Originally posted by glypnir:
He's a real Glock fan.
You don't say!?!?
Please explain why he would put a "safe action" pistol into a new shooter's hand?
There is no way I would ever start off a new shooter with a semi-auto pistol of any kind.
A K-frame, J-frame, or equivalent Colt or any other fine manufacturer of quality .22 rimfire double-action revolvers is what I have always been taught to start others who will be experiencing hand gunning for the first time.
A person that would put a Glock or a semi-auto of any kind into a new shooter's hand is beyond my pay grade, and IMHO leaves too much to chance to go wrong on a range full of people if they've never used a firearm before.
Why, I've never started off a first time shooter with a handgun! A long-barreled, and yet appropriately sized to the individual single-shot rimfire is always the place to start.
Not being able to walk away from that quiz as a Colt or a S&W revolver of some type has left me
deliriously disenfranchised from the more "tactically oriented" people of the majority.
Next, they'll be knocking my Winchester Yellowboy as a home defense piece!