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Posted: 2/20/2018 3:17:08 PM EDT

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I have a friend of a friend that recently took up an interest in guns. He's asked me a bit about my opinions, caliber, etc. He was recently super excited to show it to me.

As he goes back to grab it from his bedroom I was thinking, I'd bet $100 that its an XD in .40 or S&W SW9VE/SW40VE.... Sure enough, its a fucking .40 XD with full gripzone

. Talked about ammo a bit and he mentioned that with .40 you dont need JHPs because its already so powerful (according to the gun counter clerk) and using JHPs might be considered overkill by a jury. I told him he was full of shit, and he bought some HSTs online. He's taking a basic pistol class at a shop I frequent (and only has a few tards that work there). +1 pro gun voter.

Are there just "newbie" guns and what makes them that way?

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SKS in my experience

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:17:47 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/20/2018 3:17:59 PM EDT

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Live and learn
Everyone was a newbie once
No need to be a know-it-all prick
Because you aren't

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:18:49 PM EDT

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XD
.40
Taurus

any combo

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LMAO. My first gun was an XD .40 4". I had narrowed it down to that and a Taurus Slim

Have a BCM 11.5 SBR, a shield, and a G19 now. Soon a Sig 365 I believe

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:19:47 PM EDT

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Everyone just shitting on brands they dont like....

Real answer is 10/22...

orrrrr tapco S&W or DPMS AR with sightmark fake eotech sight and china harris bipod

(Saw one in the wild out shooting yesterday)

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:20:50 PM EDT

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G19

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:21:00 PM EDT

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Glock with factory sights

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:22:02 PM EDT

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Anything Glock

AR15s

What's with the XD hate?

I love how the gripzone fits my hand an as a result I shoot better with my XD than any other handgun I own. Although it wasn't the brightest marketing to mold it into the frame.

Tell me ARFCOM show me how the grip safety hurt you?

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:23:21 PM EDT

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Kel-tec

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:24:26 PM EDT

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Not the gun itself as much as the cheap Chinese tacticool accessories/holsters

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:25:23 PM EDT

[#11]

High point, Bersa

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:27:25 PM EDT

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No gun screams newby.

Its all about accessories.

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:30:27 PM EDT

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Ruger

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:30:40 PM EDT

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Live and learn
Everyone was a newbie once
No need to be a know-it-all prick
Because you aren't

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No shit. I applaud any "first time gun owner". More power to them.

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:32:12 PM EDT

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Let me stop you right there, because the reverse is far more common.

The person with a passionate distaste for Glocks, despite never having shot more than two boxes of ammo through one (and I'm being generous with that), is almost certainly a noob. Worse, they're a noob who doesn't understand or accept that they lack expertise.

There is a reason all the common wisdom suggests a Glock as a first handgun. If you go against that, without any experience in shooting Glocks, you're ignoring a number of lessons that you need to learn upfront.

I don't care if you shoot the thing for a year, and then decide you hate it, sell it, and get something else. At least your opinion will be an informed one.

But if you take an "I hate Glocks" position without any significant experience behind one... then you're a noob.

And it's common. I did it. I "hated" Glocks for years. Then I finally wised up and bought a Glock. They're good, and better than most, and fighting that without understanding is the mark of a noob.

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Triggered much?

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:36:13 PM EDT

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Anything made by Taurus.
Springfield XD and variants.

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:36:36 PM EDT

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A ridiculously powerful magnum rifle to shoot Texas whitetail. I remember asking a guy with a new .300 RUM if he wanted them to explode, as well. He was unamused. He then went hunting, shot an armadillo from about 5 feet away, and it exploded. He bought a 7mm-08 and is a lot happier. That armadillo was the first thing he had ever shot, and the first time he had fired the rifle (got someone else to mound scope and sight in).

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:37:43 PM EDT

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Literally anything in .40

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:38:02 PM EDT

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I know guys that have been shooting for years, that still but whatever is cheapest. They decide they want a 9mm, whatever the gun store has cheap they buy. One buddy bought a nice AR and won’t spend over $100 for an optic for it, then blames the gun for being inaccurate.

