Posted on 12/20/2012 10:28:29 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz
I am looking to purchase a handgun. Need advice.
You’ll shoot yer pee-pee off, kid.
Yes, mil and ret mil.
“7. Is this your first pistol? A revolver is a simpler for newbies to learn than semi-autos.”
Not a newbie. Been to the range a bunch, fired weapons in the military and on occasion I get out and hunt.
I’m looking for home protection as well as something both my wife and I can do as a hobby. I wanted something we both can fire and have fun with.
I originally looked at the Smith & Wesson Model M&P22 because it would be easier for my wife. I shot one on the range and had a blast. Cheap ammo and I could fire it all day. Problem is there is little stopping power.
The 357 and 44 were cannons and last time out, my friend let me fire his Desert Eagle. Took me two weeks to recover from that experience.
Good idea to practice, and to practice safety techniques at all times.
“There are two kinds of wrong, and that pic is the second kind.”
I was more concerned with the guitar hero guitar in the background.
Without looking through the whole thread, suggest you take a look at the Smith and Wesson M&P in .45.
More ammunition availability (for now)
Solid working gun
Made in America
S&W has come a long way from the old days and has finally gotten a semi auto VERY right
Parts and upgrades are plentiful (Apex Tactical)
Small, medium, and large grip panel inserts
Good price point (right around 4 bills depending on model and options)
Made in America
300 rounds of break in and a solid carry gun!
Good hunting!
I don’t remember what the exact model number was.
I will say I had one of the Beretta model 92s when 92 was the only designation. It was just like the Taurus model my friend had.
I once bought a thousand rounds of surplus 9mm at a very good price. My Nephew and I decided to shoot a hundred or so rounds of it from an old rural bridge. We took a Belgian Hi-Power and that model 92.
Something interesting happened. The Browning which had never failed to feed, fire, extract or eject, would not fire on the first hammer strike. When you re cocked it, it was 100% on the second strike. That Beretta fired every single time. I finally decided it was sub machine gun ammo as it also seemed to kick pretty hard.
I don’t consider the Browning as defective as it was not designed to fire that type ammo. It did make me appreciate that Beretta tho.
“...shotgun rounds are less likely to miss, and less likely to pass through someone and hit someone else...”
Pattern your Judge at the range at 7, 10, and 15 yards with a standard silhouette target.
Good hunting!
I used to shoot in pistol matches in the military and always liked the .45 M1911 as a weapon. Ammo is a bit expensive but I have several .22 cals I plink with on weekends.
Wallet handgun
by the time the robber knows it’s a gun, he’s gone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4o-jEcmp-U
http://www.gunnersecurity.com/shop/ccw-pocket-concealment-wallet-holster-for-380s/
That makes me sad. The .410 is the most versatile handgun you can buy. You can choose .45 bullets, 000 buckshot, or even PDX1 rounds. No other handgun is this versatile.
Raytheon or Lockheed-Martin?
“Dude, that’s just wrong.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
OMG (inhale) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Agreed or you can probably get Springfield Armory XD .40 cal in the $500 range. If you can step up to the XDM do it but at least the XD is better than a Taurus.
Certain brands of ammo, like S&B, have particularly hard primers. My KelTec P32 would double and triple strike on S&B .32auto ammo. The Winchester “white box” would fire just fine.
Military primers can be like that, too.
That is true. I have seen numerous threads in which a 5'2" 110-lb. woman asks about buying a defensive handgun. No more than a few posts appear until some turd suggests a .357 magnum for her. Amazing.
I think the Browning would have fired any commercial ammo.
A lot of sub machine guns fire from an open bolt. There is a firing pin fixed on the front of the bolt and when the bolt flies home that pin causes the cartridge to fire.
In other words those primers are potentially getting a pretty hard bump from that bolt before the shell hits the end of it’s travel and the pin hits it really hard.
Those primers have to be really tough both because of that open bolt and because of the high pressures.
In other words it is not just the light firing pin hitting the primer, it is the entire mass of the bolt hitting it.
I had a millenium pro..The way the mag release button is located..the mag would always fall out when I was shooting it. It was very unfun, and frustrating. Sold it.
Got a walther, and I love it.
I posted, then started reading the replies on this thread. I said the same thing as you..so now I know the dropping the magazine while you're shooting thing wasn't just me and my daughter.
The way the mag release was situated, it was right where your left thumb sweeps across it. I, too, have steered clear of anything from Taurus since then.
Glock. Baretta save your money for something that works (I know that will piss some off)
Go with Sig, Kimber, CZ 999 Scorpion ~ (what I carry in Afghanistan, but the 9 mil model.) don't care for the 9 mil, but issue is issue and 45 ammo is as they say in Sudan "Not there" (none available)
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