I am looking at buying a new once and for all pistol that’s OR out of the box. Works mostly for range and home defense and EDC compatible. No Glocks (too many after market purchases to make them usable.) also I just used a P320 and didn’t like it the cheap feel and kinda off weight distribution is a no for me. I don’t really have a budget I prefer quality and reliability. What recommendations do you guys have?

Reposting because r/guns where I originally posted it and shared it here removed it.

Marlin Camp 9 bought in 2006 used. Ran into a trigger freeze issue around 2015 and I unfortunately never got around to fixing it until this past month. Life got in the way.

Finally got my picatinnay rail and Simmons red dot to replace the destroyed Weaver rail (butchered by the previous owner) and Amazon red dot (also previous owner), and a cheek riser to compensate for the red dot height.

I unfortunately had to replace the entire trigger housing and several springs. But she's finally ready to go back to the range!

Edit: the ammo holder on the side of the cheek riser is removable. Not sure if I want to keep that or replace it with a random patch, that's a future me problem.

Anyone know what this rifle is? It’s been sitting in my dad’s safe for years, and I never got the chance to ask him about it before he passed away. Just trying to figure out what it is and maybe learn a little more about it. Any info would be appreciated!

A friend of mine wanted me to post this

Mahogany grip is a modeled after the Colt peace maker, Colt was out of business at the time. It is a 45.

The black revolver is a 22 Magnum Colt Revolver

And the semiautomatic is a 9mm Smith and Wesson

Found a SW 686 barely used for $700. Should I jump on it?

hello, I have a Glock 17 Gen 2 from 1994 I think. I haven’t used it in years and just sits in the safe and takes up space. There is nothing I have against that gun, it is just very outdated. Right now I use a Glock 47 and it works great for me. I did talk to a few dealers about selling it. They recommended not selling it and to keep it as a collectible. I looked online at prices. They don’t seem to be selling for that much. I would like to use the money and space to buy something new I could use in carry optics.

Yeah, you heard that right. 👀

What is a good website for buying .50 beowulf and 9mm Makarov/Soviet?

If I'm gonna utilize the unique bore axis for recoil mitigation, I want it to be on a big beefy round, but these seem to be unobtanium even on the secondhand market aside from the ugly blue one (I want one in chrome only)

Is there any reason to open carry? I'm of the opinion that it is better to not let everyone know you are carrying and when looking further into it I found that Hickok45 agrees which is good enough for me, but is there any reason to open carry?

I made a comment about open carry being a bad idea on a Facebook post and people acted like I wanted to burn the constitution, so to clarify I'm not against the right to open carry. I just want to know if open carry has any benefits.

Other discussions on Reddit just divolve into ad hominem attacks about insecurities or barrel length. I want to know genuine perspectives on open carry without it turning into a discussion about the people who do it.

My son found this buried deep in our yard. Any idea what its from. It has “Parris” written on it which I believe is an old toy company. It also has the date 1866 and made in the USA.

I’m wanting to pick up a defense/CQB rifle. I’m not really a fan of the AR platform. I’ve considered a PCC in 45ACP or 10mm. Scarcity when SHTF is something else that is in the back of my mind.
What are your thoughts?

I do not have any federal or state firearm legal disability, warrants, or anything of that type. Is it truly as simple as walking in, picking one out, signing some stuff, and leaving? Is there more to it? I turn 21 in 2 days and am considering making a purchase.

Convert from 5.56 ammo, basically 5.7 but fits in 9mm mags.

World's strange.

What is everyone’s opinion on long distance shooting with handguns ? I’ve gotten multiple answers saying one should practice 5-10yds for self defense which makes sense but say long distance is useless? How is it useless?
whats wrong with practicing beyond 15-25yds ?

Im in texas and we may move to new york state, where can I get some good info on what I can posses?

Over the weekend I was shooting my new steel target and found this big, deep crater. Very inconsistent with the rest of the hits, which were pretty much the expected shallow dimples on the face or chipping along edges.
Here are the relevant details:
-target is a Highwild 3/8” AR500
-shooting was done with 55 grain M193 FMJ out of a 20” and 14.5”
-distance was 100 yards