What's a good gun?

0patience
0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
in Non Cigar Related
Looking for a good 9mm.
My son is looking for a pistol.

He shoots about every weekend with his cousin, so he's not new to guns, but wants a 9mm, cause he likes them.
I like the Smith & Wesson SD9VE or SD9 and Ruger LC9s.

So what pistols do you like what ever caliber?
In Fumo Pax
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

Wylaff said:
Atmospheric pressure and crap.
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  • Usaf06
    Usaf06 Posts: 11,904 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Glock, love glocks. Also the Springfield armory XDS 
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    -- Winston Churchill

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  • avengethis
    avengethis Posts: 5,697 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I really like my Sig P320 also I like the Springfield XD or XDm
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    "I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke ever last one of 'em." - Ron White
  • Markwell
    Markwell Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Screw the pistol. Get yourself a Mauser K-98K!
    “Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.” – George Burns
  • Markwell
    Markwell Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭✭✭
    But if a handgun it must be, can't go wrong with a Sig or Luger.
    “Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.” – George Burns
  • ExpendableYouth
    ExpendableYouth Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sig 226, 229, 320 are all really nice. I also really like my CZ SP-01 Tactical and Colt Competition Model. 
  • jd50ae
    jd50ae Posts: 7,900 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2017
    Owned and shot pretty much everything listed so far.
    Sig is always a good choice.
    Ruger the same.
    (On the property I carry a 6 inch Taurus Judge.)
    I own and carry a Beretta in 9mm.
    Depending on the weather I also carry a Beretta 380.
    When I get it back from the Gunsmith I will add my Para Ordnance double stacked 45 to the mix.  
    Would be carrying a 50AE but the tornado ate it.
  • dirtdude
    dirtdude Posts: 6,263 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have an FN 40 I really like and a couple revolvers, a 5 shot S&W and a Dan Wesson Arms .357 which is a great target gun. All depends on what he wants to do with it.
    A little dirt never hurt
  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    He mostly target shoots. His cousin has a collection of guns they shoot with on the weekend.
    He is looking at some course they offer in Portland for concealed carry and stuff.
    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • dirtdude
    dirtdude Posts: 6,263 ✭✭✭✭✭
    jd50ae said:
    Owned and shot pretty much everything listed so far.
    Sig is always a good choice.
    Ruger the same.
    (On the property I carry a 6 inch Taurus Judge.)
    I own and carry a Beretta in 9mm.
    Depending on the weather I also carry a Beretta 380.
    When I get it back from the Gunsmith I will add my Para Ordnance double stacked 45 to the mix.  
    Would be carrying a 50AE but the tornado ate it.
    That Judge is a helluva tick gun jd
    A little dirt never hurt
  • ExpendableYouth
    ExpendableYouth Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    0patience said:
    He mostly target shoots. His cousin has a collection of guns they shoot with on the weekend.
    He is looking at some course they offer in Portland for concealed carry and stuff.

    If he wants it for concealed carry then I would suggest a S&W Shield or Glock G43. There is a big difference between carry and target shooting though. 
  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    He is only looking at the courses offered. He may or may not get the permit.

    I've had the permit for the past 30+ years, but haven't had a pistol in 15 years. I still renew it every 4 years, as I never know if I want to carry again. 
    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • jd50ae
    jd50ae Posts: 7,900 ✭✭✭✭✭
    dirtdude said:
    jd50ae said:

    (On the property I carry a 6 inch Taurus Judge.)

    That Judge is a helluva tick gun jd
    Yea, it is. But it leaves no doubt in your mind.
    The first time I shot it was at a 50 gallon barrel.
    It hit center and the top half of the barrel went into orbit.
  • MikeTodd
    MikeTodd Posts: 974 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Glock 19 hands down. I own Sigs, Springfield, Ruger's and CZ.  The Glock 19 is one of the most versatile 9 mm pistols out there. It does great on the range and it honestly is easy to conceal as well. They can be had for the same price as the other guns that you have listed and are bulletproof with a ton of aftermarket upgrades available. 
  • Wylaff
    Wylaff Posts: 5,487 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The best gun is one he's comfortable with and enjoys shooting. As you can see, everyone has their own preferences.
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  • Diver43
    Diver43 Posts: 2,218 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A few good guns mentioned already so I will add one that I have not seen that I liked enough to purchase and it is now my new nightstand gun, although mine is .40SW.

     FN FNS 9 is one heck of a gun for the money. Has a very decent trigger right out of the box.   https://fnamerica.com/products/pistols/fns-9/

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  • TX98Z28
    TX98Z28 Posts: 2,448 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Glock G19 Gen4 MOS, fits my hand like a glove. Very very important that a pistol fells right in your hand before buying!

    Scatter gun in the background is a Mossberg 590A1 LE Magpul, also highly recommended. Got plenty of lead for the zombie apocalypse to.

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  • TX98Z28
    TX98Z28 Posts: 2,448 ✭✭✭✭✭
    0patience said:
    He's going to go to one of the shooting ranges in Portland and try out some guns and see which ones he likes.

    Thanks for all the input.

    That is the best thing he can do IMO. 
    If you quote me do the @TX98Z28 in your text or I won't be notified of your quote, Thanks.
  • Diver43
    Diver43 Posts: 2,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If he likes Glocks, generation 5s will be released soon. New trigger, ambidextrous controls, steel sight, flaired magwell, no finger grooves, a new barrel twist that you can use lead bullets in.
    Logistics cannot win a war, but its absence or inadequacy can cause defeat. FM100-5
  • ExpendableYouth
    ExpendableYouth Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Diver43 said:
    If he likes Glocks, generation 5s will be released soon. New trigger, ambidextrous controls, steel sight, flaired magwell, no finger grooves, a new barrel twist that you can use lead bullets in.

    Those will be $1,600 when they start to trickle into Cali.
  • TNBigfoot68
    TNBigfoot68 Posts: 2,816 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2017
    Ok pardon my accidental enteruption of a great thread.
    Post edited by TNBigfoot68 on
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  • avengethis
    avengethis Posts: 5,697 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @TNBigfoot68 trying to thread jack here or what?
    Team O'Donnell FTW!

    "I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke ever last one of 'em." - Ron White
  • dirtdude
    dirtdude Posts: 6,263 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2017
    Any of these guns mentioned should be able to take down  @TNBigfoot68 if you encounter him on a trail. If he is hunting Bigfoot I would suggest the Spillway Trail.
    A little dirt never hurt
  • TNBigfoot68
    TNBigfoot68 Posts: 2,816 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oh No, I was posting with my phone and it seems to be doing odd things lately, I thought I was in another thread, lol
    I was born a fool, and just got bigger!
  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @TNBigfoot68
    It's called getting old. :D
    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 31,702 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I thought the gun somehow incentivized your workout.
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  • TNBigfoot68
    TNBigfoot68 Posts: 2,816 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yakster said:
    I thought the gun somehow incentivized your workout.
    that is always a possibility, if lead is flying, you need to be ducking and moving. @Yakster just invented the new Smith and Wesson weight loss program, lol.
    I was born a fool, and just got bigger!
  • MikeTodd
    MikeTodd Posts: 974 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Speaking of guns, taking the kids out to the family range today. Got the 10/22 setup for their little arms. Will also be taking out a few other .22s, the AR and my wife's grandfather's 410.


  • MikeTodd
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  • peter4jc
    peter4jc Posts: 18,179 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There is no such thing as a good gun.  All guns are evil.












































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