Openlyaware
Regular Member
Hello everyone, first time posting and soon to be a first time open carrier.
I'm not able to check any shops out currently, as I am deployed(Navy), but will be home soon enough and will begin my search for my first handgun. I have done a good bit of research with what i can(magazines and internet), but was hoping for some more advice(to go along with everything else i've read on the forum). I'm not too worried about price, as you cannot put a price on your families safety. I definately want something reliable and well made. I've been looking around at mostly H&K P30, HK45, many sigs(i guess i have something for german made) and many 1911s. I feel i'll be fairly competant at findng my way around when cleaning and maintaining a handgun, but i am still unsure as i've heard of the difficulty with the many parts involved in H&ks specifically. I'm open to whatever will work best for me, and i also know i'll have a better idea of what I want I want once i get home to handle and fire some handguns. Oh and i'm not too worried about caliber at this moment, but i'll most likely look for a more popular and easily available round. Anyway, I'm very new to handguns and have only fired a couple and probably fired less than 40 rounds in my existance, so any advice will be very much appreciated. Thank you in advance.
I'm not able to check any shops out currently, as I am deployed(Navy), but will be home soon enough and will begin my search for my first handgun. I have done a good bit of research with what i can(magazines and internet), but was hoping for some more advice(to go along with everything else i've read on the forum). I'm not too worried about price, as you cannot put a price on your families safety. I definately want something reliable and well made. I've been looking around at mostly H&K P30, HK45, many sigs(i guess i have something for german made) and many 1911s. I feel i'll be fairly competant at findng my way around when cleaning and maintaining a handgun, but i am still unsure as i've heard of the difficulty with the many parts involved in H&ks specifically. I'm open to whatever will work best for me, and i also know i'll have a better idea of what I want I want once i get home to handle and fire some handguns. Oh and i'm not too worried about caliber at this moment, but i'll most likely look for a more popular and easily available round. Anyway, I'm very new to handguns and have only fired a couple and probably fired less than 40 rounds in my existance, so any advice will be very much appreciated. Thank you in advance.