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rugerdon wrote:
I am partial to revolvers; they are reliable, not prone to jamming, have no safeties to contend with and are easy to shoot and clean.
What is nice about the .357 Magnum is that you can also shoot .38 Specials in the same gun and the recoil is not much more than a .22.
The passage highlighted in RED above is complete BULLCHIPS. Whomever thinks the recoil of a .357 Magnum isn't much more than a .22 is not living on this planet, nor do they have any experience shooting either one...
I also recommend a revolver for a first pistol and a .357 is a good choice. You can practice with .38 rounds and keep .357 or .38 +P self-defense rounds for protection. You won't notice the difference in recoil when the adreneline is pumping and the SHTF.
I also like revolvers because of their simplicity: As outlined above, you don't have to mess with a safety, chambering a round, or changing magazines.
S&W is the ORIGINAL Point and Click Interface...
Since you live in Commieforina where you can't carry a loaded pistol, you CAN carry magazines or speedloaders seperately from the weapon. You can probably learn to load a "6-pack" of rounds from a speedloader as fast as someone can load a magazine into a semi-auto.
Along with previous posts:
1. Take a firearms safety course
2. Take a basic marksmanship course
3. Test fire different pistols in your price range. It doesn't make any sense to fall in love with a $1200 Kimber if you can only afford a KelTec P3AT.
4. PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE...
Take these courses from a reputable dealer with NRA-certified instructors or from a military-trained Small Arms Instructor. Cousin Billy-Joe-Jim-Bob may own a dozen weapons and be able to "talk the talk", but he may not be the bestteacher for themost recentstate and federal laws on OC, CC and "rules of engagement". The same goes for Joe Policeman that lives down the street. Your average LEO doesn't know all the laws (even though he should know most of them). Some are actually flat out WRONG (as you will read in these pages).
We don't bash LE on OCDO, but you will see
"Cite" your references in any post that discusses laws. Most LEO's are honest, hard working folks that do a wonderful job. My local Sheriff is one of them. A few "LEOs" that post on here give the good ones a bad name and are more FOS than a ChristmasTurkey and not to be trusted. I won't name names. You can find them yourself.