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(VANITY) What is the best gun for a beginner?
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?
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: Oklahoma; Unclassified; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 2ndammendment; 9mmor45acp; automatic; banglist; bradycampaign; firearm; gun; hci; mmm; pistol; revolver; rifle; semiautomatic; shotgun
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To: Minus_The_Bear
To: Minus_The_Bear
A loaded one.
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posted on
11/14/2005 12:11:19 PM PST
by
Pukin Dog
(Sans Reproache)
To: Minus_The_Bear
Depends on what you want it for. A little more info would help.
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posted on
11/14/2005 12:11:25 PM PST
by
rattrap
To: YouPosting2Me
No he'll shoot his eye out!
hope I was first on that one.
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posted on
11/14/2005 12:12:08 PM PST
by
HOTTIEBOY
(Maybe in your house. Not in mine.)
To: Minus_The_Bear
Start with what is comfortable and inexpensive... don't by a gun just for a name first...... that being said Ruger is one of the best built guns you can get... perhaps the p89 9mm or p95 9mm also.
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posted on
11/14/2005 12:12:14 PM PST
by
Americanwolf
(Support the Minutemen Civil Defense Corp...Doing the Job our government won't !)
To: Minus_The_Bear; Eaker; Squantos; archy; humblegunner
Eaker's slightly used M1.
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posted on
11/14/2005 12:12:34 PM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
To: Minus_The_Bear
I think a medium sized, medium caliber revolver such as a .38 special is pretty much considered the ideal beginners gun. I think that conventional wisdom is correct too.
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posted on
11/14/2005 12:12:50 PM PST
by
Shanda
To: Minus_The_Bear
I'm thinking of getting a firearm of some kind...To use for what?
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posted on
11/14/2005 12:12:57 PM PST
by
MileHi
( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
To: Minus_The_Bear
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posted on
11/14/2005 12:13:00 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: HOTTIEBOY
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posted on
11/14/2005 12:13:06 PM PST
by
HOTTIEBOY
(Maybe in your house. Not in mine.)
To: Minus_The_Bear
A Remington .22 caliber bolt action.
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posted on
11/14/2005 12:13:55 PM PST
by
Mogollon
(Contempt prior to investigation assures Everlasting Ignorance)
To: Shanda
But conventional wisdom is so, I dunno, conventional.
To: Minus_The_Bear
The most important question is: What use do you plan to make of this firearm? Answer that, and we can help.
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posted on
11/14/2005 12:14:21 PM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: Minus_The_Bear
A Smith and Wesson M686 revolver. Uses both .38 Special and .357 Magnum ammunition. Learn to shoot with a revolver first, them move onto autos.
To: Minus_The_Bear
This one looks kinda cute.
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posted on
11/14/2005 12:14:36 PM PST
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Ham & Eggs: A day's work for a hen, A lifetime commitment for a pig.)
To: Minus_The_Bear
The first hand gun that I ever bought was a Rugar P89. Still own it and still love it.
To: Minus_The_Bear
A .357 mag revolver with a four inch barrel would be a good starting point. You can shoot .38s out of it as well for reduced recoil. S&W 686 or Ruger GP-100 are two models of this.
To: Minus_The_Bear
GLOCK!
To: Minus_The_Bear
Start with something small...
May I suggest the S&W .50 cal...
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posted on
11/14/2005 12:15:40 PM PST
by
evets
(God bless president Bush!)
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