Firearms

Glad to see more people heading out and shooting more firearms. Dont know if you have or not but you have to try handgun shooting by far my favorite of the shooting world.

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The last S&W I owned, I spent four and a half years, searching all over Canada for replacement parts I needed. I finally gave up and gave the gun away. I got the same story everywhere, "You can't get S&W parts in Canada anymore." That was about eight years ago and things may have changed since. I hope they have because I always liked S&W.
Rugers can be a little fussy about the shooter. At the range where I work, we don't usually give them to women or slightly built men. We've found that if you don't control the recoil properly, the gun will have a tendancy to jam.

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I own A Springfield Arms XD 9mm tactical (has a 5inch Barrel) and Love it. Ive fired about 3000rds through so far without a single failure.

I just picked up a SR9 for $525. Can't go wrong with it, shoots great. Take a look at the Gen 3 Glock 17, same cost as a S&W but way better. I plan on taking my to the grave.

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I have shot most of these 9mm and they are decent guns( as 9mm goes) I personally have not shot the sr9 but ruger does make a good product. I bought a CZ 75 shadow and after 5000 rounds am loving it. and the best thing about it is that it shoots the cheap steel core, steel cased ammo shoots really well through it. But in the end, a 9mm is a pea shooter compared to the .45 acp (my favorite) for all around stopping power the .45 is the one to use

Gen 4 Glock has interchangeable grips and feels good in my hand. Should just try holding several at the store before you make your decision.

Really the best way to know if you like a gun or not is to shoot it. I know a lot of people that bought guns cause they thought they would like them and were unhappy with them once they tried them. I would advise, if looking for a gun, to go to dvc ventures on broadway st in coquitlam. It may be expensive but they have a good selection of firearms that you can try. All you need is to pay the range fee and buy their targets and ammo.

Believe it or not, but in Viet Nam the grunts preferred the 9mm not for the stopping power but for penetration. The VC use to wear padded jackets, that when wet would stop a 45 slug from a sub machine gun. It would knock them down, but 4/5 cases would not kill them except from real close, <20ft. The 9mm would penetrate the padding, and would wound the combatant. Also, when the 9mm was going thru the wet padding, it tended to mushroom the tip causing more traumatic damage.

It ain't the size of the tool, it's how you use it that counts.

that is a nice bit of information ranger. I have always liked .45 its fun to shoot. I just hear and see a lot of law enforcement guys that have been killed cause their 9mm's couldnt drop the assailant with three or four shots when guys with .45's survived similar scenario's

the nine mm I used in the service didn't have any problem stopping people. No offence intended but the 45 albeit a slight larger round was and is prone to serious jamming problems under severe conditions and has a weight issue with alot of people. Shooting at paper and shooting at a person are two different things as paper is not a good indicator of penetration but accuracy. My Browning jammed less under fire thean my ACP, I actually ended up selling it as I needed a simplistic breakdown version. The configuration of the barrel and cylinder to cam comes into play quite abit. The nine mm is definetly superior in that regards.