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Finally quit spending money long enough to afford a new pistol, picked up a Springfield Armory XD-45 Friday. Shoots real nice, I got the 4" Service model so I can concealed carry with it. I'd like to see what everyone else has too.

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/we...ZkMzF5NTQx.jpg

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/we...ZkMzF5NTQx.jpg

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/we...ZkMzF5NTQx.jpg

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That scares me. What do you need that for? Seriously, to protect you from the others with them? My own guns is all the protection I need....and I tire iron. ;) ;D


JP

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With Cincinnati becoming more and more like Detroit as the hours pass I don't see it as a bad investment.

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Okay, I wasn't being smart it was a serious question and to be honest I had a buddy just last night tell me how he would have my OTHER buddy shot. Just scary to me I guess. What happened to an old fashioned butt whoopin'?



JP

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What happened was shitty $150 9mm automatics that every wanna-be thug nigga carries now.

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http://www.arc.lu/photos/172.jpg

mine has alaser sight instead of a scope though, had another rifle but the police took it, ------ popo

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i love those $150 pawn shop guns

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i go for my permit in 30 days :6 think of it as car security, im installing a 4 camera system around the garage and keeping the gun bedside. looking to get a small 9mm, wish i could get XD-45 :y

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I take my concealed carry course in two weeks. With the gun, a bore snake, and two boxes of shells my total was $645 and the owner of the place was really nice and gave me a free hour of range time I'll never use.

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thats not bad! ---- i would've used the range time immediately..........test that bitch out.

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I went over to my Dad's to shoot, I live in an apartment right now trying to save money to buy or build like everyone else here. My Dad has an ok place that is really out of the way and I go over there to shoot a lot. Ran about a hundred shells through it.

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I suggest shooting it as much as possible. 100 rounds isn't ----. I would run close to, if not more than 1000 rounds everytime I went shooting. If you want the gun to do you any good, you have to know how to shoot it.

My buddy has one of those and the god damn thing jammed up every other round. It turned out to be a bad spring in the clip, but it scared me away from buying one. :l
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I plan to pick up some cheap ammo in bulk, I found a place that has non-reloadable for $.147 a round. I dropped $650 on the gun, $160 on CCW and the rent is due next week so buying ammo will have to wait for the next paycheck. Only kept enough of my Winchester Personal Protection rounds around to keep a magazine full (13 round capacity is sweet).

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got this the next week after we caught sombody trying to steal my car. 4 asian dudes in a 4 runner. i had a big ass butcher knive but they tried to run down my wife as she was calling the cops. They knew what we looked like so i got this.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...Picture088.jpg
S&W .40 with 2 11 round clips and 2 14 round clips. Saving up for the laser sights but they are spendy.

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[igot my laser sight for 20 bucks from big 5, isnt the greatest but it gets the job done, point and shoot and its within 1.5 inch

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What is Big 5?

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Nice Gun.

So Doc, you plan on shooting people or actually USING the gun? And to everyone here, you all would use these guns and/or you carry them with you when going out? Wow.


JP

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I dont have any picts of mine on this new computer but I have an Isreali Industries "Baby Eagle".Its a 9mm with your standerd copper jacketed hollow points.I bought it couse its small and lite but still a little uncomfortable to conceal it so I usually just carry it in the car.
Here is a pict from their website.
http://www.magnumresearch.com/produc...Matt-Black.jpg

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i hear this alot about the glocks,my uncle doesn't complain though he uses his srvc pistol at the range fires about 300 rounds said its yet to jam but he cleans the ------ thing every 2 days

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I own my guns because one day this world will erupte in abosulte chaos, and this peice of mechaincal engineering will ensure my survival, so while you try to stab someone with a knife for that last peice of turkey or chicken, i'll shoot you both, eat the turkey/chicken, and then cook both of your dead bodies. that is why i have a gun

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those pistols suck :)

here is my carry pistol, i have a bunch of pistols and rifles thou no time to post them all
https://www.homemadeturbo.com/jbliss/HK_USP.jpg

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I WIN!!!!

I'm a KneeGrow with a bunch of weapons/ammo and Countless military hours training, practicing and in actual hot zones using them!

http://home.earthlink.net/~te_n_me/i...xweponpana.jpg

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i got more guns than you :)_

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me two but no hand guns :P

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I smell a shoot out!

