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Firearm Tiers
- Thread starter cmshoot
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So which is the best way for a total newbie, non-gun-owner, who wants to get his or her first general-purpose handgun (home defense, car carry, occasional on-body carry, keep in desk at office, etc?) to spend this person's absolutely firm (NON-NEGOTIABLE, no wriggle room), $500 budget?
Is that $500 budget best spent:
(A) Buying a good handgun for $480 and a box of ammo for $20?
(B) Buying a good handgun for $400 and budget $80 for practice ammo and a couple trips to the local gun range, saving only half a box of defensive ammo to keep in the gun after that?
(C) Buying a cheap handgun with a questionable reputation for $200, an extra mag for $30, a nylon or kydex holster for $30, spending $100 on mostly FMJ range ammo with one box of good defensive HP rounds, then taking a handgun training class that has both a classroom component and a range component for $140 (during said class you'll use up nearly all your range ammo and half your box of 50 good quality defensive rounds, too).
(D) Buying a $130 Saturday Night Special, $30 for an extra mag for it, $40 for a holster and magazine pouch, and spending the other $300 on a total of 7 trips to the range over the next 7 months, using that money on both range fees and ammo and targets, but with no professional training or coaching?
Keep in mind, your budget is firmly set at $500.
if you say you can't get a good enough gun and enough training for that money, this person will give up, not own a gun, and will instead just carry a $20 canister of OC pepper spray and buy a lucky rabbit's foot to keep himself or herself safe.
Is that $500 budget best spent:
(A) Buying a good handgun for $480 and a box of ammo for $20?
(B) Buying a good handgun for $400 and budget $80 for practice ammo and a couple trips to the local gun range, saving only half a box of defensive ammo to keep in the gun after that?
(C) Buying a cheap handgun with a questionable reputation for $200, an extra mag for $30, a nylon or kydex holster for $30, spending $100 on mostly FMJ range ammo with one box of good defensive HP rounds, then taking a handgun training class that has both a classroom component and a range component for $140 (during said class you'll use up nearly all your range ammo and half your box of 50 good quality defensive rounds, too).
(D) Buying a $130 Saturday Night Special, $30 for an extra mag for it, $40 for a holster and magazine pouch, and spending the other $300 on a total of 7 trips to the range over the next 7 months, using that money on both range fees and ammo and targets, but with no professional training or coaching?
Keep in mind, your budget is firmly set at $500.
if you say you can't get a good enough gun and enough training for that money, this person will give up, not own a gun, and will instead just carry a $20 canister of OC pepper spray and buy a lucky rabbit's foot to keep himself or herself safe.
Not for the next several months.
The next hope to get money would be a Christmas bonus, or getting gun stuff or ammo as a Christmas gift. The limit is firm. No additional budget for ammo. Any money spent for ammo means LESS MONEY for the gun, for holsters, for a spare mag, for training.
The next hope to get money would be a Christmas bonus, or getting gun stuff or ammo as a Christmas gift. The limit is firm. No additional budget for ammo. Any money spent for ammo means LESS MONEY for the gun, for holsters, for a spare mag, for training.
1000 rounds and mine was done..dont trust your life to it.
Would I still be considered poor if, say, I have around 6+ P95's?
They call that “Ruger rich”
