So, I have officially run out of things to ask for at Christmas. Although I suppose, technically, that started a couple of years ago. Anyway, one suggestion - a gun - came from the most unlikely of sources - my mother. So, I've been pondering it, and figured: why not. I'm likely not paying for a majority of the thing, and I do enjoy going shooting. And hell, there's no harm in having a last line of self-defense if I manage to piss off the wrong person in such a way that he's trying to physically kill me.
(EDIT: I'm not sure if this last bit comes off as overly looking for trouble to anyone, but it sounded like it could be inferred as such when I re-read it out loud. And I do not mean it like that at all. So no worries - I'm not out looking for trouble.)
ANYWAY: so, I'm looking for suggestions on a pistol to buy. I was thinking about a .45 of some kind. Although I've lived in Alaska for close to twenty years now, I've never actually been that much of a gun-nut. In fact, I've been shooting most starting this last summer when I met a friend from Washington - and I've shot more rounds from his AK-47 (although his model is apparently called something else - I can't recall what at the moment) over the last year than my entire life prior to it.
Point being, I don't have all that much knowledge of guns. I know the proper usage and safety rules of guns, I can load and unload them; set the safety; fill magazines/clips (please, forgive my misuse of clips/magazines. I get enough hell about it from my friends).
So, any suggestions would be appreciated. tl;dr - looking for a pistol. Probably a .45? Although I would like to be able to afford to take the thing shooting often enough that I can get comfortable with it (sounds like that usually takes several hundred rounds or so) without going bankrupt. Anyhow; lemme know what you all think. If you need any more informtion, let me know. And if this sounds disjointed and incoherent at all, I apologize - it's a bit late, and I should have been asleep quite a while ago.
(EDIT: I'm not sure if this last bit comes off as overly looking for trouble to anyone, but it sounded like it could be inferred as such when I re-read it out loud. And I do not mean it like that at all. So no worries - I'm not out looking for trouble.)
ANYWAY: so, I'm looking for suggestions on a pistol to buy. I was thinking about a .45 of some kind. Although I've lived in Alaska for close to twenty years now, I've never actually been that much of a gun-nut. In fact, I've been shooting most starting this last summer when I met a friend from Washington - and I've shot more rounds from his AK-47 (although his model is apparently called something else - I can't recall what at the moment) over the last year than my entire life prior to it.
Point being, I don't have all that much knowledge of guns. I know the proper usage and safety rules of guns, I can load and unload them; set the safety; fill magazines/clips (please, forgive my misuse of clips/magazines. I get enough hell about it from my friends).
So, any suggestions would be appreciated. tl;dr - looking for a pistol. Probably a .45? Although I would like to be able to afford to take the thing shooting often enough that I can get comfortable with it (sounds like that usually takes several hundred rounds or so) without going bankrupt. Anyhow; lemme know what you all think. If you need any more informtion, let me know. And if this sounds disjointed and incoherent at all, I apologize - it's a bit late, and I should have been asleep quite a while ago.
I'd ask them for some help on the matter, but they've all managed to simultaneously drop off the face of the earth.. Stupid holidays. Bah.