Gents, I am coming up on that magical time where I have had my pistol permit for a year and am goign to write a letter to the judge requesting my restrictions removed so I can carry concealed.

I currently have a Sig P229 Equinox.

I currently have the .40 S&W barrel for it.

I absolutely love the gun but have to confess I am itching to get my hands on the Sig P220 Compact - virtually the Sig P245

Gratuitous sig Pr0n:




In any case, I am not made of money and all that nonesence, so if I want the P220 I need to either take time and save for it, or trade in a few things(and take time and save for the other 3/4s of it )

So should I get the P220? only 6 rounds of .45 vs 10(in NY ) of .40 S&W or .357 Sig in the P229...

which caliber would you choose?

This post has been edited by B Coyote: September 17th 2007 7:09 PM

ok... who said .45 and why!

I did.

If its for personal defense, a round that flattens out like a .45 is safer.

A 9mm can shoot through a wall and possibly injuring someone on the other side that you may have not known to be there. A .45 has a lesser chance of doing that.

I am quoting this from my CCW corse. I have a .40 S&W but thats because I had no pistol to even plink with. If I had that I would have gone with a .45 for my carry gun. He wants a carry gun so I would go with .45

thanks for the input

Again, it was my opinion based from what I was taught in my CCW training. Seemed to make perfect sense to me.

I voted for the .40. I do not want to hear you bitch about the cost of ammo to practice with. You are going to have to practice with the ammo you are going to use. The .40 is the cheapest of the group.

I have about 1K of .45 and 1K of .40 for practise ammo, only about a $20 difference if I recall correctly.

At the local store, 50 rounds of each costs only $1 more for .45

uh... same difference

I love my 229R in 357sig