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<blockquote data-quote="NikatKimber" data-source="post: 846883" data-attributes="member: 423"><p>My personal advice, is buy a different caliber for a first gun. My first was a .45, and even 4 years ago when ammo was cheap I found myself wishing I'd gotten a 9mm so I could shoot it more. Had a buddy do the same thing. Told me "I want a .45" despite me telling him he'd be able to shoot a 9mm a lot more. No beans, but now he wishes he'd gotten the 9mm first. I think what rubbed it in, was at a gunshow, he bought 500 rds of .45 acp for $170, and I bought 1k rds of 9mm for $170. </p><p></p><p>My suggestion, is to shoot a couple .45s, and shoot a couple 9mms, and see which you like, and which you'd rather pay to shoot.</p><p></p><p>1911s are beautiful guns, but they're kinda the hot rods of the gun world. Expensive new, and require tinkering to keep going, or if you pay someone else to do the tinkering for you, you still have more frequent maintenance than other more modern pistols.</p><p></p><p>I bought a Kimber for my first. And I still have it. Great gun, but I wouldn't buy it again as a first gun knowing what I know now. It was <em>extremely</em> frustrating at times when my $650 gun wasn't running right.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NikatKimber, post: 846883, member: 423"] My personal advice, is buy a different caliber for a first gun. My first was a .45, and even 4 years ago when ammo was cheap I found myself wishing I'd gotten a 9mm so I could shoot it more. Had a buddy do the same thing. Told me "I want a .45" despite me telling him he'd be able to shoot a 9mm a lot more. No beans, but now he wishes he'd gotten the 9mm first. I think what rubbed it in, was at a gunshow, he bought 500 rds of .45 acp for $170, and I bought 1k rds of 9mm for $170. My suggestion, is to shoot a couple .45s, and shoot a couple 9mms, and see which you like, and which you'd rather pay to shoot. 1911s are beautiful guns, but they're kinda the hot rods of the gun world. Expensive new, and require tinkering to keep going, or if you pay someone else to do the tinkering for you, you still have more frequent maintenance than other more modern pistols. I bought a Kimber for my first. And I still have it. Great gun, but I wouldn't buy it again as a first gun knowing what I know now. It was [I]extremely[/I] frustrating at times when my $650 gun wasn't running right. [/QUOTE]
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