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Looking for advice on a good starting handgun for learning & self defense
randomtroll39:
get two colt single action armys and become cowboy
IkeTheGeneric:
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At that point you should mostly worry about what fits in your hand good enough, and that you can pull the trigger and pull back the slide without any unnecessary effort.
For range pistols, you can't go wrong with anything relatively affordable from Colt, H&K or Ruger. And like Zloff said, go for 9mm or 380.
My thing is that my hands are gigantic and I can't carry normal compact handguns because of the awkward fit, so the best thing to do is to find the pistol that best fits your hand. Otherwise, you may not be able to reliably use it in a scenario where you'd need to draw a firearm.
Ragequit:
thunder .50 bmg
SWAT One:
.950 JDJ
Pecon:
Thanks for the input everyone, this should help me pick out something more easily.
I guess my only other question would be if there is some reason I might not want to use a compact for range shooting?