Friends of mine and I were discussing what would be "the best survival/tactical" 45ACP and the idea led to kind of a game of sorts with it making criteria for it. Thoughts included HK's, Sigs, 1911s, Glocks, etc, with me personally favoring a good 1911 with cerakote (or melonite) and a rail with lights possibly as a good set-up for the caliber. I personally was interested in this for the fact that i go fish a lot, and in knee deep or hip deep water sometimes, and since it's out and about in the wilderness when camping I would be very vested in one that would be reliable "outside city environments" where it needs to be good enough to stand being out and away for long. Some friends had military thoughts in mind hence the need for tactical.
Criteria that we thought of:
Could it handle being in holster as one traveled through swamp-like waters with muck and silt?
Does it have "good enough" capacity (or can take a decent enough extended mag)?
Corrosion resistance, will this thing rust like crazy, or what would you coat with to prevent that?
Does sand cause issue?
Is it inherently reliable with crap ammo?
Can it take a beating from being dropped, hit, etc?
How hard is maintenance in the field?
Would you think it needs to be compact or full-size and why?
And whatever other environments you can weigh in on, like it would survive scenario A but suck in scenario B, etc.
Bonus points:
Could you carry this concealed well enough? (Sorry HK Mk23)
Function vs reliability? If the gun is reliable as hell would a bad trigger bother you and vice versa?
It's just a game of theoretical and mixed with personal experiences that just make for good discussion regarding a favorite cartridge of ours. I prefer the round because it works wonders on larger critters that the 9mm may not stop well enough, but I do like my Glocks 17 and Glock 22 as well.
So what would be your choices and why?
Criteria that we thought of:
Could it handle being in holster as one traveled through swamp-like waters with muck and silt?
Does it have "good enough" capacity (or can take a decent enough extended mag)?
Corrosion resistance, will this thing rust like crazy, or what would you coat with to prevent that?
Does sand cause issue?
Is it inherently reliable with crap ammo?
Can it take a beating from being dropped, hit, etc?
How hard is maintenance in the field?
Would you think it needs to be compact or full-size and why?
And whatever other environments you can weigh in on, like it would survive scenario A but suck in scenario B, etc.
Bonus points:
Could you carry this concealed well enough? (Sorry HK Mk23)
Function vs reliability? If the gun is reliable as hell would a bad trigger bother you and vice versa?
It's just a game of theoretical and mixed with personal experiences that just make for good discussion regarding a favorite cartridge of ours. I prefer the round because it works wonders on larger critters that the 9mm may not stop well enough, but I do like my Glocks 17 and Glock 22 as well.
So what would be your choices and why?
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