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a revolver is often easier for a novice to learn on- and a lot of good revolvers can be had used in good condition on the cheap- look for colt, smith and wesson, and ruger- a lot of old police revolvers hit the market not too long ago, and they mostly lived in holsters and were shot when qualifying a few times a year- so other than carry wear they are mostly ok- Read up on how to evaluate the condition of a firearm before you buy anything, especially used..... if you live in california, you have some of the harshest and frankly stupidist gun laws in the country, and will find a lot of cheaper rifles unavailable to you as they are "evil" - also you have a 10 round limit on magazines- which eliminates a lot of the advantage of higher capacity pistols-
remember when buying that you bought it to shoot it, cause shooting is fun and practice is the only thing that will save your life if you ever have to defend yourself with a firearm- and remember that some ammo is not cheap- for example, .380, though smaller than 9mm, is often much more expensive- be sure to buy something that you can afford to shoot, and that is enjoyable to fire a lot- an airweight snubnose pistol is great, to carry, but a bitch to fire 50 rounds at a stretch through (no weight = more recoil)- some people will tend to dislike one calibur or another for any number of reasons- As to the above suggestion on the .357, it will also safely use cheaper and less recoil heavy .38 special rounds, which allows for more practice and overall better mastery of the weapon...... also +1 to all the go to the range suggestions...... shoot whatever before you buy it, as there is a lot out there.....
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