Look heavily into the Springfield XD9. Awesome and reliable gun, have yet to find a bad review on it. Mag holds 16 9mm with one chambered so 17 in total. Plenty of rounds if you need it in a defense situation and you suck at aiming lol. Perfect size for a CCW but doesn't feel like a toy gun. Runs about $500 and mine came with case, two mags, mag holster, and pistol holster. Wouldn't carry anything else.
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Look heavily into the Springfield XD9. Awesome and reliable gun, have yet to find a bad review on it. Mag holds 16 9mm with one chambered so 17 in total. Plenty of rounds if you need it in a defense situation and you suck at aiming lol. Perfect size for a CCW but doesn't feel like a toy gun. Runs about $500 and mine came with case, two mags, mag holster, and pistol holster. Wouldn't carry anything else.
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My old partner had massive issues with her XD jamming and she takes great care of her weapons seeing as she left EMS to become a Sheriff's Deputy. Might've just gotten a lemon though because like you said I haven't heard anything else bad about them from anyone else.
That's odd, yeah id say it was just a lemon. Have had zero problems with mine even when its dirty. Next purchase will be an ar-15 platform.
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I love the KSG. Nothing beats 15rds of 12g for home defense.
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This is what I have inherited.
Have a sig p290 Im trying to sell right now. Looking at the PX4 storm subcompact, or possibly a M+P subcompact. The P290 is a fine gun but I cannot stand the trigger pull at all...
The Sig lives within arms reach and loaded at night. I have always been taught to shoot to eliminate the threat, no warning shots, no dummy rounds or rubber bullets. If you pull the trigger on a handgun while it's aimed at a person then you had best fear for your life, and its hard to argue you were fearing for your life while firing two rounds into the ceiling.
A 20 gauge pump
A ruger 10-22 Takedown
and A Marlin .270 that I love...absolutely love
Anyone reload here?
The Sig lives within arms reach and loaded at night. I have always been taught to shoot to eliminate the threat, no warning shots, no dummy rounds or rubber bullets. If you pull the trigger on a handgun while it's aimed at a person then you had best fear for your life, and its hard to argue you were fearing for your life while firing two rounds into the ceiling.
A 20 gauge pump
A ruger 10-22 Takedown
and A Marlin .270 that I love...absolutely love
Anyone reload here?
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Robb, those H&Rs are sweet guns for the price.
They have a very low bore axis so they handle quite well. Nice choice!
They have a very low bore axis so they handle quite well. Nice choice!
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Yes the XD9 is a great weapon IRS4you.com has them for sale right now for $599 with two 7 round clips. I was considering getting one. I also was thinking about a Smith and Wesson SD40 VE I haven't shot one yet however. But at under $400 it looks like a pretty good choice. Any thoughts?
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Trigger job can fix that
Sorry, generic response, I'm not familiar with the weapon you're talking about.I don't reload but once I get back on my feet finically and get my G19 and build my AR I want to learn to reload and start doing it. Although from what I'm told with everything going on reloading isn't as cost effective as it used to be but that's just hearsay.
I'm glad to hear it. To be completely honest I went looking to by a Mossberg 88 or a Remington 870 because they were recommended to me by someone who knows way more about guns than I do but no one in town had one and I wasn't willing to wait with everything that had happened. I picked it because it was the most comfortable for me even if it's a bit heavy, the length as it was the shortest one and the price. Just need to shoot it a bunch to get used to it and get the action to smooth out a bit. I've done some reading since I bought it and it seems like a decent gun. You definitely can't beat the price at $190 plus I figured a pump shotgun is a pump shotgun and as long as you take care of it it's going to do what you need it to do. They tried to sell me on a semi-auto for home defense but I've shot a few, all well maintained, and every single one I had issues with stove-pipe jams and that's the last thing I want to be dealing with in a high-stress, late night, life threatening situation.
Plus there's not many guns for that price that have a changeable choke. Can have my cylinder choke for when it's at my home then when I go hunting (this will be my first season!!! Stoked!!!) I can change it to a better hunting choke.
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I'm pretty recoil insensitive. My primary carry weapons are a 1911A1 and a G23. The 1911, when loaded with "standard" 230gr ammunition has more of a "push" recoil feel and I don't have any problems keeping it on target. If I want something snappier out of it, I'll go with 185gr loads. My G23 normally eats 180gr and that's pretty snappy, but I find the lower weight 165's are quite snappy.
I find 9mm to be very controllable. I'd be happy carrying 9mm, .40 S&W, .357 Sig, .38/.357, and so on, as long as the pistol is reliable and functional.
