I understand that every firearm is different and it depends on the person, but I'm asking for your advice.
My dad encouraged me to get a weapon for family protection. I went to a few stores and I really liked the feel of the Glock 43. The single stack was comfortable in my smaller hands. I then tried someone's Sig P238. It fired nice and the recoil wasn't bad, probably due to the .380. It did jam once on a friend, but it jammed four times with a range person the next time I shot the rental. The p938 9mm was comfortable, but a lot of recoil and I wasn't as accurate.
I learned the Glock 42 shoots .380, so I tried that but I didn't like the trigger pull or the gun. The G19 is very nice with the center port, but its honestly just outside of comfortable in terms of feel and likely carry.
The gun would be for home protection and perhaps in time, if I felt trained and skilled, carry. Has anyone used the Beretta 92fs compact with rail? It looks like a longer barrel, so I'd probably be more accurate or as accurate as the G19, but it's also small. The rental places don't have one, so I don't know about recoil. I really like the idea of an external safety, like the sig p238. I also think it holds more than 6 rounds. What do you all think? I am sure you can read this and get a sense for the types of firearms I'm interested in.
Thank you!
My dad encouraged me to get a weapon for family protection. I went to a few stores and I really liked the feel of the Glock 43. The single stack was comfortable in my smaller hands. I then tried someone's Sig P238. It fired nice and the recoil wasn't bad, probably due to the .380. It did jam once on a friend, but it jammed four times with a range person the next time I shot the rental. The p938 9mm was comfortable, but a lot of recoil and I wasn't as accurate.
I learned the Glock 42 shoots .380, so I tried that but I didn't like the trigger pull or the gun. The G19 is very nice with the center port, but its honestly just outside of comfortable in terms of feel and likely carry.
The gun would be for home protection and perhaps in time, if I felt trained and skilled, carry. Has anyone used the Beretta 92fs compact with rail? It looks like a longer barrel, so I'd probably be more accurate or as accurate as the G19, but it's also small. The rental places don't have one, so I don't know about recoil. I really like the idea of an external safety, like the sig p238. I also think it holds more than 6 rounds. What do you all think? I am sure you can read this and get a sense for the types of firearms I'm interested in.
Thank you!
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