Doesnt matter, any 9mm FJB said will blow it out. Why not take the advice of someone who falls off a bike and is very qualified to SAY what a handgun can do.
I personally use the PDP as my nightstand home defense and absolutely love it. If you can’t afford a $2k price tag the PDP is absolutely the way to go. For $650 you get everything you need to protect yourself and more. It functions amazingly, you will absolutely love taking it to the range with you for some fun. I have around 1000 rounds in mind and haven’t had a single issue
Anyone looking for a bedside gun, you'd be doing yourself a disservice to not look at the CZ P10f. 19 round mags, excellent ergonomics and trigger, so nice to shoot. My nightstand gun switches between the 19x and the standard 509, but my wife has a p10 and it's a gem. So underrated
Glock 45 is a better 19x. Should trade in the 19x for a 45 100% 👍🏻. I am looking to get a CZ p07 as my second handgun. Amazing CCW because of its DA/SA as well as optional manual safety
509T is what I have for nightstand home defense. Used it during several courses with CETSUSA and has zero errors and it runs like a dream. 10/10 my favorite handgun.
Hk VP9 is mine. Have the hkpartsnet compensator with a light and a red dot on it and I can hit an 8 inch metal plate at 30 yards with every single shot. I can't do that with any of my other pistols. Absolutely love it and wouldn't want any other bedside pistol.
@@nickparkison977 I consider myself an average shooter, I am by no means an expert marksman but like you said, VP9 with a red dot, I almost feel I could do shooting competitions.
Springfield operator in .45 with a beretta 1301 tactical in between the bed and stand. Pistol for tge "o shit i woke up and your in my bedroom" 1301 tactical for hearing a bump in the night.
i use my M&P compact 4" for edc and home defense. love the fact that i can throw in a 15 rd mag and carry it everywhere, then swap in the 17 rd mag to have it by my bedside. i also have an MCK for it which always has an extra 30 rd mag in it ready to go.
I too carry my M2.0 4" for edc and home defense. Look into floyds custom magwell with their +2 flush baseplates. The magwell give a great grip and the baseplates allow you to turn the stock 15 rd mags into 17 rds without sacrificing concealabilitly.
This is why I went with a Glock 17 for my home defense/ SHTF pistol. Ample after market parts (including cheap spare mags), combat proven reliability, great mag capacity. And the Gen 3 I bought was fairly inexpensive, so if it gets locked up as evidence for months after a self defense encounter, I can easily replace it.
0:45 - Staccato P 2:10 - ZEV OZ9C 3:56 - Walther PDP 5:16 - Sig Sauer P320 X-FIVE 6:37 - FN 509 Tactical Such a great list! Sadly, non of them are compliant to my state's depleted list of life saving and home defending tools. You can probably guess what state that is. Though I cannot own one of these great feats of machining perfection, it is obvious that if they made Colion's list, they should definitely make your's as well. I look forward to the day I'm able to be a fully compliant and responsible owner of any one or all on this list of beautifully machined tools. Don't move to California if you're an aspiring collector of such wonderful displays of manufacturing perfection. Safety above all, and happy shooting to you all!
My favorite handgun I love to carry and shoot is the Beretta PX4 9mm Storm Compact. 15+1, DA/SA, with the rotating barrel with iron sights, getting back on target is exceptional with very little muzzle flip. 50 cent coin groups at 25 yards.
I love my 19x! The g45 is the same, minus the tab that doesn't allow gen5 mags, and it black instead of coyote. Lol That gen5 trigger works so well, best purchase for me
My home defense handgun is a full size Smith&Wesson M&P9 2.0 with 4,25 barrel and flush 17round magazines. Shoots great. An awesome severely underrated overlooked amazing reliable gun . It has never malfunctioned and can easily shoot Russian steel case ammo with no issues.
