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<blockquote data-quote="Duck L&#039;Orange" data-source="post: 2822184" data-attributes="member: 7814"><p>Assuming a person knows and follows all of the basic rules of firearm safety, what are some guns that would be ideal for a very casual or novice shooter. Ignore anything like what it's necessarily being used for, as I'm not concerned with what's the best CCW or race gun or something. What are some guns that have simple, preferably tool-less takedowns/cleanings, tolerate abuse, are not easy to ND, and don't have a lot of internals/parts to worry about. For example, I've heard of people putting the "idiot mark" from field stripping their 1911's (I've never owned one), so I assume that one is out. The only other trait I care about is overall quality and reliability, besides the aforementioned things.</p><p></p><p>One that comes to mind is a makarov, since it has an incredibly easy field strip and few parts. But they're getting harder to find. Glocks seem like another logical choice for almost everything I mentioned, but not everyone likes them, and I've heard about polygonal rifling being slightly more prone to catastrophic failure if you fail to clean them and use dirty/exposed lead ammo.</p><p></p><p>Does anyone else have ideas?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Duck L'Orange, post: 2822184, member: 7814"] Assuming a person knows and follows all of the basic rules of firearm safety, what are some guns that would be ideal for a very casual or novice shooter. Ignore anything like what it's necessarily being used for, as I'm not concerned with what's the best CCW or race gun or something. What are some guns that have simple, preferably tool-less takedowns/cleanings, tolerate abuse, are not easy to ND, and don't have a lot of internals/parts to worry about. For example, I've heard of people putting the "idiot mark" from field stripping their 1911's (I've never owned one), so I assume that one is out. The only other trait I care about is overall quality and reliability, besides the aforementioned things. One that comes to mind is a makarov, since it has an incredibly easy field strip and few parts. But they're getting harder to find. Glocks seem like another logical choice for almost everything I mentioned, but not everyone likes them, and I've heard about polygonal rifling being slightly more prone to catastrophic failure if you fail to clean them and use dirty/exposed lead ammo. Does anyone else have ideas? [/QUOTE]
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