Animal8526
12-19-2009, 01:33
First, I want to apologize if this has been covered before. My search was fruitless... Though, the engine tossed out "M9" as being too short, so I couldn't pull up any specific results for "suppressed M9", but I digress.
Anyways, the last few trips to the range with my wife have been more productive than previous times out, and we've come to some conclusions...
A.) Getting her some shooting gloves is in order.
B.) Her (rather bad) habit of anticipating recoil has less to do with physical recoil, and more to do with muzzle blast/retort. Enough time at the range and I could get her past it, but she won't put in the trigger time needed unless she's enjoying herself, which brings us to the purpose of this thread.
She made the comment that the noise bothers her even more than the recoil, and asked "can we get the Beretta a silencer or something?". Like I need more of a reason to pick up a can. Since we've already determined that the 92 is her favorite handgun to shoot (out of what I own), I'd like to pick up a can for it, but I want some more input before I pop on one. I figured if any place has a user group with experience using suppressed 92's, this might be it.
First, it appears that there is enough of the barrel protruding from the end of the slide that I should be able to have my machinist gunsmith buddy thread the stock barrel without a problem. From my brief look on google this appears to be a common solution. Does this jive with whatever experience members here have?
Second, I'm looking to pick up a .45 suppressor so that I can use it with all my handguns, from that caliber down. I know that on paper I'm loosing efficiency suppressing a smaller bore round out of a larger bore can, but I simply don't have the means to buy separate cans for each caliber. My machinist buddy has plenty of experience shooting with suppressed weapons, and assures me this won't be a problem, but he's never shot a 92 suppressed so I want to cover my bases.
One issue I foresee is that with a larger caliber can I'll be further obscuring the target within the sight picture, which may not be ideal when the purpose of the can is to get my wife out to the range more often to work on her shooting skills. I'm not sure what to do about this, but I may add a burris speed dot or something of that nature in place of the sights.
What can (.45) would members suggest? value is my first concern, as my budget is not huge. But, I don't want to skimp either.
I'm eager to hear any opinions or advice regarding this particular weapon. And thanks in advance.
Tim
Anyways, the last few trips to the range with my wife have been more productive than previous times out, and we've come to some conclusions...
A.) Getting her some shooting gloves is in order.
B.) Her (rather bad) habit of anticipating recoil has less to do with physical recoil, and more to do with muzzle blast/retort. Enough time at the range and I could get her past it, but she won't put in the trigger time needed unless she's enjoying herself, which brings us to the purpose of this thread.
She made the comment that the noise bothers her even more than the recoil, and asked "can we get the Beretta a silencer or something?". Like I need more of a reason to pick up a can. Since we've already determined that the 92 is her favorite handgun to shoot (out of what I own), I'd like to pick up a can for it, but I want some more input before I pop on one. I figured if any place has a user group with experience using suppressed 92's, this might be it.
First, it appears that there is enough of the barrel protruding from the end of the slide that I should be able to have my machinist gunsmith buddy thread the stock barrel without a problem. From my brief look on google this appears to be a common solution. Does this jive with whatever experience members here have?
Second, I'm looking to pick up a .45 suppressor so that I can use it with all my handguns, from that caliber down. I know that on paper I'm loosing efficiency suppressing a smaller bore round out of a larger bore can, but I simply don't have the means to buy separate cans for each caliber. My machinist buddy has plenty of experience shooting with suppressed weapons, and assures me this won't be a problem, but he's never shot a 92 suppressed so I want to cover my bases.
One issue I foresee is that with a larger caliber can I'll be further obscuring the target within the sight picture, which may not be ideal when the purpose of the can is to get my wife out to the range more often to work on her shooting skills. I'm not sure what to do about this, but I may add a burris speed dot or something of that nature in place of the sights.
What can (.45) would members suggest? value is my first concern, as my budget is not huge. But, I don't want to skimp either.
I'm eager to hear any opinions or advice regarding this particular weapon. And thanks in advance.
Tim