Since terroristic violence has come to our soil, what do you recommend for concealed carry?

Capt Christian D. Orr , My cousin has a .32 Walther PPK. It's his concealed preference. I know a lot of people put down .380's and the Llama firearms too, but I carried a Llama .380 for several years, I bought it in Atlanta Georgia from a construction worker laid off of work. I got it for $75.00. He had filed the front sight post off, but I could hit accurately with it up to 25 feet. I feel that a .32 cal or .380 , while not having the knockdown power of a .45, is a great choice for a compact or subcompact conceal weapon. A double tap from either one would end an altercation Sir.

Cool beans. A hit with a .32 sure as hell beats a miss with a .45.

One time, just for the hell of it, I CCW'd both my PPK and my Makarov. Why? Because I could. Like a frickin' Boss! ;-)

Never fired a Sig Sauer, but I have heard they are very reliable.

Sir, SFC Norman G. Mayers , isn't the Sigs a little pricey? like about $800.00 to a grand? I remember when Kimber first came out, they had awesome looking 9 mm's and .45's and the prices started around $450.00, now the average price is $1100.00 or more.The cheapest .45 Kimber had last time I checked was around $900.00 I have always heard Sigs were well out of my pay grade so I have never bothered to price them.

When I purchased my SIG I did so at a pawnshop, paid 668.00 for it. I started paying down on a Beretta and heard good comments from secret service agents and our intel guys; I changed my mind and got the SIG instead; it was about 30.00 dollars cheaper. They do run a bit expensive do. What I like about it is I can purchase a conversion kit to switch to .357 or 40. The kits run about 399.00 and I will need to purchase two additional magazines. It's better than purchasing another gun.

As far as reliability, the certainly are.

Thank you for the info Sir.

Sir, did they say what happens at around 10,000 rounds? I was wondering if maybe the barrel would have to be replaced or does the whole weapon just start falling apart. If it's something as simple as just replacing a barrel or firing pin, recoil spring, etc then it wouldn't be too bad. I have a very long way to reaching 10,000 rounds but since you informed me of this, I think I will keep a file using Lotus version 5 to tally the rounds of each pistol I own and make notations on how many rounds fired before a problem presents itself. I avidly clean my pistols after firing, and if not fired ,every three months dissemble, and lightly clean and lightly re-oil. Thank you Major Justin Oles, MSOL, DML for the info . Unless something really bad happens I might never reach the 10,000 round mark, Sir.

The barrel will be overly worn and the slide rails start to wear out. Keeping it clean and well oiled will definitely help. The likelihood of you putting 10,000 rounds through a pistol if you aren't a professional is pretty unlikely. Think about it, if you fired 100 rounds a week for a year that would be 5200 rounds. I don't know about you but I can't afford to shoot that much. The cost of that with today's ammo would be over $1000 plus range and target fees. It also matters how fast you shoot. Hot metal wears faster. Hope that helps. Also Taurus has been improving their weapons a lot over the past few years and the conversation was 6 years ago.

Yes Sir, thank you for the input. And like you Sir, I can't afford to spend so much on ammo. Living in the country, I do have the advantage of firing in my own backyard. Have a great day Sir.