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What is the best gun/light or just gun for appendix carry?

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What is the best gun/light combo for appendix carry? Or just the gun.
 
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There are a variety of quality compact and sub-compact guns that will work.
It's really all about personal preference.
Getting experience, you will answer your own questions.
That journey is part of the fun.
As for lights?
I personally don't use them on carry guns.
Like quality night sights though.
For home defense a light sounds good to me.
Have a Surefire X300 on a Hk USP Match Clone 45.
And an InForce WML Gen 2 on my Mossberg Shockwave pump gun.
So far they have both been All Aces.

My "Common Sense" recommendation about carry guns and ammo?
LE has invested boatloads of money, financed extensive testing
and has vast historical data on firearms and ammunition.
Following their lead on recommended duty/off duty weapons and ammo
seems like a fine starting point.

Good Luck!
 
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I've carried appendix for the last 15 years or so. I'm a big fan.

I only carry a hammer fired gun appendix. I like putting my thumb on the hammer when I re holster.

I cannot make myself carry a striker fired or 1911 appendix. Don't care if it has half a dozen safeties. The idea of a cocked pistol pointed at my femoral artery just creeps me out.

I'm a big fan of the Sig P239 with the DAK trigger. I own 2. 357 SIG and 9mm.

For me, it's the perfect appendix carry gun.

There's nothing wrong with a WML. But again, for me, it adds too much bulk. And, I need the stand alone light a lot more often than the WML.

Reading a menu in a dimly lit restaurant at gunpoint might ruin the moment.
 
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True Appendix carry, I'm too fat. I don't believe in mounted lights.
As for carry. A G23 day in day out, at 2 o'clock, in shorts to suits, in one of these.
http://www.tactipac.com/fusionpac-iwb-concealed-carry-holster/
A G26/G27 will have a little bit shorter barrel, and will accept 19/17--22/23 mags for backup if you want more and who doesn't.

Too many people overthink the whole thing. Use high quality ammo, such as HST, Gold Dot, PDX1, Golden Sabre, in any caliber or pressure, and you will be fine.

Happy Obsessing
 
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I don't carry appendix but if I did I would require a gun that has either a hammer or a striker that protrudes from the rear during trigger pull, like the Walther PPS. I think the PPS would be a great appendix gun.
 
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I have used the Glock 26 in a Blade Tech appendix holster. It works well enough, even if it is a bit thick. But, with the Glock plus 2 mag, and a total capacity of 13 rounds, that's a pretty size efficient defense gun. As always, adjusting wardrobe (perhaps a looser fit in the waist of jeans, for example) helps with comfort.

The 43 seems very good. Slimmer, but a good caliber and reasonable capacity.

Interesting how some are uncomfortable with a striker fired pistol in this carry method. Good, safe gun handling and a quality holster are key with any pistol carried that way--or any way.

But, it did make me think the H&K P7 might work in the appendix position and reassure those who don't want a pistol that is cocked or partially cocked. The P7 is flat, accurate, reliable, and the squeezecocking feature might be welcome, as releasing pressure on the cocking lever PRIOR to holstering would instantly and safely de-cock the gun. Of course, its unconventional design requires practice, practice and more practice. Just a thought.
 
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....But, it did make me think the H&K P7 might work in the appendix position and reassure those who don't want a pistol that is cocked or partially cocked. The P7 is flat, accurate, reliable, and the squeezecocking feature might be welcome, as releasing pressure on the cocking lever PRIOR to holstering would instantly and safely de-cock the gun. Of course, its unconventional design requires practice, practice and more practice. Just a thought.
I have a P7M8. It's an awesome gun and, I agree with everything you say about it.

Except, for appendix, it didn't work very well for me. The gun is incredibly butt heavy (relatively speaking) and has a really short front end. I found it hard to stabilize carried appendix. It had a tendency to "roll" out to the front.
 
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I carry a Glock 19 appendix style. I am 6 foot 4 and 235lbs if that helps
 
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I have a P7M8. It's an awesome gun and, I agree with everything you say about it.

Except, for appendix, it didn't work very well for me. The gun is incredibly butt heavy (relatively speaking) and has a really short front end. I found it hard to stabilize carried appendix. It had a tendency to "roll" out to the front.
Good to know!
 
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