..First off I'd like to thank everyone for their input. This has been very interesting and informative..
I know I focus on some minutia but hey, this is part of the foreplay to the actual purchase and with the same results as any other foreplay. Onceinnawhile it evolves into somethin besides just "shootin yer wad". Good, bad or indifferent. 😁
..Best I can tell there's not a lot to disagree with in the
@wvsig post#11.
Going thru the thread seems like there's some brands to avoid for a noob if for nothing other than the questionability of said brand names and it's effect on resale in the event of a flake out. Falls under that whole "Know thy self" thing in my AO...
I know my shooting brethren as well and we can be a fickle, stubborn lot.
Prone to many foibles and at least somewhat suspicious in fiscal transactions be it from ignorance, ego or greed. 🤣🤣
..Bout my only variance from his advice is I don't think GI versions are gonna work very well for me over bad eyes/dinky sights and I
hate crappy triggers. I'd just as soon not hafta work on it from the get go ta make it tolerable. So I'm in the "upgraded" versions if I go with Tisas/RI. Which I ain't against
at all cause that'd prolly be just fine and would leave money for some more steels.
While at a nice price point I'd hafta weight it against gettin into "American made" (base gun?) territory and resale factors again. I think muh lil experiment with open sights simplified things for me so not worryin' about optic cuts right now for this application.
..Springfield's entry-ish offerings seem like a decent and somewhat safe bet (Was that issue in Ill. ever resolved positively?).
..Then there's mebbe some Colts in my upper price range. Prolly a safer bet new if that's doable. I've got nothin against used but don't know enough to know if a used one's been monkeyed with by an unqualified monkey.
..Nothin I can do about anything remotely "boutique"..
..If I end up payin a lil "rent" to try somethin that doesn't pan out for some reason it ain't the end of the world.
Just don't wanna take a bath or have a jacked up experience with some Franken11.
Cost of continuing education and all. But still tryin to avoid it. 🥴