Getting ready to buy my first Pistol.

[Blue88Comanche]

One suggestion-

 

Take at least an 8 hour course with a minimum 200 rounds on range. Make sure you have an instructor that will actually teach you something you don't already know.

 

Ask around.......then ask around some more...........find a good instructor.

 

Remember those silhouettes are not charging you with a knife and you are not fighting for your life.

 

 

On the FN, it's not for everyone and yeah the ballistic nuts have their complaints......however......it'll put a hurt'n on ya. And the felt recoil is equal to a 22, super accurate, and the 20 rnd mags are nice nice nice. Spare mag and you carry 40 rounds.

 

Not saying I know everything but I had a couple of great instructors while I was in Boy Scouts for 5 years. My scout master was in the navy for 20 years and the assistant scout master was in the marine corp for 20 years, he is also a ranger for the city police (basically our SWAT), and he is a certified FBI firearms instructor. Between the two of them they can answer any question or make anything. Back to the point, I can pretty well use any firearm with good results. However we never covered the pros and cons of different brands, which is why I started this thread.

 

Seeing how well that poorly kept sig held up to its abbuse and kept ticking, and the fact that the rental glock was broke I am planning to get a sig however I still want to fire a 226 or 229 in .40 cal as a comparison.

 

And as for someone rushing you from 20 feet, most people are unable to get a shot off before the attacker reaches the shooter.... That's where some hand to hand classes come in..

 

 

I really should have typed this out on my laptop instead of my phone, would have saved 30 min of typing... :hmm:

[Jeep Driver]

:huh???: Guns are tools , I used to carry them and use them as required in my work looking after the the herd against preditors and such , otherwise they have no place in my world . Nuff said :cheers:

 

 

As long as evil exists guns have a place in this world, my hands.

[Jeep Driver]

Yeah, I was 21 once too.

 

You ain't in the boy scouts now.

 

You are about to carry and if you carry you also carry the possibility of having to kill someone. This is what a good instructor in the context of your carry permit will prepare you for.