Sam1911
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I see your point there, but if she's used to the M9s she handled in training and quals, it's unlikely that the rental guns are any more thrashed than those!
If she is issued a gun, and required to carry it, she will be required to commit to it, no matter what she "likes".Seems to be the question of "Is it better to commit to something you are already familiar with, or is it better to become familiar with something you can more comfortably commit to?"
<raises hand>I'm curious.... I wonder how many people advocating gun rental have actually rented guns....
I think those not in the military are way over-estimating how much she'll be using the "issue" M9. She might shoot it once per year to qualify. Then again, probably not, maybe every other year or so and qual on the M4 some as well. And the qual is just putting 30 rounds down range at either full size paper silhouettes at 25m or at full size pop ups from 7-30m (a hit anywhere counts). She isn't likely to get any useful training on the pistol from the Army...ever.
She will be way more likely to use a personal gun in self-defense than her issue M9 in combat so she should get a gun that works best for her. If she gets deployed, she'll be able to dry-fire the snot out of the M9 if she wants to then.
tells me she really needs two guns, or a willingness to carry a big gun concealed. She has already expressed a desire to get familiar with an M9, so I think it would be wise to foster that desire. Is it allowable for her to request more range time and ammunition to practice more extensively with her issue gun? I'm unfamiliar how that type of a situation would be handled by the military. If so, she may be able to become quite proficient with an M9 without buying one, which would be a benefit as it isn't a stellar concealed carry gun.She expressed interest in getting a Beretta 92FS/M9 since that would be her issued duty weapon and she wants to be familiar with it. But I'm thinking perhaps not, since she wants a to concealed carry.
guyfromohio
I'm curious.... I wonder how many people advocating gun rental have actually rented guns....
I have, too. The range that I was a member at had a modest fleet. When I decided I wanted to try a polymer-framed pistol, I shot every 9mm and .45acp they had. When my wife bought a LC9 and discovered how much she hated it, she immediately shot every 9mm in the fleet. The difference was I didn't buy a gun I hated...I'm curious.... I wonder how many people advocating gun rental have actually rented guns....
Fair enough and I do see your point about the same manual of arms. That would likely get her the familiarity she needs.460Kodiak, I'm recommending she get a gun with the same manual of arms as an M9 like the PX4 or similar. She doesn't need a big honkin M9 of her own to get really good with a very similar and better suited pistol and have 99% of that transfer to her M9.
I've never owned one but I can assure you I'm not letting any of my fellow soldiers down by not having a personal one to train and practice on...I train them! I just did an Army M9 training class and half day range session this month.
Fair enough and I do see your point about the same manual of arms. That would likely get her the familiarity she needs.
I am curious though, about what I said about requesting more training if she wants it. Are soldiers allowed to do that or are soldiers allocated s certain amount of time and practice ammo? Budgets are always an issue in the fed. Sounds like you're the man to ask.
We took my best friend's wife to the range and the guy behind the counter charged her to rent one gun and let her use everything they had in the place. She ended up liking a full-sized 1911 the best, because the grip wasn't too thick for her and the weight of metal made the recoil very manageable..
Although, mine is an Inox with white pearl grips. Not I just need to powder coat the controls gold, and it'll be awesome.
I'm curious.... I wonder how many people advocating gun rental have actually rented guns....