First Pistol??????????

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Looking for ideas for a pistol, I am by no means new to handguns but have never owned one. My price range is 300 to 700 and I have an sweat spot for .45 1911's, but have also been looking at the Smith & Wesson M&P .40. Anything else I should be looking at for that money?

Thanks Brian
 
sweat spot- you need RUBBER grips- seriously, the norc 1911 is good value for money in 45, but you might be better served with a revolver in 38/357- ie a gp100 or something similar- in STAINLESS- it'll teach you all the fundementals and you don't have to police your brass- plus you can discover if you flinch or any other bad habits just by leaving an empty chamber- i started off with a colt 45( the real thing) then as i got older and more expereinced, went to 9mm( yea, i know but the russians were coming) and finally got tired of policing my brass, so i got a ruger redhawk- it's a bigger, heavier gun than most like, but again, there's the brass thing- now my go to is the redhawk, and the 45 auto is mostly left behind
 
You can't go wrong with any of the big names like Glock, CZ, Sig, HK, etc...

I personally recommend a 9mm USP, but that's going to be hard to find for a low price: you can find a new/slightly used CZ or Glock in that range though!
 
M&P is a nice gun, but I'd recommend getting one in 9mm to save on ammo cost.

you might be able to find a used Beretta or a Sig for $700...
 
You could try one of those Springfield Armory GI 1911-A1`s, the really basic Springfield`s are in the $700 range new. Being that it is .45 Auto, if you plan on doing any amount of shooting, you will quickly spend far more on the ammo than the gun (500 rounds = $200+)

The Norinco`s are o.k., but everyone that I know that has an NP-29 (9mm 1911) has put like $500 work (at least) into a $350 gun. The Norinco sights suck and they are not removable either. You have to take it to a gunsmith and get them to cut two dovetails into the slide just to be able to buy new sights for it. As the Apple add says on TV, ``..it`s major surgery``.

If cost is an issue, I would say try and pick up a good used gun and put the rest toward factory ammo.
 
For a beginner/learning pistol, I'd stay away from the big calibers (.40 & .45Auto) + they are not cheap to fire versus, let's say a 9mm or .22LR
 
I'm not to intrested in a revolver right now, I carry one for work and have enough rounds through that. I'm not looking for a beginner/learner pistol but I am not looking for anything to expensive either.

I don't know much about CZ75, but a couple have put it up here so I'll check it out.

Anymore coments on norinco 1911's? They certainly come in a good price but how do they stck up to the real thing?
 
y'all didn't tell us you could pack for work, otherwise the revolvers wouldn't have been raised- now, as to the norc being close to the real thing( you have to define " real thing"- a stock 1911, a war issue, or what) it's at least comparable to my 1911a1 remington rand provided we're both talking single stack-or what it would have been had i got the remington new- however, it's nowhere near as slick as my colt mk 4 series 70 with most of the wilson tricks done to it- in other words, replace the sights and be prepared for a gritty trigger to begin with - or have gunnar at armco work on it for you or buy from him direct
 
I was wondering about Armco, whether it was worth the extra cash to buy direct from him. As for a comparison, I was looking at the springfield 1911A1 US and it was running for about 800 bucks.?.? The Norc is half the price but is it half the quality?
 
Thanks gentlemen. Ok I have been into the CZ75 and CZ85's and I like what i hear, so how much do they run for? I also see that norinco makes one as well any thoughts about the norinco's version? They are seling on marstar for 350, seems like a good price!
 
M&P 9mm. $649 taxes included plus there is a summer deal, you get 2 extra mags. I have one and love it. Have you handled all of these gun options?
 
I find the M&P very comfortable. I had it at the range the other day and a few guys were very surprised at how well it fit in their hand. One guy who owns a Glock found it more comfortable, it has the three backstraps so it can accomodate different hands. I was in the states before I bought mine and was able to handle a lot of handguns. I found the M&P was a perfect fit. Good luck, there are a lot of nice guns out there.
 
sure the .45 costs more to shoot but if your going to do it, do it right. The
45 is a great round to shoot. The .40 is also good, lots of power and cheaper than the .45 to shoot. Once you have shot a .45 theirs no going back.:D
 
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