First HandgunThis is a discussion on First Handgun within the Ruger Pistols forums, part of the Pistol & Revolver Forum category; You can't ever go wrong with Ruger! I have had some bad luck with Bersa however. They had a run of guns in the mid ...
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October 27th, 2012, 11:10 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Central Valley of California
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You can't ever go wrong with Ruger! I have had some bad luck with Bersa however. They had a run of guns in the mid 80's that would fire every round except the last round. Why? Don't have a clue. My fix to this was to not have my last round be my last round. I took out the metal follower and brazed on a half a round diameter round to the top of the follower. It didn't go all the way back so the slide stop would function, but the last real round had what it thought was another round underneath it to push it up far enough to chamber like the rest. I would imagine that today's production is a lot better than 27 years ago. Smithy.
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October 27th, 2012, 11:27 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Texas
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Thank all you guys so much! Y'all really have made me feel a lot confident than I already was with my choices ... I'm glad that I was able to find some good pistols to start off with, I didn't want to be amateur about it and pick out a crappy first gun lol. Looking forward to gaining more knowledge from all of the much more experienced shooters here.
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October 28th, 2012, 08:07 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Texas Panhandle
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Welcome from the Texas Panhandle.
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October 28th, 2012, 08:19 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Northern Illinois
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Congrats on the new gun purchase. We've all had that new gun purchase itch to get out and shoot. As for where to go to shoot, I'd start with co-workers relatives and friends. I was surprised to know so many of my co-workers are firearm enthusiasts and seem to know all the great spots. Good luck.
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October 28th, 2012, 09:01 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Georgia
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Welcome to the Forum from Georgia!
Congrats on your first handgun, a Ruger SR9...oh, yeah the other one too...(just kidding  )
This is a great place for sharin' ideas & information, learnin' new stuff and hangin' out with some very fine folks 
Good luck with your first guns and happy shootin'
Glad you could join us, ENJOY!
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October 28th, 2012, 09:48 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NH, USA.
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Just out of curiosity did you consider a revolver at all?
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October 28th, 2012, 09:59 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Nevada
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welcome from nevada! enjoy the forum and your ruger (and that other one, too ;-)! you've come to the right place-- i just picked up the firearms bug at the beginning of last summer and i've learned tons here, and enjoyed many threads and conversations. just about any question or concern you could think of, somebody here will have sound advice.
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October 28th, 2012, 11:44 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Texas
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Originally Posted by terry_p  Just out of curiosity did you consider a revolver at all? | I thought about it, but when I talked to a friend of mine he asked if I wanted for only home defense for to shoot for fun too ... Since I said I wanted a good range gun, he suggested not getting a revolver. Not sure the reasoning for that, but I took his advice. I seem to like the feel of these 9mm pistols over a revolver anyways, though I'm sure down the road I may own one.
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