Ok I have my LTCH, a nice galco holster and an awesome sig p226 40. I carry this whenever I'm not going to work(work in IL). Now my confession is, (this is going to sound strange) I've never shot this gun, nor have I ever shot a pistol before
. I have only shot and carried revolvers up until now. My problem was I had to sell my revolvers and other things a while back when times were tuff and I had to pay the electric or put gas in my car.
I am all caught up and when I bought the new gun and holster I had every intention of going to a range and firing off a few rounds, never made it to a range. As a matter of fact I never even been to a range, except a few years back and that was just to go skeet shooting. Most of my handgun experience has been growing up on realatives land, and a buddies got 15 acres up in michigan, but with my work schedule its impossible to get to my buddies cause we both have different schedules.
So my dilema is I need to get to a decent range, and get some practice handling and firing this sig. I do not like the idea of carrying a weapon for protection that I'm just not sure how it works. Not that I dont know how a pistol works, I do know how they work, just that I don't know the (insert right word here) of it. Like for instance I know my old revolver always shot high and to the left. With my old revolver I used to keep the chamber under the hammer empty (no need to I know), just because. So I also have the bad habit of not keeping one in the pipe when I carry, which to me is stupid, but it makes me feel a little better mainly becasue I haven't experienced this firearm yet.
So I need to find a nice range thats close to the house so I can get to it a couple times a week and start practicing. I figured since I jsut usually sit in the corner and read everything and seldom ever write anything, now would be a good time to start. I have plenty of time right now, recovering from pneumonia so off wrok till next thurs it looks like.
. I have only shot and carried revolvers up until now. My problem was I had to sell my revolvers and other things a while back when times were tuff and I had to pay the electric or put gas in my car. I am all caught up and when I bought the new gun and holster I had every intention of going to a range and firing off a few rounds, never made it to a range. As a matter of fact I never even been to a range, except a few years back and that was just to go skeet shooting. Most of my handgun experience has been growing up on realatives land, and a buddies got 15 acres up in michigan, but with my work schedule its impossible to get to my buddies cause we both have different schedules.
So my dilema is I need to get to a decent range, and get some practice handling and firing this sig. I do not like the idea of carrying a weapon for protection that I'm just not sure how it works. Not that I dont know how a pistol works, I do know how they work, just that I don't know the (insert right word here) of it. Like for instance I know my old revolver always shot high and to the left. With my old revolver I used to keep the chamber under the hammer empty (no need to I know), just because. So I also have the bad habit of not keeping one in the pipe when I carry, which to me is stupid, but it makes me feel a little better mainly becasue I haven't experienced this firearm yet.
So I need to find a nice range thats close to the house so I can get to it a couple times a week and start practicing. I figured since I jsut usually sit in the corner and read everything and seldom ever write anything, now would be a good time to start. I have plenty of time right now, recovering from pneumonia so off wrok till next thurs it looks like.
