Originally Posted by
kaptain_zero
I keep wanting to respond to this thread as I used to be a gunsmith and yet the country I live in prohibits any sort of carry.....<sigh>.
The words "Go big or go home" ring rather true in the self defence arena. If you pull a howitzer out of your pocket, you'll get very little pushback. Pull a slingshot out of the same pocket and the story will be entirely different.
Back in the day, we used to rebuild and re-chamber CZ-75 semi autos... probably the nicest semi I can think of, once the work was done. But.... for personal carry.... and I may be dating myself here, because I have not followed the gun scene since I quit smith'ing some 30+ years ago, it would be an S & W model L, 4.5" barrel and chambered for .41 Mag. Yes, it would be custom built, but it would be done in such a way that I would have full confidence in it. Oh wait.... I'm not allowed to carry it.....<sigh>.... never mind.
Regards
Kaptain "Thank god the politicians are willing to throw themselves in front of me, to protect me!" Zero