Help me decide on next pistol

There's any number of great guns that fit into both IPSC Production and IDPA Stock Service Pistol. I'm a fan of CZ so I'll suggest a CZ 75b or 85b. I'd suggest the SP-01 Shadow but you need to jump through some hoops to make it light enough to fit into IDPA. But if you'd stick with IPSC then the Shadow is one of the more popular options and a great way to go. I'd suggest some other guns such as Glock and M&P but I'm an all steel with proper hammer gun type of guy and don't cotton to 'dem oddball striker fired gumball plastic guns... :D

In the end it really doesn't matter what gun you get, as long as it is on the IPSC Production class approved list. The list of approved Production class guns is available online with a bit of a google search. You've shot enough stuff that you know what sort of style of gun that you feel most comfortable with so it's just a case of finding one that you liked on the list and getting one of them again.

It's the new focus on speed with accuracy that'll stir the juices moreso than the actual gun. After all the gun is just a tool much like a tennis racket is just a tool or a set of golf clubs is just a tool. You want a GOOD tool that is in tune with you but the excitement will come from the game itself.

Just for the helluva it and to get a taste of the style of shooting try some multi target practice when you take one of your present handguns to the range next time. If it's like many clubs you often have a great swatch of room all to yourself on the handgun range. So set up two or three targets arrayed in front of you and with some different distances. Work on raising the gun from a low ready position onto the first target, double tap, next target, double tap, etc. Bring along a pair of binos so you can check how you're doing. Definetly shoot with accuracy as your primary concern but do try to balance ultimate centering with some speed. If you're really keen invest in a shot timer so it beeps at you and records your shot times. It's quite the eye opener to see the times for first shots and follow up shots when reviewing all the separate shots in a string. We typically are nowhere near as fast as we think we are.
 
CZ compact, didn't know they had one. I'll be looking at that as well.

I would like to hear a little more from the sig229 guys. Specifically about the wide grips, I would say I have medium size hands.
 
IMHO, One do-all pistol, $800 limit, medium hands? G17, or G22 Gen 4, without a doubt. These pistols are cheap, light, have better ergo's than the Gen 3's and are the AK47 of pistols for reliability. You'll never have to buy another pistol. Parts are cheap and readily available, but you'll likely never need any. This is coming from a original Glock hater.
 
is that allowance just for the pistol or does it include extra mags and such

take a look at walther p99 series pistols they are quite nice (yes this is a shameless plug for the .40 my girlfriend is selling)

i like it but she likes 9mm better

You have a funny way of typing $800. Somehow you have managed to make $800 look like $975 :p

Oh, I get it. The extra mags. Now I feel silly.:redface:

I'm just joking with you.

Seriously though, how does it shoot? Is it really snappy or is it easy to bring back to centre?

I also hear that the P99 is left hand friendly. Are you or your wife left hand shooters?
 
The Beretta 90-Two has a really nice feel. I dont personally own one but I would like to get it. It is very comfortable and fits my smaller hands very well.
 
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