Hi, everyone
My name is Erik. Like so many guys, I've wanted to have a gun since I was a kid. As often seems to happen, I've either lived in states/cities/conditions (MA, NYC, under my parents roof or with my wife) in which owning a gun is not a possibility. However, I am chipping away at my wife, and I am steadily approaching the time when I may make a first purchase.
Over time, my tastes have been wide ranging. I'm not a rich man, so I'm kind of glad that I haven't made a purchase yet, or I'd probably have ended up collecting each new type of firearm I fancied.
I first fell in love with the idea of owning a single action cowboy revolver (like the Ruger Vaquero), and a companion lever action rifle chambered for the same caliber (Like the Marlin 1894CSS). Being older and a bit more practical, I now lean further toward a DA wheelgun to accompany a lever action, but I suspect my first purchase will be even more practical still. As I said, I'm not very wealthy, so I'm only able to afford a single gun right now. Additionally, my wife will probably only allow me to own one at all -and even then not to be kept in the house. So be it.
I'm leaning very hard toward a semiautomatic pistol that accepts a 22.lr conversion kit of some kind. I've narrowed my list of choices to a CZ -P01 with the Kadet conversion, or a Glock 26 with the Advantage Arms conversion kit, or a Sig P229 classic 22 with the Two Step Caliber X-Change Kit. This way, I can have one very fine 9mm pistol with which to train cheaply using 22lr ammo.
Once this is done, who knows? I may find that eventually I'll have the opportunity to expand my collection to finally get that lever action/revolver combo I wanted from the beginning. A guy can dream...
Anyway, that's the reason I'm here. I look forward to learning from the users on this forum. Nice to meet you all.