New to guns and I don’t like striker fired handguns...should I?
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arquebus357
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I'm an old guy that's new to the poly,striker world. (Ruger American Compact) I like the simplicity of operation without de-cocker, double action trigger stuff. My only objection is lack of a loaded chamber indicator. The sight hole just doesn't do it for me. It's very simple..
look at the gun. Is it ready to fire ? If there is one in the chamber, it MUST be ready to fire. Otherwise I need to rack the slide. I need a quick easy way to check it's condition and it's nighttime.
I don't need a billboard like the Ruger SR9 has but a tiny leaf by the extractor like Taurus uses would be nice. The little nub on the back of the slide types simply tells me the striker is ready but doesn't say if the chamber is loaded.
I realize that I SHOULD be totally aware of my pistol's condition at all times. At my age I have ceased to have absolute faith in my short term memory.
Did I rack the slide after I inserted the magazine ? Did I insert the magazine with the slide open or closed ?
look at the gun. Is it ready to fire ? If there is one in the chamber, it MUST be ready to fire. Otherwise I need to rack the slide. I need a quick easy way to check it's condition and it's nighttime.
I don't need a billboard like the Ruger SR9 has but a tiny leaf by the extractor like Taurus uses would be nice. The little nub on the back of the slide types simply tells me the striker is ready but doesn't say if the chamber is loaded.
I realize that I SHOULD be totally aware of my pistol's condition at all times. At my age I have ceased to have absolute faith in my short term memory.
Did I rack the slide after I inserted the magazine ? Did I insert the magazine with the slide open or closed ?
Yes, thank you. I am considering the sp 2022, cz p07, and i think one store is going to have p30. The latter would definitely be my choice but it isn’t sure thAt they will have it available.
Yes thank you... and re selling them is a pain too...legally speaking and financially. All the beauties of gun registration :-(
Basically it was a matter of me changing a mind set and then learning the weapon or learning the weapon and changing the mind set.
Yeah... thanks. I am almost sure that is the case. The problem for me is that it is practically impossible to try different guns without going bankrupt
Thanks... reasonabl advice ;-)
Thanks... I think you nailed it...!
Do you see a future where hammer fired guns are “obsolete”?
Thanks for remembering
Nothing happened. Ultra beautiful gun, súper accurate in my novice hands. Just had the opportunity to sell it, needed some cash, and wanted to try something else.
Plus the “compact” berettas don’t offer any advantage over the full size IMHO
All handguns are 2x to 4x USA MSRP. For some reason striker fired guns are the worst offenders. Want to hear something funny? The least over priced guns are sig legion, any tacops model, mk25 and it,s 1911s
not even 2x usa msrpCosmodragoon
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Bachá wrote:
Want to hear something funny? The least over priced guns are sig legion, any tacops model, mk25 and it,s 1911s
In that case, might as well get a fancy one!
I think all EDC involves compromise in that firepower is limited to what you can comfortably carry and reasonably conceal on your person. I take this as the top limit. Then there is the second consideration of what you can comfortably shoot, or at least reliably control. I take that as the bottom limit. Those limits are largely determined by personal factors. Your ideal EDC choice will be somewhere within those limits.
The balance can be affected by things like local climate and regional clothing styles. I live in a part of the world where summers can be a humid 90 degrees Fahrenheit and winters can be a windy sub-zero. The upside of the latter is that it gets easy to carry a full-sized double-stack poly gun. So I have a few different guns in EDC rotation depending on time of year.
What nation are you in?Well I am outside the us and have had only one gun, currently I don’t have any.
I have been looking around at all the models available to me with all the restrictions some of you know I have. There is my other thread explaining those restrictions:
https://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=589401
I want to like polymer striker fired guns because:
- they are light weight
- same capacity in smaller lighter packages
- Easier to shoot (Iam told)
I don’t like them because:
- they are grossly overpriced in my country, typically 3 to 4x msrp
- I feel insecure with the lighter trigger.... I know it could a “training issue”. I carried with an empty chamber the first 2 months.
- they are ass ugly to my eyes
- I can’t get pass the fact that I M paying so much more money for a “plastic gun” than a metal one.
So as you see maybe only the trigger issue is a real issue... and i know it.
So when you make this kind of decisions, specially for edc items... do you “force yourself” to what is more practical or do you still find your subjectivity perception of the firearm getting in the way?
Spats McGee
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Handguns are always a compromise. A good friend of mine likes to say "if I knew I was going to a gunfight, I'd go somewhere else. If I couldn't do that, I'd take a rifle . . . and friends with rifles." With that said, how much of a compromise depends on which pistol I carry (I have 3 carry pistols). I compromise from G19 with an extra mag all the way down to an LCR with no reload.Bachá said:
Why do I compromise? Because the guards at the courthouse get nervous when I get a rifle out of my car.
Seriously, though, I compromise because I just cannot carry everything I could possibly need for every possible scenario. I compromise because I want a firearm for protection, but also know that I have to conceal it. Not only do I have to conceal it, but I go a lot of places where handguns are not allowed, so I have to put it on & take it off a couple of times per day.Great advice... thanks.