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There are just too DAMN MANY choices out there!!!! When I first started trying to decide what I wanted, I figured it was going to be easy!! My equation was relatively simple...
Most non-tentacle mangling fire power+small-average size guy concealability divided by the cost=Happy Shooting Squid! Should be simple...BOY WAS I EVER WRONG!!!
Now, pushing six months later, I don't feel much closer to a decision.
So far, in this quest, I've gotten my hands dirty with three guns, by going and renting them at a great range here. I shot a Glock 23 and 23C (I started with the C, and then one of the guys brought over a non-ported barrel and slide...and my shots got better---go figure), but found that I didn't particularly care for the Glock grip angle...fine shooting gun, but after about 85 rounds, I knew it wasn't really me.
I managed to put about 15 rounds through a Sig 229...but the second half of that second mag turned into a jam-clearing drill...I finally downloaded the last five rounds and ran them through the Glock.
My third pick was a S&W Model 66 w/ a 2" barrel. Damn could I shoot the hell out of that thing. And accurate...unexpectedly so with such a short pipe. I could put a LOUD shot wherever I wanted it, no problem. But EVERY shot felt like a punch to my often-broken highly sensitive nose. Even though I LOVED the way it shot the 100 full-house .357 loads I put through it, my nose hated me for about an hour afterwards.
Surprising to me after all I've read, but this first experience with .40 S&W and .357 Mag ammo was nowhere near the recoil-fest that I was expecting. Shooting the two polymer .40s didn't feel that different to me from my experience shooting the (much heavier) Beretta 92 M9 9mm out of my former ship's armory. And the .357...yes, it kicks like a mule...and my hand was kinda sore afterwards. But it was still eminently controllable.
All in all, the $70 or so I spent for this excursion was (pardon the pun) an absolute blast and more than worth it. And the time that the store personnel spent answering my neophyte questions was invaluable. So, guess what...I think I'm heading back there later on, maybe today once I get off duty. If they finally have an XD40 to rent, maybe I'll shoot some more .40 guns. If not, I think it's time to try some 1911s. Maybe both!!!
Dave :2guns: :readingpb:
Most non-tentacle mangling fire power+small-average size guy concealability divided by the cost=Happy Shooting Squid! Should be simple...BOY WAS I EVER WRONG!!!
Now, pushing six months later, I don't feel much closer to a decision.
So far, in this quest, I've gotten my hands dirty with three guns, by going and renting them at a great range here. I shot a Glock 23 and 23C (I started with the C, and then one of the guys brought over a non-ported barrel and slide...and my shots got better---go figure), but found that I didn't particularly care for the Glock grip angle...fine shooting gun, but after about 85 rounds, I knew it wasn't really me.
I managed to put about 15 rounds through a Sig 229...but the second half of that second mag turned into a jam-clearing drill...I finally downloaded the last five rounds and ran them through the Glock.
My third pick was a S&W Model 66 w/ a 2" barrel. Damn could I shoot the hell out of that thing. And accurate...unexpectedly so with such a short pipe. I could put a LOUD shot wherever I wanted it, no problem. But EVERY shot felt like a punch to my often-broken highly sensitive nose. Even though I LOVED the way it shot the 100 full-house .357 loads I put through it, my nose hated me for about an hour afterwards.
Surprising to me after all I've read, but this first experience with .40 S&W and .357 Mag ammo was nowhere near the recoil-fest that I was expecting. Shooting the two polymer .40s didn't feel that different to me from my experience shooting the (much heavier) Beretta 92 M9 9mm out of my former ship's armory. And the .357...yes, it kicks like a mule...and my hand was kinda sore afterwards. But it was still eminently controllable.
All in all, the $70 or so I spent for this excursion was (pardon the pun) an absolute blast and more than worth it. And the time that the store personnel spent answering my neophyte questions was invaluable. So, guess what...I think I'm heading back there later on, maybe today once I get off duty. If they finally have an XD40 to rent, maybe I'll shoot some more .40 guns. If not, I think it's time to try some 1911s. Maybe both!!!
Dave :2guns: :readingpb: