First handgun

[Ignored Member]

glock 23

 

[Robertson07]

M&P 9c

 

[inactive]

Glock 19/23/30/32/38 (all roughly the same size), XD 9 or 40 Service or 45 Compact, XDm in 9 or 40, or M&P. Choose the one model that fits for hand best.

Then decide your caliber. I own a XD Service .40 but if I was buying over again, it'd be a XDm 9.

 

[JD8]

Another vote for G19 because ammo is easier to find and practice with. G23 if you have to have a larger caliber.

 

[BadgeBunny]

Any full size Glock will do. I shoot the 34 regularly (the barrel and slide are a little longer than the 17 or the 19), but also have a 17 and a 19. All I could recommend any of them as a good beginner gun.

My favorite of them all is the 31, but the ammo is kinda pricey so ... it only gets played with every once in a while now.

Have fun!!

 

[Wizard]

Go to H&H and fondle lots of things that look good, then when u find a few u like, rent them or find a friend with them and test em all out to decide exactly what caliber u wanna shoot.

 

[ldp4570]

Small piece of advice. After you get your uber-killer handartillery, go buy yourself a good .22lr semi or revolver an have fun shooting. You'll be glad you did.

 

[El Pablo]

I'd go to http://www.tdsatulsa.com/ or http://www.usshootingacademy.com/ then decide what gun to buy after you know how to grip and shoot them. The guns I thought I liked before training wasn't what I liked after.

 

[shotty]

Ruger Mk II or III, used. 22s are fun and cheap to feed. learn your fundamentals first before developing bad habits with a larger caliber.

 

[Honey Badger]

Don't waste your money on something else. Buy a Glock and you will not be disappointed.