Gun with history?

[statesman]

Did you perhaps mean metal detectors?

Is this a serious question, or do you have downs syndrome?

The metal detector is DEFINITELY going to detect the steel slide.

 

[Junkball]

Did you perhaps mean metal detectors?

No, the ceramic pistols are invisible to all detection devices!

Since your hubby already has a .22, the boys may as well learn on that. Consider it a step up from the bb. You HAVE to remember to teach them: Safety, safety, safety first.
If you want them (and your home) to be equipped for real protection though, you can be sure to stop an intruder with a .45. Any asshead pumped up on adrenaline alone will be able to walk through .22 fire like it was your son's bb gun. And who wants to only be able to compare their arsenal to Hilary's anyway?

Additionally, a straightforward .45 is as manly as handguns get (in my op). 1911's are nice. If you're not sure how he'll like a .45, you can go for a GI model: it's simple, won't blow out your bank account, will blow out *choose your graphic description*. I recommend staying away from plastic guns, especially one that kicks like a .45. The weight from the steel will help the shooter hold the gun steady. Think about that for your boys too. I handle my .45 just fine, and I have nO meat on my arms!

There was a guy out in Florida selling a shorty .45 here on AW not long ago. Maybe check that out?

I think she was specifically stating no .45's... and I wouldn't be so quick to discount the lethality of a .22 bullet.

Anyone want to weigh in on what hand gun is best for teaching my boys to shoot. Is weight and stuff a factor then? My dad taught me on his old army pistol when I was their age and I remember it being super heavy. Of course I'm just a girl.

I bet her dad taught her on a 1911.

Anyway, a .45 wouldn't be too much of a stretch for your kids. I shot a .45 a couple times when I was their age and was fine with it. It might be something they could grow into... it'd be a good idea to train them on your husband's .22 though.

 

[lmnop]

Is this a serious question, or do you have downs syndrome?

The metal detector is DEFINITELY going to detect the steel slide.

Yea, it must be downs....of course, an x ray is going to pickup the slide and the polymer frame as well. I was just trying to figure out what junkball was talking about.

 

[statesman]

No, the ceramic pistols are invisible to all detection devices!

The XD is polymer, and who ever told you that also would like to sell you some beach front property in Arizona.

The XD is made from plastic and metal parts, not ceramic. The slide and barrel are forged steel. There is no way an Xray or metal detector will not pick it up.

The frame may pass through a metal detector, but it will be of little use if you dont have the slide and barrel.

 

[Junkball]

Turn up the sarcasm detector!

"That punk pulled a Glock 7 on me, you know what that is? It's a porcelain gun made in Germany. It doesn't show up on your airport metal detectors and probably costs more than what you make in a month." Bruce Willis was wrong!?


As for that beachfront property... I'll take it :icon_wink

 

[keeper28]

Oh, well if it's from a movie than it must be true!

 

[sodajones]

The big boys (13 & 12) practice with the 13 yr. old's bbgun all the time. The oldest is a great shot. We're teaching a couple of our other kids too- so they do know a lot about gun safety. I just think it's time for the boys to move away from their bbgun and onto a real gun. The oldest boy wants to be a marine- I figure might as well let him start shooting things up now.

Like the other guys are saying, get one of these 1911s, they're not that expensive and if your husband or boys decide that they want more with it, they can always send it in to be customized by a gunsmith. It's a .45, it's manly, it'll take down an elephant the size of your mother in law, and it'll look classy while it's doing it. It'll run you about $500 give or take depending on the options you deem necessary.

And let me just take the time to say God bless you for getting your husband a gun, and if I wasn't already spoken for I would politely inquire as to whether or not you had any sisters who share your blessedly pleasant and agreeable nature.

 

[GO_AV8_DevilDog]

I took a P250 for a spin at the range a few weeks ago and was not very impressed. It was almost like I could feel it not being designed for the grips it had on - there's that modularity for you... It just felt "unSig-like."

well all that ooh'n and awww'n over the MARPAT patterened p250 at my local gun shop was all for noth'n

Ah well, Im look'n forward to pick'n up my Colt 1911 government model in about 4 days

 

[FMRAM]

I would sell it specifically because of the unfortunate history that goes along with it. Sell it and buy a Sig that has no negative emotions attached to it.

 

[feddoc]

Okay, so my grandfather was in the Army Corps. of Engineers during WWII and helped to free Dachau. He "confiscated" and brought home a german luger. It has been passed down to my tree hugging/granola eating/ball-less brothers who don't really want it. So here is my question for all you - If I get the gun from them, is there a place- ie: military museum, etc. that would want to have it for an exhibit- or would that just be wasted on the public in which case I could just hand it down to my kids.

The only reason I'm considering donating it is because my grandfather, who don't get me wrong was a great guy, was in and out of VA hospitals all the time after being "shell shocked" and ended up killing himself with this gun 25 years ago.

What do you think?

Keeper,

I wish I had something of my granfather's to keep. Maybe you don't wanna keep it because of what it was eventually used for. I can understand that. But, your grandfather kept it for a reason...IF I were in your position, I would keep it to remind me of the kind of guy he was.

 

[keeper28]

I think you all are right, I should keep it.

And Sodajones, thank you for the kind compliment, but unfortunatly I only have one sister and she is a liberal democrat/Hillary supporter/anti-military/tree hugging/granola eating- NOW member who is already married- sadly. And I say sadly because A. She wears the pants in the family which is not cool for a girl, and B. She won't allow her husband to keep guns in the house because they are "evil and dangerous" and she's a pacifist. ick!

 

[Rocketman]

I love my husband, but he is a little nerdy sometimes. I'd imagine he'd use it to occasionally take to the range and hopefully shoot someone dead if they ever broke into our house. Right now all he owns is a 22, which is really not that cool- I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that Hillary Clinton learned to shoot on a 22 with her grandfather, so it just gays it all up for me.

Plus I'd really like my boys to know how to shoot a handgun. My 13 year old has a bbgun and the 12yr. old has some sort of crazy japanese blowgun with poison darts that he sometimes uses to "communicate" with the rabbits in our yard. But I'd love to be able to have them learn how to defend themselves and our family.

Also, men with guns are hot, so there's that whole aspect to buying my husband a gun.

I was going to buy him one for Valentines Day, but went the whole humidor and a couple hundred bucks worth of cigars route. So I've got a couple months.

Keeper I have no doubt you will be able to teach your boys to be men while your husband is away.

By the way WOMEN with guns are the true hotness but I decided to let someone else go down that path.

So here's to you keeper.....