10 Best Carry Guns For The Money

foreign [Applause] wow today's top 10 took a while to write I wanted to make sure to give you the most comprehensive list of handguns for the money that is on the internet that was my plan for this video I scoured all the previous videos we took a look at all the other firearms that we've tested which are many if you're familiar with the channel you know that we've had hundreds of handguns on the channel and I wanted to find the 10 that I felt fit this category the best the 10 best carry guns for the money on this list you're going to get reliable accurate durable handguns with some different actions and maybe some different systems but you're gonna get 10 guns that are going to work and you're also going to get them for a pretty low price not all of them are going to be super cheap but they are going to have a lot of features for the money that's what we're looking for here one of the reasons why I like making lists like this is because these are 10 guns you don't have to lie to your wife about how much they cost before we get in the video I want to mention my patrons reporters thank you guys very much it's because of you guys we have guns and ammo and cool stuff on the channel and we can't thank you enough you want to support the channel that's the best way to do it just click on the link in the description and sign up also if you're not interested in patreon feel free to send us a super thanks lots of people been doing that lately and we really appreciate that I also want to mention the yss it's a local shelter in Ames Iowa there's a link for the Donate page in the description as well it is a Youth Shelter those kids could really use your help especially in the winter and Iowa gets very cold so we'd really appreciate just click the link and it'll take you right to the Donate page and you can donate to those kids I also want to mention we've been hopping on Instagram a little bit lately we do some first looks and we do some more interesting behind the scenes stuff on Instagram so feel free to check us out honest Outlaw reviews on Instagram now let's get right into it with number 10 here and we're going to be talking about the Taurus g3c now I put this at number 10 because I felt like it was probably the most controversial gun on the list because betting your life on a Taurus is sort of like betting on the Bengals in the Super Bowl but the reality is sometimes it works in the case of the Taurus G3 they break all the odds and it's actually a damn good Taurus although out of the six of them that I have had we did have one that did have problems that being said there's lots of different types of g3s the g3c is the one I'll pick but I also mention the full size G3 here uh they're all pretty awesome guns for the money they come with a pretty good trigger this one comes with an Optics Mount they come with front serrations steel sights they come with good texture and they come with a pretty good capacity size to weight and reliability ratio we have thousand round reviews of multiple uh Taurus g3s that worked well but then again we did have one that didn't that being said they're only around 200 to 250 dollars making them an unbelievable buy for most people I would consider this a really good go-to concealed carry gun if you're not planning on using it a ton not planning on shooting it a ton you want a strike or fired polymer frame pistol that works well that's simple but it's really cheap the Taurus G3 3 is probably the cheapest I would go for a carry gun they usually have a three to four inch barrel the g3c has about 3.2 it weighs 22 ounces making it very lightweight and even at the 200 price point it comes with three 12 round magazines very impressive for the money that being said we're gonna get to a lot more higher quality guns going forward and we'll start with the Hellcat Pro now the Hellcat Pro is another striker-fired polymer frame pistol that comes in around the 500 mark it has a 3.7 inch barrel and it's one of the new modern Micro Compact sort of guns it's like a it's like a micro full size it's very slim only one inch in diameter and it packs a pretty hefty uh capacity of 15 rounds with a 21 ounce overall weight so you get essentially the same capacity and capability as a Glock 19 but you get it in a much Slimmer lighter package and on top of that you get some better features out of the box too including a better trigger better sights and overall the build quality you would expect from the Hellcat series no matter number eight we actually have my favorite little 380. we're going to be talking about the Ruger LCP Max or lcp2 all of these guns are pretty impressive this mouse is packing some heat this this gun's so small that I seriously doubt we're going to be able to hit with it from here but we'll have to see I'd be impressed if I could hit a building from here this is a 12 plus one 3.2 inch barrel polymer frame striker-fired 380 pistol now the real selling point of this is just how unbelievably small it is for the capacity and size the weight that you get out of this guy this has an 18 ounce overall weight and you can pack 13 Rounds of 380. that's really impressive it's got tritium night sights out of the box steel sights front slide serrations a decent trigger a good grip actually for a 380 and it's so small you can fit it in a pocket this is one of those guns that I carry all the time when I go on Long hikes or if I go on a run I'll just stuff this into basketball shorts and you're good to go is it the ideal carry gun for all situations absolutely not but is it the ideal Pocket Gun I would argue yes especially for a price of around three hundred dollars three to four hundred dollars depending on your location these prices are date and location dependent by the way I'm from rural Iowa and it's 2022. so prices may vary that being said three to four hundred dollars this is an absolutely phenomenal pistol the striker fire action makes it easy for people to use it has low recoil it's very accurate reliable and it comes from a company like Ruger which does have a pretty good track record especially for these more budget guns I