I Want A Hand Guy Help Plz

[brmstn69]

Nice collection, that. I'm neither a collector or a serious target shooter, but I earned my Marksman rifle and pistol badges, back when I was young and restless for some kind of excitement. If I were to acquire a personal weapon for self-defense, it would be a semi-automatic, something on the order of the Glock 17, or Sig Sauer P220. I've range-fired both and like their feel and balance. However, guns are expensive, and (self-defensively) are often more dangerous to the occasional, inexperienced user than to his intended target. I was instructed long ago never to cock a weapon and point it, unless I intended to fire, and that still is good advice. The stats on being shot by one's own weapon (by their assailant) are high enough to make any serious person think hard before considering the purchase of a weapon that they would only use to threaten someone. Since most of us are not trained to kill when confronted by a threat (like cops or the military), a handgun is not a wise investment.

I was a Marine and I'm an expert marksman, and my father was a cop. I am very well trained...

Even my mother, who despises guns, has had some advanced training, at my fathers insistence. He felt that as long as there were guns in the house, everyone living there should know how to handle them responsibly.

And while the Glock and Sig are both excellent carry guns, autos are not a good choice for home defense, they require too much maintenance. If your going to have a firearm that spends most of it's time locked away in a drawer, a revolver works best.

 

[hawtsean]

I was a Marine and I'm an expert marksman..........................
And while the Glock and Sig are both excellent carry guns, autos are not a good choice for home defense, they require too much maintenance.

MCRD Parris, '69. Haven't fired a handgun in a long while, so no claims as to marksmanship. Agreed on the requirement for regular cleaning and maintenance. If I were to pick up an auto for home use, bi-monthly range firing would be a given, along with Hoppes #9 . I'm not in the need, so it's just speculative discussion.

 

[brmstn69]

MCRD Parris, '69. Haven't fired a handgun in a long while, so no claims as to marksmanship. Agreed on the requirement for regular cleaning and maintenance. If I were to pick up an auto for home use, bi-monthly range firing would be a given, along with Hoppes #9 . I'm not in the need, so it's just speculative discussion.

Well, you got my respect, Parris was hell when I was there... After they eased up a bit...
I can only imagine what it was like 20 years earlier...

My ex was lucky, he went to Pendleton...

 

[hawtsean]

Parris was hell when I was there... After they eased up a bit...
I can only imagine what it was like 20 years earlier...

Neither an apologist for nor a critic of the Corps. It is was it is, and was. Back in that day, the pressure was on to produce grunts, and so they did - sometimes with more hands on than the manual called for. My DI used a recurrent saying during weaponry training - "No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection".....and then he handed us 50 each while out on the range, telling us that he was "gonna bust that old sayin and prove it fuckin A wrong"; and then made us field strip, clean, reassemble and hit three in the kill zone before dismissing us to a cadre sgt.

{side note, brmstn69, this tidbit of background might clarify why I have a low tolerance of bullshit from people who know better......like mods, admins and some members}