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Alex in Houston just might have surpassed 89sipimpin as my favorite neegrow. :)

So I've never owned a gun before, and very few times shot one. I went to the gander mountain store and was looking at handguns. The guy said he thought I should start with this:
http://www.smith-wesson.com/wcsstore...7400_thumb.jpg

It's a smith and wesson 22. I was kinda surprised that he suggested it because one of my requirements was that I wanted to lay someone out with 3 or less shots. He said it was good for a beginner and that I would be able to make a path with it. Whatcha think?

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I'm not sure what you mean by "USING" and "shooting people"? If you own a handgun for protection you should know how to use it and be damn good with it, otherwise it's no good. It's a fucked up world we live in these days. Have you ever been shot at? I live in a tiny town filled with mostly snowbirds and drunken Californians and I got shot at for the first time a little over a year ago. Shootings happen all the time out here. I have a CCW so I can legally conceal my gun(s) and protect myself if needed. What are you going to do when ---- hits the fan? Run and hide and hope you or your loved ones don't get killed? :l

Copy cat. :P I love my USP. :y

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Alex scares me. A black man with that many guns can't be a good idea. :S
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3 shots from a .22 will NOT stop someone. Chances are they will die shortly after, but stopping them is what you want to do and from what I've learned, a .22 is the WORST form of protection you can have. You want STOPPING POWER. Most people who take a .22 to the body are still fully capable of running away or skull ------- your wife. Let me tag you with my .45 and see how long you can keep your ass up for. :6
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This is just my "plinker" (gun I shoot for fun, target practice). Although, I do keep it in my car...just in case.
I don't have any pics handy for any of my others.
https://static.flickr.com/57/154446749_cc25e43ea4.jpg
https://static.flickr.com/60/154446750_9553cd7c4c.jpg

Accuracy on this sucker is frickin' amazing (that's the factory 25Meter target grouping laying by the gun)

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Not even the damage one does but the energy it transfers upon impact knocks some people backwards, and if you don't hit them it will sure as hell scare them!

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...that's why I always aim for the head. .22's got enough penetration to get in...but not out. Turns the goddamn brain to swiss cheese. Instant death.
BUT, if you'd rather not kill the fucker instantly and risk the legal implications (unless he's in your house, then you're best bet is to revoke his birth certificate post haste), then you're absolutely right. Opening the biggest hole with your first shot is A MUST. .45's are king! Technically speeking, though, anything .38 and up will do the job just fine ('cuz you WILL be using hollow points, right?)

To answer Stealthmode:
Normally I would say listen to the shop owner, they know shitloads about guns. In this case, though, I'd definately have to say that it sounds like he's trying to sell you a "starter gun" in hopes of selling you another one later. If you really want to get a pistol that's great for a first gun, AND will keep your butt shittin' out the right holes in case things go bad...I would have to say .32!¡! (9mm ain't bad either, especialy since the ammo's cheap and range time is YOUR BEST FRIEND)
It's been a long time since I shopped for .32s but I'll get back to you for some reccomendations from my old days.

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That was another thing he was saying with the 22 ammo being cheap, so that I could shoot alot. I definately don't want to go to war with a slingshot, but I don't have the experience to draw with Clint Eastwood or anything. Some suggestions would be good. Thanks.

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*tries to remember that this is a common misconception and NOT flame this guy mercilessly*...*tries harder*
OK, first off, that's just plain NOT TRUE. I know that either in order to save face, OR because someone you believe told you it's true, you'll probly coem bakc telling me I'm wrong, but trust me IT"S NOT TRUE!

This misconception comes from the phrase "knockdown power" which in reality refers to how quickly a round wil "drop" someone, NOT because it actually knocks them down. There is absolutely no handgun round in existance which can physically knock someone down, or push them back. It's simple physics. Even if a round was fired with enough momentum to knock you down, the low cross section of a pistol round would cause it to penetrate completely through your body before it would be able to transfer enough energy into your body to cause you to be moved by it. The only time someone is "knocked back" by a handgun roung is when their central nervous system causes a reflex action which "thrusts" your torso backward in response to the sudden trauma...and even that doesn't happen very often.
In short, a pistol will NEVER knock someone back...in any way shape or form. End of story. Goodbye.
Thank You

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I wonder what would happen if you took a direct hit to a bone? :P
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Wait, so now I'm gonna need a bazooka? ???

