BoomStick82
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- Nov 15, 2005
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Well, today my girlfriend and I went to the closest range that would rent handguns and had a good time (me better than her, but she had more fun as more ammo was shot). We shot both a springfield xd9 and a walther p99 with the da/sa trigger setup (my favorite from them). She liked how the p99 felt a lot better, even though the percieved recoil was noticably higher with it than the xd9. She also held a generic 1911 in the lobby, but was afraid to fire off the "big" .45 caliber rounds. I must admit, that since this was my first time ever firing a centerfire handgun (previous experience is pellet only, heh), that the 9mm definitely had some kick to it, although nothing "radical" We both managed to keep most of our shots in the 9 ring (and not many outside the 8 except when we flinched, or I tried using my left hand instead of my right) on the "insane saddam" target they had when we set it at 21 feet. I personally liked the ergonomics of the xd a bit more than the p99, but I absolutely love the way the 1911 felt in my hand. I know there are 9mm 1911's out there (springfield makes one that doesn't seem to be too expensive), but my question is, do you think that both of us would be able to handle a .45? I didn't have any problems with the recoil of the 9mm, but she didn't like the noise (which I feel was due to the fact it was an indoor range with no sound-deadening treatment) that the 115 grain foicchi loads were creating. She's willing to go back at some point and give the .45 a try as long as I can convince her that the recoil won't be an insane amount more than the 9mm. I really don't want to start this up as a .45 vs. 9mm debate, just trying to find an excuse to get back out to the range