The gun ran me $1700 Canadian with Tax and the spare mags deliver and import costs. I know I know this is brutally expensive, but remember this is Canada, so the exchange rate, 13% sales tax and we do not have a competitive market. The few gun sellers can sell for whatever price they want, because there is basically no competition. Each one is a niche market retailer.
The reason why my first pistol was a doozy is that the political left is one inch away from taking power again in Canada and due to some high profile shootings in Canada, Montreal and Vancouver all the left parties have made a handgun ban part of their official platform. All we need is for the conservatives to loose once and *poof* all hanguns are gone.
Now no one knowns if that after a handgun bad if the government will grandfather existing handgun owners, confiscate with compensation or confiscate without compensation. None of the parties have specified what they would do, they just said they would "ban" handguns.
I'm hoping the left never ever gets elected again, but that is not likely here in Canada. It could happen at any time as we only have a conservative minority government. But in the event of a handgun ban, I'm hoping for grandfathering. I figure if I can't buy any handguns in the future, go big or go home. I'd rather have one nice one than a bunch of cheap ones.