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wife is picking out first handgun.....

hdwrenchhdwrench Member Posts: 954 ✭✭
edited June 2002 in General Discussion
i'm thinking of starting with a 22cal.how does a beretta 87target compare to a smith&wesson 22a ? or would the 87 cheetah be better first gun ? next we are looking at a beretta 84fs in 380 , but the tauras pt99 looks good too . are the taurus guns any good ? any help would be appreciated . wrench .
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  • n4thethrilln4thethrill Member Posts: 366 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    you may want to look at the ruger mkII in .22 cal it has a wide range of aftermarket parts...the browning buckmark target isn't too bad a choice either... happy shooting and good luck

    you can be king or street sweeper but everyone is going to dance with the reaper
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  • twinstwins Member Posts: 647 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I personally like my Ruger with the bbl. Ten round clip, easy to shoot, little noise, not all that easy to completely break down the first couple of times though.

    Most single action revolvers would be a good choice also. My experience is with Ruger and S&W, either is good. Some guns you pay for name and nothing more, some, like a Jennings or Raven, stay away from.
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  • BullzeyeBullzeye Member Posts: 3,560
    edited November -1
    Just march on in there and say "I want a Desert Eagle .50AE for my lady! And if you dont have any of those, I'll take a Taurus Raging Bull in .454 Casull!"

    That'd be really, really mean.
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  • n4thethrilln4thethrill Member Posts: 366 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Bullzeye there is allways the 480 to think of or the 475 lim.

    you can be king or street sweeper but everyone is going to dance with the reaper
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,503 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you do not have a lot of experience with handgun shooting, a .22 is a great place to start. A Ruger MK II is a very reasonable price firearm. I taught both of my sons the basics of handgun safety and marksmanship with one. Cheap to shoot, so you can get alot of practice for a few buck....JMHO

    Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Liberals....
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  • gunphreakgunphreak Member Posts: 1,791 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would say Desert Eagle .50AE, myself....

    Death to Tyrants!!!

    -Gunphreak
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  • punchiepunchie Member Posts: 2,792 ✭
    edited November -1
    Ruger MKII is hard to beat for the money. Beretta 84 is a nice gun but she might also like the little Bersa 380s. Let her handle as many different guns as you can and she will let you know which one 'feels' right to her. IMHO Taurus' quality is now as high as S&W got down to.

    AN ARMED SOCIETY IS A POLITE SOCIETY
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  • hdwrenchhdwrench Member Posts: 954 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    we found a nice ruger mark II ON gb . we decided to bid on that one . thanks for all your replies . we'll ask again when it's time for gun two,then three ......

    thanks , wrench
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  • SUBMARINERSUBMARINER Member Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    THE RUGER .22 IS GREAT FOR A TARGET PISTOL.THE TAURUS IS AN OK PISTOL.I HAD A PT111 9MM THAT I SHOT APPX 300 RND THRU.MY WIFE DIDNT LIKE IT BECAUSE IT KICKED SO BAD.ANY MINIATURE PISTOL KICKS GLOCK,KEL-TEC ETC...I BOUGHT MY WIFE A SIG-SAUER P-232 IN .380 AND IT IS A MUCH BETTER PISTOL THAN THE TAURUS.IF YOU GO WITH A .380,TRY A SIG-SAUER OR A WALTHER,AS FAR AS IM CONCERNED THOSE ARE THE BEST .380'S IN THE WORLD

    SUBMARINE SAILOR,TRUCK DRIVER,RUSTY WALLACE FAN AND AS EVERYONE SO OFTEN POINTS OUT PISS POOR TYPIST
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    When you say "first handgun" I guess it makes me stop and think where she wants to go with it. If she wants to wind up carrying a defensive caliber you might want to consider a .22 revolver. There are several good ones and they're reasonable.

    - Life NRA Member
    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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  • Josey1Josey1 Member Posts: 9,598 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    FIRST handgun?Make it a revolver.

    "If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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