The Handgun Thread

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jamaicabound

Pelican
Been thinking about grabbing a pocket pistol. Gun shop near me has Taurus 738. Anyone have experience with them? I'd love to grab a Beretta Pico but heard they are shit. The others I was looking at was a SKYY CPX2 or whatever it's called or a Ruger LC9 or LCR
 
J. Spice

J. Spice

Robin
jamaicabound said:
Been thinking about grabbing a pocket pistol. Gun shop near me has Taurus 738. Anyone have experience with them? I'd love to grab a Beretta Pico but heard they are shit. The others I was looking at was a SKYY CPX2 or whatever it's called or a Ruger LC9 or LCR
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A friend recently got a TCP and we tried it out. It's so awkward and snappy that it would be really difficult to get quick follow-up shots if you needed to use it in self-defense. One-handed is the least painful way to shoot it. With any pocket automatic pistol you're going to run into reliability problems due to the size. Even the Glock 42 and 43 need to have a few hundred rounds put through them before they loosen up.

I am not a revolver guy but I love my LCR. It's a little bulkier than other .38's on the market but it is a lot more comfortable to shoot (not to mention more accurate.) For concealed carry one of the other advantages of a revolver is it can be used while hidden inside a bag or jacket pocket. For pocket carry/back up gun use I'd go with the LCR.
 
Hoser

Hoser

Kingfisher
I would love an LCR as a pocket pistol. It has all the advantages of my S&W 642 snubby, and a polymer frame on top.

Unfortunately, it's still just a little wide compared to the 380 autos (my current pocket carry). Problem is, when I carry my 380 in my pocket (hidden in a holster that makes it print like a wallet), lint gets everywhere inside it. Unless I clean all the time, this is bad: the lint could cause a mini-jam (failure to cycle properly) rather easily in a tiny auto, whereas a revolver wouldn't even notice the lint.

Further, pocket carry occasionally causes my slide release to pop. I've had to get into the habit of regularly squeezing the magazine into place, just in case. Not an issue with a wheelgun.
 
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ms224

Woodpecker
bushcraft9 said:
Just a passing through comment. Being from Europe, I have no knowledge of handguns, just shotguns and rifles.
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If you ever visit the USA , and mention that you want to go shooting, I think you
Will be suprosed how many people will be willing to take you.

Can you not own a handgun in Spain?

A nice star or astra perhaps?
 
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bushcraft9

 
Banned
ms224 said:
bushcraft9 said:
Just a passing through comment. Being from Europe, I have no knowledge of handguns, just shotguns and rifles.
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If you ever visit the USA , and mention that you want to go shooting, I think you
Will be suprosed how many people will be willing to take you.

Can you not own a handgun in Spain?

A nice star or astra perhaps?
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You cant unfortunately mate. Yeah I would love to visit America one day. I look at your freedoms with envy, my fellow Brits look at them with disgust.
 
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ms224

Woodpecker
bushcraft9 said:
ms224 said:
bushcraft9 said:
Just a passing through comment. Being from Europe, I have no knowledge of handguns, just shotguns and rifles.
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If you ever visit the USA , and mention that you want to go shooting, I think you
Will be suprosed how many people will be willing to take you.

Can you not own a handgun in Spain?

A nice star or astra perhaps?
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You cant unfortunately mate. Yeah I would love to visit America one day. I look at your freedoms with envy, my fellow Brits look at them with disgust.
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Perhaps we should add, take non-Americans to the range to any of the US based meetups?

I've yet to meet anyone, visiting the USA, who went shooting for the first time and didn't find it to be a great experience.

and i've mentioned it before, handgun + coffee, is a great date idea for any foreign girls.
 
Hoser

Hoser

Kingfisher
True about the date idea. Kind of like a horror movie. Fear and excitement will cause her to want to relax the brain by doing something familiar and pleasurable, yet she's already quite amped up, aka aroused.

