Cheap 9mm for wife to start IPSC?

What 9mm is best for entry level IPSC?

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dday said:
Why don’t you just give her your G17 and you can buy yourself something new? Something that will put you into major and standard since there aren’t many people shooting production out here (you were the only one last Sunday I believe).
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I used to shoot Standard before there was a Production Division. But I saw a lot of potential in Production so I started to shoot in that Division. Let me tell you, I was pretty lonely. But I persisted and worked very hard to recruit shooters into the division and give it credability.

I think I've been pretty succesfull in Alberta. At last weekend's qualifiers in Spruce Grove there were 14 Open/15 Standard/11 Production (Sat) and 14 Open/16 Standard/13 Production (Sun); a pretty even split.

So Hoddie & DDay, just because no one shoots Production in Manitoba now doesn't mean you can't work to change that.
 
My wife prefers my SIG 226 compared to the G17. She actually shoot better using SIG compare to shooting my Glock. I suggest you let her try a SIG P226 in 9mm. See how she feels about it. Certified used one is around $800.00.
 
Howdy hoddie

my girlfriend shoots IPSC, is a Black Badge Instructor and she always recomends to woman who are getting into the sport to try a 40 or a 45. she is a small lady, 5'2", 130 pounds and she finds that a 9mm standard or production guns always feel like they want to twist out of her hand. when she did he BB she choose a 45 and beleive me she had a variety of guns to choose from.

I would suggest that you take her out when there is a variety of guns around and have her try everything, single stack, double stack, standard, open, production, 99mm, 38 super, 40, 45 and see which gun(s) feels good to her. then rather then buy something that she is not going to like and may cause her to quit shooting, buy her a gun that she likes the feel of. if you go this route you have a much better chance of ending up with a partner that wil shoot with you.
 
When I shoot Production, it's with a Glock 17, but it's not for everyone; simple to use, low bore axis, simplicity to clean and maintain, and beautifully cheap magazines. The downsides are that you have to have a reasonably firm grip and stay locked up behind the pistol or you might get limp-wrist jams, and unless you're willing to practice to get the required trigger-control, you'll usually get "low and left" groups. If she's happy with the Glock and doesn't have either of the above problems, I'd go with the Glock.
If PRICE is your main object, I don't think you can go wrong with the Norinco copies of the Sig 226 (NP22), 228 (NP34) or the CZ-85 (NZ-85).
 
The SIg copies I have tried are worth their weight in gold,for smooth double action first shot!! My Sig original was twice as heavy!!
 
hoddie, of your group I would let her handle the Rugers. If she likes the feel of them a Ruger will wotk for her. If I were to recommend a pistol it would be a Browning High Power. Why? There is no pistol that I can shoot as well and as fast. Another thing in favour of BHPs is they tend to fit all hand sizes. Regards, Richard :D

This is my FN/FM High Power with Hakan grips:
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Try the new Springfield XD, my cousin bought one and loves it. Comes in 9mm/40sw/or 357sig, grips arn't huge like most double stacks, looks like a glock, and costs alot less.
 
DARKSTANG said:
why would the XD not be allowed as a Production gun? Highpower is evident with its 1911 style design.
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Last year, IPSC took a second look at the XD, and decided it wasn't a "double-action" design (since the striker is fully-cocked each time the slide cycles), so they pulled it off the "approved list"; after a whole bunch of people complained, they said "OK, we'll let it go for now, but it will be coming off in the future, so if you want to shoot Production, start looking for another pistol."
 
DARKSTANG said:
Highpower is evident with its 1911 style design.
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It's not the '1911 design' that disallows the HP in Production Division, it's the fact that it's single action. The Para-Ordnance LDA is, except for the double action trigger, a 1911 and it's allowed in Production....
 
Bersa Thunder 9..

Ultra Compact holds 10 +1 (or 13+1 w/non-USA factory mags.)
High Cap holds (I think) 17+1.

Mine listed at, I think, around $470 US. I paid $305.00
I have a Sig P239, S/W 3913, Walther P1, Star BM, KelTec P11 and the Bersa is as accurate as any of them except the Sig, and pretty darn close to it.

Lifetime warranty from a Company who actually cares about the customer, and backs their firearms 100%.

Nobody seems to love Bersa/Firestorms except the people who shoot them.. Go figure?

Just another option.

Best Wishes,
JP :mrgreen:
 
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