM EDT

[#23]

HK USP Compact stainless .40 and a Sig Sauer P228

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:33:02 PM EDT

[#24]

AR at the foot of the bed with duplexed mags, 870 tactical mag with 7 rounds of 00 in the tube + 6 on a side saddle between the bed and the wall, a redhawk 44 mag and a blackhawk 44 mag on the headboard, 1911, and a .357 snubby on nightstand as those are my carry guns and get picked up in the morning. Yeah I think I'm well enough armed at night.

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:33:19 PM EDT

[#25]

Screw a handgun, I've got an ar and a shotty.

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:33:27 PM EDT

[#26]

Glock 37 w/ M3 Illuminator
Glock 23
Surefire E2D
Mossberg 590 in the closet

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:33:50 PM EDT

[#27]

USP 45 w/night sites and 18 inch Stevens 311 SxS 12 gage

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:38:44 PM EDT

[#28]

Sig2229rd with m3 light loaded and locked across the room in my gun locker. Kids in the house and my wife tells me I do weird shit in my sleep... so I tore a picture off the wall one night while I slept... big deal. Better safe than sorry. I want to make sure I am awake before I grab a loaded gun.

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:46:23 PM EDT

[#29]

Sorry everyone had a couple after a long day at work. I meant to say SigP229R .357sig. Also have a loaded S&W model 19 .357mag and a Colt Series 70 45ACP in the gun locker. Choices, Choices, Choices... sure hope they don't get me killed... Yea I said they were loaded. What good is an empty gun??? I am the only one with a key to the locker.

Posted: 1/6/2006 6:08:47 PM EDT

[#30]

G-21 with trijicon's with M3 and speer 230 grain gold dots

M4 with surefire M96 series with 225 lumens bulb in it.

Posted: 1/6/2006 6:14:28 PM EDT

[#31]

Posted: 1/6/2006 6:17:35 PM EDT

[#32]

my Colt Commander .45 acp w/ speer 230 gr. hp

Posted: 1/6/2006 6:18:17 PM EDT

[#33]

Glock 23 w/ LaserMax, Trijicons, M3, Hydrashocks.

If that aint enough:

Bushy M4gery w/ light, EOTech, bayonet, 4 30 rnd mags

Which reminds me, I gotta re-load the Beta-Mag.

Those burglers are soooo fucked.

Posted: 1/6/2006 6:19:42 PM EDT

[#34]

Mrs Colt_SBR has my old S&W Mod 64. She's deadly with it.

I have my backup/off duty Glock 26 with a Lasermax.
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Posted: 1/6/2006 6:20:39 PM EDT

[#35]

USP 45 and G21 on rotation.

Posted: 1/6/2006 6:37:18 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
Quoted:
my AR loaded with sierra 60 grain hollow points.

+1

Never bring a pistol to a riflefight...

I want pics of these palaces that you guys who say this live in. Unless you live by yourself on 20+ acres and you have 10000 sq foot homes and the ability to shoot unobsructed over 50 yrds indoors you guys using your rifles as home protection are gonna be fucked when ya shoot the bad guy kill him and the bullet goes thru your next 2 neighbors houses and hit one of them. The longest shot I can make unobstructed inside my house is approx 25 '. I think hand guns and skatter guns are more then enuff for in home protection. And to answer the original question SA 1911 ultra compact.

Posted: 1/6/2006 7:36:14 PM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
my AR loaded with sierra 60 grain hollow points.

+1

Never bring a pistol to a riflefight...

I want pics of these palaces that you guys who say this live in. Unless you live by yourself on 20+ acres and you have 10000 sq foot homes and the ability to shoot unobsructed over 50 yrds indoors you guys using your rifles as home protection are gonna be fucked when ya shoot the bad guy kill him and the bullet goes thru your next 2 neighbors houses and hit one of them. The longest shot I can make unobstructed inside my house is approx 25 '. I think hand guns and skatter guns are more then enuff for in home protection. And to answer the original question SA 1911 ultra compact.

Look guy, .223 rounds are less likely to go through your neighbors house than a 9mm round. If a shotgun or a pistol is "good enough" for you, fine. Don't criticize others until you know what you are talking about. There is a very good reason most police forces have switched to ARs from MP5s.

