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Garbage sale. Garbage handgun.
I worked at academy for a year and just quit to have more time for engineering hw.
The best thing about academy is they'll price match anywhere and beat it by 5%.
Palmetto State Armory has the S&W shield for $290. Academy will price match to $275. $75 rebate puts you at $200.
If you just want to spend $300, when you get your rebate have them price match the rough rider down to whoever has it cheapest online
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I agree with you on the Heritage 22. Barely one step up from an RG
But if you have not taken a serious look at the PT111 GEN 2, you are missing a terrific deal on a very solid pistol. 7-8 years ago I agree, would not have looked twice at a Gen 1. Taurus, over the last 3-4 years has really upped their game by a tremendous amount. But, don't take my word for it. Go to the Taurus sub forum here on arfcom. Read the 5+ year old reviews. Then read the newer recent reviews. Go to the web in general and search for reviews. Look at the MAC channel etc. There are TONS of solid reviews for them. I have sold a dozen of them in the last 3-4 months, and every one of them had better triggers than a comparable number of XDs or M&Ps also NIB. Yeah the pull may be a little longer than the God pistols, but they don't have 3 or 4 hitch points/rough spots along the way. The reset is as short as any competitive make out there. Plus you have a second strike capability in the event of a bad primer.
In before the tap, rack, bang crowd. I AM NOT BEING DISMISSIVE of your's or anyone else's training. It took me about 5 minutes to incorporate a second trigger strike into my trb drill. Becomes almost instinctive to pull the trigger again as your support hand is beginning to move.
I am not a particular fanboi of any specific make or brand of guns (except for Kahrs, really like my Kahrs), rather I am a fan of guns that work reliably and accurately. The current generation of PT 111s appears to have accomplished that at a very solid price point.