mundaire";p="38789 wrote:Sweet! Congratulations Naren, albeit laced with a good dose of jealousy!
Since you have no calibre restrictions to deal with, any particular reason for choosing 9mm? Just curious to hear what went into the decision making process...
Cheers!
Abhijeet
Thank you Abhijeet. My father lives in India and is a firearms owner and enthusiast like all of us, and I thank/credit him for introducing me to shooting sports when I was a little boy.
Everytime he visits (which is quite often - about every 3 months or so), we go shooting. The only pistol I had until I got this was the Sig P220 which is a full sized 45. It is fun to shoot but .45 ACP is a heavy round with a decent amount of recoil, and you probably know that better than I do
. Nothing he can't handle, but it isn't a lot of fun (atleast for him) after about 50 rounds or so, and he had always wanted me to get a pistol in 9mm. That was the primary reason.
I have also always wanted to get a 9 at some point, the 9 isn't as big as the 45 but still has more punch than the 380, and has a good (I won't say outstanding) track record in self-defense and law-enforcement situations. It is also cheaper and more fun to shoot.
Once the caliber was decided, the next choice to make was the brand/make/type of gun.
9mm being a fairly common caliber, there are a lot of choices when looking for pistols. I wanted something that was compact, reliable, and accurate. The club that I belong to is an FFL (licensed to sell weapons) and they do transfers all the time and I decided to take their advice. I was told that Glock, Sig, Kimber, Para-Ordinance, Springfield Armory met my requirements.
I already have a Sig, and wanted something different, just so I could have some variety (can you tell i'm 25? heh).
I looked at the Glock 26 (Sub compact 9mm), it was a 9, compact, accurate, and reliable and I was almost certain I would get that when I remembered reading about compact 1911 style 9s and started looking into those.
Kimber, Para, and Springfield made these.
I got price checks on the Para Hawg series, the Springfield EMP, and the Kimber Ultra Aegis II. The EMP and the Kimber were very close, Para was a little less money, but the other two had better reviews, so it came down to the Kimber and the SA EMP.
The Kimber was was a Custom Shop gun, had rounded edges for carry, looked nicer I thought, and well, was a Kimber. The only concern was the bobbed hammer, but you can always get the custom shop to put a regular hammer on it, although I think I will be staying with the bobbed hammer.
I also gave some thought to selling my Sig P220 for a Sig P239 (in 9) and getting a Kimber 1911 Super America, but I love my P220 way too much to do that, and figured I could always get a 'real' 1911 later on in life.
So the Kimber 9 it was.
.anyway,u got a perfect one 