Posted: 1/6/2006 7:40:23 PM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:
I want pics of these palaces that you guys who say this live in. Unless you live by yourself on 20+ acres and you have 10000 sq foot homes and the ability to shoot unobsructed over 50 yrds indoors you guys using your rifles as home protection are gonna be fucked when ya shoot the bad guy kill him and the bullet goes thru your next 2 neighbors houses and hit one of them. The longest shot I can make unobstructed inside my house is approx 25 '. I think hand guns and skatter guns are more then enuff for in home protection. And to answer the original question SA 1911 ultra compact.

you sir are pretty damn ignorant. my carbine is more accurate than any handgun I own at the limited ranges I have in my apartment, and I wont have to worry about making the moving head shot if someone is wearing soft body armor, which your .45ACP has little to no chance of defeating. I also know from personal experience that .223 will drop a human far more effectively than damn near any handgun, and I have complete confidence in the weapon.
btw, I live in a shithole 2 bedroom apartment.

Posted: 1/6/2006 7:41:18 PM EDT

[#39]

All rounds - with the possible exception of birdshot - will penetrate walls. Know your target and what's behind it.

I have an m4gery next to my bed. And an A2 under it. And a 1911 in a drawer.

Pistols are used to fight your way to your rifle. Besides, I don't live near neighbors, unlike you city folk.

Posted: 1/6/2006 7:43:35 PM EDT

[#40]

i keep my G22 with gold dots and 7 spare mags on the nightstand in a oldschool tupperware case without a top.

leaning agaist my bed is my rem 870 tactical magnum with 00 buck. i dont keep one in the chamber in this so i can make that racking sound that makes all the bad guys shit there pants.

Posted: 1/6/2006 7:48:58 PM EDT

[#41]

B eretta 92 full of 115 gr. cor bons

Posted: 1/6/2006 7:56:19 PM EDT

[#42]

Springfield XD/9 and a Streamlight Ultra stinger.

Posted: 1/6/2006 7:57:47 PM EDT

[#43]

G19 with Winchester SXT's and a light.

Posted: 1/6/2006 8:08:15 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:
A .45, a big Buck knife, and a bunch of condoms.

Boy, you want to make sure you reach for the right thing depending on what you are doing...

Posted: 1/6/2006 8:09:26 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:

I want pics of these palaces that you guys who say this live in. Unless you live by yourself on 20+ acres and you have 10000 sq foot homes and the ability to shoot unobsructed over 50 yrds indoors you guys using your rifles as home protection are gonna be fucked when ya shoot the bad guy kill him and the bullet goes thru your next 2 neighbors houses and hit one of them. The longest shot I can make unobstructed inside my house is approx 25 '. I think hand guns and skatter guns are more then enuff for in home protection. And to answer the original question SA 1911 ultra compact.

You, sir, need to get hip to the Box O' Truth

ETA: Currently in rotation, no pics of this week's AR tho.

Forgive the shitty camera phone pic

Posted: 1/6/2006 8:09:55 PM EDT

[#46]

Glock 17 w/ night sights and Surefire light affixed.. 4 extra mags 1 thirty two round G18 mag... all loaded with 127 gr +P+, flashbang, and a 11-87P w/ Surefirelight and plenty of OO Buck....

When they come I'll try not to giggle and let them know I'm waiting....

Posted: 1/6/2006 8:10:06 PM EDT

[#47]

Springfield PX9109L
2 x Wilson Combat 47Ds loaded with 230gr. Winchester Ranger XTs
2 x Wilson Combat 47Ds loaded with 230gr. Federal Hydra-Shoks
1 x Tactical Glass of Water
1 x Tactical Beverage Coaster
1 x Sharper Image Daylight Spectrum Lamp
1 x Civilian Box of Tissues
1 x Horrible Alarm Clock
3 x Remote Controls (Hey, I'm a man.)

Inside the drawer is my other form of protection, courtesy of Durex.

Edited to add more details.

Posted: 1/6/2006 8:24:10 PM EDT

[#48]

Nightstand:

HK USP40, 13+1 180 grain Golden Sabers
1 Spare Mag
Electronic Earmuffs (intended only if I have a lot of time to fumble with them)

Under the Bed:
Winchester 1300/Surefire forend with seven shells of #4, 00, and #1 Buck

Posted: 1/6/2006 8:36:28 PM EDT

[#49]

One of these(without rail)

and one of these

Posted: 1/6/2006 8:37:21 PM EDT

[#50]

Glock 23 with trijicons, 2extra mags of hydrashocks, Surefire M3 combat light, AR with TA31a ACOG and Surefire a500 if they are dumb enough to get all the way to me. There is also the 870 Remmy right next to me now. The 1911 in the TV room. The SAR3 in the living room... I think that will do...

Mark.

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