How to Buy Your First Handgun- A Series of Articles For Your Safety Part Two

How to Buy Your First Handgun- A Series of Articles For Your Safety Part Two

If you read my first article then we can save the time and space of my credentials. If not then go read "How to Buy Your First Handgun Part One." A small disclaimer here for you is one thing I am not is an attorney. Anything I am suggesting or giving my opinion about how to purchase your first handgun is just that, my opinion based on years of experience of practical use and not to be construed as legal advise.

We will continue now with the consideration of how often your going to be practicing with your first handgun. And for the purposes of this article we are going to stay focused on your desire to have a handgun for self defense from this point forward, although recreational shooting is thoroughly enjoyed by millions of people everyday.

If you have never owned a handgun I would suggest your first purchase be a small to mid sized frame revolver. I give choice of two sizes because on this subject "One size fits all" does NOT apply. People have different hand sizes. Their body sizes and frames are shaped differently. There are also things to consider differently for men and women when it comes to holstering systems. Revolvers are simple in nature and generally have 5 to 6 round cylinders that hold the ammunition. They have internal safeties that have been industry standards for decades thus doing away with the need for you to learn to "turn on or turn off" the safety before firing the handgun. With a revolver you are not concerned with the potential jamming of a semi-automatic handgun. This is where you really need to be practicing a lot versus just having a revolver. You would also have the consideration of semi- automatics and their magazine. A magazine, or clip incorrectly stated by some people, is what holds the ammunition in semi-automatics. There are a whole set of other practices that are needed for you to become effective in self defense in this area alone.

Revolvers are in most cases the way to go for beginners. It's quite simple. There is a simple push button located on the left side of the frame that opens the cylinder and exposes the 5 or 6 round of ammunition. Loading and unloading is quite simple. Holding the revolver in your left hand with your right hand on the grip, use your right thumb to push forward the cylinder release and push the cylinder through the frame to the left with your left hand index and middle fingers. It's then a simple matter of holding the revolver in your left hand while loading the 5 or 6 cartridges into the cylinder with your right hand. Then push the cylinder shut with your left hand and your good to go. The process is basically the same for unloading. However, in this instance you would, at the point of the cylinder being open hold the revolver upright with barrel pointing upwards and then push down on the ejector rod located at the front of the cylinder. This will force either the empty cartridges (brass) or unfired cartridges to come out of the cylinder. Semi-Automatics entail a lot more to deal with such as making sure the ammunition is loaded properly into the magazine. Is the magazine inserted correctly into the magazine well of the handle of the pistol. You have to pull back on the slide at the top of the pistol to strip off the first round of ammunition to so as to be inserted into the chamber. You also have to consider did the slide seat correctly even just on your initial loading of the pistol. When firring the pistol you have to be skillful in clearing partial ejections of spent cartridges and being able to re-engage your target in a timely manner and the list goes on and on and on. So as you can see pistols are much more detailed in use. They are a great second handgun purchase once you are competent with your revolver and can use it effectively to hit what your aiming at in ANY situation.

In part three of How to Buy Your First Handgun we will look deeper into the third most important factors as well as the other factors to consider before you purchase your first handgun.

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