Over the weekend we went tactical shooting testing out new handguns we bought. I fired over a 1,000 rounds!!!
I tried the Taurus 856 out with some tactical shooting drills… I hate it. The recoil isn’t too bad shooting two handed, but I really noticed it shooting one handed especially shooting with my off-hand. Six rounds isn’t enough and it’s not as smooth or fast as my semi autos. So I gave it to my little sister and I’m now the proud owner of a H&K P2000 SK. I tried and liked the Sig Sauer Pro 2022 but the P2000 SK is such a sexy gun, it feels better in the hand, performs as well as the SP 2022 and is a better concealed carry option. It’s 9×21 IMI like my other two defensive firearms, the Beretta Px4 storm and Beretta Px4 storm subcompact.
Amica replaced her Glock 17 with a Bersa Thunder 9, which is a very accurate firearm and she kept her Glock 26, and got the Taurus PT 709 Slim, which really is slim. It also very accurate for such a small gun. You can easily wear it inside your skirt.
Rob already recently bought the Caracal C Quick Sight, and he’s not ready to replace that yet although I don’t like it. But he bought the H&K P30, as a carry weapon, which I love. Neither of us have owned H&K before, but they’re worth the money, unlike SIGs, which I feel are overpriced. Rob chose the incredibly reasonably priced Tanfoglio Force 10 Carry as his third defensive weapon. It’s a 10 mm AUTO, which is usually a target calibre but Tanfoglio seem to offer all their defensive guns in that calibre as well as the standard calibres. The Force Carry 10 might be known by a different name in America, but it’s a great polymer concealed carry gun, the Force series are based on the ČZUB CZ 75 frame.
We’re also all allowed to register 6 sporting firearms each. I’ve got a Beretta 87 Target .22LR, a Tanfoglio Combat Sport 1o in 10mm Auto, and Taurus PT 1911 in .45 ACP. Amica has a Tanfoglio Force 99 Sport and Taurus PT 24/7 in 9×21 IMI, and Rob has an Astra Daytona and Tanfoglio Witness 1911 Custom in .45ACP, and Beretta Stampede Deluxe .357 Mag revolver. We also got 6 shotguns in the house the Benelli M4 Super 90, Beretta Tx4 storm and Franchi SPAS-15 for defence and tactical shooting, and the Benelli M2 Comfortech Camo, Beretta Xtrema2 AP and Beretta AL 391 Urika 2 Camo MAX4 for hunting.
Some people might think we have to many firearms, but I’d rather have too many firearms than not enough because what good is a right of self-defence if you don’t have the means to defend yourself?
I have nothing seriously important to add other than, bang…BANG! BANG! BANG!
I look forward to the video of this horrid display of freedom!
I would love to have 3 firearms but why do you have sport pistols?
@ heather
Sports pistols are generally bigger and built for putting more rounds through in the course of their lifetime. We keep most the sports pistols locked up in the safe. If you want to shoot a semi auto, I would recommend getting a sports pistol in a calibre you can afford to shoot a lot of rounds in like a .22 and progress to 9mm and .45 ACP. The 1911 is a good frame, which is why I’ve got two and Stefi’s got one in our sports guns. Amica has the .22 Sig Mosquito which is a good training pistol and a 9×21 Taurus 24/7, which is a tactical firearm.
Great collection. Look forward to the reviews. My handguns are the SIG P239 DAK and Hardballer Longslide and the Polymer Jericho. Does Rob have any experience with any of those?
The Tanfoglio Force 10 sounds like the Bren Ten but that was a piece of crap. I like the idea of the 10 mm round.
@ Ian
I haven’t fired any of them but the Jericho 941 is a clone of the Tanfoglio Combat/standard (Steel) and Force (Polymer) and initially was made by Tanfoglio. Most of the Force series have interchange calibers, all I’ve got to do is switch the working parts (barrel,slide and spring) and swap the magazine and my Force Carry can be 9x19mm, 9x21mm, .38 Super Auto, .40 S&W, 10mm Auto, or 45 ACP. If you look it up on wiki it will tell you it can also switch to .22 LR but that’s bollocks. The Force 22 Pocket and Force Sport 22L are single calibre weapons. Whereas your Jericho 941 polymer isn’t interchangeable, it comes in 9x19mm, 9x21mm, and .40 S&W. If you like the Jericho 941, you’ll love the Tanfoglio Force Carry, whatever calibre you want it in.
@ Ian
The Bren Ten was a badly made more powerful clone of the CZUB CZ 75/CZ 85, the Tanfoglio Combat/standard and Force (Polymer) are also Cz 75/ /CZ 85 clones or the frame is in anyway but they’re a lot better made than the Bren Ten. I own a CZUB CZ 75 Compact in 9×21 but I can’t keep it at the house, I prefer the Tanfoglio Force Carry.
I’ll have to get me a Tanfoglio Force. You know a lot about guns and knives. Do you get good deals from your local gun store?
I taught him everything he knows
My Hardballer longslide is a 1911.
Wow, y’all change guns faster than I change shoes. Nothing wrong with HK, give the old PSP or P7 a shot. Even the P9 is a gun worth owning in .45.
I don’t think a safer gun has ever been built than the P7. Too bad it didn’t catch on and other makers didn’t copy it. It’d be interesting to see what would have come out of their R&D.
Too bad about the Taurus. And I thought Stefi was going to make a revolver girl. I guess Amica has it now?
@ El Fish
Rob rotates firearms because he owns a lot more than we keep at the house and he needs to use lots of different firearms and knives for work but we also get great deals on firearms through my uncle. Quite a few are freebies. It was great fun because we literally could take what we wanted. I still love the Px4 storm Sub but I’m really liking the H&K P2000 SK too. I might try Rob’s Beretta Stampede Deluxe but I won’t be using a revolver as a defensive weapon again. Amica’s not interested in revolvers either but my little Debra likes it and can shoot better with it than she can a semi auto.
@ Stefi. Do the Italian authorities bother to check that got rid of your old guns before they let you buy new ones?
@ jen
No they don’t, and Rob owns more but we don’t more than our limit at home. We also have plenty of friends and neighbours that we can register guns with and my uncle can store them. The reason we don’t own many shotguns is that my uncle has a large collection and so does Amica’s Dad. We can borrow what we want.
@ Stefi
You get free guns? You’re officially the perfect woman.
@ Ian
So I’m only the perfect woman because I can get free guns, not because I’m a hot?
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I liked all the post and the heat you Ladies bring but I puked in my mouth a little when I read Amica went from a Glock to a Bersa. That is going from the best to the worst.