I'm "coaching" a friend of mine into firearms and I took him to the range few times....it has decided to get a pistol for SD, full size.
He absolutely love to shoot my Bersa Thunder 40, fits right in its hand, he is accurate with it, just feels right and it is in its budget to get a new one....but it still feels the "gravitational pull" of brand name and advertising, movies and TV shows, "peer pressure" of other friend gunners about getting a Glock, because the Glock is the ultimate pistol for SD, "cops use Glocks" and bla bla bla, you know the drill....
I told him all the reasons why, in my opinion, my Bersa or several other full metal SA/DA pistol are superior/higher grade pistols, from the "metal feel" in your hand, which he agrees, (as we know plastic pistol are not necessarily technically inferior but in the "feel and aesthetic" department they are just plastic in my book) the flexibility and safety of the action, etc....
The frustrating thing is that he understands perfectly all of this and I told him about the great Customer Service from Bersa in the unlikely event of needing support.
He even agrees that the Thunder 40 look way nicer....still undecided if to get a Glock...I even told him that if he really feels strongly about brands he should wait a little, increase his budget and get a SIG (or a used SIG right now) which he likes also.
Any more things I could tell him to sway him?? Obviously I do not expect any suggestions from Glock fans!!!
He absolutely love to shoot my Bersa Thunder 40, fits right in its hand, he is accurate with it, just feels right and it is in its budget to get a new one....but it still feels the "gravitational pull" of brand name and advertising, movies and TV shows, "peer pressure" of other friend gunners about getting a Glock, because the Glock is the ultimate pistol for SD, "cops use Glocks" and bla bla bla, you know the drill....
I told him all the reasons why, in my opinion, my Bersa or several other full metal SA/DA pistol are superior/higher grade pistols, from the "metal feel" in your hand, which he agrees, (as we know plastic pistol are not necessarily technically inferior but in the "feel and aesthetic" department they are just plastic in my book) the flexibility and safety of the action, etc....
The frustrating thing is that he understands perfectly all of this and I told him about the great Customer Service from Bersa in the unlikely event of needing support.
He even agrees that the Thunder 40 look way nicer....still undecided if to get a Glock...I even told him that if he really feels strongly about brands he should wait a little, increase his budget and get a SIG (or a used SIG right now) which he likes also.
Any more things I could tell him to sway him?? Obviously I do not expect any suggestions from Glock fans!!!