Introduction

[penguinofsleep]

not female and it looks like you already bought the pistol but i have a decent amount of experience with both the p239 and nano. i very strongly prefer the nano for many reasons, the biggest two being i can shoot it way better and it's smaller/lighter.

[angelina]

I wasn't a fan of polymer pistols back in the day. I was an all metal gal. My absolute favorite pistol is the glock 19. It fits in my hand and I shoot it well. I'd go to a range where you can rent a bunch of different stuff and see what you like. Just keep in mind that range guns are typically rode hard and hung up wet so they have taken a lot of abuse


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[Steyrlp10]

I'm not a fan of "tupperware" either, but to each her own...

[jgirl6891]

Well...I don't know if your into revolvers are not? But their easy to shoot and easy to operate and their reliability is #1 when it comes to squeezing the trigger everytime.

I have a .38 special S&W LadySmith and I love that snubbie to death! I don't leave the house without her, plus she's easy to conceal. Just something to think about, keep your options open.

[Profiler]

Did you go to Oak Tree's Summer Blast Event? My credit card was seduced too!

No I didn't... Not aware of it, should I know more?

I bought mine as a ppt.

Now I have a friend bugging me to go to an IPDA event! I'm considering it but I don't yet feel like I have enough comfort carrying, drawing and aiming...

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[Asphodel]

Hello and welcome, Profiler......... : )

Its perfectly alright that you don't feel like you have enough comfort.........it takes......probably, or 'more or less'.....the approximately same level of serious, dedicated practice to draw a pistol, and hit where you mean to hit, from 'instinct' aka 'muscle memory' as to learn to do, say, a Bach fugue on a violin, if you feel motivated to play violin, that is.

Ed McGivern's book 'Fast and Fancy Pistol and Revolver Shooting', altho written many years ago. is now available in re-print, and well worth the modest investment, as an example of what can be done, if one is motivated to learn to handle the pistol well.

If you are motivated, in time......and after several thousand rounds of practice, to be sure.....you will be able to draw the pistol, hold it at waist level, visualise a small area, such as a (maybe 9" or so diameter) plate, at seven yards distance, and hit that plate consistently, in a fraction of a second. (think 'centre of mass' on the FBI target.)

Mr McGivern was a 'professional exhibition shooter', of many years experience, and few of us will ever duplicate his abilities, such as drawing a common Smith 38spl. revolver and hitting a common playing card five times, at ten feet range, all in less than a second's time.

That said, if you choose to carry a pistol for self-defence, you may have very little time to respond to a violent assailant......its the sad truth that dangerous criminals seem to prefer to wait until there are no police about, and then strike quickly. (I've already told the story here, of the one time, quite a few years ago, in which I had to face a potentially deadly situation, and got to stay alive only cos the 'assailant' was a young punk hoodlum, and even slower with his pistol than I was with mine.)

Developing the 'muscle memory' to fire a pistol without consciously sighting it, focusing on the spot where your projectile will strike, is seriously 'not easy', at first......but, if you persist in practicing, one day it will 'just happen', and, after that, you will be able to do it easily.....some call it a 'zen thing'.

Do you feel motivated?

cheers

Carla

[Profiler]

Motivated?

Yes I do... It will be hard to build it into my schedule. There are only 2 ranges within 35 miles of me... Today I went to shoot and there was at least an hour wait!!!

It will take awhile, but I plan to shoot regularly to get proficient. (sigh) if only access was simpler...

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[Off the Roster]

Dry firing is very helpful as well.

[BonnieB]

Yah, holiday weekends are always busy at ranges. And it's a pain having people waiting behind you, tapping their toes, pushing you to be done. But watch for the families shooting together. It's really charming to watch moms or dads teaching their little daughters how to shoot. Sons too, but the little girls really get to me. I'm standing on the sidelines whispering "Olympics, olympics..."

And you can learn a lot, just standing around watching really good shooters, seeing what they're shooting, what they do, how they stand, all of that.

For the immediate moment, just concentrate on shooting straight and having fun. No one is born knowing this, not even the camo crowd. So don't think of it as practice, think of it as therapy. I'm saving a fortune taking myself to the range instead of Macy's....

It works best if you can locate a compatible shooting buddy, like my indispensable buddy, ElDub, and go on a regular basis. (Put the word out on your local Calguns Forum that you're looking for a casual shooting partner.) ElDub and I shot on Sundays at 11 am for months and months, and months, followed by lunch. It made a nice day, good friends, good food and shooting as well. Can't beat it.

[Profiler]

Thanks all...

I plan to be around, this is a great forum, I appreciate the cameraderie...

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