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:38:39 PM EDT

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Ruger LCP

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:38:50 PM EDT

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Any Springfield XD pistol.

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:38:52 PM EDT

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Haha I sold my glock to buy my frist of 7 Xd's

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:41:15 PM EDT

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Ruger lc series
Taurus
XD

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:47:58 PM EDT

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Who gives a fuck? The more gun owners the better.

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Posted: 2/20/2018 3:48:42 PM EDT

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Rossi .357 magnum was my first handgun....

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:52:18 PM EDT

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Gatekeeper thread

I never understood the problem. If someone wants to spend their money on a high point problem solva then it is none of my business.

That being said, XD in .40 is definitely newb

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Guilty as charged. I love it, with my new trigger and HiViz sights.

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:53:00 PM EDT

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Thread is hilarious..... My first gun was an XDM .40 bi-tone lol. Sold it to my dad and it became his first gun too lolololol.

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:53:11 PM EDT

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My first was a USPc in .40

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Same here. I also have a XD9 and no Glocks.

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:55:20 PM EDT

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Growing up in the '70's and '80's, my first gun ever was a Hungarian AKM, underfolder. First real handgun was a Colt Combat Commander in .45.

I think during the '80's, newbs had stainless Ruger Mini 14's and HK91/93... The good ol' days.

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:55:58 PM EDT

[#30]

CZ

Posted: 2/20/2018 3:56:45 PM EDT

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ruger or s&w ar15

Posted: 2/20/2018 4:05:58 PM EDT

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AR15 with FSB, 3-9x hunting scope and bipod.

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Sounds cool. Can I get one?

Posted: 2/20/2018 4:06:41 PM EDT

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my join date: 2013 my first hand gun : Bersa Thunder 380

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Anyone with a 2013 join date. Any version of the XD is also a solid indicator of newbie buffoonery.

my join date: 2013 my first hand gun : Bersa Thunder 380

My first was a Bersa Thunder .380 duo tone!

Posted: 2/20/2018 4:10:53 PM EDT

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Eh, I've shot XD's and I don't get the hate.

Other than Grip Zone. That should be ridiculed.

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I sold my XD. I couldn't bear the shame.

Then I bought a Sig P320. A life of shame I live.

Posted: 2/20/2018 4:12:04 PM EDT

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No shit. I applaud any "first time gun owner". More power to them.

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Live and learn
Everyone was a newbie once
No need to be a know-it-all prick
Because you aren't

No shit. I applaud any "first time gun owner". More power to them.

I don't think there was any negative connotation implied in this thread or the OP.
A fairly simple question was asked is all, really.

Even the OP states...

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...+1 pro gun voter...

A.W.D.

Posted: 2/20/2018 4:13:03 PM EDT

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Glock

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Posted: 2/20/2018 4:14:54 PM EDT

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TAPCO-fucked SKS w/ polymer ‘detachable’ magazines

Posted: 2/20/2018 4:15:25 PM EDT

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Glock

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Posted: 2/20/2018 4:15:32 PM EDT

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XD, polymer taurus guns, judge.

Posted: 2/20/2018 4:16:17 PM EDT

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The first gun I ever bought.

Glad it's not on any of the lists here.

Posted: 2/20/2018 4:16:37 PM EDT

[#41]

Judge

Posted: 2/20/2018 4:17:04 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/20/2018 4:19:23 PM EDT

[#43]

Any pistol cheaper than a Glock/P320. The savings just aren't worth it.

Posted: 2/20/2018 4:27:01 PM EDT

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Classic ARFCOM GD elitist/badass tacticool operator retardation in this thread.

Posted: 2/20/2018 4:32:43 PM EDT

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That super dry AR at the next bench over with NiB BCG that “doesn’t need lube cause it’s got this coating” that won’t shoot more than 3rds without jamming.

Posted: 2/20/2018 4:34:50 PM EDT

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Taurus PT 140

My Uncle bought my 2 cousins there first handguns for Christmas a few years. They collect dust now since I turned them both on to the HK P30 series.
They are much happier now.