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Next time just save it, because it makes you come off looking like a jerk even if I am wrong.

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I don't know, the opening disclaimer got him off the hook. So do I need an AR15 on 3 round burst?

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Yes. :6
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No, not at all. I was merely saying that you can't knock someone down with a handgun. You CAN however stop them dead in their tracks and drop them to the floor in ancapacitated pile-o-meat just fine with a handgun (and in 2 shots or less with .45Auto hollow points)

As far as my suggestion of a .32ACP I'd have to reccomend either a Beretta Tomcat or an H&K HK4 (both a vailable for less than $400)
However after refreshing my memory as to the cost of ammo...I'd probly just reccomend you go for a good 'ol 9mm. Depending on the pistol, it might be a tiny bit hard to handle at first, but I doubt you're much of a wuss(you haven't had any major wrist/arm injuries, have you), so you should get use to it pretty damn quick...if you put in the practice. That being precisely why I would say go for a 9 because they are one of the cheapest loads there is, so you should be able to afford PLENTY of range time. Speaking of ranges, the absolute best way to pick your first gun is to go to a range. Go to a good range on a couple different days (you want to make sure it didn't just feel good that day and shoot a few different pistols to find the one that's right. Everyone is different, and that is THE MOST important part of choosing a gun. If you go with a 9mm, ask to hold each of the different sizes of Glock 9mm (they offer about 6-7) in order to see if you're comfortable with a compact, or need a full size, or if something in the middle suits you best. Then, go into range and test fire (they rent them out) a few differnet models, Glock, Sig P-Series, Beretta, Colt...and find which one feels the best after putting at least 2 mags through each. Also note how easy or hard it is for you to load their mags, AND load and cock the pistol...again getting the feel. It also depends on how you're going to carry/use the pistol as well. Why? Because the Glock (and some others), for example, have a "safetyless" design, which means you don't have to flip off the safety when you draw the weapon. On the other hand, a gun which has a safety ABSOLUTELY cannot fire when you have the safety on, even if you accidentally pull the trigger (clothing snag, dropped weapon{N/A to Glocks}, etc.. ) If you end up prefferring the blocky polymer Glock type design (I do), you might not want to plop down the money for a Glock, which means the safety issue will have a SLIGHT influence on your decision (although, truthfully I have NO problem with safetyless guns, but that's me). If you find out the classic slim steel autos fit you best, you'll probly fall in love with either a Beretta or a Colt...but they're even more expensive! In that case I MUST reccomend you buy a CZ (they're called that because the company is in the Czech Republic, where gunsmithing is more common than carpentry). Their are a few differentmodels with slight variances to choose from CZ B, CZ A, CZ F, etc and the guy at the gun store will be best able to help you figure out which ones your baby, but they're all almost identical to the Beretta in feel and use. The reason I reccomend them instead of the Beretta is because THEY'RE TONS CHEAPER. The CZ might just be THE best value in a handgun there is. I've never heard anything but good from their owners and they run about 1/3 the price of a good Beretta 9mm.
Well, happy shopping!

(If I'm ------- this all up and sound cionfusing just ask me anything)

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About a month ago while I was really getting into the idea of buying a gun (now that I don't live in socialist California) I actually picked out a CZ that I liked. Not knowing anything about the different calibers and all that I picked the CZ 2075 RAMI out of pure attraction.

http://www.cz-usa.com/product_detail.php?id=48
http://www.cz-usa.com/data/productimg/main048.png


Now that I looked on their site for that pic, I think this is one is new that I seem to like:

http://www.cz-usa.com/product_detail.php?id=44
http://www.cz-usa.com/data/productimg/main044.png

Now, that first one says it comes in 9mm or .40, and I know it's gotta be the size of the bullet, but I couldn't tell you what the difference is.
I do have kids, so having a safetyless gun around isn't an option. All I really want is something small, something that weighs nothing, and it has to mow a crowd down in a heartbeat. >:D

Oh yeah, so of course I'll get a kick out of shooting at the range, but I can't say shooting is going to be my new favorite hobby. Is it ever an ok idea to buy used handguns? If so, where? Thanks.