Mynzeyes

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Well, finally, I got something I've been wanted for some time now:

I'll have better pics at a later date, but this will do for now:

Springfield XD-9 Service Model


9mm, autoloading, semi-automatic, 15+1 capacity, hammerless, full handle, 4" barrel.

This is my first handgun, and I was stuck between this and a Glock 17. Essentially, they are the same thing. After shooting both, I was more consistant with this model, and it was also more comfortable. Plus, people won't think I bought a gun just because it's what police carry.

Anyway, I know some of you out there have firearms, so let's see them. This particular one will have a few mods by the time I am finished, but it will also have some buddies joining it.

-John-

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bloodrain

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ha, not bad you need somethin a lil larger tho, like this

it costs an arm and a leg to go shoot it tho, at over $2 a round, you can go broke very fast...

here are also a few other things in my collection


and my walther p22, you can shoot all day for only $10 with that bad boy. My next gun will be a glock 18, gotta love the full auto hand guns

This post has been edited by bloodrain: Jul 14, 2006 - 1:29 AM

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j0e_p3t

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its not the size that counts....

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airfron

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nice gun

i've been thinking of getting the 45 cal. 5" tactical model in green for a couple of months now just can't find the time to save money for it when i get so obsessed over my car and then the "girlfriend fund"

i heard about springfield armory from a friend not too long ago and only started to get into handguns when i turned 21 and was told i could legally get one

size definitely counts ever seen an AMT Hardballer very intimidating just ask the governator

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malpaso

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6th_celi_vert

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...silently wondering to myself if bloodrain is a ninja

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Mynzeyes

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Yeah, the XD line is very good, and expanding. I think next year there will be a .45cal sub compact model. Also, my dad has an XD-9 Service (like the one I got, pictured). He also has the XD-40 sub-compact. Both nice models, but as my first handgun, I figured I'd go with something nice, but also inexpensive and easy to shoot. Hense the 9mm Service, with the 4" barrel, instead of the subcompact 3".

I'm actually gonna go at lunch today and put a few clips through it. Break it in, see how I do with it out of the box. I'll take some pictures maybe. .

-John-

This post has been edited by Mynzeyes: Jul 14, 2006 - 9:21 AM

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crismillencolin

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oh my god......
Thank god i live in the uk

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jdg371

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I got a 2 hollow pipes in my car.. Last time a cop asked me what its for.. I told him.. it provides leverage when I take my lug nuts off lol

hurley97

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i hope thats for sport lol

cause where im from guns are wayy hard to get cause you usually only have one if your planning to shoot someone

edit: maybe its the estrogen talking but unless your life is in danger i fail to see the point of guns

This post has been edited by hurley97: Jul 14, 2006 - 1:22 PM

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Mynzeyes

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it is for hobby/sport. i will have a carry permit soon, but that's not why i bought it. i've wanted one for a while, and so i got one. i don't need one for personal protection.

also, as sigmund frued said, a fear of guns suggests retarded sexual and emotional maturity. now, i don't feel that strongly about that outlook, but at the same time, i don't think that people realize that a gun is not as dangerous as people think it is. guns don't kill people, ignorant people with guns kill people. as long as you are safe, and educated, you, and everyone around you, will be fine.

i mean, i guess it's good, for safety, that the media and what not portrays guns in such a negative and scary way to fighten people, but there are many things out there just as dangerous. like a car. .

oh, and btw, in TN, i walked into Academy Sports, did some paper work, got a background check, and 20mins later, i was walking out with that handgun. i <3 TN. we do just enough to keep them out of the hands of criminals, but not so much that it inconveniences everyone else.

