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^^^ I want! Anyway, the first time I ever shot a firearm (in like March this year) I was looking to shoot a 9mm or .38 or something small. The guy says "Well, all we have is .45". I assumed this would not go well, I didn't know ANYTHING about firing a gun. First up was a Kimber 1911 Ultra Carry 2, damn thing hated me, out of 25 rounds 4 jammed on me... FTEs. Then was a Glock 21, which has an ENORMOUS grip. Not a fan, but I wasn't that bad of a shot with it. Was considering a 21 SF, but then I went to a range in Illinois... I shot 50 through an XD Tactical .45 with a 5" barrel. That gun was PERFECT. Accurate, easy to control, smooth, easy to rack the slide... And had the safeties I was looking for (hey, I'm a liberal and was NOT familiar with guns then as I sorta am now). Gun fit perfectly in my hand. I've always loved the styling of the 1911, but I needed something to carry at work, so I was limited to polymer, and the XD was the best polymer out there as far as I'm concerned. Plus it looks like a bastard child of a Glock and a 1911 if you look at it... Just the perfect gun at the right price.
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"Time is the best teacher of all. Unfortunately, it kills all it's pupils."
XD .45 4" Service, Blacticool
Marlin 795 (project tacticool plinker)
Marlin 795 (Stock, wife's rifle)
Mosin Nagant M91/30 1943 Izhevsk
Browning Buck Mark Camper .22LR
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