New to High Road
Hi All,
I'm excited to be joining the community. I'm in Los Angeles and one of those people that came to enjoy shooting as a grown up after a gun free youth in New England. I've always had an interest in military firearms and now enjoy target shooting with my Beretta M 9 and Type 56 rifle, that's really a Chinese SKS. It's been fun getting the SKS cleaned up and working again after decades of storage, although I still get some stove pipes if I go through about 60 rounds or so. I hope it just needs more cleaning to get the cosmoline out.
I'm thinking about the next purchase and debating either another hand gun, maybe an XD 45, or a shotgun. The 870 is a true legend, and every home probably needs a good shotgun in it, but here's my dilemma. I have a very firearms inexperienced wife and a 4 year old daughter. If I get another hand gun, I could give my wife the M 9, and I would have the SKS and a hand gun. If the SHTF and I wasn't home, she could take the M 9. On the other hand, If I get the shotgun, she'd still take the M 9, and I'd take the shotgun and we'd ditch the SKS if we had to walk out of the house. I can't really see her carrying the SKS in one hand and our girl in the other so we probably can't take both long guns with us. I can, however, see her with the Beretta in a holster.
I guess it comes down to either, two new and reliable hand guns and a long gun that is not 100% reliable yet, or a hand gun and a shot gun that are both 100% reliable.
Any thoughts suggestions?
SoapKing