would consider the LCP the gold standard for a gun like this and that's why it's on the list now in at number seven we have the CZ P10 series now I was going to put the p10c on here but I didn't want to ignore the p10f either just simply because even though it's a full-size gun it's super lightweight the p10c has a four inch barrel this has a four and a half inch barrel the p10c has a 15 round capacity for the grip this has an 18 round that's the only difference really they're both Striker Fired polymer frame pistols and they both come out between four and six hundred dollars depending on where you get them steel sights front serrations Optics rail one of the absolute best triggers in the business that's what the P10 is known for their amazing trigger and their shockingly low bore axis by comparison to a lot of the other pistols the ergonomics allow you to get really deep into the gun and the low bore axis and the low reciprocating slide mass of the p10c makes it very low recoiling and very fast shooting super reliable we have thousand rounds and 2 000 round reviews of these guns and they work great they shoot well and they come from again a company like CZ which not only pre-breaks in your guns so you don't have to worry about any break-in period but promise you you won't have to worry about reliability issues either because even though they're four to six hundred dollars around 500 Mark they're absolutely dead fast reliable and that's what we're looking for with a carry gun fast accurate reliable and time tested all right so now we're going to go over the revolver on the list we're going to be talking about the Ruger LCR this bad boy right here is a five shot 357 Magnum with a two inch barrel it is double or single action you can fan the hammer back if you like for a Chris trigger pull or you can run the double action pull and I think that is a great option especially for CQB these guns don't get caught up in garments and things like that there's no malfunctions related to the slide reciprocating back and forth they're manually run by your finger and because of that these guns certainly still have a place in concealed carry today now I know it only has a two inch barrel and girls don't like shorties but sometimes it's not about the length but what you're packing in the cylinder and because of that the LCR still works we got five shots of 357 Magnum and up close Toe to Toe that'll hurt we have really good sights we have the trough site in the rear and the front fiber optic it has a great trigger and most importantly even though it's a small light gun it comes with a relatively large grip and you can access that gun a little bit better from retention whether it be from your holster from your pocket from your purse however you choose to carry this thing you're going to be able to get a good solid grip on it be able to control that 357 recoil and on top of that you're going to be able to get it out of concealment which is again extremely important a good drawstroke off your concealed carry gun is arguably more important than a lot of other things people take time to perfect so I like that I like the lock up on the gun I like how reliable it is I like how durable the coating is on the gun and overall it's my personal favorite carry revolver just because of all the mix of features that the gun comes with it sure doesn't hurt that it's only about five hundred dollars I actually got this one used for about 425 at my local store and it's worth every penny oh boy we're starting to get into rough territory here where it gets harder and harder to pick but I gotta go with the new Beretta apx A1 now the red apx A1 not only Shoots Great has astonishingly low recoil for the gun that it is but it also has the same 320 system where you actually have a fire control module that you can change things out so if you lived in a different state for example or a state where it's rough on gun laws you can only own one gun you can actually make this into multiple guns let's assume you're just buying this gun though still for the money you get an excellent gun you get an Optics mounting system you get steel tritium sights which is pretty amazing Optics rail you get a great grip with interchangeable back straps you get a really good trigger on the new ones and you get Ambi controls all very impressive now taking consideration that you have a 17 round magazine capacity for only 29 ounces and that includes the fire control unit and you can get this bad boy somewhere around the four to five hundred dollar price point you've got a real game changer here in my opinion on top of that you're getting a gun from Beretta the oldest firearms company in the world that has one of the longest and most impressive track records of making handguns in history now they have good customer service but they're available holsters are available everything's available for the apx and I like that it's a budget gun you can really count on from a company that you can absolutely trust in at number four we have my current carry gun the m p Shield plus now this gun gives you a ton of gun for the money and I'm not joking around about that the m p Shield plus comes in at around 375 to 400 depending where you get it sometimes it's 500. if you get the performance center which gives you even more you can get it for around 600 that gives you good texture and even better trigger what you get for the 400 price point is you get an absolutely time test tested and proven solid polymer frame Striker fire design with a three inch barrel again we have steel sights we have a phenomenal flat face trigger a good texture on the grip and on top of that you get a 10 plus one magazine and a 13 plus one magazine 1.3 pounds and it also has a three inch barrel giving you a lot of Firepower for a very lightweight package the thing I like about The Shield is not only are they extremely popular so accessories are very popular as well but they also come from a company like Smith and Wesson which in my opinion has even better track record than Beretta so overall I think that it's a great gun and I think if you're looking for a do-it-all gun this is a