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My dad gave me this rifle just before he died. It was given to him by a friend he had in the BATF. I grew up hearing my dad's Marine Corps stories of his M1. Some of the last times my dad and I spent together were on my uncle's farm shooting it. It is without a doubt my all time favorite rifle. A real pleasure to shoot and handled everything I ran through it, from 125 gr varmint loads to full 150 gr military ball. Trivia question: Anyone know the difference between the M1C and the standard M1?

My first shotgun was a brand new Remington 1100 12 ga. my dad gave me for my 16th birthday. [Edit: It was for Christmas when I was 16, not for my birthday.]

That would be my choice for a revolver.

A Browning Hi-Power made by FN.

Not yet. There is an indoor range down in Greenville. I'm going to try to get down there next week.

Picked up my new P95 this evening after work. I just finished field stripping and cleaning it. Based on the amount of assembly grease that was gobbed on the friction surfaces of the slide and the rails on the frame, I'd say a lot of misfeeds and jams with new guns until they get "broken in" comes from not cleaning them good before firing for the first time. Overall I'm super pleased. Concealed carry course is Dec 12, but I'm going to the range before then and put at least 50 rounds through this thing to get used to it.

I've read on a number of forums about people getting jams and misfeads from limp wristing a P95. Here is a video of a 9-year-old shooting a P95. If anyone would limp wrist this gun you would think it would be a little boy, but he manages quite well. "> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350">

I didn't find the grip comfortable at all on the Glock I held yesterday when I bought my p95. The problem was the finger grooves on the front of the grip.

With a fixed barrel the C-9 looks to be a blow-back design with no breech lock up. I've never heard of that being used on anything more powerful than a .380.

I just watched a vid on YouTube on how to break down this gun to clean it. What a pain in the butt. It's an interesting handgun, but that would be a deal breaker for me.

I just posted in the pistol forum about buying my first handgun in over 25 years. I have three handguns, but it's been over 20 years since I've fired any of them. I keep them oiled so they are all in good shape. When I did shoot I used Hoppes No. 9 to clean. Is it safe to use this on a polymer frame?

I read quite a few reviews on the P95 and it looks like durability is one of its strong points too. I was a bit concerned because unlike the Glock (the granddaddy of the polymer framed pistols) and every other polymer pistol I've read about, the P95 has no steel rails on the polymer frame for the slide friction surfaces. The slide rides directly on the polymer. But Ruger reportedly put these things through the ringer in development (20,000+ rounds) and they simply would not break. No wear on the polymer friction points at all.

I decided about a month ago that I'm going to take the concealed carry course and get my permit. 25-30 years ago I was an avid shooter and reloader. Over the years I've sold most of my handguns, so when I made the decision to get my concealed carry permit I broke open my gun case and took a look at my handguns: A Llama 1911 clone in .45 ACP, a Dan Wesson 15 .357 4", and a Walther PPK in .380. It's been over 20 years since I've fired any of these guns. None of them are what I consider ideal as a carry pistol for personal protection. So I started doing my research. I didn't want to spend a fortune and I wanted something that would be reliable and easy to maintain. I narrowed it down to these guns: 1. Ruger P95 2. Ruger SR9 3. Glock 17 4. S&W Sigma 5. Taurus 24/7 I went to my local gun dealer today and checked out all of these. It would have been nice to be able to actually shoot all of these before deciding on one, but I did get plenty of handle time with each one. I wound up choosing the Ruger P95. IMO, it was easily the best pistol of all those in my list when all things, including price, are considered. I was really unimpressed with the Sigma. It felt cheap and actually rattled in my hand when I shook it. All the others felt nice and solid, but the P95 had the best "feel" for me personally. They had to order the stainless P95 I wanted with the 15 round mag and it's supposed to be in tomorrow. Concealed carry course is December 12th.