This past weekend my wife & I and her sister and husband took a quick trip to Asheville, NC to visit one of our friends who's husband passed away a year ago at the young age of 57.

While we were there my brother in-law and I decided to hook up with our feind's nephew and fire offf some steam :-)

We shot his Smith & Wesson 9mm and blasted offf a couple hundred rounds.

NOW, that's fun!!! First time I have ever shot a handgun.
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Welcome to the gun world Scott! It's a great place.
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Nice choice in a handgun for your first shoot! :-) What type of target were you shooting at? Bowling pins, beer cans, watermelons, and plates are all fun to shoot at.
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All you needed was an SKS or AK to have some real fun! :-)

:-)
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Congrats on shooting a handgun for the first time! Welcome to a new slippery slope! You thought a cigar habit was expensive!:-)
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Exactly! AR's are fun also. And some Tannerite!
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Congrats! Yes, it is a very slippery slope!:-) It's always scary and exciting at the same time.

Have fun and stay safe!:-)
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Congrats, I have yet to shoot a handgun in my life. I have shot a few rifles but never a handgun. I guess its something I better do before I die. :-)
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If you ever get up to Cincinnati, drop a dime. I'll take you shooting. That goes for anyone on here. I always enjoy a day at the range.
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Glad you had fun your first time out shooting handgun. They are all right though, it gets to you. I would suspect there will be a "what should I buy for my first handgun" thread popping up from you in the near future. I think we all look forward to answering that one.
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Sweet! I've never shot a handgun, but did shoot trap for the first time earlier this year
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You now need to go to the Gun Range and try out a few, I know the ones in Columbia will "rent" them to you and let you shoot a wide range of different calibers and styles. I personally have five pistols, and always want more. They are a good investment. Something that you can pass down to kids!
I got my Dad's Single Action Colt .22 with changeable cylinders, same leather holster as the day he bought it back in the 50's from the Western Auto.
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yep, its another very slippery slope... BUT the nice thing about guns is that most of them hold their value pretty well.

I second that before you buy, try a few to see what you like. but don't worry, right after you buy one, you'll find a couple more really nice ones that you "need" also :-)

(notice how half of us have already assumed that you WILL be buying them in the future..... yep, the slope is that slippery)
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You're done for now, welcome to the handgun slope.
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Sweet! Can't wait to get with you this weekend to herf and hear about it bro.:-)
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Handgun shooting is definitely fun. I have owned my Springfield Armory 1911a1 .45 ACP for going on 8 years now and it's just as fun now as it was the first time I shot it.
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He told me to run zig-zag so he could practice.:-)
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sounds like fun. i always love going out to do that. my dad came up to visit the other week and we both went out to shoot the guns for some fun:-)
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only thing I really enjoyed about being in the army, shooting!
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nice choice of gun!
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