I want one in FDE with the extended slide and 4.75" barrel! Such a sweet gun, if I can't get that I'll get a Canik TP9SF and if that don't come through maybe a Taurus G3 tacticool
I got mine in 22cal. I no it's a 22 but I would want to be shot by anything coming out of a smith and wesson lol obviously is not loud or won't go through walls or even the post on a staircase 🤫 Stay safe ✌🏾
Wow...What a coincidence. I am currently looking to buy a new 9mm. My list: 1) FN 509 Midsize, 2) Walther PDP, Compact 4", 3) Sig P320, and 4) HK VP9. So, I am thrilled to learn that three of my guns are on your list! Now I am looking at the "compact" sizes (not micro). I want the 4" in barrel and longer grip for sure. I have HUGE hands. All of my handguns (14 and counting) are full size weapons. This will be my first "compact." I have pretty much decided to go with either the PDP Compact 4" or the FN 509 Midsize. Your video is most reassuring. Thanks!!!
I use my main competition pistol for home defense. CZ shadow 2 Orange edition. With Lok grips and a light. Thousands of rounds with no malfunctions. Great trigger and is the flattest firing, lowest felt recoil pistol I’ve ever shot. I haven’t shot everything of course but if there is a pistol that out performs it in those areas it’s not by much. I have a slide with optic cuts but I don’t use it. It feels great and shoots amazing without having to pay 2011 prices.
@@howardbaxter2514 it will perform well. Only 2 things to consider, for a concealed carry is that they are a little bit wider than most but I carry a P229 regularly and a good model might be a M18 (4in barrel and full size grip w/2X 21 round extended and 1X 17 round flush fit mags along with optics cut and night sights).
@jonathan aldana it's good to practice malfunction drills but simply put, my xd9 has never malfunctioned in three years I've carried it. My xd45 I had before was the same way. I carried both, practice(d) with both weekly and neither has malfunctioned. My xd9 plus 2 spare mags is still my standard daily carry.
@jonathan aldana mine is bone stock except for a polish job the smooth the trigger. I am thinking about tritium sights since I'm getting older and every bit helps. Lol. Other than that, a good light on it if you want. I use a separate flashlight because of how I was trained.
Just got my FOID, and I’ve been watching your videos to learn more about guns and gun safety. Gonna take a class soon at the nearest shooting range. Thanks Colion for your content! Very helpful!
Step one: move out of Illinois! 🤣🤣 or any state that requires it's citizens to have a permission slip not just to carry but merely to purchase and possess firearms. Totally unconstitutional legislations.
I keep my Bushmaster AR and my Mossberg 590A1 right by my bed with my three pistols. My house is four stories. Good luck making it to the fourth floor.
@@Peppersquads Definitely a "gimmick " it's like look I made a "hybrid" half 17 half 19 with ZERO Advantages 🤣🤣 might as well carry the original G17 have longer barrel with more velocity for the bullet lol👍...Same grip 🤦♂️..."Make it Make sense 🤷♂️🤣
P226 is hard to beat on a nightstand. You get extra piece of mind with the double action trigger, 18+1 flush fits from Mec-Gar, and famous reliability.
I have used the Browning Hi-Power for over 20 years. It is the only pistol I will use. I have Acromegaly, which has deformed my hands a great deal. Also, it has caused arthritis and carpal tunnel in both hands. This makes many modern pistons difficult for me to use, because of the grips they come with. All that said, the Browning has always fit my hand like a glove. I like the single action of it. Only drawback is the magazine safety. That is something I guess I am just too stubborn to worry about, based on all the pluses with the pistol.
I think you should consider the CZ P10F, 19 round stock mags with a plus 5 extension and one in the pipe you now have 25 rounds at your disposal in a great shooting gun. Oh and I forgot to mention you can buy it optic and suppressor ready.
@@cagneybillingsley2165 My boy the M&P's are garbage guns with probably the worst striker fired triggers on the market. The only good thing about it is the ergos are pretty good.
