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"What Gun Should I Buy?"
abbafandr:
Interesting article, as always.
Interesting thread as well.
I recommend renting or borrowing something you have an interest in. A few magazines down range will give you a good feel for the handling, recoil etc.
I'm thinking of buying a 45ACP. I want to use it in USPSA, probably Limited 10.
Three I like, no special order, CZ97BD, Glock 21(41could work also) and S&W M&P45.
The first one eliminated is the CZ. It isn't on the approved list of production guns, plus guns and magazines are hard to get.
Glock and SW are plentiful, guns and magazines, and there is no difficulty in getting holsters or what not.
Thinking a trip to the Bullet Hole is in order since they rent both of these.
An added bonus, 45 ammo is readily available. Even more important, I can reload it ;D
--- Quote from: bkoenig on December 30, 2014, 10:11:05 PM ---Nah...that's why I carry a CZ. Commie-designed steel framed handguns make great blunt weapons.
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Kinda my thought on my SW5906 :laugh:
--- Quote from: jthhapkido on December 30, 2014, 11:52:09 AM ---No kidding. Particularly when I see that one of them talks about their class starting at 2pm and being finished by 5pm.
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I think my class ran from 8AM and didn't finish until 8PM (or later). Course we had the obligatory 5 shot snubby with no speed loaders. And there was the guy with the brand new handgun that he never shot before range time.
There was so much info that someone with a modicum of firearms experience didn't need. The firing pin hits the primer? Who'd a thunk it?
JTH:
--- Quote from: abbafandr on December 31, 2014, 08:39:13 AM ---I recommend renting or borrowing something you have an interest in. A few magazines down range will give you a good feel for the handling, recoil etc.
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Seeing how the gun SHOOTS is just a really good idea.
I have lately started cringing every time I hear someone say "just go with whatever feels good in your hand"---because folks new to guns have no idea what version of "feels good" equates to "shoots well for them."
"Just go to the gun store and handle everything in 9mm. Buy whichever feels best to you."
.....NO!
As you said, SHOOTING them to get a _real_ feel for the gun works much better.
A hunk of Play-Doh feels good in my hand. That doesn't mean I want the frame of my gun made of it. :)
--- Quote ---I'm thinking of buying a 45ACP. I want to use it in USPSA, probably Limited 10.
Three I like, no special order, CZ97BD, Glock 21(41could work also) and S&W M&P45.
The first one eliminated is the CZ. It isn't on the approved list of production guns, plus guns and magazines are hard to get.
Glock and SW are plentiful, guns and magazines, and there is no difficulty in getting holsters or what not.
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Note that for Lim-10, it doesn't need to be on the list of approved Production guns....
--- Quote ---I think my class ran from 8AM and didn't finish until 8PM (or later).
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And there was the guy with the brand new handgun that he never shot before range time.
There was so much info that someone with a modicum of firearms experience didn't need. The firing pin hits the primer? Who'd a thunk it?
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Yep. You can tell quite clearly that the curriculum was designed by a committee that set requirements based on a significant lack of understanding.
...and because they wrote it that way, apparently lots of people think they can show up with NO firearms knowledge, and be taught everything they need to know all at once.
abbafandr:
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--- Quote from: jthhapkido on December 31, 2014, 10:20:35 AM ---As you said, SHOOTING them to get a _real_ feel for the gun works much better.
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That's how I picked my G17. Liked it best of the 9mm pistols rented.
SS_N_NE:
For the big city boyz, running down to the metro firing range and renting out $500 of test guns may be an option.
The American way is to just buy as many guns as you can afford and toss the ones you don't like in the back of the gun safe. It's just good for the economy.
Joking aside, a lot of buyers don't know what they want or neglect honesty on their first purchase. Lot of people have limited choice (their local gun store and don't know their options), or no access to trying out various firearms. A lot of people depend on the opinion of others, with those opinions being totally worthless. Some are price driven assuming bargins apply to everything. I have seen people buy a POS because it was $50 less than what they should have bought.
I just got a family "what handgun should I buy" text the other day. Everyone chimed in with what they have. I was the one that asked "what are you going to use it for?" amid suggestions from .44 mag to official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle (think the BB gun was ethanol induced since it is not a handgun at all).
Pistol, revolver, single action, double action, SA/DA, controls, weight, sights, grips, calibers, convertable, modifications,target, competion, defense...lotta options that a simple "what do you got" can never cover.
Gunscribe:
--- Quote from: jthhapkido on December 30, 2014, 11:52:09 AM ---I have the opposite problem---whenever I want to buy a gun, my wife is fine with it as long as she ALSO gets a new gun. And her gun tastes are more expensive than mine, most of the time!
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Amen!
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