What gun to get?

[iluvstrats2]

An m&p or glock would be a good choice.

[Onion]

Some gun shops still sell new sub $100. Saturday Night Specials. Revolvers and Semi autos.

 

Really good advice here. Budget is my biggest concern. Thanks Owin. 

Edited August 14, 2013 by Onion

[bishop245]

I haven't seen any sub $100 guns beside a used starter pistol. I am saying this after going to 5 gun shops in oklahoma in the last few months.

[ccokeman]

That $100 heater comes out the back of a trunk Bishop! 

[OwinC]

Many cheap guns have pot metal parts that crack, snap, and break when you may need it most.

Cheap guns are not made for longevity.

But I would rather have a fighting chance. Than no chance at all.

 

You can check out the used guns over at Southside Gun Just off of Arlington Expressway. In Jacksonville

[OwinC]

I haven't seen any sub $100 guns beside a used starter pistol. I am saying this after going to 5 gun shops in oklahoma in the last few months.

Honestly I believe it's been quite a few years since I have seen that sub $100 gun.

 

That $100 heater comes out the back of a trunk Bishop! 

I was thinking back to far. So I had a brain fart.

So sorry for my lack of thinking.

[Onion]

Many cheap guns have pot metal parts that crack, snap, and break when you may need it most.

Cheap guns are not made for longevity.

But I would rather have a fighting chance. Than no chance at all.

 

You can check out the used guns over at Southside Gun Just off of Arlington Expressway. In Jacksonville

 

I'll check them out, but I'll probably be going for something a bit more expensive than $100. Hopefully I can score a good deal on a nice compact 9mm or a smaller revolver. 

[AkakmanH]

A lot of good and not so good advice here. If you are in the shooter community then you know that the best semi-auto hand gun is the H&K .45 Tactical. The price is around $1100 used and new. And, that is before add on's. The next best if the FN FNP .45 Tactical - cost, again around $1100. After these two, there are lots of contenders. For the $$$, the Glock 17 9mm, cost around $480, new or used, is probably your best bet. The advantages of the Glock are that if you mistreat it it still works, you can not break it, it never misfires regardless of the ammo. If you forget to clean it it still works. Bury it in mud, drop it, soak it in water, pour sand in it and it still works. If you get bad ammo and a bullet fails to leave the barrel you can fire another round to remove it. Yes, it will put a bulge in the barrel but the Glock will still continue to fire. Of all the semi-autos out there, in this price range, it is probably the easiest to disassemble and clean. And, parts are easy to come by. You should let us all know what you chose in a later post.

[SpeedCrazy]

A lot of good and not so good advice here. If you are in the shooter community then you know that the best semi-auto hand gun is the H&K .45 Tactical. The price is around $1100 used and new. And, that is before add on's. The next best if the FN FNP .45 Tactical - cost, again around $1100. After these two, there are lots of contenders. For the $$$, the Glock 17 9mm, cost around $480, new or used, is probably your best bet. The advantages of the Glock are that if you mistreat it it still works, you can not break it, it never misfires regardless of the ammo. If you forget to clean it it still works. Bury it in mud, drop it, soak it in water, pour sand in it and it still works. If you get bad ammo and a bullet fails to leave the barrel you can fire another round to remove it. Yes, it will put a bulge in the barrel but the Glock will still continue to fire. Of all the semi-autos out there, in this price range, it is probably the easiest to disassemble and clean. And, parts are easy to come by. You should let us all know what you chose in a later post.

Best is an opinion, IMO best is a balance between price and functionality, so for me those guns are definitely not the best.

However i do agree that glocks are awesome. Though i would not recommend clearing a barrel by firing another shot, i have almost had a helicopter ride over that one on several occasions(i was not shooting, a customer was).

[ciddono]

If you intend to shoot for recreation as well, get the Glock. For purely home defense, get something like a used Remington 870 

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/411542030.

[olokul]

+1 for a glock, I have a glock 19 subcompact 15 rounds +1 chambered.     Glock semi-automatic polymer-framed handguns are the single most widely used handguns in law enforcement.  You can beat the crap out of it and it still works, that's why they use them.

[ccokeman]

A lot of good and not so good advice here. If you are in the shooter community then you know that the best semi-auto hand gun is the H&K .45 Tactical. The price is around $1100 used and new. And, that is before add on's. The next best if the FN FNP .45 Tactical - cost, again around $1100. After these two, there are lots of contenders. For the $$$, the Glock 17 9mm, cost around $480, new or used, is probably your best bet. The advantages of the Glock are that if you mistreat it it still works, you can not break it, it never misfires regardless of the ammo. If you forget to clean it it still works. Bury it in mud, drop it, soak it in water, pour sand in it and it still works. If you get bad ammo and a bullet fails to leave the barrel you can fire another round to remove it. Yes, it will put a bulge in the barrel but the Glock will still continue to fire. Of all the semi-autos out there, in this price range, it is probably the easiest to disassemble and clean. And, parts are easy to come by. You should let us all know what you chose in a later post.

 

H&K and FN are both premium weapons with a rabid following. You either love or hate them as well as Sigs. Glocks are overrated IMHO and if you fire a round behind a stuck round you get a boom in the wrong direction any way you look at it. The round that stuck in my kids ,45 rquired a hammer and punch to remove since it was wedged in tight. 

When I fire my kids glocks I am no more accurate than with my M&P's or SW40 so it really comes down to preference and feel. At self defense ranges all that matters is that it goes boom every time and is controllable.