Posted on 11/14/2005 12:10:39 PM PST by Minus_The_Bear
I've grown up in Oklahoma and went through Boy Scouts (am an Eagle Scout) learning to shoot various types of firearms but haven't even touched one in 5+ years. Now that I'm about to leave college I'm thinking of getting a firearm of some kinda but don't know where to start.
What should I be looking at and why?
you check out J & R guns on central avenue?
"Have you been to the S&W Forum?"
Thanks, I will check it out.
Hey, I almost said .22 Colt Woodsman match target! Another one I wish I had back.
Pistol? Long Gun? For Hunting? Need more info...
Good folks over there. Much of it tends to run to the collectible... registered magnums and the like. But is is a good place to research what Smiths are going for, it's a bit more 'realtime' than the annual blue book.
Cheaper for practice. Simply start and end every practice session with .357, and use .38S in between.
Oh boy! A gun thread!
For all you NoVa Freepers, the National Gun Show is on this weekend at the Dulles Expo Center, Fri - Sat - Sun.
Specials are cheaper, but the 38 S&W is the predecessor of the Special, a pre-1900 round that the old Safety Hammerless pocket pistols were chambered for. You can find it, but it's pricey.
Is it any good? All the one's here are bad beef jerkey and kill 'em all t-shirt extravaganzas.
I am looking for a pistol, not for carry or defense primarily. Just to get back into shooting and relearning everything I'm not up to speed on.
When I was in grad school, I owned over 200 guns. It took longer than we had planned to complete my degree and I ended up having to sell most of them.
I was lucky in a way. I had several new in the box Colt H-bars and sporter models, a couple of mint HK-91's and lots of high capacity mags.
It was pretty disgusting tho to go up to a dealer who was wanting $3000 for an excellent HK-91 who would not give me $700 for one in the box, same thing for guys wanting $90 for Glock mags who would offer no more than $15 for mine. Just about all my sales were to individuals.
I agree with you. My Granddad always taught me and my brothers never to point a gun at something unless you were going or had to destroy it. I just don't feel as comfortable as I did back then since I haven't fired anything in a while.
Try a .22 Ruger pistol. Accurate, reliable, and easier to shoot than a .357 mag for beginners. Ammo are inexpensive in boxes of 500.
Gunshow rating system:
98% means amount of finish missing.
NIB guns kept for years in car glove box.
Nah, they reprented and have been given absolution.
I just got my first.... a SigSauer P-229, in 40 caliber. It's good for the house, but still a wee bit too big to carry, unless you have a jacket on.
I am eyeing a S&W .357 for my second.
A .22 caliber rifle is the best training tool for a person who's never shot a firearm, or a person that needs to re-familiarize themselves. Once you're comfortable with a .22 (and want more recoil, power, noise, fun, etc.), you can move up to larger rounds. Don't go nuts and run out for, say, an M44 (russian carbine in 7.62x54mm, short barrel, bayonet permanently attached), a semi-automatic rifle in an intermediate (assault rifle) round, like the M43 Russian (7.62x39mm), or the .223 (5.56x45mm) is much easier to handle. The russian round is available in the SKS or AK-47 variant rifles. These are probably the best bet, as they need less attention and careful cleaning than the AR-15 (semiauto M16 look-alike), plus they're much less expensive and less prone to jams. The ammo is also slightly less expensive than the .223. The AR-style rifles (Armalite, Bushmaster, and Colt are the big manufacturers) are more accurate, more ergonomic, and can reload from a magazine faster than the AK. It also recoils less (the 5.56 isn't recoil-heavy at all) than the M43 Russian, but they can cost as much as a new computer (~$1000 dollars).
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