Handguns...What's the best for the money?

yes cheap guns suck i love my XD-40

Originally posted by pancaked



it all depends if you consider Les baer as the best then at like 1600 and jennings the shittiest at like 150 id say a great middle of the road is a Sig arms 45 p220 i loved it its some bucks but if you shop around you can get one for about six new with the tridium night sites. id take the 45 over the 40 for shear power meth junkies and speed freaks dont feel small bullets. haha. anyways taurus is a knock off of beretta and theyre pretty decent brazillian made just like my fiance. stay away from the military 1911 thing makes me sick. its sloppy as hell best thing to do if you have bigger hands go with a 45 smaller hands go with a 9 or a 40 theres not much of any recoil on any pistol. but if your talking a good belly pistol id go with the ruger hammerless revolver in say a 357/38 you can load your first two with 38s and if that dont stop em put a 357 in the 3rd and say goodnight. revolvers are great for learning to shoot better cause you can leave a round out and youll feel yourself jump it teaches you to shoot much better (i used a similar tactic on my sniper rifle) sept i used a dummy round.

I'd choose a 1911 over any pistol you named. Springfield Armory's Mil-Spec gun is very smooth and reliable. I've owned several. They don't campare to my Wilson Combat, but not much does.

SIG SAUER is the handgun!!!!....the 230 is a good carry around gun, small 380 with plenty of knockdown power...228 is a goodsized 9mm...i guess its all in what you like

yeah i'd go with a springfield .40 cal, my buddy has one. one of the best guns i've used.

SIG SAUER is the handgun!!!!....the 230 is a good carry around gun, small 380 with plenty of knockdown power...228 is a goodsized 9mm...i guess its all in what you like


so true, a sig 380 is the smoothest firearm i've ever fired

just picked up a glock 19c(ported) almost no recoil, its pretty baddass!

also the new springfield xds are fuckin sick.they took the glock, hk and a few others guns and came out with this.http://www.springfield-armory.com/prod-xdpstl-service.shtml http://www.springfield-armory.com/prod-xdpstl-xfeatures.shtml

i just got my concelled pistol license,so i go to the gun shop, and i ask them whats a cheep hand gun. (they looked at me kinda weird, but i told them i just got my license) anyways, they sell me a makarov p64. only $160. its pretty powerfull. i took it to the range a few times. i like it, but i gonna get somethign a little bigger, its a 9mm, but looks like a .38

Isn't the Makarov a 9X18mm? 9mm parabellum is 9X19. The Makarov round is exactly halfway between a 9mm and a .380.

But I think I'd have to agree that the Makarov is a bargain for quality vs. price.

I used to carry a taurus 92 & 93. Very good guns. My father carrys them on ops with the Gov. Personaly I will never carry a 9mm again. not after seeing them thing bounceing of stuff they should hav ewent though. Everyone I know in law enforcment and the military is either carring a 40 or 45 now. Glock is over rated cause of the use by the police. H&K is prob the best thing out there but they cost some cash. If you want the shit bro. go get an ar-15 put a 4inch barrle on it remove the stock bam little kick ass gun.. Or you could just buy a taurus??

Originally posted by shvdass



Well to keep you guys informed I bought a Springfield XD .40. It is freekin awesome! It is plenty powerful and my girlfriend can still shoot it. My friend(who has a Glock) shot it and now wishes he had an XD instead. The grip fits well and the recoil is not bad at all. It is super easy to clean and I got it with 3 12 round clips and a holster for $470.

dude dont teach your girl friend how to shoot your gun cause that may be a bad thing later in life.