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My Brother's birthday is next week and he came by to pick up his present from me. I gave him an old S&W .38 top-break revolver. (not that he deserved it) Now I know that none of you have brothers that are a might competitive, but I do. We have always had a good natured competitive streak. My brother has it worse than I do; he was a paratrooper and a swat team trainer, he liked repelling out of helicopters and all that kind of crazy ****. When he left the Army, I don't know how they did without him. 
Whenever he comes over we always shoot a bit. He likes not having to pay range fees. He brought his favorite, a Sig P-226. He brags about what a good gun that is as if I never got it the first 200 times I heard it.... He shot it OK, but I picked it up, first time and cleared the targets, much to his chagrin. I was lucky and I shot it like I knew what I was doing! I told him, yea, it is a nice pistol, but a little large for my hands. I wear a medium to large glove, so my hands aren't tiny.
In truth, it does fell a bit bulky and boxy to me, and I don't really care for the controls. I prefer the CZ 75 or even the Beretta 92. The Sig worked, but then again, if I had a Hi-Point it would work too, or it would end up in the woods with all of my dead 1911 magazines. (A future archeologist will be able to trace my aging, by how far from the firing line, the mags end up) I did shoot the Sig well enough to get me to thinking more about the AREX pistol that I have been looking at, that is so similar, gets raving reviews, and cost considerably less money. One of those jewels will be my next new purchase.
We shot until it rained us out, then sat on the front porch solving all of the worlds problems. We did get them solved to our satisfaction, but some of you aren't going to like the new system.
It was a nice way to spend a Friday morning.
Whenever he comes over we always shoot a bit. He likes not having to pay range fees. He brought his favorite, a Sig P-226. He brags about what a good gun that is as if I never got it the first 200 times I heard it.... He shot it OK, but I picked it up, first time and cleared the targets, much to his chagrin. I was lucky and I shot it like I knew what I was doing! I told him, yea, it is a nice pistol, but a little large for my hands. I wear a medium to large glove, so my hands aren't tiny.
In truth, it does fell a bit bulky and boxy to me, and I don't really care for the controls. I prefer the CZ 75 or even the Beretta 92. The Sig worked, but then again, if I had a Hi-Point it would work too, or it would end up in the woods with all of my dead 1911 magazines. (A future archeologist will be able to trace my aging, by how far from the firing line, the mags end up) I did shoot the Sig well enough to get me to thinking more about the AREX pistol that I have been looking at, that is so similar, gets raving reviews, and cost considerably less money. One of those jewels will be my next new purchase.
We shot until it rained us out, then sat on the front porch solving all of the worlds problems. We did get them solved to our satisfaction, but some of you aren't going to like the new system.
It was a nice way to spend a Friday morning.
