Gun Thread

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Made my first visit to a gun broker, he convinced me away from Glocks due to there safety and pointed me to a Rock Island 1911 With a 3.5" barrel.

it's not the finest or smoothest, but I love it. Lots of oil and she is amazing.

What should my next purchase be? I'm looking to stay under $500 if possible

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Id find a new “broker” glocks don’t need a safety do to trigger design its impossible for them to go off unless trigger is actually pulled. FN has the same design you have to pull the trigger lock which released the trigger for it to pull and fire. Damn near impossible to do on accident.

[Sonny]

Made my first visit to a gun broker, he convinced me away from Glocks due to there safety and pointed me to a Rock Island 1911 With a 3.5" barrel.

it's not the finest or smoothest, but I love it. Lots of oil and she is amazing.

What should my next purchase be? I'm looking to stay under $500 if possible and I'm not sure if I should get 9mm or another .45, what are your preferences?

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[ThatOneEuroE30]

I need to remove my self from this thread. I have cars to build but these guns keep pulling me away.

[Ryan...]

nice HK!

Thanks!

Nice, it’s fun to play around with the different grips. Personally, it took me a few trips to settle on the large back strap, large right panel, medium left panel. Your gonna enjoy shooting it, especially if you like a 6:00 hold for sight picture (which since your coming from a g17 should be pretty natural)

I ended up playing around with the grips for a while at work the other night, ended up going with size L all around for the best feel. The HK actually uses a "dead on hold" sight picture, so you're covering up the target. Not sure if they're supposed to be like that, but my Glock was like that as well.

Hoping to sneak away from my responsibilities today to go shoot

[naplesE30]

Nice, it’s fun to play around with the different grips. Personally, it took me a few trips to settle on the large back strap, large right panel, medium left panel. Your gonna enjoy shooting it, especially if you like a 6:00 hold for sight picture (which since your coming from a g17 should be pretty natural)

[TeXJ]

nice HK!

[Ryan...]

:D

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[Ludwig]

thanks i'm going to look into these. At least there seem to be more .45 PPQ holsters on the market now.

[TeXJ]

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=walther+p...f=nb_sb_noss_2

[Ludwig]

does anyone have a holster recommendation for a Walther PPQ in .45?


Open carry, no strong preference on material, no light on the gun. It's hard to find one that supports the .45 PPQ.

[TeXJ]

well, thank you for what you do! I know it can go unappreciated.

[Ryan...]

Aww ok, I saw the holster and thought this was an off duty gun. That's why I asked. Yeah I would never open carry either.

Yeah that may have been a tad confusing on my end, still up from working 3rds last night so my reading/posting skills are lacking :D

The holster I posted is what I'll likely buy if/when the VP9 earns the right to become my duty gun.

[TeXJ]

No, off duty I carry my G43 w/light IWB at the 3 o'clock position.

While I respect one's right to open carry, I would never in a million years open carry off duty unless I was at a police training. Even then, I typically conceal my weapon if we leave the facility for lunch, etc..

Aww ok, I saw the holster and thought this was an off duty gun. That's why I asked. Yeah I would never open carry either.

[Ryan...]

I found the transition to the paddles extremely intuitive. Immediately after shooting a VP9 for the first time, I was instinctively reaching for paddles on my other guns. I don't have massive boogerhooks, but I don't have any issue maintaining a full shooting grip while using the paddles. I really did like being able to drop mags with my trigger finger. I'd totally carry a VP9sk if they weren't such a bulky little bitch.

Good to know! Some people act like the transition is a huge PITA, which is kind of worrying. I'll have to find a way to replicate stress situations just to see what I do for reloads..

I did hold the VP9sk, it felt massive for a sub compact firearm..

[myinfernalbmw]

I ended up going with the paddles. Played around with it in the shop, my monkey fingers allow me to hit the paddle with my right thumb while gripping the pistol basically from my shooting grip, and hitting the paddle with my right pointer finger doesn't appear to be much of an issue either.

For sure I would practice quite a bit before swapping duty guns though. It will take a lot to get rid of the decade worth of Glock use..

I found the transition to the paddles extremely intuitive. Immediately after shooting a VP9 for the first time, I was instinctively reaching for paddles on my other guns. I don't have massive boogerhooks, but I don't have any issue maintaining a full shooting grip while using the paddles. I really did like being able to drop mags with my trigger finger. I'd totally carry a VP9sk if they weren't such a bulky little bitch.