Also, you gain points by being unafraid of the big bad gun, and there are dozens of times for pushpull teasing and praising.

She may also feel like she just did something "bad", and with that barrier broken she may want to continue being a bad girl.
 
M

ms224

Woodpecker
Another aspect, is usually its their first time handling a gun, much less putting bullets downrange.

So you'll always be the guy that took them shooting for the first time.
 
John Michael Kane

John Michael Kane

Crow
I know this is the handgun thread, but don't forget to equip yourself with riles and shotguns too. There's so much fun to be had blasting clays with the 12 gauge. Some of the best weekends I've ever recalled are with my buddies and brother shooting out in the wilderness and seeing that orange puff of powder as the hot lead connects. :D
 
wi30

wi30

Ostrich
Gold Member
I just bought a new 3rd gen Glock 19 for my first gun online on Sunday. I'm really excited to try it out at the range. I went to the range for the first time on Saturday and used a Sig 9mm. I was looking at a handful of brands in the shop and both the guy at the counter and the range officer suggested the Glock 19. Their used ones were the same price as a new one online. I went through Gun Broker which is like an eBay for firearms.

I want to get a rifle and shotgun eventually but I'm going to wait until I'm competent with pistols before moving on to those.
 
weambulance

weambulance

Hummingbird
Gold Member
I strongly recommend installing either a Glock or Vickers Tactical extended slide stop on your G19. It's a cheap part, like $10-15 (Glock one is $10 on Brownells). You'll probably want a knowledgeable friend to install it if possible, though it's honestly not that big a deal to install it yourself if you're handy.

The Vickers is better IMO but I like the Glock one too. It makes a huge difference in getting reliably fast reloads. The stock slide stop sucks balls on non-competition Glock models.

Another good, cheap upgrade is a Jentra grip plug. It's $7 on Brownells, dead simple to install--I think it just snaps in these days, it used to have a small screw--and again it makes a huge difference in reliable reloads. The cavity behind the magazine well on the butt of the pistol tends to catch magazines, and putting the plug in smooths things out a great deal.

Other than better sights, I never bother doing anything to Glocks but those two cheap upgrades and a $1 trigger job with Flitz. But the trigger job is probably beyond what you want to get into right away, since it requires disassembling the whole frame.
 
Hoser

Hoser

Kingfisher
^^^ Somebody's gotten into the sauce.

Glocks are good because they're good. Learn to shoot well with them, and leave it at that.

FWIW, I sold my $1000 SIG, which I adored, because I put rounds on target better with my $450 Glock.

Don't let fanboys dictate what your lifesaver should look like.
 
weambulance

weambulance

Hummingbird
Gold Member
Glocks run like $550 or so normally these days, and that includes a 10% federal excise tax in the price. Because it's awesome having a dollar taxed about six different times before it's fully spent.

If a Glock costs $1000+ it's probably a combination of ass rape-level taxes and onerous importation laws and fees that make things a real pain in the ass for the distributors.
 
Leonard D Neubache

Leonard D Neubache

Owl
Gold Member
Hoser said:
^^^ Somebody's gotten into the sauce.

Glocks are good because they're good. Learn to shoot well with them, and leave it at that.

FWIW, I sold my $1000 SIG, which I adored, because I put rounds on target better with my $450 Glock.

Don't let fanboys dictate what your lifesaver should look like.
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I doubt there are any handguns on the market which are optimal as-sold, mostly due to lawyer-proof triggers if nothing else.

Factory sights on Glocks for example are not exactly optimal.
 
J. Spice

J. Spice

Robin
sterling_archer said:
Some examples:

Colt 1911 - 2500$
Glock 19 - 800$
Glock 21 - 950$
Desert Eagle .44 - 2700$

Ok, I overestimated. Glocks are not 1000$ but still expensive.
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Can you still get HS2000's? I'd be interested in knowing if the markup is a tariff or due to other measures. I know when they first came to the States, the HS was going for under $300.
 
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