I inherited a full size Springfield 1911 not too long ago. Thing is a tack driver. Love it! Had a chance to look at a S&W 1911 carry size. Really like it, but little "pretty" for my taste. Nice display pistol though. Something about the smaller 1911 frames that just rubs me the wrong way. Kind of a "not supposed to be that small" point of view.

Here's a pic of all the handguns I own....

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See, nice, aren't they. yeah, I know, they resemble a polar bear in a snow storm. But that's cause they are all white, photographed on a white brackground. Yeah that's it.

Ok... I don't own any, but what I'd like to own... what the list has in it so far... in no particular order....

- CZ75 Shadow - the Aussie version is ok, but a bit blingy for me with it's gold/orange accents (Aussie outline map on the grip cover - pictured below). I'm an all black kinda guy.
- STI Trojan - but could slum it down to a Spartan if I had to 
- Beretta 92FS
- Colt 1911
- Springfield DX9
- Glock 17
- S&W M&P9
- SIG SP2022
- Ruger Mark 3 Target or Hunter (the only 22 I like)

No revolvers I know. They just don't do it for me. Although, Taurus does make a 17HMR revo which would be.... interesting...

Interesting that there are TV ads for Henry Repeating Arms.
The only gun ads I see.
I LOVE Henry lever action rifles!

Eh mister .. You ever have a look over a Ruger Vaquero .45LC ?? ... They sit real nice in the hand too! 

Quote from: Janx101 on February 09, 2014, 01:38:07 AM
Eh mister .. You ever have a look over a Ruger Vaquero .45LC ?? ... They sit real nice in the hand too! 

When I shot a 44 mag, it felt odd. But hey, hitting the ten at 25 meters told me I was doing something right.

Glocks? People tell me they aren't accurate. I don't know. Shooting a Service Match one guy who told me "good luck hitting anything with that" and who was shooting his own Springfield XD9 after me... when we were scoring/patching out he was wondering around, saw my targets and asked whose targets they were? Mine. Wow, you did that with the Glock? Yup. He fired two legs of service then walked off, it was plain to see he was lucky to get 6s. I asked if he was going to keep shooting and he said, I'll wait for everyone to be finished and then I've got some things to work on by myself, the gun isn't right. Well, no sh!t Sherlock, a nice even spray around the entire target, something sure as heck isn't right, but I doubt it was the gun.

Shot some NRA the other day with an STI Spartan. After six shots and six tens the RO behind me, who happens to hold the club record for Service, told me I was standing wrong and blah blah blah. Six shots, six tens and I'm standing wrong? Obviously I'm standing right, for me.

But getting back to revolvers. In my hand they just feel wrong. But next time I shoot a match, I'll see what revo I can borrow off of someone and give it a proper go for an entire match.

At this point I'm still pretty sure every pistol I own is more accurate than me (at least freehand). This includes a Helwan Brigadier (a gun that was built so bad it's been converted to straight blowback just so it can continue functioning without damaging itself).

What seems strange to me is I can shoot more accurately than 95% of the pistol shooters I've seen at the range, and I haven't even had a ton of practice. Some people should just spend more time/money practicing rather than buying 50 guns (unless they're not planning on using them for anything but screwing around at the range at least)

old saying that i dont even know where its from or who said it.. "beware the one gun man!"

Quote from: Badot on February 09, 2014, 03:58:02 PM
What seems strange to me is I can shoot more accurately than 95% of the pistol shooters I've seen at the range, and I haven't even had a ton of practice.

Basics seem simple to me.... hold gun correctly for required sight picture for target, pull trigger.

Somewhere between those two things, lots seems to go wrong. And some shooters are not self analyzing either, it seems, or have enough sense somehow.

I saw this girl trying to shoot a Buckmark at a target 10 meters away. The entire paper was like, 2 feet tall by 1 and 2/3 wide, with the roundel in the middle. Forget hitting the roundel, she struggled to hit paper. Fifty rounds later there were maybe a half dozen holes in the paper. The instructor was baffled cause not amount of showing her what sight picture she needed et al, made any difference Totally erratic.

Saw a woman do six shots laying down at 25 meters. In this position the butt needs to be on the ground or rested on your hand on the ground - thus you have slightly higher elevation. She put 4 shots into the second last baffle WTF!??? And she admitted she couldn't get a sight picture of the target - but pulled the trigger anyway. As far as I'm concerned, that's irresponsible shooting - having no idea where abouts the gun is pointed and pulling the trigger anyway.

Quote from: Badot on February 09, 2014, 03:58:02 PM
At this point I'm still pretty sure every pistol I own is more accurate than me (at least freehand). This includes a Helwan Brigadier (a gun that was built so bad it's been converted to straight blowback just so it can continue functioning without damaging itself).

What seems strange to me is I can shoot more accurately than 95% of the pistol shooters I've seen at the range, and I haven't even had a ton of practice. Some people should just spend more time/money practicing rather than buying 50 guns (unless they're not planning on using them for anything but screwing around at the range at least)

My biggest problem when shooting a pistol was the flinch/anticipating the recoil. as a result, many of my shots were down and to the left. When I let the tigger break surprise me, I hit where I'm aiming. It's something I struggle with from time to time, but I'm getting better with practice.

An interesting video:

http://bearingarms.com/shooting-to-stop-the-threat/

And in general, a very informative site:   http://bearingarms.com/

http://www.infowars.com/babys-got-a-gun/

I wish someone would take the .50BMG pistol concept beyond the concept stage. I WANT to see someone shoot this thing. the size of their forearm too

This is interesting. A 1960's era Hi-Standard Double-Nine  .22 LR
Single/double action 9 shooter. Pretty cool.

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That is cool!

sent by willpower and a phone

Our state cops are issued Glock 22s as standard and 23s for the smaller females who cannot handle the larger sized G22s.

3D printable rubber band gun!

shop has 2 17hmrs on hand. addy when you get out here , we're  going shooting

Can't believe I haven't come across this thread yet!

I've got plenty.  In no particular order:

Ruger SR1911 5" .45 ACP
Ruger SR9 9mm
Browning Buckmark "Standard" URX .22lr
Ruger 77/22 VBZ .22lr with a HAWKE Varmint 4-16x44 scope
Marlin 1970s Model 39A .22lr
Mosin Nagant M91/30 rifle
Mosin Nagant M44 carbine (sidefolder)
Mossberg 590A1 12g shotgun
SEARS Roebuck "JC Higgins" 16g bolt-action shotgun

Mostly for plinking and some home-defense.  Might be getting into competition shooting soon.

I have also owned a Taurus PT1911 in .45 but "upgraded" to the Ruger SR1911.

Planning on an AR sometime this summer.

New AR trigger system coming out, shipping in late march.... to the tune of 600 bucks on onpointsupply.com     
No thanks, but a lot cooler than the slide-fire stocks. BATFE approved

I'm surprised that's not banned by the ATF... honestly it may only be a matter of time. As soon as this type of system goes mainstream there's no way in **** it'll stay legal.

Which is kinda unfortunate given that everyone who has some vague idea of how mechanical things work can make a full auto trigger.