Hi. I'm new here, hoping someone can offer their opinion...
I grew up around guns, my father was a highly accomplished marksman. Not a lot of handguns in his collection and all were revolvers. I always liked the idea of revolvers because there was never any question about whether it was loaded or not. But, I was also taught from a very young age to 100% of the time treat a weapon as if it were loaded, even if you know it's not. So in theory that's a non issue.
Anyway, a friend of mine is selling a P95. Only had about 200 rounds through it. For $300. I am considering this gun for two purposes: I work right around the corner from the NRA range and would like to just use it there recreationally, and also to have around for home defense. The only other gun I own is a nice post-war Winchester Model 94, but that's a little involved for my wife if she were to need it if I'm not home.
Questions: Is this a good gun for what I want it for? Is that a fair price? If that is my budget range (it is), is there some other used gun I should be looking at? I like the idea of the known history of this gun. Also, my wife wants to take a class if we get it and I will take it with her, but I assume this is a very appropriate handgun for a woman to use.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or advice. Sorry for the long post. Ed.
I grew up around guns, my father was a highly accomplished marksman. Not a lot of handguns in his collection and all were revolvers. I always liked the idea of revolvers because there was never any question about whether it was loaded or not. But, I was also taught from a very young age to 100% of the time treat a weapon as if it were loaded, even if you know it's not. So in theory that's a non issue.
Anyway, a friend of mine is selling a P95. Only had about 200 rounds through it. For $300. I am considering this gun for two purposes: I work right around the corner from the NRA range and would like to just use it there recreationally, and also to have around for home defense. The only other gun I own is a nice post-war Winchester Model 94, but that's a little involved for my wife if she were to need it if I'm not home.
Questions: Is this a good gun for what I want it for? Is that a fair price? If that is my budget range (it is), is there some other used gun I should be looking at? I like the idea of the known history of this gun. Also, my wife wants to take a class if we get it and I will take it with her, but I assume this is a very appropriate handgun for a woman to use.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or advice. Sorry for the long post. Ed.
