Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

I just got back from the circuit court and I am now officially a chp owner. Got the letter at 4pm and picked it up at 4:17pm (they close @4:30pm).. I turnd the app in on the 23rd of !uly and got it today 8/16/09..thanks to every1 especially rick for keeping me sain in the waiting process..WOOHOOOOOO... Yes I'm happy and be happy for me..yeaya yeaya!!! Wha wha!! Lol but seriously that's how I feel..

Congrats Rico.

Howdy, Rico,

Congrats and Welcome to the club.

Regards,

George

Way to go Rico.................

Thank you thank you...I appreciate it..wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for the vgof family..thanks family..now I gotta get it laminated..and it only took 2 weeks of waiting but felt like 24yrs...

Congrats, Rico. What CC holster will you be using for the Beretta?.

Wow I just realized I mad a huge mistake on the date of birth of my chp...8/7/09 is what I meant(todays date)..I got 16 because today would be the 16th day of waiting..see what excitement do to a person..lol..haha

OakRidgeStars wrote:Congrats, Rico. What CC holster will you be using for the Beretta?.

Well to be honest I can't find a good conceal holster for it due to the laser but I am using the clipdraw atm but intend to get smaller hg for cc...still debating on the px-4 sc .40 or a .38 special for cc..confused right now ::signs::..

Congrats Rico Let me know when you are ready to start reloading. I give free lessons.

Congrats, now I guess you are a card carrying right wing extremist.

^lol..guess you can say that..once I start collecting some brass I will start reloading..btw is it certain shells that can be reloaded or all?

Congratulations and Thank You! Congratulations for both recognizing the responsibility of defending yourself and others, and for meeting the requirements for CC. Thank you (And I mean this more than you know) for putting another weapon in the hands of the Good Guys. Everyone accepts the fact that crooks are going to carry firearms as a means to take the upper hand in any conflict. That you have decided to level the playing field in the most significant way you can speaks volumes about you.
Be safe, be alert, be armed.

804blessedsoul wrote:...intend to get smaller hg for cc...still debating on the px-4 sc .40 or a .38 special for cc..confused right now ::signs::..

FWIW, I really like my S&W 642 (Airweight Centennial J-frame) .38 special. You can carry it any way you like, even in your pocket.

gorknoids wrote:Congratulations and Thank You! Congratulations for both recognizing the responsibility of defending yourself and others, and for meeting the requirements for CC. Thank you (And I mean this more than you know) for putting another weapon in the hands of the Good Guys. Everyone accepts the fact that crooks are going to carry firearms as a means to take the upper hand in any conflict. That you have decided to level the playing field in the most significant way you can speaks volumes about you.
Be safe, be alert, be armed.

Thank you..and amen to that..

Newdovo that is a beautiful pistol..how much does it run

804blessedsoul wrote:^lol..guess you can say that..once I start collecting some brass I will start reloading..btw is it certain shells that can be reloaded or all?

Brass and nickel are the ones you want to collect. Others made from things like copper or bimetal arent suitable. You can generally tell the difference. Maybe VAhunter and I can show you some examples one day. Next time you are on the range look around and try to find some of these other casings like Wolf so you see what they look like as they are not reloadable.

The only others I can think of that you cannot reload are the shotshells made by Speer and CCI (others too maybe) for handguns. I think those might be an aluminum alloy.

Anyway, stick with brass and nickel and you'll be fine.

^^Don't forget Berdan vs. Boxer primed for reloading. Although I see that it may be possible to convert berdan to make it easier to prime. Typically berdan is from Europe, boxer is from the U.S.

Congrats Rico! Welcome to the club!

804blessedsoul wrote:...that is a beautiful pistol..how much does it run

Hey Rico,
MSRP from Smith & Wesson is $600.00 for the version in the picture (model 642). I called a couple of the gun stores that I have purchased from before, to see what the real price was. Dances Sporting Goods in Colonial Heights quoted me $499.99. With the purchase, they also offer a free handgun class that can be used toward getting your CHP (but you already have that ). Degoff's in Mechanicsville is $479.99, but they're having a sale - 5% off on handgun purchases this month - so that would make it @ $456. Both shops have them in stock.
This should be a start. If you're not in this part of the state, call around to a few of your local gun stores to see what they have and what the price is locally. Then go visit so you can handle one and see if it will suit your needs.

Parry

Make sure you check VA Arms Company no matter what, they always have good deals in there.