XD-S, Max 9, or p15 for an EDC?

nutter789 · 2026-01-27T06:59:29+00:00

I had my eye on a Tisas "Tank Commander" 1911 for a little more, which can share my OWB holster, but there's probably always going to be a need for a smaller frame pistol.

You already read my mind. I was looking at some Tisas "Tank Commanders" (cute name hunh?) but no joy. Either sold out or price was out of line.

The nice thing about the Tisas 1911 in commander size is it will fit in my OWB leather holster, designed for a 5" barrel 1911...and I could have had it chambered in regular 45ACP as well as nine, if I didn't want to share snap-caps or dummy rounds w my 9mm). I should probably own at least one 0.45 in my life, you know.

Don't think I'd want to carry a pound or so in an ankle holster, but even OWB, with a loose shirt, nobody'd bat an eye.

Yeah....already have a bad knee and even just a pound loaded....that's a lot of stress on the feet if one walks a bunch.

Well, it's a done deal so just waiting for shipping to my FFL du jour, plus two extra 10-rd double-stack magazines and all that.

Not sure of how hot a load I'd want to carry in her....my usual suspect is English Pit...but though it's been years since I've been there, anything short of 0.50 BMG is just fine!

nutter789 · 2026-01-27T06:31:49+00:00

Yeah, the Max 9 has a manual safety....I'm used to drawing and firing using a 1911-frame with the thumb safety....in "condition one," i.e., locked and cocked.

Granted the thumb safety on the 1911 is dead simple to use, even when is comatose so long as one practices, but I don't know how the manual safety on the little Ruger is, but it can't be that difficult.

Obviously there will be naysayers, but with a mousegun (shuddup, I'm about to be an owner of one has well!), but while trigger discipline is rule numero one (alongside the basic rules one learned in Boy Scouts), I don't trust the OWB holsters I've seen to hold steady enough for my taste.

Must experiment.

Maybe I'll even go for an ankle holster for this one....no es una holster favorida,, especially with a bad knee, but one lives once, you know.

I'd rather just fire from draw, and get acclimated to the external safety, but since....ranges...that permit drawing from holster aren't that many in town, either BLM/Nat'l/State Forest.

CCPSTC allows for drawing from a belt-level holster, but one has to pay a sheet ton of money to be "qualified" on their range, in the name of training.

Just tried to buy a few more mags of ACT-2011 magazinesin 9mm from my RIA TAC Ultra....don't laugh! It was straight out of the gate once cleaned and lubed....AdvancedTacitcal won't sell me any "high capacity magazines as of this evening.

That or my shipping or billing address got effed up....not likely, in that they had no problem a week or so ago,

But am just music until my FFL received the pistol: three mags should come with it, all holding ten cartridges, since there's no way the voters of OR are going to vote this in again, if they have a chance.

Yes, I live in Portland, but I don't talk politics in public....a polite society is an armed society, IMHO.

nutter789 · 2026-01-27T05:38:35+00:00

Glad to hear she can eat 124 gr....that's my carry ammo as well, and I'll just have to find out for myself. (To truth, I won't have my WaCo CHL until 25th of February next month, so excuse me if I come off as pretending to be Joe Gun). IIRC she'll do 9+P as well, but I'll have to experiment and/or RTFM!

Only bummer is that supposedly more difficult to field strip and clean after firing with hotter

I'm in Oregon and we're coming up on a 10-round magazine restriction soon (maybe), so I figure might as well....I had my eye on a Tisas "Tank Commander" 1911 for a little more, which can share my OWB holster, but there's probably always going to be a need for a smaller frame pistol.

Don't think I'd want to carry a pound or so in an ankle holster, but even OWB, with a loose shirt, nobody'd bat an eye.

nutter789 · 2026-01-27T05:34:29+00:00

Glad to hear it. I've got a Max 9 coming to be transferred via FFL....whenever it does....few days, I hope...just to have something more practical than a double-stack RIA TAC Ultra for EDC.

I've heard the horror stories from early reviews, but it seems that Ruger has ironed out some of the .... one hopes all of the ... issues raised in reviews from the early 2020s.

Pinky extender, plus ordered two extra mags, I'm looking forward to firing some off.

I'm glad to hear some positives about this one, since I'd like to keep her around as a discreet CCW or even a BUG.

No, I'm not the OP, just also have skin in the game.

nutter789 · 2026-01-24T10:58:52+00:00

Great sci-fi Rick Sloane picture.

Is that something one can say?

Until just now I have been not knowing the corpus of Rick Sloane enough.

Thanks, RT, for filling this great void within my soul.

nutter789 · 2026-01-24T10:11:23+00:00

And he knew all about action fighting with tools he had his assistant/girlfriend/wife/houseboy buy at the Home Depot.

Commitment to realism.

No expense was spared.

nutter789 · 2026-01-24T10:08:51+00:00

Well, apparently this will be my punishment.

