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HELP!!!

AZHARLEYAZHARLEY Member Posts: 30 ✭✭
edited October 2001 in Ask the Experts
I need some help... I am looking to buy a nice but inexpensive gun to go have fun with. I am currently looking at the Smith and Wesson .40 cal or the Ruger P90. Which is the best gun? I am also using it for Home Protection!! Thanks For the help!!
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  • AZHARLEYAZHARLEY Member Posts: 30 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am developing a flinch. I have NEVER in my life had this problem. This began with my Desert Eagle .50AE malfunctioning and ejecting the brass into my eyes, face and head...resulting in a few scars. It has now carried over to other smaller calibers. I just had my Desert Eagle repaired and it's functioning much better, but now my shooting has gone down the tubes. I, honestly, have never had any problem whatsoever with flinching...and I shoot some large calibers, both rifle and pistol. I'm starting to freak out now...I've got to get this under control, and NOW. Please give me some advice and input on this!!!!!!!!!!!!![:(][:(][:(!] Thanks!!![:)]

    Eric
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  • AZHARLEYAZHARLEY Member Posts: 30 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I got a lee classic cast press. I need to remove the 1 1/4 to 7/8 bushing so I can use the Hornady Lock and load conversion kit and I cant get the bushing out of the press. Anyone got any ideas before I break something?
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  • smooth_operatorsmooth_operator Member Posts: 227 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Get the Ruger. Like its been said in here over and over before "it might weigh like a friggin' brick and be just as ugly...it wont give you problems". It will do its job just like any other. Not to mention the $40 rebate they are giving away with each purchase.-Smooth
    Life is the leading cause of death.Everything else is just a contributing factor.
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  • competentonecompetentone Member Posts: 4,696 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    AZ,When I was poorer, and only had enough money for an inexpensive gun that I could shoot for fun, I just had my Ruger Mk2--it's only a 22, but at home, I kept it loaded with CCI Stinger ammo (I lived in Detroit at the time); never needed it for defense, but if I had I'm sure it would have helped!More specifically, to answer your question, I prefer Rugers over Smith and Wessons generally--but I'd suggest, if you're choosing between the two, to ask yourself, which one "felt better" when you first picked it up?I always consider that the best gun a person should own for self-defense is one that "feels natural" to hold and point.
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  • KhegglieKhegglie Member Posts: 330 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The Ruger is nice and reliable. consider the polymer Ruger p97.... It's list is cheaper, and it has an 8 round mag instead of 7.Evan Marshall's book says that the .22 Stingers give 34% 1 shot stops... i only used Stingers when i carried a .22
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  • shaneshane Member Posts: 882 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    These guys have it right. The Smith autos suck. Buy the Ruger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • 25-0625-06 Member Posts: 382 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Which Smith and Wesson are you talking about? If it is the Sigma, I would get the Ruger. If it is the 4006 or one of its sibblings, I would get the Smith, especially if you have small thick hands and short fingers. I have had both the P90 and the 4006 and prefered the Smith because of its smaller grip, it never jammed once with several different brands of ammo and shot smaller groups at 25 yards than the Ruger. I do like the 40 much better than a 9mm. Just my opinion.
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  • AZHARLEYAZHARLEY Member Posts: 30 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I guess you guys are right!! What makes the S&W so crappy?? You can't beat the $40 rebate either! I have big hands so I guess the Ruger will work! I do want the biggest punch for the Dollar so the Ruger would be the best buy! Thanks for the Comments, I appreciate it....
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  • AZHARLEYAZHARLEY Member Posts: 30 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I guess you guys are right!! What makes the S&W so crappy?? You can't beat the $40 rebate either! I have big hands so I guess the Ruger will work! I do want the biggest punch for the Dollar so the Ruger would be the best buy! Thanks for the Comments, I appreciate it....
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  • AZHARLEYAZHARLEY Member Posts: 30 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for the comments!! I guess I will go with the Ruger!! What makes the S&W so Crappy?? You can't beat the $40 rebate either! I also would like the most Bang the Buck!! So the .45 it is!!!
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  • jacksvjacksv Member Posts: 35 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    FYISmith and Wesson are fixing all their new Sigmas. I got a SW40P and it didn't feed right. I brought it to S&W and they are aware of the problem. They are going to put in a new barrel with a different feeding ramp and replace the springs in the mags. All the new ones going out now are fine.
    Jack www.northamptongolf.com
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  • j2k22j2k22 Member Posts: 329 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    with all due respect, and leaving the political element out of the discussion, S & W auto are very good pistols for self defense. They are extremely reliable, passably accurate, and have decent ergonomics. S & W autos will feed anything offered them. They also hold resale value pretty well, if that matters. There are a lot of holsters available for them too.
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    This your brain(ruger)This is your brain on drugs(smith)
    If you run, you'll just die tired!
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