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<blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 2797658" data-attributes="member: 29706"><p>Definitely need to try as many as you can before you buy. See if another Eat n Shoot is coming up and tag along. Most of the time it's a hey wanna try this one type of thing. Bring along some rifles and try some pistols that others actually carry. You can get a lot out of using the rent guns but they will not generally be reliable or show how reliable they can be because they are rarely cleaned and are sometimes abused while almost never being lubricated. Sometimes knowing a drop of oil on a barrel can be the difference between a bang-jam and a bang-bang-bang:GRIN. The people who carry a particular weapon every day will know some of these idiosyncrasies and be able to explain it when you find one that feels good and shoots good in your hand.</p><p></p><p>You also need to think about accessories when you find something that works for you. Glocks have tons of them, while some others you will be lucky to find anything more than mags, and a holster that kinda fits. </p><p></p><p>Hand size will play another role. My hands are almost exactly 7 inches from the tip of my middle finger to the base of my palm. I run the M&P's with the small grip and it feels good to me. A glock feels like I should be swinging it like a 2X4, the grip feels oversized in my hands and I was never able to feel secure while shooting one. <u><em>(This is not glock bashing just the observations on how it feels to me so lets not go to the glock vs discussion.) </em></u>On the flip side a single stack shield or a lcp/lc9 may feel too small. </p><p></p><p>I went out to H&H four or five times trying different pistols just to see how it felt to hold a few different ones and then go home and look up features and reviews before I decided on the ones I wanted to try out. And after I shot a few it was to a toss up between the ruger sr40 and the M&P40, both american made and both with good warranties and a similar feel. After talking to the guy at H&H the 40 is what came home that day. I can't remember what the exact conversation was about but with the number of accessories available for the M&P vs the Ruger I am happy I did because I plain didn't even think to look at that part of things. I now have three M&P's one of which is my wife's technically and they all work great for the both of us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightShade, post: 2797658, member: 29706"] Definitely need to try as many as you can before you buy. See if another Eat n Shoot is coming up and tag along. Most of the time it's a hey wanna try this one type of thing. Bring along some rifles and try some pistols that others actually carry. You can get a lot out of using the rent guns but they will not generally be reliable or show how reliable they can be because they are rarely cleaned and are sometimes abused while almost never being lubricated. Sometimes knowing a drop of oil on a barrel can be the difference between a bang-jam and a bang-bang-bang:GRIN. The people who carry a particular weapon every day will know some of these idiosyncrasies and be able to explain it when you find one that feels good and shoots good in your hand. You also need to think about accessories when you find something that works for you. Glocks have tons of them, while some others you will be lucky to find anything more than mags, and a holster that kinda fits. Hand size will play another role. My hands are almost exactly 7 inches from the tip of my middle finger to the base of my palm. I run the M&P's with the small grip and it feels good to me. A glock feels like I should be swinging it like a 2X4, the grip feels oversized in my hands and I was never able to feel secure while shooting one. [U][I](This is not glock bashing just the observations on how it feels to me so lets not go to the glock vs discussion.) [/I][/U]On the flip side a single stack shield or a lcp/lc9 may feel too small. I went out to H&H four or five times trying different pistols just to see how it felt to hold a few different ones and then go home and look up features and reviews before I decided on the ones I wanted to try out. And after I shot a few it was to a toss up between the ruger sr40 and the M&P40, both american made and both with good warranties and a similar feel. After talking to the guy at H&H the 40 is what came home that day. I can't remember what the exact conversation was about but with the number of accessories available for the M&P vs the Ruger I am happy I did because I plain didn't even think to look at that part of things. I now have three M&P's one of which is my wife's technically and they all work great for the both of us. [/QUOTE]
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