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price of everything, need some help
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If this is your first handgun you will discover what you do and don't like as the
year progresses. You can get a nice used Glock (in 40 if you really want, not a
great starter round, though, based on price and flinch alone) for $400. The
$350 you save will pay for an excellent weekend of training at Sig in NH or at
one of the local classes. I own a P99 and while I like it and it fits my hand nicely,
I would not want to pay that kind of money for one. You are in 1911
Territory, or a very well equipped Sig or Glock, or Smith. IMHO used guns
are a bargain. Most don't get much use at all and they sell for a fraction of their
new cost. I bet you would have trouble selling a P99 for $500 right now. The modest
amount of training I have had thus far has taught me more than years
of practice on my own. I would find a way to fit that on your list.
year progresses. You can get a nice used Glock (in 40 if you really want, not a
great starter round, though, based on price and flinch alone) for $400. The
$350 you save will pay for an excellent weekend of training at Sig in NH or at
one of the local classes. I own a P99 and while I like it and it fits my hand nicely,
I would not want to pay that kind of money for one. You are in 1911
Territory, or a very well equipped Sig or Glock, or Smith. IMHO used guns
are a bargain. Most don't get much use at all and they sell for a fraction of their
new cost. I bet you would have trouble selling a P99 for $500 right now. The modest
amount of training I have had thus far has taught me more than years
of practice on my own. I would find a way to fit that on your list.
Bill Nance
Banned
I understand if you take your safety class at AG Guns in Lowell, you get one gun at cost. If that's correct, I'd do it and buy something special.
If you can, find a shop that does rentals and try out the various guns that interest you. If you buy the gun for about $700 and then find out you REALLY dont like it in the long run and then find you like shooting a Glock or S&W you can then be in for a net loss of $250+, which is a pretty expensive error now a days.
Some places will deduct rental fee's if you buy the gun from them, or accessories.
Some places will deduct rental fee's if you buy the gun from them, or accessories.
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I would assume that it means how much the dealer actually paid for it. Rather than marking it up to retail.
I have 2 Walther P99's. one in 9mm and one in 40. They have both been great to shoot. The 40 I have is one that the frame was made by Walther and the slide by S&W. They only did this one year I believe. As far as I know now all the P99's both slide and frames for the 9 and 40's are made in Germany.
The price has gone up alot since I bought mine.
The price has gone up alot since I bought mine.