@@cagneybillingsley2165 P10 series is light years ahead of whole M&P series. I won't even go into Shadow 1/2,TSO argument because they are cheat code pistols. Only pistols that I think can run side by side with them are high end 2011s
FN FNX 45 gives you 16 + 1 capacity 45acp. Single / double action, bilateral safeties, slide lock, and mag release. The tactical model lets you mount red dot and has threaded barrel for suppressors. No compromises.
I went from a Kimber 45 to a PX4 Storm 9mm. I liked them so much I bought the sub compact, compact and full size. When I wanted to conceal carry I found them too bulky so I got a Sig P938 SAS. It shot better than the full size Barretta so its my bedside and every day carry. Its only downside is the 7 rd mag.
I had a Kimber .45 and it was not anywhere near what I expected. No comparison to my SR1911 from good old ruger. The barrel split on the Kimber after less than 100 rounds. FJB and Kimber too.
It's ultimately splitting hairs, but I do like a DA/SA gun like a P226,CZ75, Beretta 92, etc for a nightstand gun because I think If you're awakened in the middle of the night, having that double action trigger as you reach for your gun is a benefit, not a hinderance. Best thing though is to have the handgun to buy you enough time to get to your rifle lol.
Beretta PX4 Storm, by design a replacement for the 92 outperforming the sig in military trials despite losing the contract. A lot of folks say it's ugly but I'm a man that likes curves, especially when they serve a function. I've shot alot of pistols but none does the magic of the storm when it comes to making a 9mm feel like a .22
The X5 Legion is my nightstand gun. She’s outfitted with the Delta point pro and a surefire X300 as well as the Taran Tactical +5 mag plate. Everything you need and more! Shot almost every type of ammo out of it and not a single malfunction with about 1200 rounds or so through it.
Gotta love Walthers. The first time I shot mine I felt like I had a custom gun made just for my hands and the trigger breaks smoothly exactly where I want it to and resets the same. It's like finding a car where the drink holders don't block the radio and the arm rest is just the right height.
I have the PPX. It has the typically amazing Walther trigger, it's a great shooter, and I love the pistol. However, it suffers from a common Walther curse. Once a model goes out of production, according to Walther, it's as if it never existed. Good luck finding holsters, spare mags, replacement parts, or even a cross-reference guide to let you know which new model parts work in your discontinued model. It's a really shitty and easily solved customer service problem and, considering the excellent firearms the company makes, you'd think they'd have solved it by now..
For me, it’s my Gen 4 Glock 17 that has been cut for a Holosun 508T and front cocking serrations. Professional stipple and undercut job. ZEV duty trigger. Suppressor heigh night sights. Streamlight TRL1HL. It’s not my fanciest or most expensive handgun but I have thousands or rounds in training classes, practice, and competition through it so it’s what I’m most comfortable with and trust. With the +2 baseplate, I get 20 rounds of 124gr +P HST. Before all the work, it was my duty gun so there is a little sentimental value there too.
With a limited budget I don't have the extensive selection Colion has to choose from, so my Home Defense Handgun is what it is, a 9mm + 1 Glock 20 Gen4
I went with the beretta m9 clone the girsan regard for my night stand gun. Design is a battle and time tested platform, holds 18+1 came with a red dot that is designed to be on 24/7, suppressor height sights in case the red dot fails or dies and the quality is absolutely top notch all for about 500 bucks. All I had to do was add an light/laser combo that I can charge on my night stand without removing it from the pistol. Perfect night stand gun I'm my opinion.
@@duacot6633 I stumbled across some videos on the girsan and kept hearing how they thought the girsan was actually better than the beretta. I've never shot a beretta 92 so I can't give a personal opinion on the comparison.I just rolled the dice on the girsan based on all the great reviews and the price was right lol
Hey man, I recently got the Regard with red dot also, but I've been second guessing myself. Only dry fire so far to keep it new looking in case I sell it. The trigger pull is just heavy as hell. You do anything to lighten yours?
