Hi everybody!
My name is Rubén and I am about to buy my first gun. I have been comparing many pistols on many armories on my island (Puerto Rico, US Territory) and there are some pistols that I like above all others:
Springfield Ported V-10, XD pistol
Springfield XD service model
Springfield XD 45 GAP (Just release jun-05)
Glock 22
Glock 23
I am 36 and never shoot a gun in my whole live, so I am very concern about safety. Everybody keeps telling me "the Glock is better” but the Springfield looks more safety to me and better looking, Glock’s are really ugly guns, they look like toy water pistols! The Glock’s are like professional guns, I mean no external safety at all, the only safety is just on the trigger! A safety on the trigger sounds like oxymoronic to me. If I grab the pistol by the trigger BANG is shot! At least the Springfield has a double safety feature.
Any way I will buy other guns latter, this is going to be just my first gun and I plan to learn and practice a lot with this one before continue to buy other guns. The reason I need a gun is for personal safety. I own a small business, crime has been on the rise on the island so I better take the initiative and buy a gun. At the same time I would like to practice on a shooting club to get skilled and just for the fun too!
Somebody has any suggestion or comment?
Note: Some nice pictures of the aforementioned pistols:
My name is Rubén and I am about to buy my first gun. I have been comparing many pistols on many armories on my island (Puerto Rico, US Territory) and there are some pistols that I like above all others:
Springfield Ported V-10, XD pistol
Springfield XD service model
Springfield XD 45 GAP (Just release jun-05)
Glock 22
Glock 23
I am 36 and never shoot a gun in my whole live, so I am very concern about safety. Everybody keeps telling me "the Glock is better” but the Springfield looks more safety to me and better looking, Glock’s are really ugly guns, they look like toy water pistols! The Glock’s are like professional guns, I mean no external safety at all, the only safety is just on the trigger! A safety on the trigger sounds like oxymoronic to me. If I grab the pistol by the trigger BANG is shot! At least the Springfield has a double safety feature.
Any way I will buy other guns latter, this is going to be just my first gun and I plan to learn and practice a lot with this one before continue to buy other guns. The reason I need a gun is for personal safety. I own a small business, crime has been on the rise on the island so I better take the initiative and buy a gun. At the same time I would like to practice on a shooting club to get skilled and just for the fun too!
Somebody has any suggestion or comment?
Note: Some nice pictures of the aforementioned pistols:
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