Hello /w/. This guide is intended to point you in the direction of buying your first handgun. After reading this you should have a good idea of what form factor to look for when you start shopping. I encourage everyone to do their own research. I won't tell you what brand or model to buy or what you should have your handgun chambered in and I'd really rather no one else did either.

First of all, If you have never held a handgun or any firearm in your life do not buy anything until you have been taught properly. Gun ranges usually offer basic safety courses but if you know someone who owns a firearm or two and has some experience, ask them to teach you. These are the most important things you will learn: You do not ever point a firearm even if it's unloaded at someone or something unless you intend to kill or destroy. You do not put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to fire at your target and know what lies beyond it. Trigger discipline is the most important part of handling a firearm. The ultimate safety is your trigger finger. Modern firearms do not go off by themselves. External Safeties exist to protect you from fucking up and causing a negligent discharge, nothing else.

Once you are confident in your ability to properly and safely use a handgun and are ready to buy one, you should decide what it will be used for. Different handguns fit different roles. For strictly home defense, I think most people agree that a 12 gauge shotgun with low recoil 00 buckshot is ideal. They are much cheaper than handguns and are much more effective. It is very easy to miss with a handgun in a tense situation. With a shotgun it is much more difficult to miss your target at typical indoor distances. For concealed carry, an automatic handgun that does not have a manual safety is ideal. You shouldn't have to worry about switching off a safety when your life is in danger. You might consider a revolver for their reliability. It's entirely up to you and what you are comfortable with. If you want a handgun strictly for plinking, buy something in .22 Long rifle. The least expensive .22LR ammunition is on average around 0.035 cents a round. If you want something a little m

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>>	TOAD 10/02/13(Sat)20:35 No. 8569 File 126612211865.jpg - (29.82KB , 650x352 , AMT%20LS%20small.jpg ) with proper support and maintaining? anything new and most things old. hook you up? no. long slide is long

heavily considering a glock or XD. i'm leaning towards the XD because of a fully-supported chamber. should I get it? what do you guys think?

in b4 LOLHS2000

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>>	Anonymous 10/03/14(Sun)18:35 No. 9211 File 126861692514.png - (7.64KB , 493x402 , siad.png ) >>9194

>>	Anonymous 10/03/14(Sun)19:22 No. 9212 You could always try for Glock18c

>>	Anonymous 10/03/15(Mon)03:13 No. 9213 >>9212 He's not talking about in Modern Warfare, he's talking about the world where the Glock 18 is issued pretty much just to a hard-ass Austrian counter-terrorist unit that essentially belongs to Israel. It's a bit exclusive.

Hey /w/, I want to see your photos of interesting and obscure weapons.

First, The CIA Deer Gun. Basically a 9mm Liberator made out of cast aluminum.

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>>	Anonymous 10/03/14(Sun)11:22 No. 9202 >>9114 So you're saying that the big pointy trigger guard is actually a second pistol-grip? It looks to me like it's designed to be used to stab people, hence my mini-bayonet comment.

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>>	Anonymous 10/03/14(Sun)17:55 No. 9210 File 126861450260.png - (85.08KB , 404x404 , what the fuck am i reading.png ) >>6640 Summary: weighs 3.4kgs, fires .45acp, has a laser projector and the suppressor brings the sound down to that of an air rifle.

So I've been looking around to buy my first gun (I had a bunch as a kid, but my parents sold them when I moved out. Since then I've just used friends guns on occasion). Anyways, the Mosin-Nagant has been recommended by multiple people both online and in person. I've been looking around online, and it seems that the two most common models are the M38 and the M44. Still, I really don't know anything about the gun, and I want to know more about it, its pro's and con's, and where I should buy it and how to know I'm getting a good deal.

the weirdest-looking guns you have ever seen

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Anonymous 10/03/13(Sat)20:19 No. 9191 >>9178 The Apache revolver, it's creation credited to the French gang know as Les Apaches. It's a fold out pepper-box revolver, 7mm pin-fire, 1.5 inch blade. It's got no barrel, so it's got no range. It however, can be concealed easily, and was meant to be used to terrorize unarmed civilians. Fighting style is to use the knuckles to add more impact to your fists, or to stab the guy, then shoot. In modern times, it's not that good, seeing as the knuckles themselves are small and not that thick, the range is useless, and doesn't do much damage, being only slightly more powerful then a .22, and the blade isn't big enough. If you remade it, you could boost all these up; turn the 7mm into .38, make the blade longer, and make the knuckles thicker. But then you lose the concealability, which is the one thing that's hard to beat, and still be able to as much as the original design can do.

>>	Anonymous 10/03/13(Sat)20:21 No. 9192 File 126854049492.jpg - (110.24KB , 894x1150 , 14340.jpg ) Folded up and out.

>>	OPERATOR 10/03/14(Sun)16:03 No. 9206 File 126860780897.jpg - (82.91KB , 800x600 , OICW.jpg )

TANKS!!

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>>	Bob Dylan&!ouj2anV/5M 10/03/14(Sun)12:51 No. 9203 File 126859628627.jpg - (49.02KB , 1022x433 , EP5Screen26cr.jpg ) >>9193 lolwut?

>>	Bob Dylan&!ouj2anV/5M 10/03/14(Sun)13:15 No. 9204 File 126859772132.png - (259.33KB , 500x719 , Simo_hayha_honorary_rifle.png ) >>9195 <---This man concurs. >>9196 I lol'd at the thing written on the main gun.

>>	Anonymous 10/03/14(Sun)14:13 No. 9205 File 126860123058.jpg - (106.03KB , 558x800 , kev_walker_imperius_dictatio.jpg ) >>9189 Say what, bitch?

Hello /w/,

I'm looking for a .22 pistol or rifle that is more powerful than most models; could you offer any assistance?

ITT: Powerful .22's

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Eos 10/03/12(Fri)16:11 No. 9175 File 126843911346.jpg - (124.23KB , 336x480 , 1-princess_sara-a.jpg ) >>9135 I don't always have easy access to a computer, kind sir. >>9052 I don't play first person shooting games; only RPG's. Which means that I indeed know basically nothing about guns, but not due to any game. And to those who actually gave decent, non-hostile and non-idiotic advice, I thank you. I guess this can now just be a general thread for discussing .22s, I have nonthing else to ask. Cheers.

>>	flounder!19IQ53Wc/s 10/03/13(Sat)09:44 No. 9182 I love my Ruger Mk III

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Anonymous 10/03/14(Sun)11:16 No. 9201 >>9052 I suppose it depends what you define as 'power', if you are talking about muzzle bullet energy/velocity then a weapon with a longer barrel will have slightly greater 'power' due to the fact that the bullet has more time to accelerate and less of the original chemical energy (in the powder) is wasted as hot gas/muzzle flash coming out the muzzle. But that doesn't mean that a .22 with a ridiculously long barrel will be as powerful as a .50 cal with a relatively short barrel - there is a point where adding extra barrel length will actually reduce power through friction.

Anybody got the "Abusive" version of this target?

>>	Anonymous 10/03/13(Sat)11:57 No. 9186 would you have to reverse itfor left-handed shooters?

>>	Anonymous 10/03/13(Sat)12:56 No. 9188 File 126851381796.gif - (16.67KB , 792x792 , Diagnostic pistol target2 for Letter.gif ) What do you want the segments to say?

are butterfly knives effective self defense weapons?