Beretta 92FS Semi-auto 9-mm Pistol

Beretta 92FS 9-mm Semi-automatic Pistol

I have a special place in my heart for this pistol, since I bought it several years ago from a guy who went to cop-school but decided he didn't want to be in law enforcement after all.  He sold it to me with 2 extra clips and 450 rounds of ammunition for like 300-bucks and the only shooting it ever did was on the range at cop-school!  In addition I bought it from him within the city limits of Madison, WI at a time when pistols were illegal to possess within the city limits and, of course, I never had to register it--I gave him the money and he gave me the gun, the case, the clips, and the ammo.  It was wonderful.  To top it all off, the referral to the sale came from the county sheriff of my county of residence at the time.  Now that's our 2nd amendment at work!!

I have shot it some, but took it to the indoor range with a couple teammates after trap shooting, and shot half a box up.  I tend to shoot a little low with this gun for some reason, but it improved after I changed my sight picture some and concentrated on less flinching.  I love the gun and I love the history of it, so the liberals will never get it from me.  ha ha. 

Sig Special 9 mm Pistol

My little wintertime trip north continued with a bit of indoor range firing of my friend's Sig Sauer Special 9mm semi-automatic.  We are in a period of time where there is a confluence of problems for pistol shooters. Some anti-gun legislators have been emboldened lately and frankly there has been a fear of renewed gun-control measures ever since the current president took office, accompanied by record gun and ammunition sales ever since 2008. Now in his second term and never to face voters again, he is bolder and giving the force of the bully pulpit to the anti-gun elements in congress. The news media, of course, are carrying water for all of them. So you can't hardly find a 9mm semi-automatic; they are immediately snapped up.  There is a fear that ammunition will be taxed or imprinted, causing it to become unavailable. In addition the federal government has apparently placed a billion dollar order on 9mm parabellum and other size bullets and I have been told that the manufacturers must give 75% of their output to this order.  All these things together and you cannot find a box of 9mm ammunition on the shelves anywhere. But I did.  And I have a lot more in my gun safe at home, so we shot some of it.
I will say first that Remington 9mm bullets are LOUD!  The others at the indoor range thought so as well.  We played around, making sure we could each hit the target at 25-yards before cranking it down to the 50-yd mark, right in front of the deflector.  I have thin wrists and that gun felt like it wanted to leap right out of my hands!  It was so much fun!  We were able to hit the target.  This gun has a long trigger pull. You have to take up a whole bunch and then get into your zen squeeze.  When it goes off, it wants to drive your styrofoam ear plugs right into your brain, and a fireball covers up the line of sight for an instant. 
I think that I am going to have to do some wrist-roller exercises; winding up a free weight on a thin rope, or something like that to strengthen up some when I get back up north for the summer and get my 9 mm out of the safe.  What a good time, though, and what a nice gun.