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I recently received my CCW in North Carolina. I do not have a firearm yet and have been renting and shooting guns and went to a gun show a couple weeks ago. I'm pretty sure I know what I want to buy now and am looking to make a purchase (XDM compact 9mm or XDS 4.0 9mm). I am going to try...

I was attending a friends church in Colorado and the pastor was talking to one of his guys about the concealed carry class they had scheduled for all the leaders. This was a couple of years ago after the church shootings out there.

To answer a couple questions. Getting a gun for both home defense and because shooting is so much fun. I also want my kids to grow up knowing how guns work and feel comfortable around them, they were never a part of my life growing up. I've already brought my 13 and 15yo boys to the range, my...

What does "NON-EXPANDING round like the full metal jacket" mean? Reading every one of these responses, I really appreciate all the great info. Will also be spending some time reading over a lot of the stuff on the conered cat site. I read some if it before when I first went to the rage...

I actually joined in 2k7 and was interested in getting into shooting. I lived in NJ at the time and had a hard time getting started, getting a permit, etc.. I actually gave up. We moved to NC last August and things are a bit easier here. I took my wife to a range on a date with a groupon...

Thanks for all the great advice. Lots of my questions are being answered and I appreciate it. I just want to re-iterate that I'm very consistent with the safety rules. I think being a new shooter it's so drilled into your mind over and over and that those main 4 rules are a constant. Also...

Corporal Agarn - I never put my finger in there until we're ready to fire but my wife is driving me crazy. Every time she picks up a gun I have to tell her. FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER! Um, I mean finger off the trigger, please, sweetheart :0 I liked having an extra safety like the grip safety...

I've just started shooting and I'm looking to make my first gun purchase (I started another thread on here about that process). I've been looking in the gun shops and Cabelas and a couple of other sporting good/hunting stores and I've been a little reluctant to have the guy start pulling guns...

I do plan on eventually getting my wife her own gun but it will be a little while so I was trying to find something that I really like and that she is comfortable shooting. Not the perfect gun for her but something she at least feels comfortable using. Then after her class and some shooting...

I'll take a look at the CZ's also as someone suggested. As for the light pull on the Sig, i read a lot about people wanting a lighter trigger or modifying for that. Honestly, it scared me a little bit. I don't remember if the first pull was harder than the subsequent ones I just know as I was...

Goose Creek sounds like a possibility, I'll call and see if they still run like that. It's 3 hours but it's also near the beach, maybe we'll head up that way for an overnight and head to the beach or into Charleston.

The gun is mostly for me but I want something she is comfortable shooting. She is not carrying it around and will go to the range with me sometimes but we're both novices. So once she is comfortable and shoots some more guns she'll eventually get her own. Until that time I'd like something we...

I was sticking with 9mm so far because I thought for a first gun the cheaper the ammo the better. It would allow me (and my wife) to get a lot of practice in without breaking the bank. I also though that less recoil is probably better for my wife as well when it comes to something for home...

I'm a fairly new shooter, living in N. Caronlina. I took a CCP class (although I don't plan on carrying until I'm a little more comfortable/proficient) and I'm shopping for my first handgun. I've been to the range a few times but it's getting expensive. There are a lot of guns I'd like to...

Yeah, renting these guns isn't cheap. I have been using a couple groupons to keep cost down but when you use their guns you have to buy their ammo which is where they obviously make some money. The problem is, I don't really have a lot of friends locally who shoot. I'm thinking of trying...