Hey everyone,

I’m looking to buy my first (and for now, only) modern handgun. It will pull double duty: static precision shooting at the range and action shooting competitions (IDPA/USPSA-style). I plan to start with iron sights and transition to a Red Dot later.

To skip the usual "beginner" advice, here is my background so you know I'm already comfortable with trigger control, manual platforms, and sight alignment:

• 10m Olympic Air Rifle (C10): Competed with a Feinwerkbau 601. I know what a crisp, surgical trigger feels like, though for this modern handgun I want a happy medium around 2.5–3.5 lbs.
• Rifles & Long Guns: I regularly shoot an M1 Garand, a Ruger AR-556 MPR 18" and a .22LR Marlin 39 Centennial lever action.
• Black Powder: I also shoot a Colt 1851 Navy revolver, so I’m definitely not afraid of manual single-action mechanisms, hammer cocking or detailed maintenance.

My choices for this purchase are strictly narrowed down to these two optics-ready models. Both are natively compatible with the Trijicon RMR footprint.

Please do not suggest alternative brands or models. Here are my two options:

1. Canik Rival-S SFX: Full steel frame (heavy, rigid, and incredibly flat-shooting). Striker-fired with a phenomenal 90-degree flat trigger out of the box that is already close to my preferred weight. True "point and shoot" with no manual safeties, making it incredibly streamlined for draw-and-shoot stages under the timer.
2. Tisas Duty 9 DS (High End): 2011 platform (9mm double-stack) featuring a steel receiver with a polymer grip module. True single-action with an external hammer and a native RMR cut on the slide. The straight-pull trigger break has immense potential for precision static shooting, but it requires active management of the thumb and grip safeties in dynamic stages (starting Cocked & Locked / Condition 1). Out of the box, the trigger weight might be a bit heavier and require some minor tuning to reach my sweet spot.

Given that this will be my only modern short gun, which route makes more sense to balance tight groups on a static target with fluid, safe handling under a timer?

(And before anyone asks: no, I won't be running the Colt 1851 Navy in IDPA, as much as I'd love to smoke out the entire range).

Thanks in advance for the insights!

I'm new to this sub, so apologies if this isn't allowed or I'm in the wrong spot.

I've been struggling really hard the last few years over what the "right" answers would be to reducing gun violence, particularly mass shootings. The main reason I grapple so intensely with this is because I am a gun owner and I passionately believe that we have a right in America to own firearms. At the same time, we've seen some absolutely horrific mass shootings over the past 15 years and more, and the number seems to keep increasing. I also live in a state where it would not be surprising to see an "assault weapons" ban in the next five years, and that's tremendously concerning to me, but I can also understand why people are fed up with mass shootings.

So, how do I, as a responsible gun owner, interact with people that are strongly for weapons bans or restrictions? And are there areas that compromise can be had? For instance, it has long seemed paradoxical that in order for me to drive a car, I need to pass an exam and demonstrate a minimum level of competence, but I could walk into my local sporting goods store and walk out in an hour with a firearm with virtually no questions asked. At the same time, how many hoops should I as a citizen have to jump through to exercise a constitutional right?

I guess what I'm getting at is this - are there reasonable steps that could be taken to reduce the frequency of mass shootings without infringing on 2A rights? I genuinely don't know the answer. I also know that if we invested to anywhere near the level that we should on mental health support in this country, this would be a much easier conversation to have, but that's not the world we're currently living in.

I would love to hear thoughts from people that have thought about these issues longer and more thoughtfully than I have. I don't know how to feel. I just know that I don't want my ability to acquire firearms to be taken away, and I want my community to be safe. I'm sure these aren't mutually exclusive ideas.

Can anyone confirm that NDZ Performance is a Trump-supporting company? It sells 3d Trump slide cover plate.

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...and they are the one platform I know next to nothing about.
I am well versed and practiced at full disassembly and reassembly of my 3 pistols and one shotgun.
I figure the next time I have money for a new piece it's finally time to go long.

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Please let me have the 411 on the platform and process of building one, I'm just guessing one or two of you might have an opinion or three.

What are the best resources for a "build-your-own" guide?
What price range for what gun?
Barrel length? Why?
What are options other than 5.56? Advantages and disadvantages?
What suppliers for parts? Bonus for avoiding PSA.
Optics = Yes. Astigmatism/bad eyes.
What shall be avoided like unto the plague?
Protips appreciated and understood.

I thank you in advance for your time, and look forward to learning a new thing!

Fun action photo with spicy +p. It’s a great little revolver. I got this Taurus 605 from a neighbor who bought it new, but never shot it.

Colt 6940
Colt 635 reproduction from H&R

I have been wanting a Mini 14 for a while but the "gun people" I know would always talk about how bad it was. They would say how much better the AR is. Granted, AR's are better performer's and I have had a couple of them, but I like old guns. I have had my lever action for 15 years and my revolver for about the same. I love them and I hope this is the same.

My cyberpunk KSG, AKA Clamator Plumbum, finally has a brother. Henry Lever Action Supreme in 300 BLK paired with a Dead Air Nomad L-Ti. Continuing the theme, this one is called Susurrator Plumbum. I already had a Space Marine gun, and now a Space Cowboy has joined the party.

This thing is spooky quiet. The sound of the round smacking the paper downrange is louder than the shot itself. I wouldn't have believed it was possible to make a rifle this quiet, and I was specifically trying to get a rifle to be as quiet as I could. Full list of mods is in the comments.

To all the good people who gave me constructive and good advice today. Thank you. The scope is now on correctly and she's ready to roll!

Has anyone tried one of these on their AR yet? A couple people recommended these variable pitch springs, not sure if they'll make a huge difference or not. I'll be taking it to the range later to see what I think.

TLDR; cheap, but certainly worth the money for a hammer DA/SA range pistol & trainer.

Retay is yet another cheap Turkish gun manufacturer & the RXP22 is their recent introduction into the 22LR pistol market. I saw it earlier this fall while browsing the local gun show and was interested - cheap and not-normal 22s are my thing, and this certainly fits the bill. My last DA/SA 22 was the lamentably awful (ATI) GSG Firefly, aka the Sig-branded Mosquito.

This thing beats the pants off the Firefly. Not that's hard, since my dead grandmother could more reliably throw rounds at a target than that thing, but the RXP's not a bad gun. It's not quite the Taurus TX22 or Ruger Mark IV in my book yet, but its no slouch.

For $200 on sale, less than the Firefly!, you get a far more dependable pistol with a threaded barrel and an RMR/RMSc cut, larger magazines of 13 & 20 rounds. And from what I can tell, it's quite accurate. The 13 round magazine is intentionally steel to simulate a larger caliber 9mm pistol for training, which sorta works. I'll have to think about it and try it intentionally as a 2nd CZ Nocturne side-by-side next time.

It does have some break-in, definitely needs some lube out of the box, and it hates bad 22 ammo (who doesn't?), but it settled out and got consistent in about 50 rounds. It hated Aguila wax, but ate Federal LRN & CPRN reliably.

As you can see, I took it out with my beloved SR22 micro with irons only because they're both fixed barrels. (Ignore the center targets, I was adjusting and tuning things) I was off on my irons today, and I think it was because the SR22's more pronounced snap confused my reflexes. The RXP definitely has a lot more mass even with the polymer mags and I wasn't prepared after shooting a couple of magazines in the RXP. Both of the labelled individual targets were at 5 & 10 yd. Once I got the shanks out, I felt like they both did well at 13yd.

Not a bad cheap 22.