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Looking at purchasing a handgun
12/20/12 | EQandybuzz

Posted on 12/20/2012 10:28:29 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz

I am looking to purchase a handgun. Need advice.


TOPICS: Hobbies
KEYWORDS: banglist; handgun; pistol; vanity
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To: Sawdring

You’ll shoot yer pee-pee off, kid.


81 posted on 12/20/2012 1:11:03 PM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked

Yes, mil and ret mil.


82 posted on 12/20/2012 1:17:39 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie (Actually, they lie when it suits them! The crooked MS media must be defeated any way it can be done!)
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To: TexasRepublic

“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.


83 posted on 12/20/2012 1:18:47 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (You can't bring something to its knees that refuses to stand on its own)
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To: RepRivFarm

Good idea to practice, and to practice safety techniques at all times.


84 posted on 12/20/2012 1:22:02 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie (Actually, they lie when it suits them! The crooked MS media must be defeated any way it can be done!)
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To: lurk

“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.


85 posted on 12/20/2012 1:27:16 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (You can't bring something to its knees that refuses to stand on its own)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

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!


86 posted on 12/20/2012 1:27:47 PM PST by petro45acp ( Merry Christmas !! Adeste Fidele!)
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To: SJSAMPLE

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.


87 posted on 12/20/2012 1:32:04 PM PST by yarddog (One shot one miss.)
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To: Daveinyork

“...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!


88 posted on 12/20/2012 1:32:19 PM PST by petro45acp ( Merry Christmas !! Adeste Fidele!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
I have two M1911 pistols. One is made by Remington that was military surplus my father in law gave me. The other I bought the Essex frame from a dealer. I have a friend who bought all the parts, including a match slide and barrel.

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.

89 posted on 12/20/2012 1:43:14 PM PST by Arrowhead1952 (0 bummer inherited a worse economy in 2012 than he did in 2008.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

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/


90 posted on 12/20/2012 1:56:17 PM PST by Kevmo ("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
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To: umgud

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.


91 posted on 12/20/2012 1:59:17 PM PST by Kevmo ("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
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To: arderkrag
Be prepared for lots of advice to buy a hip-mounted cruise missile.

Raytheon or Lockheed-Martin?

92 posted on 12/20/2012 3:15:08 PM PST by Sarajevo (Don't think for a minute that this excuse for a President has America's best interest in mind.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

“Dude, that’s just wrong.”

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

OMG (inhale) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!


93 posted on 12/20/2012 3:16:04 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: I got the rope

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.


94 posted on 12/20/2012 3:32:11 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: yarddog

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.


95 posted on 12/20/2012 4:41:50 PM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: arderkrag
Taurus makes a good weapon. Probably wouldnd’t be a bad investment. That said, asking for gun advice on FR is a two-edged sword. Be prepared for lots of advice to buy a hip-mounted cruise missile.

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.

96 posted on 12/20/2012 5:10:05 PM PST by OldPossum
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To: SJSAMPLE

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.


97 posted on 12/20/2012 7:03:49 PM PST by yarddog (One shot one miss.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

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.


98 posted on 12/21/2012 12:58:26 AM PST by sockmonkey (Of Course I didn't read the article. After all, this is FreeRepublic..)
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To: Gaffer
This is an aside. I once had a Taurus PT111 Millenium that dropped the damned magazine each time it was fired - brand new gun!. I never bought anything Taurus again.

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.

99 posted on 12/21/2012 1:06:52 AM PST by sockmonkey (Of Course I didn't read the article. After all, this is FreeRepublic..)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
JMHO... Nothing less than 40, 45 is a better choice...

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)

100 posted on 12/21/2012 2:40:37 AM PST by SERE_DOC ( “The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” TJ.)
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