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Originally Posted by Bill Douglas
Now a 50 cal would be fun. Lets say in the unfortunate event of a terrorist situation you could nail them from a mile away and they wouldn't even know which direction it's coming from.
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.50 cals are prohibitively expensive to shoot. Fun for a toy, but not a serious home defense or first gun.
DARISC, SIG's and Glocks are probably the highest quality, most common and affordable semi-auto's out there, though they ain't cheap. H&K's are super too, but more expensive and I don't think worth the extra $$. I have an H&K P7, but I got it as a police turn in and dirt cheap. Trigger pull is very different between Glocks and SIG's and both have different safety mechanisms, or lack thereof, if you know what I mean. I have all the respect in the world for Glocks. You couldn't destroy one without a machine shop. They are tough as nails. But SIG's just feel better to me and I can't stand having a handgun where I can't see the hammer as with Glocks. They just make me nervous. I can close my eyes and I still know when the hammer is going to fall on my SIG's. Not so on Glocks.
If you really want a composite frame gun, be sure to check out SIG's SP2022 and 2340. They get a bad rap because SIG never bothered to try to market them, but they were made to compete with Glock. I have one (.357SIG) and it's probably the best gun for the money I've ever gotten. I have about $250 into it and bought it from a guy on SIGforum.com in a Home Depot parking lot. I was shooting it at the NRA range when the local law enforcement sales rep. from SIG was there. He tried it out and agreed that it's just a stellar, underrated gun for the money.