RIA 9mm tac compact. My EDC for years. Yeah, from a rest, 15 rounds. Best trigger of all my pistols.Ok. Name one.
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RIA 9mm tac compact. My EDC for years. Yeah, from a rest, 15 rounds. Best trigger of all my pistols.Ok. Name one.
Agree with all of that but the BG380 is all I can carry when cycling and not have it painfully obvious I have a gun in my jersey.
I don’t have any experience with those. I had a full size which had been built from a low end Springfield and I wasn’t impressed. A friend of mine bought a 5” Springfield and had their custom shop do a bunch of work on it. It had a beautiful melt job. But the barrel hood moved down a lot when you pressed on it and it grouped noticeably worse than my 4” Kimber Compact.RIA 9mm tac compact. My EDC for years. Yeah, from a rest, 15 rounds. Best trigger of all my pistols.
Too many guns is when you buy a gun and then realize you already had one of them in the safe and forgot about it, but you still keep both.
I did, too. I’m down to two of them.I seem to have this problem with Glock 19s......
I seem to have this problem with Glock 19s......
You can get a gas pedal on a CZ, Sig, or Beretta.Not to hijack, but anyone know of some good metal framed 9mms with a "thumb ledge?" or something to the tune of an accelerator cut? I usually put a piece of sandpaper texture Talon grip on the frame bulge on my glocks. Keeps the gun super flat.
If you go with the Beretta, inspect it thoroughly. Don't make the mistake of sending it in for warranty repair where they will have it for 7+ months, not let you know what's going on and do a repair in a way you specifically asked not to. Their cust service is 100% abhorrent
And of course the thing with the FAL is there's like 48 different versions / configs so you have to have at least a half dozen of them that's why I never touched those things .... "inch, metric, with a side of corned beef during the troubles or baby poop camo from Rhodesia....I have it with FALs.
That gets real expensive, real quick.
And of course the thing with the FAL is there's like 48 different versions / configs so you have to have at least a half dozen of them that's why I never touched those things .... "inch, metric, with a side of corned beef during the troubles or baby poop camo from Rhodesia....
Fun pistol. Used to be lots of magazines available for it until a few years after it was discontinued. Then, they were sucked up in anti 2a states. I've had mine over 30+ years and used it for a beginner's pistol when bringing newbies. It certainly is a tank. Trigger sucks and aftermarket is almost nonexistent, now. There are better choices available these days. Good luck.Ruger P89DC
- "Like a 9mm mullet" lol
Comes down to who made it. To me it's German, Manhurin, then US in terms of quality top down. But they all look cool and are natural pointers.blued (or is it black now?) or stainless? S&W, Manhurin, Interarms? or Fort Smith?
@Buck F and myself are enamored with the PPK even for all of its faults and generally shitty mchorrible nature. it's just a goddam cool looking gun, dat form factor. JAMES BOND had one! (although his was a 32 I think).
dont buy a hi point, i paid 200 bucks for a ruger p93 , that gun shoot like a boss, look around, u may get lucky with ruger p series hand gun, they are cheap, build like a tank. i shot a whole box of bad 9mm ammo through it one time and gun did not blow up at all lol.bah fine, I'll get the Hi Point like @Dench suggested!
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.I hate striker fired guns.
The 1911 has the best trigger ever made, as JMB and God intended.
Except the CZ Shadow, made of steel also as the Lord intended, and has a trigger designed by Jesus.
dont buy a hi point, i paid 200 bucks for a ruger p93 , that gun shoot like a boss, look around, u may get lucky with ruger p series hand gun, they are cheap, build like a tank. i shot a whole box of bad 9mm ammo through it one time and gun did not blow up at all lol.
I can't believe someone actually recommended a HI Point. They must work for the company or own stock in it or something. The Hi Point is a POS jam-O-matic.
Rock Island and Tisas have a few in that price range.Hard to find a good one for $600, though.