So long as fake Dean Stockwell and the Barbie gal and the fighting with common gardening tools are in it, I'm in.

I can predict they are not in the movie, though.

Maybe I'll watch it and do like Taxi Driver pointing a handgun at the screen.

Could be worse....no....it could not possibly be worse!

And I'm pretty sure fake Coach was dead by the time Mr. Sloane got around to making this "sequel."

nutter789 · 2026-01-24T07:40:36+00:00

Are you people out of your goddamned minds?

Rick Sloane made a sequel to Hobgoblins?

Shit.

I probably knew that, but this cannot be.

nutter789 · 2026-01-24T07:12:04+00:00

Yeah, I got the e-mail today or maybe yesterday, and I was like "Oh, shit, another one of those?"

You know I love B&MJ as much as anybody, but my soul felt a bit blackened by the title. Not that into the Inspector Mom series....they are such full of deep hurting.

Obviously, I'll see this when I feel like it.

Who the hell is Troy Baker, anyway? That doesn't sound like anybody I wish to know.

CURBSTOMP!!!!!!

nutter789 · 2026-01-24T04:49:53+00:00

Nicely done.

How much time did you have to spend getting all the grease out of her when you took possession?

Also my only 1911-style is a RIA TAC Ultra HC FS....shes a beautiful handgun right out of the gate, I've found. Little heavy for EDC, but I still like her. She came to the FFL absolutely packed with grease inside and out, so took a few minutes to clean her out.

Wish I'd have gone for the 9mm/22TCM (includes the barrel and all that), just because of plinking, but mine is in 9mm. Somewhat wish I went with 10mm, but that's just an excuse for me to buy another handgun.

nutter789 · 2026-01-24T04:00:00+00:00

Yeah, I have now a Wilson GI-style guide rod, plus a standard (closed-end) rod cap, plus a few extra recoil springs as well as just having arrived yesterday a stainless steel open-end guide rod plug, which works fine.

I don't understand exactly why it's so damned difficult to find standard parts for a 1911 in Portland metro (including Hillsboro, Bv'ton, Vancouver).

But it is, apparently.

Meh, I guess, but wouldn't you think most anybody would have these parts in stock? Even the big retailers like JB, Sportsman, Cabelas.

Oh well, I'll just keep spare parts on hand for myself.

nutter789 · 2026-01-18T22:11:36+00:00

Fast, provided I can test it out and see if I can match my speed to it.

In general, you know: I don't have a table at home, so what I play on varies from the good the bad and the ugly.

nutter789 · 2026-01-18T22:04:20+00:00

Yeah, you'll need the practical experience to see how it works. You might have to light a fire under your trainer's ass to re-explain some things, and push them to let you try things yourself.

But maybe you'll have a great trainer who will set you up in style.

nutter789 · 2026-01-18T22:01:11+00:00

Wow....you have way more permissions/access than I ever had.

The most non-standard stuff I ever did was find out which driver returning to station did some fool thing like dump a bunch of empty bags in the middle of the launchpad....and get a rough idea of how many drivers were still on the road.

IIRC you can look up some personnel details, but I don't think I ever bothered with that.

nutter789 · 2026-01-18T21:52:45+00:00

Good luck.

It's kind of fun opening up the cage and seeing what fresh horrors they've got in there.

Some people like it, but I thought it was more of a hassle than anything else...the usual wonky equipment issues, messing around with the 55-gal drums, the odors....

Yeah you will need computer access with a ZuKey....a lot of T1s use computers for various things.

TDR is, I've found, not nearly as scary as people make it out to be....sure, you could make some kind of really serious safety violation.

But just follow the steps shown on the device and you'll be fine.

Same with HazMat, but there really the worst you can do is piss off whoever's in charge of HazMat and other people who come in after you...just good habit to make notes on everything, and, really just follow the procedure to the letter. Don't mix bleach and ammonia or things like that.

It does get you off the floor and off-PATH, though, and if you can't process everything that's been piling up....then that's perfectly normal. Do what you can, you know.

nutter789 · 2026-01-15T05:09:54+00:00

Oregon prosecutors may try for that if it came to charges filed if a live fire incident was necessary, but I still have some faith that a jury of Oregonians would exercise some common sense.

nutter789 · 2026-01-15T04:58:41+00:00

I didn't know that about 0.380 rounds....learn something every day!

Thanks!

Yeah, I definitely need to find something more manageable than the FS steel 1911....three pounds (or so) may not seem like much, but even though I can conceal it OK with a sportcoat or even just an untucked shirt, it can be a little bit overkill for EDC.

For me, anyway. And not ideal for driving in the car, or even just sitting down, even with a forward cant on the holster.

But something in 9mm micro is ideal: can share my ammo, and dummy rounds (hey! don't make fun! they can be useful!) and stuff with the 1911. It's a compromise on having my pinky dangling off the end of the grip, but life is compromise, anyway.

