Congrats! Glad it all worked out in the end

Hopefully i will be able to get out to the range by the end of the week. Thinking maybe friday midday/afternoon at the bullet hole. I've never fired a handgun before so it should be interesting. Been reading up on safety protocol, and watching some vids on how to shoot, should be interesting, im a quick learner.

.... You've never shot handgun before? Wow. You can talk to the Range Officer at BH and ask him to give you some tips.

sweet! have fun... it was one of the first handguns i've shot(though, i haven't shot many) but it stands out as one of my favorites...

 

definitely post back after your first time out with it

and record yourself shooting if you can!

u can learn a lot and get great feedback off it

Jack - you may want to consider an NRA First Steps Pistol course. It's a great low key introductory course that covers all the basics and includes a live fire session. I took the class with my wife when I first got my FID and it was money well spent.

 

I forget where in North NJ you are, but I took the class with Gun For Hire in Belleville (across the street from BulletHole). Anthony is a good guy and will get you squared away in no time.

 

ETA: Forgot to mention - he's a member here and has a section in the vendor part of the forum:

http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php?/forum/82-gun-for-hire/

Range report. Me and a friend went to go test out the beretta today, were both noobs, but damn did we have fun! All i can say is this gun is very user friendly, we both shot 50 rounds through it each and not a single issue. Apparently we're both naturals cause at 10yrds we were hitting the target with an 8" spread, given a few strays here and there, but were getting the hang of it. I brought him with me to try out my pistol to see if he liked it, he's still waiting for his PD to give him his permits and ID card, and he really enjoyed the beretta.

For giggles we set up the target at about 20yrds to see how good we could shoot, i was aiming for the head on the target, and got about a 4" spread on the neck, so i need to take bullet drop into consideration, but it seems i have good center aim, seems like our aim was just getting better and better the more rounds we put down range.

Now the only problem that persists is the itch to go back, and i can already feel my pockets getting lighter.

Congrats. Heck yes it's addictive.

Hey guys,

Just signed up because of this very same question, I've been having issues with shooting 40 cal, and I want to start stepping away from 9mm. So ive been doing a ton of investigating, and found the 96a1 steel gun. I've shot a few Berettas and loved the feel , the way the gun recoiled, but again that was the 9mm cal. so I'm wondering how does the 96a1 recoil, and how is the target acquisition after firing the weapon? I hate the snappiness of the 40 cal in the lighter guns, my hopes are that a heavier gun will counter the affects of the "snap" of the 40 cal.

A heavier gun will help to a point, but .40's are a snappy round, however if you have ever shot steel and used minor load you can make the 40 feel like a 9mm, I know my CZ 75 TS does.