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Anyone ever buy a hand gun, regardless of what your friends, foes, forums, or even the reviews said, simply because it felt so good in your hand, you had to have it. My Taurus 24/7 Pro's, OSS DS's 809B (all in 9mm) fit this bill. Fortunately, they have all proven to be very good and definately keepers, though I did have to clean up some of the mags to correct failure to feed last round issues. My hat doesn't fit my head as good as they fit my hands.
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My condolences. But, if it works, it works for you.
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glock 19 and p7 i bought based on feel, and awesome reviews.
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One of my best friends who works at the local gunstore hates M&Ps. He even won one at a pistol match and GAVE it away. That's how much he doesn't like them. I was at the time looking for a striker fired pistol to replace my 1911s of which I was very (and honestly blindly) loyal too. After much research and the majority of that on here I bought an M&P 9FS. Best handgun I have ever owned. Ironically enough because of all the hoopla, the first striker fired gun I bought a year before was a XD 45 tactical.......The worst handgun I ever bought. This was done because of magazine articles. Also I have alot of family members who swear by them but they are not avid shooters. Research pays off.
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"Despite what your mamma told you, violence does solve problems."
-Ryan Job
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I'm pretty sure magazine editors and people who never shoot are the only folks that like XD's...
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Skyugo,
I believe you are spot on. Yes there are some real shooters who like it but lets face it. The vast majority of striker fired enthusiasts recommend either Glock or S&W Tupperware and for good reason. A writer for x gun magazine that shoots 150 rounds out of an XD and says its the best handgun since the inception of the 1911 doesn't mean anything to me anymore.
-Jax
"Despite what your mamma told you, violence does solve problems."
-Ryan Job
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Yes. I have. Long ago when I was a fan of learning things the hard way I bought guns because of how they "felt" in the gunstore. I quickly learned that how something "felt" in the gunstore had absolutely no connection to how it would perform for me or how it would suit my needs as a defensive tool.
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Should have added "While being an experienced shooter" to the original post. Same thing as a good mechanic buys an Alfa Romeo Veloce Spyder and knows it will strand him at times, yet he still drives it, because it feels right to him. If he needs to keep an appointment, he uses his Honda. Kinda like that.
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That's how I ended up buying my first 9mm in 1989. Everyone I knew and everything I read at that time told me to stay with the 1911 in 45acp.
Although I have long ago moved on to other carry guns, I still have that Browning High Power...
Last edited by Beat Trash; 11-25-10 at 18:08.
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Feeling right at the local gun gun does not always mean that it will feel right during extended periods of shooting. Simply because things are dynamic rather than static i.e. recoil, sight acquisition etc during training or defensive use. Through mistakes in the past, too many for me to count, I've learned that just feels right is found when wringing out the pistol for a few hundred to a thousand rounds. Glocks for me feel like crap when static, even though I dont have any fitment issues. Once the rounds start, it feels perfect. Hard to explain,but that's how it works for me. YMMV
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