[drsfmd]

Are you *SURE* you heard him right?

Those guys are generally on the ball and while they may offer opinions that you don't agree with from time to time, I seriously doubt one of them would advocate use of an airweight as a target gun.

Was he pulling your leg perhaps, and you misunderstood him?

 

[drsfmd]

He did not call it a target pistol per se. I did hear him correctly but to clarify, his focus was on the .38 having less kick than a 9mm (in his opinion). He was emphasizing that I could easily qualify with it at the range at 50ft, enjoy is substantially at the range but also have one of the best carry guns out there in my collection. With the external hammer, i.e., single-action/double action, it was his opinion that I would be more than capable of shooting quite accurately with the air weight. I want this to be true; I wish it was true, but I am not feeling it. He is more of a volunteer there and a great guy. I trust him. That is where I do think I am misunderstanding him. I think a big part of his reaction was my issue with my walther being an excellent carry gun as well as fun at the range but not a range gun. I think (I THINK) he was trying to show me another option that would accomplish both. I think I am better off simply, over time, getting both. a .22, a .38 revolver and a .40 equals a decent collection in my opinion, given that pistol permit amendments take some time to get in the City of Albany and I would be able to co-regiser the ,22 and the .38 with one amendment. I am the only one who truly shoots often anyways.

Ok, so let me get this straight... you come on here and trash a gun shop and its employees for telling you that an airweight is a target pistol, You initially said "I am looking for a new target pistol...One of the guys there suggested that I get a S&W .38 air weight." Then amended that in your later post to say "He did not call it a target pistol". It's NOT a target pistol, nor did he call it one, so why did you go after him publicly?

You also say that he told you:

1) 38 has less kick than 9mm (recoil is a function of many factors, including the speed and weight of the load and the weight of the gun, but this is probably true in most cases).
2) That you can hit a target with an airweight at 50ft (absolutely true if you are a half decent shot).
3) That it's a great carry gun (absolutely true)
4) That a revolver becomes more accurate in single action because of the lighter trigger (absolutely true).

Sounds like he gave you pretty good advice, and I think you owe both him and the store an apology for publicly disparaging them for giving you good information.