Turned 21, bought my first Pistol

[Colonelcool125]

Originally Posted by ralfidude

I swear i read someplace that no branch uses hollow points aside from Crew members of the airforce.

Wikipedia?

The Hague Convention of 1899, Declaration III, prohibits the use in warfare of bullets that easily expand or flatten in the body.[4] This is often incorrectly believed to be prohibited in the Geneva Conventions, but it significantly predates those conventions, and is in fact a continuance of the St. Petersburg Declaration of 1868, which banned exploding projectiles of less than 400 grams, and weapons designed to aggravate injured soldiers or make their death inevitable. NATO members do not use small arms ammunition which is prohibited by the Hague Convention. There is an exception to this rule however; aircrew members are allowed to use hollow-point bullets. This is due to the lower penetration of hollow-point bullets, hopefully preventing them from piercing the aircraft's fuselage.[citation needed]
Despite the ban on military use, hollow-point bullets are one of the most common types of civilian and police ammunition, due largely to the reduced risk of bystanders being hit by over-penetrating or ricocheted bullets, and the increased speed of incapacitation. In many jurisdictions, it is illegal to hunt game with ammunition that does not expand,[5] and some target ranges forbid full metal jacket ammunition.[6]

[Caboosehatesbabies]

Originally Posted by hiberNative

i would prefer a springfield XD sub-compact over a glock. got some more bells and whistles than the glock, but that's a ncie gun.
are you thinking about getting an extended magazine for pinky support?

Yeah, was thinking about it, either the +1's or +2's magazine bases, or I could get a 12, 15, 17, or 33 round magazine to fit in the Glock 26.

[Colonelcool125]

Originally Posted by Caboosehatesbabies

Yeah, was thinking about it, either the +1's or +2's magazine bases, or I could get a 12, 15, 17, or 33 round magazine to fit in the Glock 26.

Get one of these bad boys.

Now THAT's pinky support.

[WallyJas]

Sounds like a pretty rough school you work at if you have to wear a concealed pistol loaded with hollowpoints!

[Polka]

Doesnt look like he is compensating for anything, like the usual gun owners LOLOLOL

[Harrod200]

I'e never really liked pistols that much; I'm more of a rifle person. Too much kick, too little range and too little accuracy with pistols.

Easier to conceal a pistol though I suppose Glocks always look really boxy to me though. The Walther P99 on the other hand, very pretty pistol (I want one for airsoft ) and also comes in compact flavour.

Have fun and hopefully never have to use it anywhere but the range

[Blackie]

You gotta love America, turned 21 today got myself a gun

Looks like a really nice gun dude enjoy it.


If I decide to move back to South Africa id get me one of these

SIG P228 9mm
SIG SAUER P228

[Sundance Kid]

Glocks are nice guns,very convenient and if i had the money/will to buy a smallarm gun it would definitely be Glock 17 or p228.

[Masaq]

God bless America. Least over here, only criminals have guns... generally a good thing as criminals tend to use guns responsibly and largely on each other, thus providing some much-needed thinning of the gene pool

Joking aside, if you can't take it to work with you, why get one? I mean, most of the time once you're working you'll either be at work or on your way to or from work...

[Waaah_Wah]

Originally Posted by Caboosehatesbabies

I bought my first pistol on Tuesday. A Glock 26, a sub-compact 9mm pistol. I would like to carry it concealed,

Why the hell would you need to carry it around? How many times have you actually gotten mugged and/or attacked in the streets?

Seriously, why would anyone wanna spend their money on a gun? Apart from using it on a gun range or shooting people at a school ofcource...