Threeband
The M1 Does My Talking
I don't understand why a knowledgeable, informed person would pick a P64 as a first choice for home defense. If it's the best available, that's one thing. It's probably a better weapon than the Navy Colt cartridge conversions which Wild Bill Hickok used: similar power, better capacity, similar sights, worse trigger. If it's the best thing available, ok, but why go out of your way to chose it?
A dirty little secret of these C&R guns: a LOT of them have mechanical problems and reliability issues. That's not a problem in a range toy, but if needed for a serious bet your life on it tool, it at least needs to be checked thoroughly. It's a fifty year old, used clunker. The trigger sucks, even with replacement springs. The sights suck. The mag release sucks. The shooting qualities suck. The blowback action is unnecessarily violent, and gives the illusion that the weapon is more powerful than it actually is.
It should not be carried with a round in the chamber and the safety off, because it is not drop safe. That rules it out as a defensive choice, except as an emergency stop gap. A defensive handgun should be a one-handed point and shoot tool.
So, other than as an intellectual "what if" discussion topic, why are these second rate obsolescent clunkers being considered for a life and death rescue tool?
I love old guns for their historic and technological wonderment, but I have modern guns of proven reliability for unromantic practical uses.
A dirty little secret of these C&R guns: a LOT of them have mechanical problems and reliability issues. That's not a problem in a range toy, but if needed for a serious bet your life on it tool, it at least needs to be checked thoroughly. It's a fifty year old, used clunker. The trigger sucks, even with replacement springs. The sights suck. The mag release sucks. The shooting qualities suck. The blowback action is unnecessarily violent, and gives the illusion that the weapon is more powerful than it actually is.
It should not be carried with a round in the chamber and the safety off, because it is not drop safe. That rules it out as a defensive choice, except as an emergency stop gap. A defensive handgun should be a one-handed point and shoot tool.
So, other than as an intellectual "what if" discussion topic, why are these second rate obsolescent clunkers being considered for a life and death rescue tool?
I love old guns for their historic and technological wonderment, but I have modern guns of proven reliability for unromantic practical uses.