Slight ding. It's .38 Special rounds.
And I do enjoy occasionally trotting out the .357 for a few +P rounds on a desert range. No melon is safe from my wrath then!
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?
Woa ts, does he get the bloody finger with it?
It is a good shooter but not quite as accurate as that old model 513. I think the fact the stock has to be cut out for the tubular mag may hurt accuracy a little.
But like I said, it is still a good shooter.
Get a Winchester .30-30
Not only an eye-pleasing classic piece of Americana beloved for over a century, but a great weapon for hunting anything up to and including deer. Easy & cheap to reload your own ammo.
Plus you can drop an Islamofascist up to about 250 yards away.
The best first gun is a book:
Boston's Gun Bible.
www.javelinpress.com
Slight ding. It's .38 Special rounds.
And I do enjoy occasionally trotting out the .357 for a few +P rounds on a desert range. No melon is safe from my wrath then!
Yep, but we're not sure who's it is.
Get a 22 revolver or a 22 bolt action rifle. Ammo is cheap so you can shoot alot. When you learn how to shoot safely and accurately you can move to a semiauto.
DO NOT BUY A GLOCK IF YOU ARE A BEGINNER. IMO it is not a gun for novices.
You could shoot .38 S&W in a .357 as well as Specials, but the question is why would you?
"If I could only have one gun it would probably be a .22 model 17 S&W revolver. "
Good luck finding one!
I know where there's a couple for sale here in NM.
A Glock 23, why not start off with something with a bite.
Start with an inexpensive rifle that shoots inexpensive ammo. The Ruger 10/22 is an excellent choice for beginners. You can shoot all day long for $20. Once you start thinking of a higher powered rifle, you can graduate to a Yugo SKS. Yea, it's a Soviet design, but they are very reliable with low recoil, you can get them dirt cheap (often less than $100), and the ammo is cheap, too. Accuracy is somewhat lacking, though, but good enough for 50 yard target shooting.
Now, if you still want to get into yet higher powered, you can go any direction you want from ultimate high-dollar hand built bench rifles that shoot bullets one on top of the other at 200 yards to three gun events (pistol, shotgun, high powered semi auto) to cowboy action, to black powder silouette, to trap and skeet. It's up to you.
In light of your clarification, I think a .22 pistol is the best choice. A Ruger Mk II or III in a semi-auto, or a Smith 617 in a revolver. Economical high volume practice of the fundamentals is far more important than being a member of the "cult of noise".
"I know where there's a couple for sale here in NM."
I've been looking in the Albany NY area for 3 months and can't find a single one. There are some on the gun auction sites but they are outrageously priced.
Have you been to the S&W Forum?
http://smith-wessonforum.com/eve/
They are excellent folks to deal with. I can't recall a deal ever going bad there.
Smiths are getting pricey, particularly pre-war and many of the N-frames.
Maybe you need to adjust your sights...
This one's a real crowd pleaser.
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