input on Gun purchase

[Merovius]

[quote author=TheGiver link=topic=34125.msg145313#msg145313 date=1435243841]
Glock....either love me or hate em. I'll leave it at that.:p
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Hate 'em...I tested about 6 different pistols when I bought my P229

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edit:tldr...grats on the new piece Pete

[TheGiver]

Same here. Just never could get use to it.

Love my P220 Carry Equinox.

[quote author=Merovius link=topic=34125.msg150251#msg150251 date=1444584900]
Hate 'em...I tested about 6 different pistols when I bought my P229

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edit:tldr...grats on the new piece Pete
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[Hunter1974]

[quote author=TheGiver link=topic=34125.msg145254#msg145254 date=1435110265]
Go to a range where you can try out several popular models. Many many choices.
[/quote] +1 Try before buy

[airtrade]

Very nice.
Now i wanna go try out one of those FNH!
Love the p229 and if you run out of ammo you can hit them with it, weighs a ton.

[tcw_SnS]

Always want to try if you can before purchase. There is no such thing as a return

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[Hutch]

[quote author=XTR link=topic=34125.msg145369#msg145369 date=1435363818]
I may not necessarily be the best reference.  My thoughts are as follows:

From time to time there are virtuosos of one kind of another, and they are not seen for generations at a time.  John Moses Browning was one of those.  

If it feeds from a mag, and it's a hand gun, then I am a 1911a1 or variant thereof guy, and I only own one caliber, 45ACP; unless it is a CC backup, then there are a lot of options because when you need it the gun you have in your pocket is better than the one in the safe, no matter what the caliber.  I think my little Walther PPK is just adorable. 

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In the process of converting pretty much completely to 9mm, I've settled on the Browning HiPower, partially because I agree with Wades thoughts about John Browning. It's not my only full size auto, but it sure is sweet.

As to CC, or back up, I carried a PPK for a long time, but now use a Sig 938 (that 99mm thing). It's a little thicker, but smaller in every other dimension. The shorter barrel hasn't detracted from accuracy...at least not at the range I'm interested in :)

You'll find some weapons to be natural pointers for you if you don't try to force it. For me it's most of the Barettas, with the Glocks at the opposite end of the scale.

The only other tidbit I have for you, is that once you arrive at your choice, become intimately familiar with it. Practice with it as often as is feasible, and THOUROUGHLY clean it immediately after every use. Unless, of course, it's in the police property room :)