On the whole they are actually pretty reliable. The real problem is that as a handgun the other 95% otherwise sucks, especially vs cost peers that are only marginally ($100) more expensive.I can't believe someone actually recommended a HI Point. They must work for the company or own stock in it or something. The Hi Point is a POS jam-O-matic.
yeah - so - i laughed at this.I seem to have this problem with Glock 19s......
yeah - so - i laughed at this.
And then i was getting a couple .22’s from the safe for later and realized that i have a practically new G17 on the door that I’d forgotten about.
You're not strictly wrong, but there's a hitch with your thinkingCan't speak for whoever originally suggested it, but pretty sure there's been some sarcasm in this thread...
To the other suggestions re: try before you buy, don't rule anything out, it all depends on how it feels in your hands etc - I agree. In regards to firearms experience, I'd call myself a novice. For a few years in the mid 10s I shot regularly (1-4x/mo) with a group of friends; target handgun practice, clays, long guns, etc. Now that I'm more settled, I want to get back into it with an eye towards IDPSA and general marksmanship. Part of "getting back into it" is coming up with a deliberate training plan for improving my handgun shooting. I have 100s of rounds of experience shooting a 1911-style .45, but I'm pretty sure I picked up a lot of bad shooting habits. Learning on a 45 didn't make sense for me. It's probably a stretch to even call it learning. I racked up experience shooting poorly. I had no instruction to speak of (beyond basic safety), and I've convinced myself the path to shooting big calibers in tight groups goes through basics on a 22, followed by 9mm, etc.
I'm "hung up" on metal-ish DA/SA because I think if I can fire those well, I'm in a good spot for shooting with revolvers (which I'm also interested in). And if I can do those well, striker fire will come naturally. Maybe it isn't the right way to think about it, but my mental model is that a heavy-ish DA/SA is to a manual transmission what polymer striker fired handgun is to an automatic. Master the former, and the latter is a cake-walk.
Plus I think the all metal fullsized ones look great.
Striker (e.g. Glock) | SA (e.g. 1911) | DA/SA (e.g. 92FS) |
remove firearm from holster | remove firearm from holster | remove firearm from holster |
insert magazine | insert magazine | insert magazine |
cycle slide | cycle slide | cycle slide |
decock | ||
activate safety | activate safety | |
insert pistol in holster | insert pistol in holster | insert pistol in holster |
BEEP | BEEP | BEEP |
remove firearm from holster | remove firearm from holster | remove firearm from holster |
deactivate safety | deactivate safety | |
join hands | join hands | join hands |
extend arms | extend arms | extend arms |
align sights with target | align sights with target | align sights with target |
squeeze ~5 lb trigger without disturbing sights | squeeze ~5 lb trigger without disturbing sights | squeeze ~10 lb trigger without disturbing sights |
squeeze ~5 lb trigger without disturbing sights | ||
repeat until end of stage | repeat until end of stage | repeat until end of stage |
if finished, unload and show clear | if finished, unload and show clear | if finished, unload and show clear |
squeeze ~5 lb trigger | squeeze ~5 lb trigger | |
decock (or squeeze trigger) | ||
activate safety | activate safety | |
insert pistol in holster | insert pistol in holster | insert pistol in holster |
You should forget about the Ruger MK line of .22 if you want to practice for USPSA or IDPA. You mention wanting the 9mm to practice and learn how to shoot better with iron sights. So, how many rounds do you think it will take? I’d guess a couple thousand at least, maybe more.
When you start pricing out your next gun, include the cost of 3,000 rounds of ammo along with it.
Then compare it to a full size USPSA “like” rimfire pistol like the Taurus TX22 or Sig P322. You’ll find you can buy the .22 and learn to shoot with it and even compete in steel matches while you save $25 in ammo costs with each trip to the range. The gun will very quickly pay for itself in savings.
I just don’t understand why more people don’t choose this path. Will you be one of those shooters who doesn’t get to shoot nearly as much as you’d like because of the price of ammo???