-John-

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bloodrain

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it is for hobby/sport. i will have a carry permit soon, but that's not why i bought it. i've wanted one for a while, and so i got one. i don't need one for personal protection.

also, as sigmund frued said, a fear of guns suggests retarded sexual and emotional maturity. now, i don't feel that strongly about that outlook, but at the same time, i don't think that people realize that a gun is not as dangerous as people think it is. guns don't kill people, ignorant people with guns kill people. as long as you are safe, and educated, you, and everyone around you, will be fine.

i mean, i guess it's good, for safety, that the media and what not portrays guns in such a negative and scary way to fighten people, but there are many things out there just as dangerous. like a car. .

oh, and btw, in TN, i walked into Academy Sports, did some paper work, got a background check, and 20mins later, i was walking out with that handgun. i <3 TN. we do just enough to keep them out of the hands of criminals, but not so much that it inconveniences everyone else.

-John-

amen to that, people are usaully like "OMG A GUN SOMEONES GONNA DIE." There not really that bad, and if your responsible enough to carry one, then by all means you should. I carry mine (the p22) with me about 90% of the time and nobody ever even has a clue its there. Its not the fact that your planning on killing someone, its just a piece of mind knowing that if something does happen, your more or less protected. I dont have any 'enemies' or anybody that really hates me (that i know of) but if someone tryed to break in my house, may God help him, especially now that Florida passed the law to use deadly force if you feel threatend. I always wanted to hit someone with one of my katana's, lol. I was playing around in my backyard chopping tree's with em, I could chop a 2 1/2" thick branch clean in half pretty easily. Oh and btw, 6th_celi_vert, im a ninja in my spare time, lol.

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hurley97

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also, as sigmund frued said, a fear of guns suggests retarded sexual and emotional maturity.

oh, and btw, in TN, i walked into Academy Sports, did some paper work, got a background check, and 20mins later, i was walking out with that handgun. i <3 TN. we do just enough to keep them out of the hands of criminals, but not so much that it inconveniences everyone else.

-John-

im guessing thats a good thing? (the first part) but im not afraid of them, i just dont really see the point...thats just me though

i know someone who had to go to upstate NY just to get a bb gun...ahahaaa NJ is truely retarded

This post has been edited by hurley97: Jul 14, 2006 - 2:52 PM

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Mynzeyes

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Oh and btw, 6th_celi_vert, im a ninja in my spare time, lol.

how is being sexually and emotionally retarded a good thing? or am i not understanding what you meant?

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Oh and btw, 6th_celi_vert, im a ninja in my spare time, lol.

dude, so you just flip out and kill people? bc that's what ninjas do.

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hurley97

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how is being sexually and emotionally retarded a good thing? or am i not understanding what you meant?

oh. i read it without the retarded part. i read that it conveys "sexual and emotional maturity"

like i said... im not afraid of them, not in the least, i just dont see the point unless its for protection...and again, thats just me, i understand that a lot of other people feel differently

edit: it does look nice btw. so does that one in bloodrain's first pic

This post has been edited by hurley97: Jul 14, 2006 - 3:28 PM

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Jen

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my dad has that gun, and it takes it everywhere.

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Consynx

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Congrats on getting a gun.

I lack sexual maturity in a sense i guess. I fear something that can kill me, because I've only seen them in bad hands so far. ie. when a fight gets ready to happen, someone decides to pull a gun(yipee...). They should invent some high-class profiling test to stop guns from getting in retards hands(like John, muahahahaha j/k)

BlackCelicaGT94

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mmmm hot gun! i want a gun really badly but parents wont allow it while im in the house.

I love to go out shooting with a 12 gauge. Grew up shooting BB guns at targets and pop cans in grandparents backyard and riding around on a john deer. lol im so redneck sometimes! :-P

I need to get myself to a shooting range and see if im any good now days. Last time I went shooting was in the woods about 3 years ago. Blew a bird away. well not really. a guy shot it down and then i blew its head off. not that i condone shooting animals but hey i didnt kill it so i didnt feel too bad.

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Mynzeyes

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I got to shoot today, during my lunch hour. so, here's how it went.

