Posted on 12/02/2009 4:23:41 PM PST by Chasaway
heh. I’m happy if I hit paper. (word or legend is that mosins are sighted in with the bayonet on or it throws high right)
I am looking to purchase a new sidearm. Would appreciate your input.
Requirements:
9 mm/45 cal — light — reliable — not subject to FTF or FTE — reasonably priced
Thanks for your help.
Qualified expert on the M1 in December, 1961. Wonderful weapon. My favorite was the BAR.
I like my Springfield XD SubCompact, in .40 S&W.
It’s pretty concealable and shoots much better than I do. It’s also safe. It’s got a grip safety as well as the trigger safety. It has a “cocked” indicator as well as a “charged” indicator and you can tell whether it’s cocked and/or charged by look or feel. Pretty good stuff.
The XD SubCompact comes in 9MM and .45, too.
I’ve got a little bitty Kel-Tec PF-9 9MM for pocket carry. It works for what it does, but it’s sure not as much fun to shoot.
I don’t know what you’re wanting to use yours for, but when you said “...light - reliable...” it sounded like a carry weapon; maybe concealable.
Chasaway
A couple of my Mosins. The non-laminated one on the bottom was an $89 Big 5 special. Both are in awesome shape (no conterbore, original finish).
Yeah. Lminated stocks are cool.
Big 5 is always tempting me.
The pick of the litter I have is a 1924 hex Izzy, non counter bored.
A few years back, I had an 'accident' with a kettle smoker, a couple pounds of hickory wood, and a whole ham that produced similar collateral damage, but I won't go into that. I can make a big enough ass of myself without any extra audiovisual aids.
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