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which would you choose?

mybadodgemybadodge Member Posts: 118 ✭✭
edited August 2002 in General Discussion
for roughly the same price, which of these two or what other .40 would you suggest. the two I'm looking at now are Walther p99 and Beretta Mini Cougar 8040F.

Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.

Bob

"Ignorance spreads lies" - puddle of mudd
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  • mybadodgemybadodge Member Posts: 118 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    You have three choices in caliber for a heavy hitter

    CheyTac 408
    Barret 416
    50 BMG

    Tell me which you'd prefer and why...............
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  • mybadodgemybadodge Member Posts: 118 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    You are buying a new rifle and you have it narrowed down to 3 calibers. Which would you choose and why?
    1. 375 Ruger
    2. 375 H&H
    3. 375 Remington Ultra Mag

    Jon
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  • mybadodgemybadodge Member Posts: 118 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've been looking, and I figgered I'd ask yall. For this question, lets just say that I could legally own a pistol. Don't comment saying "You're 18, you can't own a pistol, yadda yadda yadda...". In these failing times where gun control is a huge issue, I'm looking for something that a very trustworthy person can put away for me till I am 21, and then it can legally be mine. I have determined that I want a revolver. But, I can't decide between two guns.

    http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/31377

    or

    http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/80028

    And before anybody comments saying that Rossi and Taurus are pieces of junk, I happen to like the revolvers. I've shot countless rounds out of my father's .357, and we've never had a problem out of it and its pretty darn accurate too. Another thing I am looking at is ammo costs. Cheap .38 spl. ammo is about $15 a box of 50 if you can find it at that. Just about any .22 mag ammo is gonna be $10 a box of 50. So, if I went to buy $30 of ammo, I could get 50 rds more in .22 mag then .38... But the .22 mag is a bit low on the power scale.
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  • 4GodandCountry4GodandCountry Member Posts: 3,968
    edited November -1
    Neither, buy a glock 22 or 23 you'll thank me later.

    When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....
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  • TheguncounterkidTheguncounterkid Member Posts: 224 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Personally i like the Walther. It fits my hand perfect. I feel the beretta is top heavy and impossible to grip with the "carry" mag in it. Both are quality guns, but 4GaC hit the nail so to speak.
    -Kid
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  • mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If I had to pick between the choices you gave us, I'd pick the Walther. If you MUST have a .40. Personally, I wouldn't choose any of the above, but you didn't leave that as an option.
    Mudge the Colt .45 guy

    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I read a review of the Walther P99 which explained the operation of the gun in the December 98 issue of GUNS. It is unusual in operation. It has not 2 but 3 trigger modes, is striker fired, has interchangeable grip inserts, has a decocking "button" that is not conducive to single-hand operation -- by either left or right handed shooters -- and sharp trigger edges that can hurt your finger, possibly even pinch it between it and the rise in the trigger guard. This might have been fixed since 98; I would hope so, but you can't count on the gun companies to jump for every gun review.

    Of these features, I like the possible trigger pinch the least. I might not mind a two-hand decock. The mag release is ambidextrous. The third trigger mode is called "set trigger," and means that when you pop in a mag and rack the slide, cocking the striker, the trigger returns forward to what looks like double action mode -- but the pressure it takes to fire is light, single action style stroke instead of the expected 10 pound load.

    The trigger pull is about 10 pounds in DA mode and described as slightly gratey. You really need to handle one of these and run it through its manual of arms to decide if you like the layout. The decock button takes some getting used to.

    When I found that it fits a USP compact holster, I began to think I'd prefer the H&K. Both have accessory rails, by the way.

    The Cougar is a nice looking gun, more standard in terms of Beretta style design and operation. Of the two you mention, I'd choose the Cougar, even though I'm a lefty, unless I could handle the P99 enough to convince myself that NONE of the points in the article would be drawbacks for me personally.

    - 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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