Fact: all handguns are poor stoppers. They're good for self defense because they actually will be carried. Never shoot to kill. Shoot to stop the threat. Once the threat stops, stop shooting...
I find 9mm to be very controllable. I'd be happy carrying 9mm, .40 S&W, .357 Sig, .38/.357, and so on, as long as the pistol is reliable and functional.
Fact: all handguns are poor stoppers. They're good for self defense because they actually will be carried. Never shoot to kill. Shoot to stop the threat. Once the threat stops, stop shooting...
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That's a pretty sweet setup right there.
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@Chase How do you like your M&Ps? The desert/black is a great looking gun.
We had an indoor range here that had all sorts of guns to rent so you could try them out, including a bunch of full-autos. Unfortunately for those of us who just wanted to try out guns before we bought them the owner got popped by undercover ATF agents for selling guns with obliterated serial numbers and without background checks, including class IIIs as well as destroying serial numbers in front of said agents. Fortunately, for us law abiding citizens, he sold them to those ATF Agents rather than random criminals.
The thing that really pissed me off, seeing as I have have lots of friends with all sorts of handguns, is that the range I was talking about above rented multiple full auto weapons. I was really looking forward to blowing a ton of money to feel like Al Capone for a few minutes and shoot a fully automatic Thompson. They had everything from M16s to MP5s to AK47s to G18s.
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We had an indoor range here that had all sorts of guns to rent so you could try them out, including a bunch of full-autos. Unfortunately for those of us who just wanted to try out guns before we bought them the owner got popped by undercover ATF agents for selling guns with obliterated serial numbers and without background checks, including class IIIs as well as destroying serial numbers in front of said agents. Fortunately, for us law abiding citizens, he sold them to those ATF Agents rather than random criminals.
The thing that really pissed me off, seeing as I have have lots of friends with all sorts of handguns, is that the range I was talking about above rented multiple full auto weapons. I was really looking forward to blowing a ton of money to feel like Al Capone for a few minutes and shoot a fully automatic Thompson. They had everything from M16s to MP5s to AK47s to G18s.
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There's a place in AZ...@Chase How do you like your M&Ps? The desert/black is a great looking gun.
We had an indoor range here that had all sorts of guns to rent so you could try them out, including a bunch of full-autos. Unfortunately for those of us who just wanted to try out guns before we bought them the owner got popped by undercover ATF agents for selling guns with obliterated serial numbers and without background checks, including class IIIs as well as destroying serial numbers in front of said agents. Fortunately, for us law abiding citizens, he sold them to those ATF Agents rather than random criminals.
The thing that really pissed me off, seeing as I have have lots of friends with all sorts of handguns, is that the range I was talking about above rented multiple full auto weapons. I was really looking forward to blowing a ton of money to feel like Al Capone for a few minutes and shoot a fully automatic Thompson. They had everything from M16s to MP5s to AK47s to G18s.
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To bad anywhere worth going in AZ besides the Grand Canyon is 14+ hours away vs 14 minutes.
It always makes me laugh when people see like "oh you life in Nevada? You must go to Vegas all the time!"
1. I don't gamble, lost its charm a long time ago.
2. Vegas is 8 hours from me, driving 85+ mph haha.
Although if you wanna come visit I've got something like 200 shot shells and just as many clay pigeons :lol:
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Nice man. You'll have fun with cleaning birds- it's like doing anatomy lab all over again.
Fun trick, if you star a pilot hole with a knife, trauma shears are great for dressing dove without disturbing the entrails too much
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I use shears to cut the feet off pheasants as well to make them easier to strip and clean.
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It's also a great way to make use of the pile of gloves you accumulate above the washing machine from emptying out pockets..
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So true. Almost every shift after I come home, I add at least 5-6 gloves to the pile (don't ask me why I have an odd number...)
Trigger job can fix that
I don't reload but once I get back on my feet finically and get my G19 and build my AR I want to learn to reload and start doing it. Although from what I'm told with everything going on reloading isn't as cost effective as it used to be but that's just hearsay.
My options for trigger jobs on the gun were not good. The few I found could fix the length or the pull weight, not both. I just hate the trigger all the way around.
I'm not sure what ammo costs down there for you guys but a cheapo box of 9 up here is about 16 bucks. We cast all our own projectiles for pistol rounds and I can reload a box of 9 for under 3 dollars a box using brass we already have, my only expenses are the powder and primers. Reloading 44 special and 45 make it even more cost effective.
It is nice to be able to sit down and use 55 dollars worth of powder and primers and have a thousand rounds of 9 ready to go play with.