[af_vet_rr]

i dunno if that would be the best gun for a beginner. i have one, i love it to death, have over 20,000 rounds thru it.. but the cleaning part, i still ocassionally chase that little plastic piece holding the spring when i take it down to clean it.
as far as accuracy goes, i'd take it over anything. got it down to 2" at 50yds.

True, that would be one problem. It's one of best I've ever had. The balance and weight is what impressed me the first time I picked one up, and that's why I would recommend it - it doesn't hurt that it's LR and puts out a little noise - something to get them used to bigger things.

[absolootezer0]

The balance and weight is what impressed me the first time I picked one up, and that's why I would recommend it

what sold me was, while everyone was telling me to get the ruger mark iv (or whatever model it was) when i picked it up, i noticed that it pointed completely wrong. the angle of the handle on the browning it more like that of a 1911, but the angle on the ruger is much more extreme. i didn't see the point in trying to relearn where the gun will instinctively point.