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by xl_target » Sat Sep 11, 2010 11:52 am
Nice handguns Weapon 247.
Don't let the Glock Kool-Aid drinkers snow you.
If Rambo1 was so allfired up on his training, he should know you have to train for the weapon you are using. For an instructor to only recommend only one brand of hand gun over all the others is shortsighted and foolish. BTW, the Fraternal Order of Police doesn't select a department's handguns. In the US, Individual departments usually have the latitude to follow the advice of its own armorers, etc when selecting a handgun. A Police Department's choice of handgun is usually set by the department itself, not their Union. Besides that, companies like S&W has been making inroads in their police sales, often replacing the Glocks that the department previously carried. In fact, in the recent ATF trials, both S&W and Glock were selected as vendors for the ATF. Millions of people use pistols with safeties. While I personally don't care that much for a manual safety on a handgun, that doesn't mean there is anything wrong with it. Just remember that the US Armed Forces have used (since 1911) and still do use a handgun with a manual safety. Since those guns have worked just fine for the military forces of the US, that kind of throws the "because Police use it, it must be the best" argument out the window.
Weapon247, the main requirement for a self defense handgun is that it should go bang every time you pull the trigger and be able to hit what it is aimed at. If your handgun will do that, you should have no qualms about using a Taurus or a Stoeger. As for parts availability, you should have no worries about 24-7 parts availability in the forseeable future. As far as SIG parts go, Rambo, parts are still available for SIG guns made in the 1970's and most of their models still use the same parts as when they left the factory. I'm glad you like your Glock because it is a fine handgun but that doesn't mean every other brand of handgun, as you seem to imply, is not.
Once again weapon247, congratulations on your purchases.
“Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense” — Winston Churchill, Oct 29, 1941
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Congratulations,my friend, on this very nice pistol. Looks great.Care to post a range report/review for us?That will be great.
+ 1..got side tracked on other discussion 
