5 Best Home Defense Pistols For Beginners 

5: 1:28 - Canik SFX Rival/TP9 Variants 4: 5:09 - Walther PDP 3: 7:42 - S&W M&P 2.0 Series 2: 10:25 - Glock 34 1: 12:46 - CZ P10 F

Walther PDP. Outstanding gun. Great ergonomics, reliable as hell.

"If you miss on the first five, you've got 15 more to go!" ROFL Chris is awesome. 🙂 I also have a CZ P10-F. My favorite pistol. Shoots like a dream.

My guy! A buddy of mine has finally gotten off his ass about getting a handgun. He asked me which is the best to get as his first gun. I told him to watch your channel... sure enough, this video is out 2 days later. Thank you for the great advice as usual.

So a couple years back I wanted my wife to upgrade her home defense pistol. We went shopping. She fell in love with the PDP. Easy to rack, longer barrel. Keep up the awesome work. Thanks

I love that you always give the M&P series some love. I carry for work and as an EDC. Buttttt, in your comments about reliability, you forgot to tell new viewers that you left one in the apocalyptic elements of your state for 3 MONTHS and it still functioned relatively well! 🤣🤣❤️❤️. Anytime I get asked about my M&P, I show them that video and they’re sold on it 🤣🤣

It's always a good day when Honest Outlaw drops a video 🔥

I've had my CZP10F since 2019. Never fails.

The Walther PDP is legit. It's a great all in one package and the ergonomics is very comfortable for many beginners. It also forces beginners to work on their grip mechanics and recoil control for better shooting overall in the long run. Yeah their are other guns out there that will be easier to shoot in the beginning (like a Glock), but many times beginners don't work enough on their techniques leading to bad habits. I personally started with a Sig P320 and I was glad that forced me to learn how to shoot properly because I can shoot most guns flat. I didn't even realize people thought the Walther PDP was snappy after I shot it until I read comments online. My aunt never shot a gun in her life before she moved to America from New Zealand. She's been training almost exclusively on my dad's 4.5" Walther PDP Full size. She's tried other guns afterwards, but still goes back to the PDP and can shoot it extremely flat. If a 5'3 skinny 41 year old lady can do it, I think anyone out there can do it if they train. also the trigger guard is huge so if you're up north doing work around your yard or property with gloved hands, I found that the PDP makes it really easy to get a gloved finger in.

My first gun is a canik tp9sfx and it's never had any problems very accurate and nice trigger I highly recommend the gun.

I bought my CZ p10f new optic ready for under 300, it has been a tac driver and no malfunctions for 2yrs

I still rock my P10C. CZ is a great manufacturer. Come for the pistols, stay for the rifles.

Your videos are a part of the reason why I have a PDP as my first handgun over a year ago. It has been a great shooter and has not disappointed. I am very grateful you had so much content to help new shooters like me and you still continue to entertain. I wish you the best!

Stumbled across your channel. Now I watch it religiously. Love your content and honesty. And the fact that you support the kids and homeless shelters.

I got a Cz P10F SR with night sights for 350 about 3 weeks ago and took it to the range and shot 500 rounds through it and shoots like a dream!!

Love my CZ P10F. Shoots great. Ergonomics are even better. I carry it all day concealed and then put it next to my bed at night.

I’ve bought both of my guns because of your reviews. First was the CZ p10F and next was my EDC the M&P 2.0 compact. I’m glad I listened!

CZ at the top as it should be. I've had 6 firearms from different manufacturers: Smith & Wesson, Uberti, Anderson, Taurus, Ruger and CZ. The only one of them that had none (not even the slightest) issues whatsoever was my CZ P-10C OR. I've managed to make all of my guns work (except darn Redhawk), but the fact that I haven't had a single issue with CZ makes me respect that gun the most.

Totally agree with the full size pistol. I use either my CZ P09 or my SAR K2 45, both have been 100% reliable for me.

All great choices. Low recoil impulse has to go to the CZ

Always a pleasure watching yourself and your wife videos on RU-vid. I appreciate all the support you give. Hope you have a good day sir.

When I lived In Pennsylvania I wore gloves in my house because I WAS paying my heating bill! And keeping it a little bit cooler saved me a lot of money!

Got a PDP several months and just picked up a P10F. PDP 5" Compact was $489. P10F 5.1" SR OR was $408. I shoot the P10F best.

“Make Freddy have a bad effing day!” 😂😂😂

This is perfect. I’m starting my daughter off defending Herself. Thank You!

