{"id":448,"date":"2007-10-18T13:14:38","date_gmt":"2007-10-18T20:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ignatiuspiazzafrontsight.com\/2007\/10\/18\/does-size-matter\/"},"modified":"2007-10-18T13:14:38","modified_gmt":"2007-10-18T20:14:38","slug":"does-size-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/2007\/10\/18\/does-size-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Size Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Dr. Piazza,<\/p>\n<p>I have a dilemma.\u00a0 I presently do not own a hand gun (or shotgun, rifle,etc).\u00a0 I have been in the market for a hand gun for some 2-3 months now.\u00a0 (I am new to this whole idea).\u00a0 I am researching all that I can to ensure that I purchase the right firearm for me (I have rented and tried a 9mm, .40 &amp; .45).\u00a0 I have tried the sub-compact &amp; compact models (really like the Sig Sauer).\u00a0 Some friends have told to buy whatever is comfortable for me and I am not too sure of that advice, as I want something comfortable, but something that has some stopping power, too.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, here is where I am at.\u00a0 Does it really matter so long as I can hit the part of the &#8216;target&#8217; I want to hit?\u00a0 I mean it&#8217;s like, &#8220;size doesn&#8217;t matter&#8221; (LOL).<\/p>\n<p>Through proper training (as in your courses), does it only come down to what I am comfortable with?<\/p>\n<p>As you see, not only am I looking to purchase the proper firearm, but also looking for the proper training.\u00a0 I want to take on an effective (and accurate) approach with my future purchase.<\/p>\n<p>(I apologize for the &#8216;rambling&#8217; but this is the quick way to state my questions)<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, in advance, for your feedback!<\/p>\n<p>Jim<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jim,<\/p>\n<p>Our motto is \u201cAny Gun Will Do-IF You Will Do!\u201d\u00a0 Meaning the weapon is not as important as the person holding it.<\/p>\n<p>We train you to be the weapon and your firearms is just a tool.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, there are some better choices and they are based on reliability and ease us use.<\/p>\n<p>We like the Glock, Springfield XD, and 1911 for those reasons.\u00a0 Others will work well to, but these three types of handguns are the easiest to use.<\/p>\n<p>The larger the caliber, the better the stopping power, so a .45 or .40 is better than a 9mm.<\/p>\n<p>My suggestion is that you come out and take a course with us, rent a Glock from us and allow us to train YOU so you can then pick up any handgun and know what we know.<\/p>\n<p>Ignatius<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Piazza, I have a dilemma.\u00a0 I presently do not own a hand gun (or shotgun, rifle,etc).\u00a0 I have been in the market for a hand gun for some 2-3 months now.\u00a0 (I am new to this whole idea).\u00a0 I am researching all that I can to ensure that I purchase the right firearm for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,3,1],"tags":[864,983,1784,363,2872,2142,887,1931,204,4673,264,3190,579,26,2054,1308,997,187,24,1558,107,308,3694,1077,2764,2590,3436,2256,232,4252,2878,3865,3681,1814,4393,3803,3710,39,266,2289,3135,765,4165,1388,339,69,926,1386,1272],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}