First Time Handgun Buyer. Need Something Inexpensive

[JayAlon]

Hello all,

I am looking into purchasing my first pistol for consealed carry.

I want to keep it quite small and compact.

Maybe something in .380 or 9mm.

I have completed several combat pistol courses up at Corning Community College in New York. I know my way around hand guns, but I have never had a chance to shoot anything other than a Full body 1911 in .45acp and a .38 revolver.

I want a semi-auto to begin with, and it needs to be as inexpensive as possible, as I have recently bankrupted myself with my new "Precision Rifle"

[ironhorse]

bersa thunder 380....................

[biggs88]

Used Glock 26 or 19. . . .

[Roland of Gilead]

Second the Bersa; the 9mm UltraCompact (or Pro) is a well kept secret.

Look here: http://www.bersatalk.com/forum/index.php

Reliable, affordable, and a lifetime warranty.

[jahwarrior72]

Keltec. either the PF9, P11 (both 9mm), or P3AT (.380ACP). all are well under $300, and are good working guns, and very concealable. i've had the PF9 and P3AT.

the Bersa is another good choice, or so i hear; i've never shot one, but they're popular for a reason.

[Park]

I agree with the Bersa 9mm uc. I love mine. In the classifieds, there is a Mini Firestorm 40 cal selling for $250 which is the same thing as the Bersa 9, just in a 40 cal. Bersa and Firestorm is kinda like Chrysler and Plymouth. I had one just like it, but sold it to get the larger high capacity 40 cal Bersa. The Bersa 380 is a great gun, but the ammo has been a little tough to get, especially the hollow points and it is expensive compared to either the 9mm or the 40.

[Wiley-X]

I have completed several combat pistol courses up at Corning Community College in New York.

Wow! A shooting classs at a college. I like it even if it is in New York.

[Kaos]

Keltec. either the PF9, P11 (both 9mm), or P3AT (.380ACP). all are well under $300, and are good working guns, and very concealable. i've had the PF9 and P3AT.

WHY YOU BEAT ME TO RECOMMEND?

[mrnyman]

Wow! A shooting classs at a college. I like it even if it is in New York.

5 minutes north of the George Washington Bridge and you wouldnt believe you're in New York, ' New York city and Rochester are the 2 pieces of shit in New .York

To answer the op ? i second the Bersa, awesome gun, accurate and reliable.

[Mpurcell]

I got my wife a TAURUS PT24/7 PRO C DS in .40 s&w 15+1 cap. it was $450
shoots great on target ,and good stoping power to.