First day shooting:
3 clips @ 16rd per clip. 17 yards(~50feet):


OK, keep in mind, first time in 15 years that i shot a handgun was tuesday i believe. or monday. 2nd day, was today. Also, first day with my new handgun, so i was kind of excited. i need to work, and keep working, but i could easily pass the carry test based on this shooting. i'll probably take it sometime relatively soon. just to have. not that i'd carry it though.

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bloodrain

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not bad, but you completly missed the target 11 times, lol. Oh and what I found out to be helpful is dont lock your arms (unless its the desert eagle cuz then the gun will kick back and hit you in the face) lol. Last time I went shooting i had a casing discharge right inbetween my eyes, had a halfmoon shaped cut. Oh and if you ever get serious about shooting, you might wanna get a gun with a longer barrel, makes it more accurate. My p22 is 'fairly' accurate, but I wouldnt put my life on it 2 hit a target. Its got a 3.5" barrel, and I got the 5" conversion also.

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confucious

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my dad has that gun, and it takes it everywhere.

it rubs the lotion on its skin it does this whenever its told

Mynzeyes

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not bad, but you completly missed the target 11 times, lol. Oh and what I found out to be helpful is dont lock your arms (unless its the desert eagle cuz then the gun will kick back and hit you in the face) lol. Last time I went shooting i had a casing discharge right inbetween my eyes, had a halfmoon shaped cut. Oh and if you ever get serious about shooting, you might wanna get a gun with a longer barrel, makes it more accurate. My p22 is 'fairly' accurate, but I wouldnt put my life on it 2 hit a target. Its got a 3.5" barrel, and I got the 5" conversion also.

well, a couple of those are double-hits. it's hard to see in the pic, but i did miss a few times. but again, first day with my handgun. kinda excited, and 50' isn't exactly a walk in the park. i'll get better though. .

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Jen

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my dad has that gun, and it takes it everywhere.

it rubs the lotion on its skin it does this whenever its told

k thats just creepy.

and i see my grammatical error now.

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saleeka

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. Oh and what I found out to be helpful is dont lock your arms (unless its the desert eagle cuz then the gun will kick back and hit you in the face) lol.

My dad has one of those... he's asked me if I want it when he dies. I'm assuming that its worth taking?

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BlackCelicaGT94

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desert eagle? heck yes its worth taking!

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saleeka

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this is such a lame question I know, but what exactly is a desert eagle?

Edit- nevermind, thanks google... On another note, i would love to know why my dad even has a "hand cannon" in the first place...

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bloodrain

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this is such a lame question I know, but what exactly is a desert eagle?

Edit- nevermind, thanks google... On another note, i would love to know why my dad even has a "hand cannon" in the first place...

look at the 2nd pic on the 1st page, thats a 50. cal desert eagle, i'll do a compairison later so you can see how big it really is. Its not really a handgun, its more of a personal cannon, lol. But ya Myn, you did do pretty decent for still being 'new' to shooting. Whats fun to do is setup a target at about 25 ft. away, and make little red dots in certain places on the body to see if you can hit em. I like close range targets better than long range, simply because handguns arent made to be long range weapons.

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saleeka

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look at the 2nd pic on the 1st page, thats a 50. cal desert eagle, i'll do a compairison later so you can see how big it really is. Its not really a handgun, its more of a personal cannon, lol.

Yeah, I vaguly remember how big it was from when my dad had it out of the gun safe when I was a kid. What did stick out in my memory was how heavy it was...

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Mynzeyes

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Yeah, the desert eagle is quite a bastard. i've never seen one in person, but, they are intimidating enough in pictures. i never realized they were different cal's though, i thought it was just 50cal. anyway, i'd love to get my hands on one some day, just to shoot. how long is the barrel on that thing blood, and what does the clip hold?

oh, and blood, this is at 50', just because the range literally 2mins from my work is that length. it's indoors, so they kind of want you to put it against the wall, or near the wall, so that the round goes into the collectors, etc. so, until i head to the country to my granddad's land, i'll be working semi-long range.

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Consynx

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the heavier the gun the less kickback
unless the bullets coming out are getting heavier at a greater rate