Looking to buy a personal firearm...

[Vteckidd]

well .40 is still $30 at walmart for 100 rounds.

I can easily go through 300 rounds in an hour at the range.

$10 for the Range
$90 for ammo
$10 for targets (i have my own)

Thats $110 for an hour, ****s expensive.

Now 9mm on the other hand, its only $15 for 100 rounds little more reasonable

Thats why i was saying if hes buying a gun to SHOOT then i think the 9mm is more wallet friendly an faster to learn.

The .40 is for STOPPING power, but as a range gun IMO its expensive to buy ammo.

[Psycho]

Yeah if you've got the money it would be cool...

FN just bought a manufacturing plant in GA a few months back, so it brought prices down a lot. $800 for the gun at Bass Pro-Shop in Discovermills. Bullets on the other hand are still pricey. No one around here carries exotic ammunition.

[Psycho]

well .40 is still $30 at walmart for 100 rounds.

I can easily go through 300 rounds in an hour at the range.

$10 for the Range
$90 for ammo
$10 for targets (i have my own)

Thats $110 for an hour, ****s expensive.

Now 9mm on the other hand, its only $15 for 100 rounds little more reasonable

Thats why i was saying if hes buying a gun to SHOOT then i think the 9mm is more wallet friendly an faster to learn.

The .40 is for STOPPING power, but as a range gun IMO its expensive to buy ammo.

I can't remember the exact price, but I remember the walmart off of Lawrenceville Suwanee and McGinnis Parkway had boxes of 250 and 500 for dirt cheap. But it's exactly as you said; the 9mm is a lot better for the range. The bullets are cheaper and it will be more fun to shoot at the range because of the low recoil. You're gonna spend more time shooting your gun at targets than at people. So I guess the best option would be to stick with a 9mm sub-compact.

http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/w...04&isFirearm=Y

[Ruiner]

I still think the coolest handgun of all time is the FN Five-seveN

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_Five-seveN

My buddy has one of those. It's fun, but ammo is a ***** to get.

[ahmonrah]

i carry a glock model 21 .45cal with 2 15rd magazines. but i'm looking for something a little smaller now. but not because i dont like it, but i want a glock of smaler size, but with the same stopping power.

i've just been authorized to carry at work, but i dont want to scare the shiz outta people i work with. so i'm looking at the model 30