So the new girlfriend decided she wants a P7 after trying on literally every gun at the gun show and Jim's. After handling roughly 200 pistols it came down to a 1911, Smith & Wesson M&P, and the P7. To keep practice cost effective I helped her decide on the 9mm platform. That ruled out the M&P since they don't yet make one in 9mm with a safety. The 1911s in 9mm are nice but all the ones I researched were very expensive (well over $1k). That left the P7 which is the one she wanted anyway.
Problem was, she lives with her parents and needed to convince her parents to give her the money. The money isn't the problem. They have the money and don't even object to her buying a gun.
Bigger problem is her parents own a Glock (research revealed it to be a G17, stored in its case in the nightstand, magazine removed, chamber empty) and loudly proclaimed they "never heard of" an "H and K P Seven" and believes the Glock is only one pistol (rather than a company that makes pistols) and the only pistol in the world. Her dad made a special point to show me some 147 grain "special" hollow point bullets he heard park rangers carry that are "almost plus power". I really wanted to pull a magazine of my Ranger SXT 147g +p+ off my belt to compare but I wisely decided to not go there just yet.
Sigh.
So they ask me straight up: Why not a Glock? I explained the Glock is indeed a great pistol. Hundreds of thousands of police and civilians carry them everyday. They win shooting matches every day. For a nightstand unchambered gun that is shot and cleaned every 5 years, like yours, it's a fine choice. However, your daughter decided, on her own, that a gun without a manual safety is not a gun for her. Simple as that. Glock is ruled out.
He retorts, "The safety is your finger!"
Sigh. How many times have you heard that from a gun store salesman? I bowed out of the fight.
So she spends the next week showing the 'rents Youtube videos of the P7, shooting mine a few hundred more times, and FINALLY the parents give up and they say OK. So today I helped them order a newly refinished P7 with 4 mags, Milt Sparks VMII holster, and Trijicons. All for $900.
Problem was, she lives with her parents and needed to convince her parents to give her the money. The money isn't the problem. They have the money and don't even object to her buying a gun.
Bigger problem is her parents own a Glock (research revealed it to be a G17, stored in its case in the nightstand, magazine removed, chamber empty) and loudly proclaimed they "never heard of" an "H and K P Seven" and believes the Glock is only one pistol (rather than a company that makes pistols) and the only pistol in the world. Her dad made a special point to show me some 147 grain "special" hollow point bullets he heard park rangers carry that are "almost plus power". I really wanted to pull a magazine of my Ranger SXT 147g +p+ off my belt to compare but I wisely decided to not go there just yet.
Sigh.
So they ask me straight up: Why not a Glock? I explained the Glock is indeed a great pistol. Hundreds of thousands of police and civilians carry them everyday. They win shooting matches every day. For a nightstand unchambered gun that is shot and cleaned every 5 years, like yours, it's a fine choice. However, your daughter decided, on her own, that a gun without a manual safety is not a gun for her. Simple as that. Glock is ruled out.
He retorts, "The safety is your finger!"
Sigh. How many times have you heard that from a gun store salesman? I bowed out of the fight.
So she spends the next week showing the 'rents Youtube videos of the P7, shooting mine a few hundred more times, and FINALLY the parents give up and they say OK. So today I helped them order a newly refinished P7 with 4 mags, Milt Sparks VMII holster, and Trijicons. All for $900.
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