375supermag
01-15-2015, 08:33 PM
Hi...
My son just turned 21 years old on Sunday.
He was given his choice of firearms as a birthday gift and spent a good many months trying to make up his mind.
He already owns a half-dozen or so rifles and shotguns, several of which he bought for himself.
He finally decided on a handgun and chose a Beretta M9A1 in 9mm. I bought it last week and gifted it to him Sunday.
We took it over to the gun club along with a few other handguns to shoot it for a function check and to break it in.
It performed flawlessly with a couple different types of factory jacketed loads and a handful of jacketed hollowpoints.
All in all, he ran about 200 rounds through it and at 7 yards was able to keep all his shots in the 8-ring. He had ordered a rail-mount light with a green laser sight and while it was not completely sighted in, by the end of our little shooting session he was hitting a 6-8" gong at 25yds with something approaching regular monotony.
The fixed sights are kind of small and non-adjustable, so the laser was a real asset in hitting what we aimed at.
Other than the 1911-pattern autoloaders, I am pretty much a revolver kinda guy, but I have to admit this Beretta is a pretty nice handgun and is easy to shoot well. My son believes it fits his hand very well...better than other autoloaders and he has tried quite a few Sigs, Glocks, etc.
My son just turned 21 years old on Sunday.
He was given his choice of firearms as a birthday gift and spent a good many months trying to make up his mind.
He already owns a half-dozen or so rifles and shotguns, several of which he bought for himself.
He finally decided on a handgun and chose a Beretta M9A1 in 9mm. I bought it last week and gifted it to him Sunday.
We took it over to the gun club along with a few other handguns to shoot it for a function check and to break it in.
It performed flawlessly with a couple different types of factory jacketed loads and a handful of jacketed hollowpoints.
All in all, he ran about 200 rounds through it and at 7 yards was able to keep all his shots in the 8-ring. He had ordered a rail-mount light with a green laser sight and while it was not completely sighted in, by the end of our little shooting session he was hitting a 6-8" gong at 25yds with something approaching regular monotony.
The fixed sights are kind of small and non-adjustable, so the laser was a real asset in hitting what we aimed at.
Other than the 1911-pattern autoloaders, I am pretty much a revolver kinda guy, but I have to admit this Beretta is a pretty nice handgun and is easy to shoot well. My son believes it fits his hand very well...better than other autoloaders and he has tried quite a few Sigs, Glocks, etc.