My EDC G19 gen2 with Federal HST's goes on my nightstand for home defense.

Suggestion: don't worry too much about the caliber (maybe not the G44 ), shot placement is "king". Use what you're good with.

 

Would the Glock 19X also work?

 

All of them !

 

rgregoryb wins the thread! 🏆 All of them, indeed!

That being said, what I actually have at my bedside is a Glock 45 with a TTI+6 extension.

 

Whichever one is reliable with your carry ammo and you can shoot one handed, two handed, on the move, stationary, and in low light conditions.


I prefer a tube however.

 

My Glock 21 (and several spare mags) is the one constant that lives on the nightstand next to bed. Whatever 9mm carry variant lives in the drawer of said nightstand in the evenings along with several full size magazines.

 

What about the Glock 20 10mm? Is that a good self defense or is it too overpowered?

 

The 17L and 34.

 

You know you mean a Hi Power !

 

I wouldn't choose a subcompact, or .22 or .380, but any other Glock should be fine for home defense. If I had to pick one, G35.

 

I think a .45 is a great HD weapon. Less chance of zipping through your walls and subsonic and great suppressor choice. Glock 21,30,41

 

The pump action 12 gauge Glocks.

 

If for home defense, I’d get a Glock 19 (in any caliber but .22) sized Glock or larger. Because there is no concealed carry need, might as well have a compact or full sized Glock for shootability and higher capacity.

 

Would a G19X also work for home defense?

 

Have owned a few different Glocks. My firearms have all been dependable.
Recently added a G45-5, 9mm, and it seems like a good move. Top end is like a G19, bottom is like a G17. Holds 17+1, and fits either G19 hplsters or G17 holsters.
My former guns were: G19, G23, G21, G22,G27. G17.
Keep a spare mag handy or two, and a clip on light and you are good to go.
Good luck.

 

Fan of the 19, but any of the above posts are all solid choices. Whichever way you lean, I would highly recommend a mounted light for home defense. The sudden blindness and disorientation could be a huge tactical advantage.
(My TLR7A has a pulse option that could make a bad guy suddenly feel like he was transported into a rave).

 

Glock 21. Gen3 SF Or Gen4 unless you have large hands. Gen 5 is good too. Low pressure subsonic ammo. Less muzzle blast than 40 or 9. Even Plus +P 230 grain is subsonic. (950 fps)

 

My choices are my Glock 21 and my Glock 35, both Generation 4 with a Streamlight TLR-1. Preferred loads are Speer Gold Dot 230 grain and Speer Gold Dot 180 grain.

 

Awesome, would the TLR H1 work as well?

 

A 12 gauge is good for home defense. Every gun owner should own a mossberg 500.

If you must use a pistol, get something in a caliber that starts with a .4 and ends in a 5.

 

Yes sir, would you use a pump action or semi-auto?

 

Whichever one you’ll take to the range regularly to become proficient. I like my G23 Gen 5 MOS topped with an optic. I also keep a G48x MOS topped with an optic in the other safe.

 

Different for everyone I guess, so not 1 right answer. I like a G19 for obvious reasons...mag options, size, and rail for a light. Try some out if you're able and let the shoot ability, comfort level be your guide.

 

ALL OF THEM

 

Any Glock that you shoot well. My choice has been a Gen3 21 for the past twenty years…

 

First and Foremost - Remington 870 loaded with Federal Flitecontrol 00 Buckshot.
Handgun - Glock 21SF with TLR-1HL loaded with 230 HST in a Kriss Vector 30 round magazine.
Any Glock will work for home defense, not a fan of the .22LR.

 

Here is a thread in which someone thinks 9mm is "bad".

https://www.glocktalk.com/threads/why-9mm-is-bad-for-cc.1992255/#replies

Some folks think a .22 is fine, other won't "sign off" on your choices unless what you choose is exactly the same as their choice of a BloomenThunderbess 1000.

There are hundreds of threads, now +1, where you will find all kinds of opinions, some worse than taking gun advice from the wise POTUS Biden, and some just short of taking gun advice from Rambo (both are mythical creations BTW). Do some research, dismiss chaff (usually to be identified with superlatives and hyperbole) and listen to good arguments from several perspectives.

Here is a response to another member who asked about a .45 1911...

