At the end of the day, I can conceal a chopped 17 just as well as a normal 19. So why would I NOT want the extra sight radius and extra barrel length? What downside is there for me in this case?
Will many people need to engage a threat at 100 yards with a pistol? I highly doubt it, especially in a civilian environment. However it's still good practice to be able to make hits at those distances, and it's not entirely impossible for such a situation to occur. If someone is shooting at you from 100 yards away, they are a threat. I really couldn't give a damn what some attorney or judge thinks at that point, I'm either getting the hell out of their or shooting back, whichever is more prudent. Because if they're half way decent with whatever they're shooting and you don't do anything about it you'll be thinking things over in a box buried underground.
Too many people get sucked into the NRA bullcrap of 'most encounters happen at 7 yards or less'. Is that a true statistic? Maybe...but at the end of the day another true statistic is that most of us will NEVER be in a situation where we will use our firearms in defense of our lives. Yet we still carry everywhere we go.....don't train to just be 'good enough', be the best you can be. Because that one in a million chance when shit DOES hit the fan in your world, you may need to use your pistol in a way that you thought you'd never need to practice.
All that being said, I've seen people make 100+ yard hits with G26's. It's the dancer, not the pole...I mainly like my chopped 17 for it's balance, and because I run it with a light so the barrel length is inconsequential...the light sticks out past it anyways.
Will many people need to engage a threat at 100 yards with a pistol? I highly doubt it, especially in a civilian environment. However it's still good practice to be able to make hits at those distances, and it's not entirely impossible for such a situation to occur. If someone is shooting at you from 100 yards away, they are a threat. I really couldn't give a damn what some attorney or judge thinks at that point, I'm either getting the hell out of their or shooting back, whichever is more prudent. Because if they're half way decent with whatever they're shooting and you don't do anything about it you'll be thinking things over in a box buried underground.
Too many people get sucked into the NRA bullcrap of 'most encounters happen at 7 yards or less'. Is that a true statistic? Maybe...but at the end of the day another true statistic is that most of us will NEVER be in a situation where we will use our firearms in defense of our lives. Yet we still carry everywhere we go.....don't train to just be 'good enough', be the best you can be. Because that one in a million chance when shit DOES hit the fan in your world, you may need to use your pistol in a way that you thought you'd never need to practice.
All that being said, I've seen people make 100+ yard hits with G26's. It's the dancer, not the pole...I mainly like my chopped 17 for it's balance, and because I run it with a light so the barrel length is inconsequential...the light sticks out past it anyways.
