I’m looking for some opinions. The wifey and I keep two hand guns in the bedroom for home defense. Currently, we have her two Glocks, a G22C and a G17 (hey, I don’t want my guns tied up as evidence). She prefers the G17, but she can handle the G22C as well. I don’t care.
We picked the Glocks over our 1911s mainly over round count (we both are a bit better with the .45s). But we reasoned that if we are startled in the middle of the night, we might not be up to prime technique for the first few rounds. So we sided with the “capacity rules” argument.
So the Glocks live in drawer on my side of the bed mostly because there are no drawers on her side of the bed, so I’m in charge of weapons and ammo distribution. No big deal. I can tell the difference in the pistols by finger sweeping the slides behind the front sights (the 22C has vents). If time permits, I can hand her the 9mm and keep the .40. No big deal. But here’s the rub!
Suppose we are attacked by a platoon level ISIS group (not very likely)! Or a bunch of zombies from Baltimore (more likely)! In this scenario, we would need to reload at some point. And that’s the dilemma! A 9mm Glock mag feels just like a .40 Glock mag! Not good! 9mm doesn’t do very well in .40 and .40 in a 9mm just plane doesn’t work. So what to do?
The ideal solution is to standardize one caliber, but we don’t have HQL’s. Mostly because the Wifey refuses to be “fingerprinted like a common criminal” and I’m broke, thanks to the “home renovation from hell” (long story). So buying something else is a non-starter.
The “at hand solution” is to convert the G22C to 9mm with a Lone Wolf conversion barrel (sorry Lou, I know you said not to do this). I have one and have run over 100 rounds through it with no malfunctions.
My question is, would you trust the converted handgun for self-defense?
We picked the Glocks over our 1911s mainly over round count (we both are a bit better with the .45s). But we reasoned that if we are startled in the middle of the night, we might not be up to prime technique for the first few rounds. So we sided with the “capacity rules” argument.
So the Glocks live in drawer on my side of the bed mostly because there are no drawers on her side of the bed, so I’m in charge of weapons and ammo distribution. No big deal. I can tell the difference in the pistols by finger sweeping the slides behind the front sights (the 22C has vents). If time permits, I can hand her the 9mm and keep the .40. No big deal. But here’s the rub!
Suppose we are attacked by a platoon level ISIS group (not very likely)! Or a bunch of zombies from Baltimore (more likely)! In this scenario, we would need to reload at some point. And that’s the dilemma! A 9mm Glock mag feels just like a .40 Glock mag! Not good! 9mm doesn’t do very well in .40 and .40 in a 9mm just plane doesn’t work. So what to do?
The ideal solution is to standardize one caliber, but we don’t have HQL’s. Mostly because the Wifey refuses to be “fingerprinted like a common criminal” and I’m broke, thanks to the “home renovation from hell” (long story). So buying something else is a non-starter.
The “at hand solution” is to convert the G22C to 9mm with a Lone Wolf conversion barrel (sorry Lou, I know you said not to do this). I have one and have run over 100 rounds through it with no malfunctions.
My question is, would you trust the converted handgun for self-defense?
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