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just bought my first pistol

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I just bought my very first pistal. It's a TISAS Zigana K. I think it's somewhat modeled after a walther P88 compact. I read some reviews online, and it sounds like a well made gun. It's made in turkey, and used by some turkish military and security forces from what i've read.

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Now i need to get my CPL, and a couple of nice holsters.

I'll try to come to an open carry event soon so i can meet a few of you guys

--jason
 
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Congratulations. Never heard of them, but it doesn't look all that bad. I hope it turns out to be a fine pistol and give you great service. Make sure to treat it properly by putting profuse amounts of ammo down the bore.

As a suggestion on a holster, You might check out NTAC. He is usually at Gibraltar on weekends, and makes a nice holster at a decent price.
 
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Hey, that's great. :celebrate

Make sure it's reliable for you.

And give us a range report after you shoot it up.
 
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Looks nice, hopefully it functions just as nice. I think I speak for most when I say that I've never heard of the company, however, just because we haven't heard of it, doesn't mean that it's not a great functioning gun. If they're newer, or have most of their client base in europe, this wouldn't be too uncommon I imagine, but everyone has to start somewhere :)
 
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The company has only been around since 1993. I emailed a friend in Germany when I first read this and he just e-mailed back. He works for a security company and says that they are very popular among his employees and are quality firearms. They have been using them about 1 year and have had no problems after running thousands of rounds through them. He was surprised that they were as expensive as they were here; he considered them "economy but high quality". Perhaps they are all imported and that's what influences the price.

Nonetheless, I like it. Have fun!
 
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I'm not to fond of the safety, but it looks like a nice gun. Please give us a detailed range report after you take it out to the Pit or wherever you go...
 
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Unless it's a grip safety, I don't believe a manual safety belongs on a defensive handgun. If someone wants one that's fine by me, millions of people like guns that have them, but they're definitely not needed if you have a good holster and a good gun.
 
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Michigander wrote:
Unless it's a grip safety, I don't believe a manual safety belongs on a defensive handgun. If someone wants one that's fine by me, millions of people like guns that have them, but they're definitely not needed if you have a good holster and a good gun.
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"Millions" have them....but...."they're definitely not needed?"

You're saying that "millions" of gun-owners are making a mistake?

Um, how do you know that to be true?
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And what happens if someone, out of the "millions" has a gun, with a manual safety but does not have a good holster? Is a manual safety OK with you then?
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HankT wrote:
Michigander wrote:
Unless it's a grip safety, I don't believe a manual safety belongs on a defensive handgun. If someone wants one that's fine by me, millions of people like guns that have them, but they're definitely not needed if you have a good holster and a good gun.
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"Millions" have them....but...."they're definitely not needed?"

You're saying that "millions" of gun-owners are making a mistake?

Um, how do you know that to be true?
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And what happens if someone, out of the "millions" has a gun, with a manual safety but does not have a good holster? Is a manual safety OK with you then?
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I obviously can not speak for Michigander, but what I gathered from reading the post is that he was simply saying that when you are in a defensive situation, seconds count. I have even known LEO's who forgot to deactivate the safety in the heat of the moment and one who almost paid with his life. I know that responsible carriers practice this over and again, and will never forget, but it may cost you precious seconds when it matters most.

I did not gather that Michigander was saying anything negative about those who choose to carry weapons with a manual safety.

Edit to add: Looks like Michigander did not need me to chime in. The posts are 8 minutes apart, but his was not there when I posted mine. BTW, I second that Michigander - the chamber should not be hot without a good holster.
 
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Michigander wrote:
Without a good holster, I don't see a good reason to carry with the chamber hot.
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Hmm, I thought we were talking about the manual safety being "definitely not needed if you have a good holster..."

Now, we're talking about carrying without one in the chamber.

OK. I can handle the switch.

So, if a person carries, say, a GLOCK 23, in a cheap, non-retention generic holster, then it's OK with you that he or she does so without one in the chamber?
 
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