While I agree that any service caliber cartridge, 9mm up to .45 and everything higher powered or in between those two diameters, is generally suitable for SD/Duty and is generally a compromise of all factors, being able to put suitable rounds on the threat takes so many paths. Shootability, accuracy, ergonomics, sighting system, load are some of those factors that need to be considered.

Some people look at gel tests as the deciding factor, some only at actual shootings, some only at live tests (rare and expensive). I look at all of them and at some level I have participated in all of them. Shooting pigs with medics who jump in and try to "save" them is eye opening for sure. Shooting 100s of head of big game including cull deer and hogs. Going to a meat processing plant and shooting a few hundred animals in the head with a variety of calibers. I even got to shoot a Deer with a bullet proof vest on.

Can you kill a Deer with a .223? Yes, but you better be using a good bullet and place it properly or you won't fill the tag. I've seen all manner of craziness shooting gel, covered gel, contained gel, live animals, Fackler boxes, etc. Gel is just a comparative test medium that offers consistency. But it does NOT represent the structure of a living, breathing person. The human body has bones, connective tissue, and soft tissue of fairly different densities. A fatal shot one day may not be a fatal shot the next day placed in a similar place. Also recognize that fatal, and incapacitated are NOT the same thing. I was the first ballistics expert in the US to use energy thresholds, mass equivalent coefficients of restitution, equations of motion in viscous media alongside virtual autopsy to prove entrance velocity of a projectile into a human.

"We" make too much of the caliber wars. Pick one, practice, be efficient and set metrics. But taken too far, folks really WANT to believe that a .380 is as good as a 9mm, which is as good as a .357 Sig, which is as good as a 10mm. But that is not true either.

If you can shoot and carry a full size, double stack 10mm with a light, laser and an Optic...WELL, then do so. Most can't for a variety of reasons, so they take some sort of path, paved with good and bad opinions, good and bad data and make their choices. And, absolutely, without question, the better a shooter, and the better you handle stress, the less "sufficient" a firearm/caliber you can carry. Another huge factor lost on most. I will routinely outshoot novice shooters on any drill with a 10mm or +P 45 and them using a full size with bunny fart 9mm loads. I have a LOT more choices that are "sufficient" than the vast majority of the average person who has a permit and a pistol and never practices.

In my defense pistol rotation, I have a few micro-9s. But I prefer a full-size 9mm to those. I prefer my compact .40s and 45s to that. I do have a 3" Kimber .45, loaded with +P 200 grain ammo in the rotation. I shoot it well, and I am accurate with it.

SO, my thoughts...a more powerful cartridge is always better IF you practice with it and can shoot it well. If you don't, then no, the 1911 platform and the .45ACP is not a good choice for a novice.

There is a monthly challenge here on GT that you can start out with. If you look at post #12, you will note that I was faster with a .40 and a .45 than I was with the CZP07 9mm.

https://www.glocktalk.com/threads/december-challenge.1992063/#post-32376812
But regular training is so much more important than the platform or caliber or sighting system. Training, on a regular basis is a hard thing to argue against, so we don't see a lot of GT traffic on it. While I believe the GT membership represents a higher than average incidence of folks who are proficient and compete, fact is, the average GT member is lacking as well. Since I was in my 20s, I have "hated average". Average sucks! The only time average did not suck was when I was still green in shooting 3Gun and I finished exactly in the middle, and won a Firebird rifle. But you need to be much better than average when it comes to defensive pistol issues.

The better a shooter you are, the more corners you can take fast without ending up in the wall. So practice is important, training from good instructors is important. Stop the Bleed, Verbal Judo, the Law, personal safety, etc. are even more important.

Merry Christmas!

 

Personally, I like a few choices. A pistol and a long gun at least. What those are can't be answered by strangers on the net. But GT folks will give you some good things to ponder.

 

Depending on the type of Home Defense Situation. Two Glock 17s, multiple loaded mags.
Spare Glock in case of a malfunction.

 

Another Glock 21 gen 3 sf vote here. SF version so everyone in the house can use it, not just the ones with extra large hands.

Get one for the night stand and several extra magazines.

Make sure you practice with it because nothing matters if you can’t hit your target.

 

Glock 35 in the nightstand. Glock 23 for IWB.

 

Anyone of them is good. Except, probably the .22 cal.

 

Exactly my thought!