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A couple weeks ago I was hangin out at Sportmans Warehouse in Carson City. I had just quit my job in preparation of my long awaited move to CdA & was in a happy place with a couple of paychecks in my pocket.
I was kinda in the market for an AR15 9mm pistol so I was at the gun counter. Started chatting with the guy, and told him what I was after. They didn't have any (no surprise). One thing leads to another and somehow we got to talking pistols.
Next thing I know, he's handing me the new HELLCAT.
My everyday carry is a KIMBER MICRO 9 w/OEM Laser grips. I have the updated 8 rnd mag. I've had this gun a few yrs now (the GF has the same gun) and she and I (the gun) get along. She's a bit snappy, but not bad. My biggest complaint is the feel of a compact single stack - feels like I'm holding a 1 x 2.
I didn't like the SIG P365 - too small and just didn't feel right in my hand.
But this !!! It felt great from the get go. Not too small and hard to believe that its a double stack 9mm. He had the 13 rnd mag in her and it fit just right.
And the sights are right up my alley. Nice big night site on the front and a white U shape in the rear. They just fell to my eyes.
So I try the trigger. Short travel, hits a wall and breaks like glass. And just the right amount of pull for a carry piece.
Its about now that I'm getting excited and I start thinking : "Hell! I'm gonna buy a new pistol today!"
Now I'd seen some of the mag articles, but honest never really looked at them much cuz I wasn't in the market.
I'm thinking to myself "dude, slow down. Check some prices."
I whip out the phone and find that their price is about $50 more than Gun Broker. . .
Hmm.
2 hrs later and I'm running the 1st 100 rnds through her.
I was kinda in the market for an AR15 9mm pistol so I was at the gun counter. Started chatting with the guy, and told him what I was after. They didn't have any (no surprise). One thing leads to another and somehow we got to talking pistols.
Next thing I know, he's handing me the new HELLCAT.
My everyday carry is a KIMBER MICRO 9 w/OEM Laser grips. I have the updated 8 rnd mag. I've had this gun a few yrs now (the GF has the same gun) and she and I (the gun) get along. She's a bit snappy, but not bad. My biggest complaint is the feel of a compact single stack - feels like I'm holding a 1 x 2.
I didn't like the SIG P365 - too small and just didn't feel right in my hand.
But this !!! It felt great from the get go. Not too small and hard to believe that its a double stack 9mm. He had the 13 rnd mag in her and it fit just right.
And the sights are right up my alley. Nice big night site on the front and a white U shape in the rear. They just fell to my eyes.
So I try the trigger. Short travel, hits a wall and breaks like glass. And just the right amount of pull for a carry piece.
Its about now that I'm getting excited and I start thinking : "Hell! I'm gonna buy a new pistol today!"
Now I'd seen some of the mag articles, but honest never really looked at them much cuz I wasn't in the market.
I'm thinking to myself "dude, slow down. Check some prices."
I whip out the phone and find that their price is about $50 more than Gun Broker. . .
Hmm.
2 hrs later and I'm running the 1st 100 rnds through her.
