Posted: 1/9/2009 10:21:43 PM EDT
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I want to buy a fun handgun. Not for CC or home defence, just a nice looking, reliable, and accurate fun gun. I have $1200-$1300 bucks to spend. I own a XDm 40 and a XD9sc. I was thinking
1: 1911 (Kimber Pro Covert II / SA EMP / ect) 2: XDm 9 What are your thoughts on recommendations for a fun handgun. Thanks for any info. Victor |
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Any semi-auto .22 or a Desert Eagle in .44 Magnum. You are in WA or I would say a suppressed .22 or 9mm, while you have the funds to do it you would have to go a state over to shoot it.  Being from MD I can appreciate dumb gun laws and this is certainly one of them, even here, knock on wood, they don't have that idiotic rule. |
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If you could shoot supressors in WA I would recommend a supressed .22. But alas, Washington will only allow you to own the supressor and not shoot it.
I had no idea how much fun a supressor was until I got stationed in Georgia, where they make a lot of them. To bad I can't use one if I move back to WA. I'll have to drive to Oregon. |
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HK P7 - All my friends seem to enjoy shooting it, as do I. You can get one from CDNN for around $500.
http://usera.ImageCave.com/napachris/Guns/DSCF3671.JPG |
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old single action revo 22LR w/ changable 22 mag cylinder from Heritage then w/ the left over $ get a nice S&W .357 revo then you can shoot .357 and .38 if SHTF you can hunt w/ all those combos, or if married get wife/kids used to a 22LR then move up to a .22mag
The 22 heritage combo is a inexpensive gun, I am thinking about it 22 Combo |
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Dan Wesson bobtail commander, well under the budget...
http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/82/products_id/17999 |
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HK P7 - All my friends seem to enjoy shooting it, as do I. You can get one from CDNN for around $500. http://usera.ImageCave.com/napachris/Guns/DSCF3671.JPG Eh, I wouldn't recommend a P7 as a fun range gun. They get far too hot in range-type situations. Perfect for carry and defensive use, though. (I myself carry a P7) |
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I have mine on my RIA 1911 clone while I am working on a Sistema doing some upgrades. When I go to the range I usually shoot about 200-300 rounds of .22 and then finish off with 50 rounds of .45 ACP.
When I finish installing all the ED Brown parts on the Sistema and refinish then that will be my primary frame for the Marvel. 
The RIA was $269 a few years back on a Sunday at the gunshow and the Marvel was $300 straight from Marvel. The RIAs get a lot of grief but mine has been utterly reliable with ball ammo and decently accurate. I get 3-4 inch groups at 10 yds with it in .45 and the Marvel is scary accurate. It shoots about 2 inches at 10 yds with the fairly heavy RIA trigger. I expect it to shoot half that when I get it on the Sistema after the trigger work it has had. You can get quite a lot of 1911 for $900-1000 and that will leave enough for the Marvel kit. |
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HK P7 - All my friends seem to enjoy shooting it, as do I. You can get one from CDNN for around $500. http://usera.ImageCave.com/napachris/Guns/DSCF3671.JPG Eh, I wouldn't recommend a P7 as a fun range gun. They get far too hot in range-type situations. Perfect for carry and defensive use, though. (I myself carry a P7) I took that into consideration and still think it's fun. Mine doesn't get hot until after about 8 mags. Then I shoot something else while it cools and then go back at it. To me 22lr guns aren't that 'fun'. I would call them 'cheap fun'. I end up just getting bored shooting 22 and I start to not care about shot placement. |