real good way to go super small super light so you can carry it all day but it's one of the most shootable micro nines so you can shoot it really well you can train you can have fun and you can even use it for a home defense gun if you're looking for one pistol to rule them all this is certainly one of those choices and that's why it's on the list in at number three we have the Walter PDP series man I can't do a good list without putting the PDP on it can I this right here is actually the full size version this is my carry Optics gun that kind of wanted to show off because it's like the Apex of what you can get uh for Walter but the standard Walters are also very good as well I would personally recommend if you're looking for a carry gun I would get into the compact size the compact has a 15 round magazine with an overall barrel length of about four inches same size as the Glock 19. but you're gonna get significantly better ergonomics you're going to get a pre-cock striker trigger that will blow the doors off anything that you've ever shot before except for maybe Canik which as it turns out is based on the same gun and uses the exact same action so does the vp9 by the way but Walter does it for a little bit cheaper and I think well cheaper than HK of course and they offer some features I really like they are Optics ready out of the box they have adjustable sights they also have front slide serrations and they have a phenomenal grip the PDP actually has a little bit longer and better grip than the previous PPQ or P99 it has a better mag scene release and it comes with a pretty impressive capacity of 15 or 18 rounds I like the PDP full size I like the PDP Compact and the subcompact so if you're interested in any of them I would absolutely recommend it we have several thousand rounds on multiple pdps now with zero failures they're unbelievably durable and reliable and it would be hard to find anything better than this if your life was on the line now again these guns come in between five and six hundred dollars and they're a little bit more expensive than some of the other guns on the list but they perform just as good if not better take my word for it I have every gun on Earth to choose from as a competition gun and I picked this one now in at number two we have well I'm gonna cheat a little bit and say the p365 but what I really mean is the p365x macro now the p365x macro I hailed is the best gun of the year and I stand behind that the 17 round polymer frame Striker Fired pistol comes with an Optics mounting system HD night sights that are steel a comp it comes with a freaking up right in the slide it has a light rail and it's very very lightweight consider the fact that this gun is smaller and lighter than a Glock 19 and it has two extra rounds it comes fully open gun ready with an Optics Mount and a compensator and an actually banging flat face trigger as well we also have a funneled MAG well here a beaver tail on the grip which is really nice and a very very low bore axis all this equates to an unbelievably fast shooting pistol it's really impressive as far as the speed to accuracy to lightweight to thinness go if you look at that gun and just see how unbelievably thin it in it's only one inch wide and it has the same perks in my opinion as the Hellcat Pro you also have to remember that it does have the fire control unit as well for added value on the gun so you could take this out and put in a different frame put a different slide or whatever you want you can get a p365 starting at about 400 but if you're looking at the X macro the one that we showed right there you're probably gonna end up shelling out about 600 to 700 so overall for the money man it's hard to beat the p365 but I think I do have one that's a little better now let's get right into number one with a gun that I literally couldn't Dethrone and I was mad about it I did a list similar to this about three years ago and I still have the same [ __ ] number one and it makes me a little mad but hey it's my scooter gun after all and that is the Canik tp9 SC Elite and if you're wondering what a scooter gun is it is as described it is a gun I carry while I'm on a scooter I walk the dogs on an electric scooter occasionally but it goes 40 miles an hour this is a polymer frame Striker Fired pistol sound familiar but hey you get a lot for the money with those guns and it has a three inch barrel a full optic system front tritium sight with a blacked out rear uh they're both steel and you get that pre-cock Striker trigger that you get on the pp but because it's from Canik and not from Walter you actually get it for like three hundred dollars I bought this gun for 300 when I bought it even still knew these things were going for like 385 390 and that's very impressive you get a 12 or 15 round magazine capacity you get a solid grip with good texture you get back straps you get an extended slide release and a checkered magazine release and Ambi controls and you get all that for like 350 arguably the most accurate and fastest subcompact I've ever fired add that to the fact that you can get it for the sub 400 Mark and I still haven't found anything that beats this for the money we have multiple reviews on this including a thousand round review so feel free to check all these out by the way if you're looking for more detail on any of these guns I think we have thousand round reviews on almost all of them except for maybe one or two so uh I love this gun for what it is but the reality is is the reason why it's on this list is not only is it reliable and accurate but it's got that absolutely banging trigger and the price is impossible to beat if you are looking at a gun store and you're trying to decide between a Taurus and a cannon and you have a little bit extra money like 50 or 75 bucks I believe it's absolutely worth it to upgrade to the SC if you like this video please like And subscribe please help out your local homeless shelters and remember to recycle I'll check you later [Applause] [Applause] [Music]

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Length: 16min 47sec (1007 seconds)

Published: Sun Dec 11 2022