Just acquired my pdp a few days ago. Now it resides in my safe right next to the cz p10C. Wonderful firearms

I will choose all day long Walther PDP & Cz 10 F .. nice informative videos you always do thank you the one who make really honest review 👍

I have almost 3000 rounds through my 4" full size PDP and no issues 🤙🏼

M&p is the goat especially for a person who is completely clueless when it comes to firearms

Interestingly, when I went to buy a handgun, I told the counter person that I was new to having handguns (I had had a .22 rifle as a teen, but it got lost in one or another of several moves), that I wanted a solid first pistol that could be a home defense piece as well as a "learn to shoot" gun. I was handed a CZ P10F, and I bought it that day. Mine doesn't have a cut-out for a red dot sight, but I could send the slide to any of several good shops to have that done. I got spoiled, frankly, and the majority of the handguns I've bought since then have been CZ products. Like many new shooters, I was reluctant to carry a striker gun "hot" (meaning with one in the chamber). Whether you carry "hot" is up to you, and I would suggest that you read and learn the pros and cons and make an educated decision for yourself. I eventually bought a CZ P07 and found that I'm more willing to carry "hot" with the double-action/single-action trigger system, and my P07 uses the magazines from the P10F (and P10C), so there's that. But, back to the home defense topic: Because I carry the P07, and practice with it much more than my P10F, I also have a P09 (full-size version of the P07) set up as my primary HD gun (some folks feel it worth having more than one HD gun, in different places--I sincerely hope you don't feel such a need, and hope even more than you never experience such a need).

Literally just picked up a CZ P-10F Threaded barrel, optic ready, suppressor height sites and 2 beautiful 21 round mags…. All for 460$ including shipping, tax, FFL transfer & background check… phenomenal deal now just gotta try it out lol!!

Thank you for making this video. I love watching all the videos but the ones that pertain to specific topics are really interesting to watch and learn. I wish you could make a video something like this one for disabled people who are in a wheelchair and are venerable out in public places that would love to be able to defend themselves in a self defense situation. Thanks and I love your videos

Love my CZ P10C. Thanks for the video.

PDP is my favorite Home Defense pistol but the Canik Rival and H&K P30 are my bedside pistols and PDP in the kitchen/ Living Room.. nice list

I wish I had found your channel, or one like it, 8 years ago. I purchased a Smith & Wesson SD40VE as my first ever handgun. I took it to the range and the one box of ammo I put through it was the last box that has been through it. Too much fun for a beginner. Your content has me planning for a new handgun.

My first gun was the Walther PDP F-series with the 4 inch barrel. The light trigger pull and easy slide racking make it perfect for my wife and me to shoot. Also comes with optic plate and rail for light, perfect first home defense 9mm imo!

Canik SFX Rival and the CZ P-10 are both exceptional values. I remember paying similar prices for a Ruger P89 back in 1993 and now the $495 I spent then is about $745 in todays fiat currency. The Ruger P89 is still my favorite of all time but hard to compete with the Canik or CZ modern designs.

Thanks for another great video! I’m not a beginner but I really enjoyed this!

Awesome video! CZ as #1 is correct IMO. #2 a Glock 17 for me.

I have four of the five manufacturers, so I’m covered. 😎👍🏻 Great video as always Outlaw.

CZ is pretty awesome especially the P10c

The canik mete sft with light is my home defense pistol. Love that gun!!

I can’t enough about my P10F, I got the OR SR version, no malfunctions, super easy to control with follow up shots. 10/10!

Great video! Good assessment of each. It comes down to the one you are most confident with and that means practice, practice, practice and if it’s also going to be used by a significant other as well then they need to practice right along with you.

Another excellent video. Thanks for the timely content and attention to detail. I appreciate your consistent loyalty to your favorite brands. Keep up the good work.

Content is always on point. Great Job!

This show is excellent, lots of info about beginner shootersand best buys. Thank you for this information. 👍👍👍

2nd honorable mention, in my opinion, is SAR. Watching a Graham Bates video today really made me think that SAR, minus the trigger, could be the next Canik. Solid product at a fair price. Unlike ALOT of other manufacturers

Great analysis. Thank you.

Nice choices and i agree with the P10F as your number 1 .

I tend to lean walther and cz after having tried all of these but I'm glad to hear intro at quality. Make sure it works first! Thanks Chris

I love that you mentioned the P99. My first gun was the S&W SW99. Love the history lesson and thanks for the great list

This is one of the best videos I have seen. Straight on and to the point. I think you just convinced me to go with the CZ P10F instead of the Springfield Echelon. For me the $200 price difference is the deciding factor along with your review.

Pdp is my nightstand gun. Great shooter

Hard to argue that list. These types of vids are mega helpful for folks just getting into firearms for whatever reason. My first was a Walther P99 AS. Loved the decocker and AS trigger. Still do. Just felt safer to carry for me at the time and I didn't feel skilled enough for a hammer fired DA/SA.

Luv, luv, luv my Spec Series. Kinda partial to the green.

Great list, great video. Thx.

You're right brother, just start with the red dot right off the bat!!! Makes you a better shooter quicker, and it also makes you a better iron site shooter because your presentation will be near perfect e=very time you present the pistol.

Brilliant Choices!!! Thank You!!!

Love the selection. Ive been looking into snagging one of the micro daggers for my wife to carry. I would love to see you and the lady do a review on it. Im sure others would as well. Many people value your opinion! Thanks for the awesome content guys!

I have the M&P 9mm spec series with 5” barrel, great pistol.

