New to pew pews... where to start?

[Cavemanjoe]

FN High Power - 2022-Present

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Browning Hi Power - 1935-2018

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Different Guns

To be fair, he did say *Browning* High Power. Not a lot of people know it was actually just 'Hi'-Power unless they're specifically into collectibles or history.

It's not like he just said "get a high power" with no distinction and expected the newbie to know he meant a Browning.

Chill a little bit; it's a newbie question thread.

 

[BHPSteel]

To be fair, he did say *Browning* High Power. Not a lot of people know it was actually just 'Hi'-Power unless they're specifically into collectibles or history.

True, but my objective was to make sure that a newbie wasn't given contradictory information. It's tough for self-identified noobs (or anyone, for that matter) to fiigure out the wheat from the chaff when they're getting as much of an information dump as this thread provides.

 

[SKEETER25]

FIRST OF ALL. ENOUGH WITH THE 'PEW PEW' THING, BANG STICK OR SHOTTY!
Next, play Call of Duty. It will teach you all you need to know. Watch 'John Wick' #1thru#15. If you still have questions, Youtube.
After you put a couple hundred thousand into this new venture, you'll find your niche.

 

[Asbestos]

FIRST OF ALL. ENOUGH WITH THE 'PEW PEW' THING, BANG STICK OR SHOTTY!
Next, play Call of Duty. It will teach you all you need to know. Watch 'John Wick' #1thru#15. If you still have questions, Youtube.
After you put a couple hundred thousand into this new venture, you'll find your niche.

“John Wick 1-15…”

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

[basstracker89]

FN High Power - 2022-Present

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Browning Hi Power - 1935-2018

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Different Guns

Both are good, but I like the Browning. I also like the spur hammer on this one

 

[basstracker89]

To be fair, he did say *Browning* High Power. Not a lot of people know it was actually just 'Hi'-Power unless they're specifically into collectibles or history.

It's not like he just said "get a high power" with no distinction and expected the newbie to know he meant a Browning.

Chill a little bit; it's a newbie question thread.

Bless you and thank you. It's all good.......

 

[shootin4fun]

Welcome. #allgunsmatter

 

[romans1212]

You are getting plenty of advice. Generally, everyone should have a minimum of 5 guns in a collection:
1. AR15
2. A pistol in 9mm or 45 (ex. Sig Sauer: P320, P226, P220), (Glock: 17, 19, 26, 30), (CZ: SP-01 Tactical). These are all very respectable).
3. A Ruger 10-22 (22 cal) rifle for cheaper shooting, often called plinking
4. Shotgun, semi-auto 12gauge. Mossberg and Beretta make some respectable shotguns
5. AK47 (7.62x39) or a gun that you just like or want to own. Mine is an M1 Garand from 1944

I would target 1000 rounds of AR15 ammo and AK ammo, and 1000 of 9mm or 45 cal. As much 22 cal ammo as you can afford. Hope this helps

 

[JeepGeek]

You are getting plenty of advice. Generally, everyone should have a minimum of 5 guns in a collection:
1. AR15
2. A pistol in 9mm or 45 (ex. Sig Sauer: P320, P226, P220), (Glock: 17, 19, 26, 30), (CZ: SP-01 Tactical). These are all very respectable).
3. A Ruger 10-22 (22 cal) rifle for cheaper shooting, often called plinking
4. Shotgun, semi-auto 12gauge. Mossberg and Beretta make some respectable shotguns
5. AK47 (7.62x39) or a gun that you just like or want to own. Mine is an M1 Garand from 1944

I would target 1000 rounds of AR15 ammo and AK ammo, and 1000 of 9mm or 45 cal. As much 22 cal ammo as you can afford. Hope this helps

Throwing some money at this while the holiday sales are in starting to pop up

DD AR15 & reddot ordered
10/22 & optics ordered
22/45 ordered
Along with a boat load of mags for each...

On to ammo, it seems like a lot of guns are picky about what they consume. Aside from combing the forums per gun, are there any unspoken rules around buying bulk ammo? I intend to put ammo in a separate safe or outside the safe entirely.

 

[BHPSteel]

Most 9mm pistols aren't picky about FMJ ammo. Any reputable manufacturer will be fine. You can be pretty sure that any modern pistol you buy will be fine with all the major brands, in 115, 124 or 147 grain versions.

When you come to defensive pistol ammo (if you intend to carry or have another kind of true defensive handgun), it's worthwhile trying different products - or - asking on here. The shape of the projectile differs by type of defensive ammo and some handguns are happier (i.e chamber more reliably) than others because of the profile of a bullet. Ballistically - nobody wants to be shot with ANY kind of hollow point.

Your 22LR gun choices will run any reasonable 22LR ammo. You can't go far wrong with CCI Standard Velocity, but Fiocci and most other brands are fine.

On the AR15 - no experience with that caliber, but again, any reasonable brand should be fine. By design, the AR platform is designed to be pretty tolerant of what you load in the mags.

In time, with experimentation, you might find that a particular gun 'prefers' a particular kind of ammo, but probably the right platform for your initial research would be the Ruger 22/45, and I know a lot of people who have never felt the need to move away from CCI Standard