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Orderd my first pistol yesterday
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 Posted: Sun Oct 5th, 2008 04:26 pm1st Post
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I went with the Ruger P95,, It looks to be a nice one for the money. Slightly used for $250.  What you think of this one? I have shot a few pistols, but never owned one. I have a few rifles and shotguns tho.

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 Posted: Sun Oct 5th, 2008 04:39 pm2nd Post
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Greetings fellow shooter.

I just googled the model and you can buy a new one for $330 it appears. What-ever, Rugers are well made inexpensive firearms. You're probably going to enjoy it. I have a Clark modified Ruger .22 competition gun and I love it.

Have fun, be safe.

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 Posted: Sun Oct 5th, 2008 05:31 pm3rd Post
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Welcome to pistol shooting! Always remember the four rules-


1. All firearms are always loaded
2. Never let the muzzle of a firearm point at anything you are not willing to destroy
3. Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot
4. Be sure of your target and what is behind it



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 Posted: Sun Oct 5th, 2008 06:19 pm4th Post
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And remember ,gun threads have always ended up getting deleted here ,because of the varied opinions on them ,,So lets keep this one simple ..Ciaran



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 Posted: Sun Oct 5th, 2008 07:56 pm5th Post
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"nuff said sir.:waving:And to help the fellow find a Ruger specific forum, I dug this up...  http://www.pistolworld.com/bbs/viewforum.php?f=21

Have a good one.

Hobie

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 Posted: Sun Oct 5th, 2008 09:39 pm6th Post
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I have a friend with a P95.  He likes it fine.  I've always preferred .45ACP myself.

I have a modified Ruger MK II with likely over a million rounds through it, that still groups great - only thing that ever NEEDED replaced was the mainspring (expected).

I also have a Super Redhawk in .44mag that has served me well.

It's hard to go wrong with Ruger.  You should be satisfied with your 9. :)

 



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 Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 12:56 am7th Post
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I had a semiauto ruger 22 with a 14" bull barrel. You could make a beer can into a pasta strainer at well over 100 yards.



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 Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 02:23 am8th Post
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Sorry,, didn't know gun forums were not allowed. I guess they will be illegal everywhere soon. Even the forums,,

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 Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 03:21 am9th Post
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troutdog wrote: Sorry,, didn't know gun forums were not allowed. I guess they will be illegal everywhere soon. Even the forums,,

Hey Troutdog,

It's not that.  I'm a gun owner too and it took me by surprise the first time I saw it frowned on here too. 

Keep in mind that this is a world wide forum and a lot of our members are not Americans.   We Americans (some of us anyway) are very easy going about guns, our society has developed with them. (and look at the arguments we have amongst ourselves.)  But a lot of our friends in Europe and Australia are not so comfortable with the topic.  They don't see them in the same light that we do.  So here on this forum sometimes the topic gets people upset, on both sides of the issue. 

As such, it's just amongst us friends on this board that we are careful of this topic.  As Wexy said, he's not killing it, just asking to keep it simple.   If it stays away from rights and gun control arguments, and doesn't go into political points of view, most people will just watch it with mild interest, or ignore it.   But as often as not, they end up becoming a political argument, people get insulted or upset, and our hosts are forced to close it down.  This forum is a great place, but those type of arguments can ruin any forum.  So please try to understand the issue from the point of view of our hosts, just trying to keep the forum friendly and pleasant for everyone.

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 Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 05:37 am10th Post
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Well said Wolfman.



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 Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 05:54 am11th Post
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Troutdog, the only thing I will add to what Wolfman has said is this.

As long as this remains a friendly conversation, it will remain open. As soon as it appears to be turning inflammatory, an admin or moderator will close it down in less than a heartbeat.

Simply put, everyone minds their P's and Q's and a good conversation will be had. :)

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 Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 05:58 am12th Post
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I agree with everything said here. How's that for being a real fence sitter?



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 Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 12:58 pm13th Post
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mikef wrote: I agree with everything said here. How's that for being a real fence sitter?

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 Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 02:57 pm14th Post
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Yeah, what wolfman sed!

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 Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 11:34 pm15th Post
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Hobie1 wrote: Yeah, what wolfman sed!
Hey now, I was staying out of this post... :cheeky1: :cheeky1: :cheeky1:                           :gunhead:



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 Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 11:53 pm16th Post
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I flavor the Sig.  P229 .40 cal with the .357 change out barrel and the P220 45.  Tritium night sights and the competition spring and guide bar....sweeeet!



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WELL......................................As ONE OF YOUR USA GURU'S SAID, AND WE ALL HERD IT  ......................"COME ON PUNK MAKE MY DAY":cheeky1::cheeky1::cheeky1::cheeky1:



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 Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 03:13 pm18th Post
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That guru has been one of my favorites for a long time.

Wish he were still as young as he was when he said that :grinner:



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 Posted: Wed Oct 8th, 2008 06:18 am19th Post
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my personal gun is an 1858 army remminton .44cal black powder.it is always unloaded till i get to the range to fire the beast. not the best home defence weapon  but the .45cal lon colt conversion cylinder comes in handy. the colt cylinder is close by but not in the gun. always treat your gun as a loaded weapon. all my kids are well schooled in this and can shoot very well. after firing i remove the cylinder to remove all doubt about the weapon being safed. i also put a stick into thew barrel for added

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 Posted: Wed Oct 8th, 2008 02:28 pm20th Post
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nightwizard40 wrote: I flavor the Sig.  P229 .40 cal with the .357 change out barrel and the P220 45.  Tritium night sights and the competition spring and guide bar....sweeeet!
We carry the Sig. P229 as our duty firearm.  The one I was issued has had a rough decade of use and has never had a problem.  That said, we used the Glocks for our police officer skills training and found they were very, very reliable as well.  I generally carry a Glock 27 when off-duty.  I'm partial to the .40 caliber simply because the ammo is free for us every month.

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