That is niiiice.
So we went by the gun shop to get ammo for our range trip yesterday and the owner was talking to us about how we want to get CCW permits and basically convinced us that we should go ahead and get them now (in Iowa, it goes by county. Our current sheriff is a jerk who will give you one if you say you regularly carry $500 in cash, and write “only valid when carrying $500 or more in cash” on the permit) We were planning to wait until after the new sheriff is elected but the gun store folks promised us that either of the new candidates will fix that.
So the problem became what do I want to use to qualify? The county test is really strict, involves a target at 25 yards which is way farther than I usually shoot. Talon’s got a couple .45s but I don’t like them. My XD40 and the 380 are not full size and so are not as accurate. We mentioned that to the gun shop owner and he went off to the back room and came back with his 9mm glock and said here, borrow this. We went to the range and shot two boxes of 9mm. I liked the gun a lot, but the grip is a little wrong for me so we’re going to see about getting me a different 9mm.
And ordering Talon an AR15 to match mine too. The gun shop guy says they’re taking between 8 and 16 weeks right now so anyone who’s looking for one should order - the wait’s only going to get worse before November.
Got to love a store with nice service. Apparently since we got Jen’s AR they had a running bet between the owner and the counter gal that we would be back in to spend our ‘stimulus check’ on an AR for me. Heh.
So now a full size 9mm is the top of our by lists. The ones in the main running are an XD and a S&W M&P. Will probably look at other things though. The criteria are light, and a grip she likes.