In the market for a 45acp Glock. This will be an occasional CCW. I have narrowed it down to the 30S and the 36. Kinda leaning toward the 36 due to thinking the loaded weight will be a lot less. I would love to hear your thoughts and comments on the two. Thanks.
Initial post rephrased:
"I am considering a pistol with less capacity to defend my life, cause of 4 more bullets weight"
Thanks to all for the input, it has helped. As it stands now I'm leaning toward the 30S. I'm not gonna set anything in stone until I get the chance to shoot both of them. The rebates of the Shield45 are tempting because I had a Shield 9 before and loved it but I really didn't like the fact that you have to remove the rear sights to remove the firing pin safety.
I'll contribute this for you to ponder.
https://www.concealedcarry.com/gear/how-many-rounds-should-you-carry-concealed-everyday/
According to the link, the average hit rate for rounds fired by cops is 20%
Success rate of 20% is likely with "service" size firearms.
Many of us (myself included) believe we can shoot better than the average cop.
https://www.policeone.com/police-tr...ning-takeaways-from-the-St-Cloud-mall-attack/
That link is the cop that stopped the mall stabber, a firearms instructor and competitor, he hit 6 out of 10 shots, 60% success with a Glock 19. Note it took 6 rounds to stop one guy with a knife.
https://www.buckeyefirearms.org/alternate-look-handgun-stopping-power
According to the study at link ^
In defensive shootings, average of 2-3 rounds of ammo (9mm, 40, 45) to stop one attacker.
2.45 rounds = 3
One can't shoot a fraction / decimal of a bullet, have to fire the whole thing.
I think it reasonable that one could face two attackers.
Based on data that it takes 2-3 rounds to stop one attacker, 6 rounds may be needed for 2 attackers, but that is with a 100% hit success.
Given the possibility of a 50% hit success under stress (better than average cop, not quite as good a firearms instructor & competitor), 10-12 rounds could be needed for stopping two attackers.
Yea, in actual shootings it only took 2 rounds of 45 to stop an attacker on average, still that is 4 rounds for two attackers, but zero missing, 100% hit success; include a couple misses or poor shot placement and 6 rounds could be used up quick on two attackers.
Based on data, having at least 10 rounds available in pistol (before reload) seems prudent; I'd rather not be at slidelock when still defending my life.