Firearm General Discussion Thread

love the pics of all the gun up on here i wish i had a can to show off my stuff to. you all are making me what to buy another one

Go to the store and fondle an M&P. IMHO, I think it is foolish to not do so when buying a firearm unless you're buying something for historical significance; IE a Luger, your grandpappys 1911, etc.

Brian Fellows wrote: So, tax season is just around the corner and I'll have some extra disposable income.  I'm thinking of buying an M&P .40 Compact.  Would an M&P be a good choice for someone with stubby fingers?

Why fortay cal?

Love my minotaur.

Don't buy a sub compact with any intentions of it being a range gun. I bought mine with the sole intent because I wanted something I could conceal better, was 9mm, and double stack mag.

Is it fun to shoot? Not really, but it does fine at 7 yards

I'm a firm believer in testing before you buy. But any sub compacts suck to shoot, unless you have a pinky extension. Which if is attached while holstered, defeats the whole purpose. A lot of people will carry a spare mag, with a pinky extension.

Brian Fellows wrote: impulse418 wrote: Brian Fellows wrote: So, tax season is just around the corner and I'll have some extra disposable income.  I'm thinking of buying an M&P .40 Compact.  Would an M&P be a good choice for someone with stubby fingers? Why fortay cal? Because .45 ACP is a bit expensive where I live.

I made the big mistake of going to a gun show yesterday and not having someone knowledgeable to help me along.

Skillet42565 wrote: If you want to get rid of it, I'll take it off your hands haha.  Springfield Armory 1911s tend to be pretty nice guns, way better than those Smith and Wesson abortions they call Sigmas, haha.  That said, proper maintenance will go a long way in making sure that your gun lasts a long long time. Also, people at gun shows will consistently low-ball you, or just be general Fudds about everything.  For 400 dollars, if you look around a bit you can find some really nice pieces.  I found a CZ 75BD (the decocking model), and probably could have got it for around 450 out the door if I would have negotiated with the fellows.  One thing about being in Kentucky is that we are blessed with excellent gun laws, and pretty nice gun shows, including the Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot, which is something that everyone should see.

Tolgak, it could have been worse. A $400 mistake is a whole lot better than $4,000

Chalk it up as a learning experience.

There is nothing wrong with using a target pistol for self defence. Lethal force is lethal force. A decent lawyer would make it a positive - increased accuracy means less liability.

I was also going to say avoid the smaller pistols for range work, but the M&P9c is larger than the Glock 26 or such sized guns. It is only marginally smaller than the Glock 19. It is sort of a combination of both. The Glock 19 is the smallest "range gun" I'd say. The M&P 9C seems to be what I wanted when I bought a Glock 26. My G26 now has a rail on it and can carry a light.

As for 9x19mm .vs .40 .vs .45... There is nothing the .40 will do that a modern 9x19mm won't do, except shoot accurately out of a M&P.

Outside of 15m, closer to 25m the 9x19mm M&P's are printing all over the place. Mostly when you use the 147grain rounds. I don't know the cause, some have said it is to do with the slide unlocking a mite early, but I have no proof of that. Some aren't and some are really bad.

This problem is not around in the .40 and .45 versions of the M&P.

I do not know if it affects the 9mm Compacts.

KBK

Edited by Kayback - 09 January 2012 at 1:26pm