Comments on: PICKING YOUR GUN http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2008/05/31/picking-your-gun/ Massad Ayoob on Firearms, Self-defense, and the 2nd Amendment Wed, 23 May 2012 02:23:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mas http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2008/05/31/picking-your-gun/comment-page-1/#comment-1430 Mas Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:51:51 +0000 http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=41#comment-1430 Reg, the short answer is, go with the P345. FWIW, I own 2 or 3 P90s, a P97, and two P345s. I carry a P345 frequently and voluntarily. The P90s and the P97 live in the gun safe. The P345 is more ergonomic than either and more accurate than the P97. best, Mas Reg, the short answer is, go with the P345.

FWIW, I own 2 or 3 P90s, a P97, and two P345s. I carry a P345 frequently and voluntarily. The P90s and the P97 live in the gun safe. The P345 is more ergonomic than either and more accurate than the P97.

best,
Mas

]]> By: Reg Smith http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2008/05/31/picking-your-gun/comment-page-1/#comment-1429 Reg Smith Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:36:07 +0000 http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=41#comment-1429 Between the P90, P97, and P345 which is the more reliable gun. My son wants to buy a .45 but doesn't know what to buy. I have a CZ 97b and prefer it to any other Semi-Auto other than a P9 Springfield I used to have. I don't know what to tell him. Between the P90, P97, and P345 which is the more reliable gun. My son wants to buy a .45 but doesn’t know what to buy. I have a CZ 97b and prefer it to any other Semi-Auto other than a P9 Springfield I used to have. I don’t know what to tell him.

]]> By: Norm in AK http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2008/05/31/picking-your-gun/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Norm in AK Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:30:43 +0000 http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=41#comment-132 Mas: I remember well a very similar episode a few years ago at the final qualification shoot at the end of LFI-II that I took with you a few years back in Richmond, VA. I don't remember the final scores, but I do recall that I finished second (by one point) to a police firearms training officer from the Petersburg, VA PD, and the two of us were a bit ahead of the other shooters in the class. At the final debriefing, you made a point of having the the two of us come to the front of the class and show our weapons to the class. You said, "I see a bunch of $2000 Thunder Ranch Specials and lots of expensive European pistols, but you guys should take note that the first and second place shooters were shooting totally stock, $500 S&W 3rd Generation autos. [a 4006 and a 5906, respectively] It's the shooter, gentlemen, not the gun, that makes the difference." It will be a long time before I forget your evil chuckle and the glint in your eye as you said this, and the despondent looks of the other shooters in the group. Stay Safe! Norm in AK Mas:

I remember well a very similar episode a few years ago at the final qualification shoot at the end of LFI-II that I took with you a few years back in Richmond, VA.

I don’t remember the final scores, but I do recall that I finished second (by one point) to a police firearms training officer from the Petersburg, VA PD, and the two of us were a bit ahead of the other shooters in the class. At the final debriefing, you made a point of having the the two of us come to the front of the class and show our weapons to the class.

You said, “I see a bunch of $2000 Thunder Ranch Specials and lots of expensive European pistols, but you guys should take note that the first and second place shooters were shooting totally stock, $500 S&W 3rd Generation autos. [a 4006 and a 5906, respectively] It’s the shooter, gentlemen, not the gun, that makes the difference.”

It will be a long time before I forget your evil chuckle and the glint in your eye as you said this, and the despondent looks of the other shooters in the group.

Stay Safe!
Norm in AK

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