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, but it was cool and I could hide it from my anti-gun parents!
had to hide my first as well. luckily i had plenty of toys guns as a kid so no one though anything of the shotgun in my closet with a lock on it
Hence your avatar.On my 18th birthday I drove to the police station and got my lifetime FID. Then I drove to service merchandise and bought a 10-22 that I still have. $79.99 I think.
When I turned 18 back in PA around 1986… I bought a Calico .22LR Carbine… with these crazy 100 round drum mags, when I was 21 a few years later I bought a beautiful Colt 1911 Stainless Commandor I later sold because I couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn with… blamed the gun of course…I’ve officially got my LTC now and have been thinking about how I want to start my collection. I’m told to plan on getting more than I thought I would… which already seems true as I read and learn more about different kinds of guns (not even touching on surplus guns).
I‘m likely going to start with a handgun, as I imagine a lot of folks do unless their first was something like a .22 rifle they got as a teen.
I‘m leaning towards starting with something in the Glock 19/ M&P 9 compact size range, or maybe even go for something a little more concealable like a Shield sized gun. I‘ve read that smaller guns are harder to control, but I don’t have the immediate budget to purchase more than one gun, and while I’d like a larger compact or even full-size pistol I think I’d rather learn and train with whatever I’ll eventually be carrying, and then add a rifle next.
So how did you start your collection? And how quickly did you need to buy a bigger safe?!
(Even though he's a revolver),
Yeah, I traded mine to a buddy for an all-matching Enfield no 5 Mk 1. For an AutoOrd 1911.Mine was a M&P9. I really like it and ended up with 2 full size and 2 compact M&P's, all later sold to go with all Glocks. I have heard people regret selling or parting with their first gun (which I can totally understand), but it was a good move for me.
Nice! Can I assume the delay between your first post and now was just waiting for tax returns?So, I ended up picking up a Sig P365XL. I got a cash back offer from my CC company on Bass Pro purchases that made it really a no brainer considering how much I’ve liked it at the range and it was in stock for me to purchase.
Got out to the range today to shoot it. Results on 30 rounds from 18 feet:
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Versus a P320 X-Five with Red Dot that I grabbed to try:
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Overall I’m happy with my progress so far, but its temping to pick up something like a Holosun 507k as shooting with a dot felt really easy to me.
(sorry the picts are sideways, not sure why they’re loading like that)
Also a note, I’m a lefty so when I look at the ”why do I suck” charts on misses I need to flip it.