I have had my TP9SF for several years now. I put a surefire x300 on it and a vortex venom and added Taylor Freelance flared mag well and TF plus 4 mag plates. It’s my favorite handgun.
the best home defense gun is the gun you know the most, you know how to operate and where the safety is, a gun you can point at the target with your eyes close, and know the feel of the trigger even in your dreams. also having decent magazine capacity and a light is good.
That PDP, the Zev, and the Staccato are great options! The 509 is underwhelming and I don't know why the X-Five is even in consideration by comparison. The LTT 92 Beretta or the CZ Shadow 2 could boot those 2 off the list.
I own a Ruger 9 mm, NEVER had a problem, fits my humungus giant hand, and the kick, well there practically is none. Oh , never had a jam, and it’s so easy to clean. Love it , thanks Ruger!
Colin I love that you made note of the muzzle brake on the Staccato P... I can tell you from personal experience that a Brake on a pistol makes it EXTREMELY LOUD to the shooter, especially considering that you won't have hearing protection on and will be indoors. The rest of the choices are great and AS ALWAYS you make amazing content!
If I got enough time to not have to shoot while laying in bed half awake and immediately reach for the nightstand to grab my pistol while the bad guys are rushing inside my bedroom, I have enough time to throw on my electronic ears. Keep them right beside nightstand firearm.
i've always kinda thought that the noise wouldn't be one of the things that you'd care to think about that much when thinking about a defense gun. i figured people would much rather blow their eardrums and survive more so than worry about the noise.
I’ve been using the staccato 2011 XL for my competitions lately and it is so choice.. it’s not exactly my bedside gun, but like he said, the damn gun is it’s own cheat code.
I put a zev brake on my G19 and it was ferociously loud on my ears the one time I forgot I didn’t have my ears on and I thought the exact same thing afterwards.
@@nameredacted1176 so curious as I've never shot it. If it's so great and accurate to shoot, it can accept optics and a light, why wouldn't you have it as your bedside gun? (Assuming your bedside is a 9mm)
Right now I rotate between my M&P Shield 2.0. With a light rail. And my Hellcat? Whichever gun I'm carrying for the week, that's the night stand Gun. I also have a conversion MCK Conversion kit with a GEN one Shield in it. on my bedside, that's what I would grab first.
I went with the HK VP9 Tactical for my 9mm bedside. Red dot and 17 or 20 round magazines. Suppressor height night sights and a threaded barrel if I want to suppress it.
*RUGER LCR, BERETTA M9A4* A Ruger LCR (best in 9mm or .38 Special IMO) is great for jacket/vest/bathrobe pockets when walking around the home and surrounds and might be all you want for a bedside home defense gun. Also a lot easier to conceal these small handguns around the home than a big handgun like the HK45. If one wants a versatile self-loading pistol that offers firepower and the ability to mount a white light, laser, RDS and silencer there can be only one choice IMO. Namely the silencer ready Beretta M9A4. This 9mm handgun also makes a vastly better impact weapon than any polymer frame pistol, while the metal frame prevents twisting if a heavy light/laser is fitted (a problem with some polymer frame pistols which lack a metal insert to make them stiffer). Also safer to carry than striker fired pistols that lack a safety catch thanks to the DA mechanism that results in a longer and heavier trigger pull for the first shot. A supremely versatile self-loading pistol. I prefer the decock only Centurion variant with the shorter slide/barrel.
