I finally bought a handgun.
 

I've carried a protection permit for 20 years, but I've not owned a handgun in my adult life. I never felt good about a handgun in the house with kids. Always shot someone else's or the old man's or my brother's or girlfriend's.
I taught my daughter how to shoot when she was about 8, but we haven't gone shooting for about a year. She's a lethal weapon. She can group as well or better than her Dad.
It's Fall here in PA now, and that's shooting time, and I want to take the baby girl shooting. She's big enough to handle the 9mm now, she's learned how to shoot on a .22 Ruger.
Grice's (a great big gun shop right over the hill from here) had a big sale this month.
I landed this Smith & Wesson Sigma SW9VE, holster, and 500 rounds of 9mm frangible ammo for under 400 bucks.
So far I burned up 250 rounds.
At 30 feet I can put 14 out of 15 in a 6" group 100% of the time, rapid firing (about 15 seconds for 15 rounds). The gun is perfectly balanced for me, the recoil is perfect, and the sights settle in before I'm even ready to bark another round off. I have to slow myself down.
At 30 yards, I can only put about 6 or 7 out of 15 in a 6" group.
I'm gonna try to talk my little brother into running across the range with a paper plate on a stick and see how I do. :r
Anyways, here she is...

http://home.comcast.net/~shilala/gun1.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~shilala/gun2.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~shilala/gun3.jpg

Re: I finally bought a handgun.
 

A good buy, congrats! The best firearm in the world is the one you shoot well.

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Beauty! I gotta get my CC license one of these days.

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Very nice!!!

I like those green bullets... are those for practice???:D

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Hey, I have the same one! Picked it up for $269.00 a few years back! :tu

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Nice giong Scott. I've avoided having a handgun in the house too for the same reason, not comfortable having one with kids around. I do keep a 12ga pump shotgun in the bedroom closet though.

Hopefully they're the ones he's going to use when his brother carries the paper plate. :D

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Very nice....I just picked up my first pistol not too long ago. Looking forward to getting out and shooting it. Just haven't had time yet.

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Very nice Scott! Having a CCW permit is a great insurance policy. Nice choice of gun too. How are you going to carry it? In waist band (WB) or outside waste band (OWB)

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. I will also let you know of a good instructor :tu

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Sweet piece Scott :tu

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Very nice Scott. I've got a little Acutek .380 that was gifted to me years ago and I've wanted to get something more substantial but my money keeps finding it's way to more cigars first:D.

Aren't those green bullets made of kryptonite in case Superman turns evil again like in Part III? :r

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:tu:tu

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:r:r

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That holster in the first pic has a belt clip. It works well.
I won't be carrying it around.
If I need it in case any of the town junkies start crawling through the windows, I feel good knowing I can dump a pound of lead in their melon before they get all the way in. :tu

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Nice pick up at a great price. Now go get yourself more ammo and mags :banger

Have fun and be safe.

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:tu Does PA have a Castle Doctrine (stand your ground) law?

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Scott,
Nice Gun have had one of these for years, has worked well for me wish you the same succeses with yours
Man, mine is hacked up compared to yours:D

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I bought my first firearm from Grices. And who doesn't love walking around Bobs Army Navy while in Clearfield? Good times when I was a kid.


:tu


Chris.....

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Great looking gun Scott. Enjoy :gn

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Nice pistol. My eyesight isn't what it used to be, so I don't shoot hardly at all anymore without a scope (at least a red dot). Sold all my weapons and use a friend's "armory" when I want to shoot anymore. Pics like this make me pine for a nice Kimber.

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I love it bro!! Absolutely love it!! :tu

One of these days I will own a pistol as well.....