Walther and Mr. Smith for me 😊

Great list

FN 509 Tactical is my choice for home defense. Threaded barrel, red dot, optic height sites, full pic rail for lights, and 24 mag capacity. Never had a failure in over 2,500 rounds.

Picked up a CZ P-10F a couple of weeks ago. Sweet shooter. At a price of $339 I don't know how it can be beat. Love my PDP, too, though.

Great video as Always !!!!!! We love and appreciate you Chris so much God Bless You All and Be Safe please keep the Great entertaining videos coming Brother

Nice list. Thank you

I just subscribed on X. We appreciate you Honest Outlaw!🔫💯

Thank you for mentioning Walther pioneering the striker fired pistol. I hear too often that Glock was the first. I have several Walthers, first being a first gen P99 from interarms, then P22s to train my daughter and her friends and lastly a first gen PPS I carried for years, When Canik came out I moved that way because they basically copied the Walthers (Patent ended) but with a better trigger and better value. I own a TP9Elite and the TP9SFX you show here and just picked up a Mete MC9 to possibly replace the PPS. Fantastic and reliable guns, and the Caniks are a great budget alternative.

Nightstand and home defense is a Walther PDP compact 4”. EDC is a S&W M&P 2.0 3.6”. Both have been flawless.

Love your videos great job keeping it real!

Love my CZ P10SC. Home defense and EDC.

I have the Canik and the Glock 34 and love both of them. The Glock is my current home protection gun. It’s an older model so no red dot but it does have night sights and a light. Another great video and list. We can always trust the Honest Outlaw for excellent information. Thanks.

I think the P-10C would be the best all arounder, even moreso than the F. The P10C isnt small by any means and yet will conceal much easier than the F

Perfect list.

It always makes me feel confident when I currently own one or two of the guns on these lists

Love the m&p 2.0 line. You can find them new or used but basically new for super cheap. I have seen them as low as 300 in great shape and have bought one for 350 new at the local gun shop. I carry it every day and it has been 100%reliable

A Perfect list.

Great advise, thanks.

Pleasantly surprised to see the p10 series at number 1, but I have to agree with you: you get the reliability of a Glock for cheaper and there’s nothing wrong with the gun. In fact, some prefer the angle and the trigger. CZ recently dropped their optics ready line for the p10 as well, if you’re into that. No longer have to ship to get it milled and possibly screwed up.

Thanks for the video! You started stating these are your choices. I wonder if the #5 is really a good home defense option for beginners since it does not have a safety feature. KIDS and BEGINNER are the words that came to my mind. All the best to you and continued success with your channel.

That purple sky during the Walther PDP segment looked amazing. I'd be out with my camera for that, although you were on camera too, so glad to see it even as a video.

My beginning pistols were SP101 327. Started shooting 32 long, moved up to 32 mag, then the 327. Now I reload 32 long cases like magnums for the fun of it. My second was the LC9S. Light, thin and affordable for it's time.

Great video. Thanks!

I'm a P07 fan, love it!

I was so close to buying an M&P but then I held a CZ P10-C, the little brother of the P10-F. How the P10 fit in my hands was perfect. Took a few years to save up but it's my favorite to shoot...just don't tell my Kimber.

Fantastic review!

Thanks for this video. That CZ is on the list to get next

Springfield Echelon for me! But this is still a great list. All of them are great guns😎

Just got the Rival last week and its been so much fun

Great video-great choices

Great video! My house gun is a Glock 34 and my carry gun is a shield plus. Thank you for all the great info.

Hell yeah, the gun i just bought is number one. 💪 I feel validated

Great list!

One gun I would like to see you talk about is the Springfield XD. 16 years ago, several friends and I went through a police reserve course. Quite a few had XD pistols. They shot hundreds of rounds through those guns with no problems. One guy even used steel cased ammo that shot just fine. Years later after determining my Taurus PT45 was a piece of crap, I sold it and bought a XD45. It was a little over $400 which was way cheaper than a Glock or M&P. Springfield had a promotion going at the time which they would send 2 free magazines in the mail. The gun comes with a nice case, 2 magazines, a mag holder and a cleaning brush so you get a lot for your money. Mine has been very reliable and very accurate. I am so glad I bought this gun and most likely will never part with it.

I have alot of pistols now, my favorite pistol is my canik metes and my rival. Awesome pistols, perfect triggers, bigger guns so they arent snappy. After those id pick my echelon, the whole red dot setup to run any footprint is awesome!

I’m an M&P guy, I think they make some of the best striker fired gun, and revolvers. You just can’t go wrong with S&W, but I’ll say this, Caniks are awesome. Their price vs what you get is unbeatable. Last but not least, Walther PDP is probably the best gun on the market right now, with walther making some of the best pistol to this day.

Nice list! Being of German origins I would favor the Walther PDP…that and I have an HK VP9 that I absolutely love…but it’s not exactly a budget gun either

My TP9SFX was my first gun thanks to you. My 2nd gun also thanks to you, CZ TSO lol

Lights? Don't show this video to Ken from Wilson Combat. LMAO! No idea why he said that. I would certainly want to see what went bump in the night before I pull the trigger.