In my opinion a very important factor is penetration without perforation. What good does it do if you shoot the intruder AND your next-door-neighbor? Therefore i would prefer a gun to shoot subsonic expansion rounds without need to modify the gun. A silencer/suppressor and a light attached, to protect your own hearing and to identify your target. If you have absolutely no health problems (better check this before!) i also would recomment a light with strobe-mode. Also a light with a red filter helps you to keep your nigh sight ability. There are gun lights available with 3 LEDs inside (red, green, white). So .... If there would be a 2ndA here in Germany, i would go with H&K Mark23 Tactical or Hk45 Tactical with written attachments. Not the cheapest solution, but first these are very reliable guns, and second as a German Army veteran i´m used and trained to handguns from the Heckler&Koch USP family. Also the .45 ACP subsonic expansion rounds in my personal opinion preferable: bigger and slower than 9mm - therefore more energy transfer to the target, this results in more stopping power and less endangernment of surrounding structures (in german this is called "Umfeldgefährdung", i don´t know how to translate this in a good sense). And, of course the 5 most important points are: 1.) Training 2.) Training !!! 3.) TRAINING!!! 4.) *TRAINING!!!* 5.) *_F+++ING TRAINING!!!_*
I'm surprised theres not 1 CZ on this list. The p10 series triggers have to be the best striker fired guns I have ever felt. It might be on his more affordable guns video though.
Personally I love my CZ75. My particular one is in .40S&W. But, my go to gun is my Model 29 S&W. Yes, it only holds 6 rounds, but for what ever reason I can shoot the smallest groups with my early 80's vintage 29. People find it odd because I am small and have smallish hands. But that gun's grip fits me perfectly and the sights and barrel length just plain work for me. As for any polymer type gun or a Glock, I might as well be throwing rocks since I can not seem to hit the side of a barn with those newer guns. As they say, what ever works best for a particular person is the gun they should use.
@@archangele1 that's awesome I'm sure you have watched dirty harry before! I have a CZ P01 & P07 in 9mm. Love all metal guns though. I have a S&W 5906 9mm all stainless steel from the 90s. Thats my only vintage gun. It has the shortest reset on any handgun I have handled.
Last time I was in the gun store I picked up a cz75 and I was so disappointed with how it felt in my hand and how it felt to try and manipulate for some reason. Love the look of it just didn't work for me
I feel so sad watching this video as a resident of New York State where legally you can only have 7 rounds in your magazine. Freaking ridiculous. Can not wait to leave this state! Great video! Thank you.
Leave that ignorance and please don't look back..hit those power grabbing..control freak politicians in their pockets...boycott the libtard demonrat states
7 rounds in your magazine ??? WOW.Neffo,you might want to move to Texas,that's where I'm living,no limit on guns or rounds in magazine. FULL METAL JACKET. LOL.
Dam I was made cause in Maryland it's a 10 round mag law but we can go outside and buy a bigger mag but if you get caught with more then 10 in the mag it's a charge (witch makes no sense) so most of the good guns might not even have a 10 round mag package to buy but 7 is really ridiculous so I guess yall just buy S&W cause they mainly 6,7, rounds mags
There's so many quality firearms out there it's hard to go wrong.i like my sig but also my trusty 12ga for home defense....might have to get another gun lol
I’m gonna be old enough to get a conceal carry permit soon. I never considered doing so until the other night when there was an attempted dive by right outside where I work. I work at a froyo shop. There were police all over the parking lot the whole night. If it can happen there, it can happen anywhere. I’m gonna go get some training and start shopping for a good handgun. Thanks for the videos to get me started shopping.
Good for you. In my opinion the best research you can do is shooting the gun first before you buy it. Most gun ranges have the popular carry guns and you can rent them first. Good luck!
Dear Colin have you ever been in love with two guns? I mean like equally. If you were to call me a CZ hipster I would wear it with pride. My P10 F was all I ever needed. With 19 in the clip I'm like the new John Wick with this gun. But the more I carried it everywhere the heavier it became. I needed something lighter but I like you don't like to sacrifice capacity. I would have stuck with CZ. But because of my profession I get a certain brand of firearm at law enforcement prices. Of course that would be Glock. So of course the 19X caught my eye until an officer of mine told me about the Glock 45. And so a new love began. Ergonomics not as great CZ but good. Three mags instead of two. Sights just as good. I'd wright more but got to go. Peace.
Glock 45 was my first gun I got during the pandemic and IMO is the best handgun there is. My next Glock however will be either a 34 or a 43x. Glock 45 is just a better 19x.
