Well, regardless of this being discuss ad nauseam throughout the entirety of the entarwebs I find it necessary to bring up another thread... Actually, just figured I'd hear some thoughts.
Taking the wifey and kid (and loud dogs) car camping in bear county end of this week. Black bear county, that is. Other than normal common sense measures like storing food properly (should not be an issue car camping) I don't find myself worrying much about bears or the like and normally just carry my 9mm shield as an EDC CCW. Well, the wife is freaking out. TO be fair, she tends to get excited about many things; the sky might fall at any time (I didn't say that, of course!).
So we got her some bear bells for the dog collars and I plan to swing by the outfitter and pick up some bear spray to make her happy. Just wondering what people think about switching my CCW from the usual Shield (3.1in 9mm) to my Glock 23 gen 4... Probably will anyways, but the shield is just sooo much nicer to carry when driving or hiking. Will the .40 really cheat the odds much my way *if* it happened to be needed against a large predator? I will not be changing from my carry loads which are 165gr PDX1 (I use 115gr critical defense in the 9mm). I'm thinking the drawbacks are minor so might just as well switch out. Plus I'll end up with more rounds in the weapon and more in the spare mag to boot...
Taking the wifey and kid (and loud dogs) car camping in bear county end of this week. Black bear county, that is. Other than normal common sense measures like storing food properly (should not be an issue car camping) I don't find myself worrying much about bears or the like and normally just carry my 9mm shield as an EDC CCW. Well, the wife is freaking out. TO be fair, she tends to get excited about many things; the sky might fall at any time (I didn't say that, of course!).
So we got her some bear bells for the dog collars and I plan to swing by the outfitter and pick up some bear spray to make her happy. Just wondering what people think about switching my CCW from the usual Shield (3.1in 9mm) to my Glock 23 gen 4... Probably will anyways, but the shield is just sooo much nicer to carry when driving or hiking. Will the .40 really cheat the odds much my way *if* it happened to be needed against a large predator? I will not be changing from my carry loads which are 165gr PDX1 (I use 115gr critical defense in the 9mm). I'm thinking the drawbacks are minor so might just as well switch out. Plus I'll end up with more rounds in the weapon and more in the spare mag to boot...