Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire HELP! I'm buying a handgun.

Good choice.

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Better choice.

I like a Hi-Power.

I just purchased a Sig P290RS. Only shot it about 25 rounds but like it so far. It's small enough I think you could carry it in your pocket without anyone noticing.

I say good choice. I have had one for about six months and haven't found anything about it that I dislike. It conceals easily, has a good trigger, thumb operated safety, striker fired and the rear sight is adjustable for windage. It is not a substitute for a target pistol but is accurate enough for any self defense range that you might find yourself in. I have put over two hundred rounds thru it with no malfunctions of any kind. Definitely would be my choice if I were doing it again.

Oh, not that it makes any diference but I am eighty, stand about 5'8" and weigh usually around 150. This gun is just my size!

And 9mm's have been known to maim and kill people. Just ask Trayvon. (ha)

I bought my 21 year old daughter a Smith & Wesson M&P Compact in 45 ACP. She shoots it plenty good enough to protect herself and end any issue that requires it. I didn't want to go smaller in caliber as I believe a 45 to be a superior fight stopper than a smaller bore, and don't believe the recoil is more difficult to handle than a smaller caliber, most of which have more muzzle flip. At 10-12 yards she was hitting a paper plate sized group but thought it needed sighted in better. I took it and put 5 in a quarter sized hole dead center, handed it back and told her it just needed more shooting, by her. I worked up loads for it and knew how the gun shot. A friend of her and her husband, liked it enough to buy one of his own. I think it would be a goodcarry gun for you or anyone.

I turned 70 last year, always carried a Ruger LCP even though I hated the trigger pull and it was just a bit to small for my big hands.
About 3 months ago I was at my LGS and they showed me this Sig.232
Feel was about 10 times better than the Ruger, trigger pull on the S/DA was great and the darn thing actually had sights.
Maybe 10% bigger than the rugger but thin, clean lines make it easy to carry. It's in 380, but then another name for a 380 is a 9mm Short, so here's your 9mm, and you have to go a long way to find the quality of a Sig.