I sold my 19x because I didn't like the color. It was cool for about a month. Should have never got it. Should have got the 45. Will the new holosun direct mount a MOS is probably on the short list.
I keep a 19x on my nightstand, mostly for it’s capacity. Have the Sig M17 & M18, but the 19x feels better for being quick on target. Love my CZ P10C, my favorite pistol, Just needs more capacity for the night stand.
Nothing but respect, Colion, but I've gotta go against the grain on this one. Having owned 2 of the firearms on this list, I'll still turn to my Langdon Tactical full size PX4 w/ 20rd factory mags first.
Opted for the Staccato P over the C2 (functionally equivalents to the above). In terms of "looks good on the nightstand", +1 in favor of Wilson Combat. Otherwise, splitting hairs.
@@nunzioalioto2420 i have both, shot both.. try the Wilson Combat SFX9. It’s very hard to make a better gun. The trigger, sights, balance, recoil. It shoots as good as it gets. My experience only after shooting literally hundreds of firearms. Best Regards
I live in an area with security and closed off walls but there's still a bunch of houses and you never now who might be living in them. I'm a new gun owner with a Glock 19 Gen 5 and I absolutely love the looks, the feel and most importantly how it makes me feel when I'm carrying it outside the house, I'm a bit thin so it's a bit hard to get used to but after a few minutes you forget about it. I don't have a bedside gun to pull up in a moments notice but I do have it in a safe right in front of my bed always accessible with a 6 digit code that I'll never ever forget that is made to be input with a quick flow that prevents mistakes even in a stressful situation. I was planning to buy a Savage 110 Elite precision in 338 lapua as it's gorgeous and feels mean and a Remington shotgun in 12 gauge. I also keep 2 magazines always loaded with hollowpoints and the boxes with FMJ and more Hollowpoints are accessible too.
Honestly, I think the PDP is the best looking gun out of all of them too. I looked into one cuz it caught my eye and then all the reviews were outstanding so I bought it. It runs like a beast and looks like a tiger shark. Nuff said.
That was almost my 1st one. I ended up going with a Glock 43x. Surprisingly, my accuracy with the 43x is significantly better than any other handgun I own (allegedly) or have tried
My first level of home defense is a well trained German Shepherd... Now IF their skilled enough to defeat my German Shepherd, then I got a fully loaded Glock 19 at the immediate ready to DEFEND my family and I from a deadly threat!
Wow, my Rival is night and day better trigger than 2 different PDPs I have. I am a huge Walther fan, but feel like Canik has done more in the last 10 years with the p99 technology they licensed from Walther, than Walther has done in the last 20 years with their own tech.
@@gjk50002 I was meaning that in lieu of a Rival on this list, the PDP would be a better choice than the X-Five. Granted, as a 1911 junkie, that Staccato should be lights out.
U just made heads roll after mentioning that p320 lol… I’m not a big fan of the zev but I understand why it made ur list. Great video as always brother
Jericho 941 is my sidekick. Shoots straight as an arrow and the recoil is really manageable. And ya know slapping in a full clip simultaneously closing the slide and chambering a round is bad ass.
Great selection (and collection) of guns. The only place where we differ is for and EDC or nightstand gun, I don't want to fumble with a safety, even training with muscle memory. I don't mind a 1911 grip safety, because it's a no-brainer, but still functions as a safety moving it in and out of my holster.
I use a Sig M18 with a manual safety and its so streamline that its impossible to not ride the safety as you shoot. Within a hour of shooting it the first time, you get so use to engaging and disengaging outta the holster its completely subconscious. I've fired about maybe 300 rounds maybe and my draw and shot is about 2.5seconds roughly. I only dry fire about a hour total a week. Sure no safety is easiest, but its so negligible its not a good reason not to get a manual safety.
Now granted I'm bias towards sig bc I live in New England but definitely go with the 320 I have the m17 with the axg full metal frame in black with tan grips. The weight of the sig just holds on target shooting the 9mm
