S Roper
Member
A few weeks ago my friend and I went to take an NRA basic pistol course. While both of us have some experience with long guns, neither of us had ever fired a handgun before. The course was very informative and shooting was great fun. Several times the instructor told us about a student he had a few weeks ago who could not rack the slide. Despite this, the man bought a new 1911 the same day. This got me worried about whether I'd have problems. I found that racking the slide was simple, but what I didn't expect was how difficult it is to load a magazine! I'm used to little five round magazines for a .22; I simply could not figure out how to load the magazines to capacity.
We fired two different .357 revolvers, a Ruger 22/45, three Glocks in different calibers, a 1911, a Sig (don't recall the model), and a Beretta 92. My friend liked the Sig, and I preferred the Beretta. I found the grips on the Sig to be too large for my hand.
I found that my shooting started out great but deteriorated from fatigue. I wasn't quite expecting that.
I'm eagerly anticipating the Bulgarian Makarov I bought online. It should be lots of fun!
We fired two different .357 revolvers, a Ruger 22/45, three Glocks in different calibers, a 1911, a Sig (don't recall the model), and a Beretta 92. My friend liked the Sig, and I preferred the Beretta. I found the grips on the Sig to be too large for my hand.
I found that my shooting started out great but deteriorated from fatigue. I wasn't quite expecting that.
I'm eagerly anticipating the Bulgarian Makarov I bought online. It should be lots of fun!