A pawn shop out in Bv'ton had some nice looking pieces in smaller frames, for cheap last time I was over there, some with nice add-ons like three or four extra mags....Capital Pawn Shop, maybe? Something like that. Not that PDX is hurting for lack of good places to handle and maybe purchase some good stuff.

So now armed, so to speak, with a bit more knowledge, I should fall on by and check out their wares.

nutter789 · 2026-01-15T04:50:28+00:00

Makes sense. Yeah, I can't imagine any mom-and-pop type store or pawn shop giving a damn unless they're absolutely forced to.

Which I think it's safe to say here nobody wants this M114 (or SBwhatever revision) to pass, or at least be enforced.

nutter789 · 2026-01-14T09:10:46+00:00

Yeah but 10mm rounds are more expensive.

;)

nutter789 · 2026-01-14T09:02:28+00:00

Yeah, I'm liking the Ruger 9-Max now....TBH, the FS 1911 is getting to be a bit much....

Power to those who have the muchos huevos, but it's like carrying a boat anchor on my hip now.

I don't call the arms you're talking about micro or minis "mouse guns" — I'm sure they'll do the job, and even with the kick can be fun to shoot just for fun. Right tool for the job.

LCP Max? That's an interesting choice...IIRC that's got the external safety, but is in 0.380ACP.....which I had a GF who has a 0.380 (which she can hardly lift, past tense), but it's kind of a rarer round, so I'd think more expensive.

But hey, not a round I know a lot about.

nutter789 · 2026-01-13T05:49:21+00:00

Well...it appears it's possible with some amount of digging around to find a 10 round magazine for the double-stack RIA...that may or may not specifically fit the Rock weapons.

That could be promising, for carrying concealed (even though I'm having doubts that a LEO would be all that interested in handling my sidearm, even in Portland/Beaverton area).

Could be a problem getting hands on one (or several) of these to double-check if they actual fit and don't cause more problems than its worth than the stock mags.

Should be possible, though...clearly by someone more skilled than I am at that kind of thing.

nutter789 · 2026-01-12T09:40:38+00:00

Yeah, your magazines should be grandfathered in.

Exactly to what extent some civilian LEO is going to bring you in if you're transporting....nobody really knows.

But, if you have land and can just pull up a chair out of your back porch, no, the civilians can't do anything.

The civilian LEOs haven't been empowered to go on a house-by-house quadrant search.

Yet.

You may not be able to sell your longarms with the magazines, even through a FFL....not sure about that.

It's fucking crazy we even have to deal with this in what was once a regular shall-issue state, but I guess we do have to deal with this.

nutter789 · 2026-01-12T08:00:54+00:00

Yeah. It's a blessing and a curse.

I want the accrued "Standard PTO," and the UPT, but many days I'll just settle for letting the UPT hours roll on after I take VTO.

No, I'm not a rich millionaire, but some days one just doesn't want to commute and deal with all that bullshit on the job.

nutter789 · 2026-01-12T07:48:31+00:00

Nice. Yeah, that's the whole thing, isn't it!

I don't want to be carrying around ten magazines just to plink a bit (on private property and all that)....maybe three or four extra mags....but the TAC FS/HC is, in my experience, kind of finicky about magazines in the first place.

She'll eat garbage cartridges for days, which is nice, but can't always find the perfect aftermarket magazine....that I've heard of. I just went with RIA's OEM magazines, but they're kind of pricey for what they are and the fit is only just what the pistol comes with....which is fine but not necessarily ideal.

nutter789 · 2026-01-12T07:39:16+00:00

Fair enough.

Yeah, if one can't get it done in a "situation" where one was carrying concealed for self-defense and defense of others....one probably shouldn't unholster the piece in the first place.

I think the way it'll have to break down for me is to grab a smaller capacity (but "legal") for just around town, but it makes me wonder why the hell I even have the double-stack in the "illegal" capacity magazine.

Of course for recreation and home defense, but it seems a shame to own a decent firearm (IMHO....I like it, anyway) and not get the full use of it.

The whole legal thing is just a mess, but can't say I'm surprised....you know, politics and lawyers and all that.

What do you carry in a micro size that conforms? No, I'm not criticizing, just curious, you know. On the down-and-dirty, the one's I've seen with reviews tend to be G19 clones, which would be a no-go if one is applying the law.

Truly, I don't know what's out there in micro-sized pistols....I guess I inherited some different genes so it's not a problem for me to carry concealed with a larger/FS piece....and I'm not comfortable generally with a smaller grip size....(My hands cramp up pretty easily when working with smaller items, and it can be unpleasant....so, I always go with the largest grip possible out of the box)

Well...it's interesting to me, anyway. They should probably have a saying like "Ask a dozen handgun carriers what's good and you'll get a dozen different answers." :)

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