Recent content by bwhitsonjr

So far since we've talked about her going to the range with me next weekend.... She seems to think she might be able to handle the 9mm. That may be true but I'm thinking about renting a .380 or .22 while we're there in the event the Shield is too much for her. Any recommendations on some pistols...

Howdy from Texas. New here myself :) What part of TX? I'm located in the Southeast region.

Wow! Thanks for the welcome! Make me feel right at home. Why don't I just pull up a gun..... That's a concealed gun :)

First purchase into the S&W world. Hopefully not my last. Got into guns for the first time 2 years ago and to attain my CHL. Purchase my first handgun a Glock 23 .40 cal. Not a bad starter gun. Didn't know much at the time. Did enough shooting at the range to get my time in and take CHL test...

Thanks a lot for your feedback. I'm noticing the more I played with it last night if I fully pulled back on the slide and let go it was able to feed the round in and to the forward most position. I'm sure after a fire the force would be enough to feed properly. This is all being said with a gun...

I'm extremely new to this forum and to handguns mostly. I have experienced some things after I picked up my new shield. First I noticed when I filled the 8 round magazine with Federal self defense ammo it wouldn't feed right. Once I racked the slide it didn't go all of the way forward when I let...