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<blockquote data-quote="NikatKimber" data-source="post: 812497" data-attributes="member: 423"><p>blutch, first, come out to the swap meet, bring some ammo, and I'll bet there'll be any number of people willing to let you run a few rounds through their pistols. I have a Glock 19 and Sig 228 that you could try.</p><p></p><p>Next, if you are seriously looking at ending up with two guns, one larger for HD, and a smaller one for CCW, look at platforms that offer both sizes in the same basic gun. IE, Glock (19 or 26 for CCW, 17 for HD), S&W M&P (9c for CCW, full size for HD), Sig (228/229 for CCW, 226 for HD), Springfield XD and such. For these, they could all use the same mags for backup (the full size mags work in all the smaller guns), the buttons and levers are all the same, the grip will be nearly the same, and the trigger will be nearly the same. This strategy would allow more of your practice with one or the other to carry over to the other gun.</p><p></p><p>Another thing, if you get the Glock or Sig for your platform, you can also buy .22 lr conversion kits, that would let you practice with the same grip, trigger, etc but at .22 lr ammo cost.</p><p></p><p>Lastly, unless you *NEED* a tiny gun (G26 or M&P9c) to carry with, you could buy the mid size gun, G19 or Sig 228/229, and use that for both carry and home defense, buy a .22 kit for practice, and thus only have to buy one gun, and the .22 kit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NikatKimber, post: 812497, member: 423"] blutch, first, come out to the swap meet, bring some ammo, and I'll bet there'll be any number of people willing to let you run a few rounds through their pistols. I have a Glock 19 and Sig 228 that you could try. Next, if you are seriously looking at ending up with two guns, one larger for HD, and a smaller one for CCW, look at platforms that offer both sizes in the same basic gun. IE, Glock (19 or 26 for CCW, 17 for HD), S&W M&P (9c for CCW, full size for HD), Sig (228/229 for CCW, 226 for HD), Springfield XD and such. For these, they could all use the same mags for backup (the full size mags work in all the smaller guns), the buttons and levers are all the same, the grip will be nearly the same, and the trigger will be nearly the same. This strategy would allow more of your practice with one or the other to carry over to the other gun. Another thing, if you get the Glock or Sig for your platform, you can also buy .22 lr conversion kits, that would let you practice with the same grip, trigger, etc but at .22 lr ammo cost. Lastly, unless you *NEED* a tiny gun (G26 or M&P9c) to carry with, you could buy the mid size gun, G19 or Sig 228/229, and use that for both carry and home defense, buy a .22 kit for practice, and thus only have to buy one gun, and the .22 kit. [/QUOTE]
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