PinnedAndRecessed
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I love this forum. I've learned more after being here a short time than 50 years of asking questions of gun store commandos.
But one thing I've noticed is how passionate we are about brands of guns we like. And we can spot flaws in guns we don't like, a mile a way.
Fact is, we like brand x because we choose to do so. We adjust and accomodate to its imperfections, because all guns have imperfections.
I'm 6'6" tall. I used to love sports cars. But sports cars aren't made for tall people. So I would scrunch down and shove the gear shift lever against my calf and tear around town with a backache. But I put up with it because I chose to do so.
It's the same with guns. They all have good. They all have bad. I own Beretta, Smith, Colt, Ruger, Remington, Sig. Some have worked flawlessly. Some have had significant necessary improvements. But I love them all.
All the major firearms manufacturers make good guns. Kimber, Springfield, Kahr, as well as the ones I've named, are good guns. We simply put up with the imperfections. Kind of like the wart on your lovely beloved's foot. It's there, but you don't care.
So to all the newbies and first time gun buyers, don't fret too much about brand x vs. brand y. They're all good. (And if you don't like them, pm me and I'll give you, say, ten cents on the dollar for what you paid.)
But one thing I've noticed is how passionate we are about brands of guns we like. And we can spot flaws in guns we don't like, a mile a way.
Fact is, we like brand x because we choose to do so. We adjust and accomodate to its imperfections, because all guns have imperfections.
I'm 6'6" tall. I used to love sports cars. But sports cars aren't made for tall people. So I would scrunch down and shove the gear shift lever against my calf and tear around town with a backache. But I put up with it because I chose to do so.
It's the same with guns. They all have good. They all have bad. I own Beretta, Smith, Colt, Ruger, Remington, Sig. Some have worked flawlessly. Some have had significant necessary improvements. But I love them all.
All the major firearms manufacturers make good guns. Kimber, Springfield, Kahr, as well as the ones I've named, are good guns. We simply put up with the imperfections. Kind of like the wart on your lovely beloved's foot. It's there, but you don't care.
So to all the newbies and first time gun buyers, don't fret too much about brand x vs. brand y. They're all good. (And if you don't like them, pm me and I'll give you, say, ten cents on the dollar for what you paid.)
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and while I wouldn't recommend it as a CCW, it was used as such, and even fired when asked (nicely) to. 
(He's not the brightest light bulb in the chandelier, to be sure.) And finally, far too many of us are influenced by what others say about a gun. If they are speaking from personal experience, or 'were there' (as I was with my freind with the 870) , that's different than if they are parroting what they heard in the range latrine. The problem is you just don't always know. 
