What 40 rounds (brand/load) do you recommend for:
1- in household for protection
2 - in ccw mode on concealed holster
3 - range practice
for sig 229
House and carry, Cor-Bon .40 135 gr.
Learn your angles in your house. Where can you shoot without any chance of wall penetrartion and hitting a family member? Think 3d. Look for ways to shoot up and down for safety.
Do not go stalking your target. You WILL make noise. Call cops as described below.
Never shoot at anything you do not want to KILL. Identify EVERY target. It may be your kid’s friend in a wierd outfit.
Tell everyone in the house where your gun is. Get a GunSafe. You can work it silently, even in the dark.
Look for ways to funnel your adversary. There are places in my house where I can get out two or three ways, but bad guys can only get in one way. Makes aiming a hell of a lot easier.
Think of unusual ways of evacuation. One way out of my house, which everyone knows, is to throw the Mother in laws favorite chair through a certain bay window and go out that way.
Avoid any and every fight you can. Run away if you can. Always, in every situation, plan how you are going to get out and get away. If you carry a gun, carry a cellphone and a tiny can of mace. Some 9 year old trying to mug you might be legally shot, but you will never forget it.
If someone kid is running from your house with a TV, let him go. If someone is in your house, call 911 on your cell phone. House wires may be cut. Then wait for sounds at bedroom door. If you hear them, yell. “I’ve got a gun. Police cars are on the way. If you come through that door, I will kill you.” If he runs, so be it, you won. If he comes through the door after that warning, it is to harm you or a family member. Kill him. SEE TARGET IDENTIFICATION ABOVE.
If you shoot anyone, double tap them. Carry a spare mag.
Practice changing mags and clearing jams one handed, in the dark.
Practice shooting at close range at the range. Forget the 50 meter shot. How are you going to justify self defense at 50 meters? Practice shooting when “hyped.” Do 50 pushups or some wind sprints, then practice shooting while tired and out of breath.
Range, any FMJ, always followed by one mag of your carry ammo. Shoot up the carry ammo at least once a year and get new stuff.
Keep any lubricants away from the primers on your ammo.
Sig, not my chouce, but a great weapon.
Remember, this is serious shit. You may be called on to kill someone to defend yourself or a loved one. At least now you are equipped to do so. Be prepared.
Two more things. If defending bedroom, touch wife to ensure what you see is not pillows and she is actually there in bed, not at refrigerator making noise.
Get a good house alarm. Burglars will NOT make enough noise to wake you.
Be well.