Only one? I would pack my SBH 5-1/2 inch .44, and to hell with hiding it. Just live where I don’t need to. Whatever put me down to one pistol pribably did away with much concern about CC anyway. I can hit a clay bird on the 100 yard berm reliably with it, and once you learn how to run a single...
This nation is full of comfortable wolves. Take away the comfort, watch the wolf come out fast. Turn off the internet or the electric and see what I mean.
mtwarden, velocity is not all there is to that short a barrel in the .243. A barrel that short can have a bark, too. Having shot a compact .243 with a 20” barrel for a bit, if I had one less than 22” it would be suppressed. YMMV.
Lead driver for a division of a propane company in SW MO. Self-employed contractor before that, so now Project Superintendent for the new office building at work, too. Studying for my Enrolled Agent Cert in the evenings, going to start a tax service business this year.
We have had GSD’s for the last 15 years, and the one we have now has been the most hard headed of all of them. Mix of German and Czech worki gmlines with protection and herding in the background. Good dog, watches out for anything in our yard, including the chickens. I have had to be pretty...
Only thing to watch out for with the compact 243’s is a short barrel, which most come with, will have more muzzle blast, which many shooters find objectionable. 20” with a 243 will be a bit strong in that aspect.