Girls with Guns

Very cool...

Nah, I’m sure you get to keep the sticker. I bet your daughter still winds up with her present. :)

61 posted on 09/09/2011 9:39:05 AM PDT by greatplains

"Beautiful girl, sucky gun."

Ever owned a Desert Eagle? Ever even shot one? I had one of the last IMI made ones before they were taken over by Magnum Research. It was a .50AE I had to sell to drum up some quick cash during a divorce.

I'd give my left nut to have it back at the price I let it go for.

62 posted on 09/09/2011 9:43:46 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)

I have shot A couple of them. Both of them were in in .44 mag. In my experience with them, they jam a lot. I don’t like the feel of them. They feel more like a hammer than a pistol. The Desert Eagle is the only IMI firearm I don’t like. Being a firearms instructor, I have shot a lot of different firearms. Other than most of your junk guns, the Desert Eagle and the Beretta M9 are two of the only guns I took a disliking to right off the bat.

63 posted on 09/09/2011 10:43:04 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)

Personal tastes, I suppose. I took a liking to mine the second I picked it up at the dealer. I never had a jam, FTF, or FTE to with mine. Once I put the Pachmayer finger groove grip on it, I could actually rapid fire it and keep rounds on target. The only "flaw" is that once in every two or three mags, one of the trash-can sized cases would eject right towards the shooter's face. I found it a good way to onvince people of the need for shooting glasses :-)

It's certainly a large weapon, but I found mine to be accurate far beyond anything I'd expected it to be, and exceptionally well made. I never shot a .44 DE. I'm wondering if the rimmed cartridge may have caused the jamming issues you experienced....

64 posted on 09/10/2011 3:51:21 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)

Wow, what caliber is she shooting? It done blowed her clothes clean off.

65 posted on 09/10/2011 4:02:59 AM PDT by AFreeBird

Don’t know. Gal takes quite a wallop though, doesn’t she? Impresses the heck out of me (in more ways than one!); both of my shoulders are so messed up that I’d be flinching like crazy in no time at all if something kicked me that hard. She seems quite comfortable with it.

66 posted on 09/10/2011 6:32:32 AM PDT by LibWhacker

It definately comes down to what you like to shoot. I like S&W N-frame revolvers and 1911-A1’s. I like the Sig P-226 as well. Unfortunately, I lost all of my guns in a boating accident this past spring.

67 posted on 09/10/2011 8:51:30 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)

To: Doogle; a fool in paradise; JoeProBono

WAT? Still no Poison Ivy?!

68 posted on 09/10/2011 8:56:06 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)

Note that I personally do not own a Glock, as I stated I’m a 1911 variant guy, old school, and have several versions.

I am also a NRA Range Instructor with significant military experience. Have also taught hundreds of young people, introducing them to shooting.

For my daughter, the correct choice was the Glock for a variety of metrics.

That you pontificate that the Glock was “bad advice” is amusing. Perhaps this is a method of validating your choice of an XD?

Out of the box she put all 50 rounds into a target 30 feet away that could be covered by a dollar bill. Not bad for a “poor grip”. By the time she shot her second box of ammo she not only comfortable with the gun but her groups grew tighter.

For DA reliability, field functionality, accuracy and warranty the Glock was the proper choice for her first weapon.

69 posted on 09/11/2011 5:05:23 AM PDT by nevergore ("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")

Daughter from the Sons of Guns show ...

70 posted on 09/11/2011 5:06:26 AM PDT by Scythian

That you pontificate that the Glock was “bad advice” is amusing. Perhaps this is a method of validating your choice of an XD?

No. I 'pontificated' because you listed no reasons why it was better than any similar gun and listed one important reason (her grip preference) why it was not as good. You say it was the right choice for her for a variety of metrics, except she did not like the grip. There are several other models of gun that have all the same basic features (identical controls, similar size and weight, similar capacity, similar sights, same DA striker reliability, field functionality, accuracy and warranty , etc, etc) but that have slightly different grips. I have shot Glocks, XDs, M&Ps, polymer framed H&Ks. For most of those (and what I know about a few models I have not shot) I found the only really important difference is how they feel in your hand subjectively (and trigger pull but that is also largely subjective). I never said the glock was not accurate. My wife, for example, had no problem at all making tight groups with an Glock, but she also makes tight groups with other similar models. Hence that is not really a differentiator.

I stand by my advice that sticking to one brand is a bad idea. There are a lot of brands out there making accurate reliable guns. For many of these guns the only IMPORTANT difference is how they feel to the user. In most other respects no gun is unique. You can always find a similar model that feels different. All the time I hear people spouting 'only buy a Glock' or 'don't look at anything but Kimber'. Even they end up buying a Glock anyway it is usually still bad advice. Not that the gun is bad. It isn't. Or that it is the wrong choise. It might not be. But the advice to focus on one brand to the exclusion of all others is nearly always bad advice.

71 posted on 09/13/2011 6:23:43 AM PDT by TalonDJ

It wasn’t to the exclusion of others..we looked at several others...this was the best overall choice for her....

The grip was her only initial complaint but now she loves it and it feels “natural”.

Enjoy your XD, she enjoys her Glock and I love my 1911 clones....

72 posted on 09/13/2011 8:19:21 AM PDT by nevergore ("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")

Hypnotic.

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73 posted on 09/13/2011 8:27:51 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.)

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