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My wife and I are brand new to firearms. I have only fired a pistol once in my life, way back in the mid 1980's, and she has fired a few times, but none in the past 10 years. We are trying to do it right, so we are signed up for a class at our local shooting academy, but we couldn't even get into one until September. This is probably a good thing, because it's allowing us to do a lot of research and learning before we buy a weapon. I joined the forum so I could learn from people who have a lot of experience, so look forward to getting into it and making some new friends, as well as getting educated.
So far we have been looking at a lot of reviews, videos, etc on the various options. We do a lot of backpacking, so were thinking of getting a smaller single stack 9mm or a .380 to carry on those trips, which would double as my wife's carry gun. I am considering for myself to get a sub compact to carry and double as our home defense/nightstand weapon. We have a pretty limited budget, so we are looking at all around-ish guns. Another twist is that I am a left eye dominant, mostly right handed guy who does a lot of stuff lefty, such as shooting pool, and I also shot my bb gun left handed when I was a kid, so I am not even 100% sure yet which hand I will shoot a handgun with, but am guessing left.
She is liking the Ruger LC-9s, or LCP. I am looking at the SR9-C because it is fully ambidextrous. We are total noobs, so are a little afraid of not having manual safeties, but from what I am reading, we may not really need thumb safeties. I like some of the small Walthers too, but they seem to be all righty. I see some Sig Sauers which are ambidextrous, but they are a little more than we have available to spend.
Anyway, sorry to ramble so much, but we are excited to research and buy our first handguns, and we want to buy good stuff and only have to buy once! Thanks for reading!
So far we have been looking at a lot of reviews, videos, etc on the various options. We do a lot of backpacking, so were thinking of getting a smaller single stack 9mm or a .380 to carry on those trips, which would double as my wife's carry gun. I am considering for myself to get a sub compact to carry and double as our home defense/nightstand weapon. We have a pretty limited budget, so we are looking at all around-ish guns. Another twist is that I am a left eye dominant, mostly right handed guy who does a lot of stuff lefty, such as shooting pool, and I also shot my bb gun left handed when I was a kid, so I am not even 100% sure yet which hand I will shoot a handgun with, but am guessing left.
She is liking the Ruger LC-9s, or LCP. I am looking at the SR9-C because it is fully ambidextrous. We are total noobs, so are a little afraid of not having manual safeties, but from what I am reading, we may not really need thumb safeties. I like some of the small Walthers too, but they seem to be all righty. I see some Sig Sauers which are ambidextrous, but they are a little more than we have available to spend.
Anyway, sorry to ramble so much, but we are excited to research and buy our first handguns, and we want to buy good stuff and only have to buy once! Thanks for reading!