11-03-2009, 11:20 AM
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#41 | | Firearm Enthusiast
Join Date: May 2009 Location: Selma NC
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Well guys I took my class and went to the sheriff's office to weeks ago.I got 31 days to go I can't wait !!!
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11-03-2009, 11:49 AM
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#42 | | Firearm Zealot
Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Buffalo, Wyo
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Good luck man.
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11-04-2009, 09:41 PM
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#43 | | Firearm Enthusiast
Join Date: May 2009 Location: Selma NC
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Thanks so much can't wait
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12-02-2009, 03:44 PM
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#44 | | Firearm Enthusiast
Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Tampa
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Sent my application in last week and so begins the long wait... Hitting the gunshow this weekend to check out the potential candidates. I am a .45 guy for the home, but I'm leaning towards a .38 or a very compact 9mm for concealed. Hitting my target is priority 1, reliability is priority 2, small enough to carry in shorts is priority 3 and cost is a close 4th. I'm leaning towards a Bersa Thunder or a KelTec. If $ were no object, I'd prolly go with a sig. Any reccomendations out there?
I've heard lots of bad on chatboards about the KTs though.
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12-02-2009, 03:57 PM
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#45 | | Firearm Zealot
Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Watertown, WI
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Congrats! I wish we had a governor with a pair that would finally pass a CCW bill
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12-02-2009, 05:07 PM
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#46 | | Firearm Zealot
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Buck Snort, Arkansas.
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We have to wait 90 days after it's recieved by whom ever. But it finally came on the cheapest piece of flimsy thin paper they could print it on.
They recently made a change and now it is like a drivers licsens.
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12-02-2009, 05:36 PM
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#47 | | Firearm Enthusiast
Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains
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Virginia does a great job with CHP turnaround. I turned in my paperwork, which included my Army discharge papers that allowed me to waive the class and had my permit in 22 days. Hopefully the NRA can get nationwide carry laws passed one day that will standardize all the states to one fair system.
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12-02-2009, 06:39 PM
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#48 | | Firearm Enthusiast
Join Date: May 2009 Location: Selma NC
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Ha Ha it finally came today got the letter in the mail that its ready going to pick it up Friday so happy
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12-03-2009, 02:18 AM
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#49 | | Firearm Aficionado
Join Date: Sep 2009
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Originally Posted by SailingBull  | Sent my application in last week and so begins the long wait... Hitting the gunshow this weekend to check out the potential candidates. I am a .45 guy for the home, but I'm leaning towards a .38 or a very compact 9mm for concealed. Hitting my target is priority 1, reliability is priority 2, small enough to carry in shorts is priority 3 and cost is a close 4th. I'm leaning towards a Bersa Thunder or a KelTec. If $ were no object, I'd prolly go with a sig. Any reccomendations out there?
I've heard lots of bad on chatboards about the KTs though. |
You didn't say which caliber Bersa or Kel-Tec. I have the Kel-Tec PF9. A little much for such a small pistol. Really determined by how it fits your hand & doesn't fit mine real well. Also, I prefer single action to double action. The Bersas are designed for carry with one in the chamber & the hammer down, so the first shot will be double action, but subsequent shots are single action. My wife owns a Thunder 380. I've shot it more than she has. It's a nice pistol. Her's is 7 + 1. Bersa has a 380 Plus out now which has 15 rd. mag. I wanted a larger caliber so bought their Firestorm Mini 40. It's also available in the Thunder. I really like it & have never had any issues with failure to feed or eject. I just recently bought the new Hi Capacity 9mm - 17 + 1 rounds. It's a really sweet shooting pistol. They also make it in a ultra compact which is the same size as my 40 caliber. The new 9 mms are fast being accepted as the best of the Bersas. I don't think you'll be dissatisfied with any of the Bersas. Most of what you've heard about Kel-Tec is from the early years of the PF9 as they did have some issues with it. But the new ones have been upgraded. I haven't heard anything bad about their P11 or their 380 P3AT, or what ever it's called. Really comes down to which feels best to you. If possible, see if the range where you shoot has them to rent & try them. Hope this helps & good luck with your search. The lokking is part of the fun.
P.S. After I posted, I see you did mention caliber - 9 mm. In that case, I definitely recommend the Bersa, but advise you it is not nearly as small as the Kel-Tec
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12-03-2009, 02:40 PM
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#50 | | Firearm Enthusiast
Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Tampa
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Thanks for the advice mitchr. I'm looking forward to hitting the show this weekend and getting a feel for them. I'm still undecided between the .38 or the 9. It's probably going to come down to what "feels" right in my hand, on the range, on the checkbook and stuffed down my pants 
We're in the same boat down here in Fl that Arkansas is in, 90 days... I've heard stories of it taking longer since BHO took office, but my understanding is that is no longer the case now our dept of agriculture handles the process. Here's hoping for a short wait!
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12-03-2009, 02:40 PM
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#51 | | Firearm Zealot
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: St Charles County MO
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Originally Posted by danf6975 | unfortunately florida regulates what you can carry to certain calibers.
357 with 38 loads , 38 , 380 , and 9mm.
i really wish they would put .40 and .45 on there too | Where does the law say you are limited to these calibers?
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12-03-2009, 03:24 PM
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#52 | | Firearm Enthusiast
Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Tampa
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i' m pretty sure he retracted that post as I applied to security and consulate regulations? I've read Fl statute 790 backwards and forwards and haven't seen anything about this.
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12-03-2009, 03:28 PM
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#53 | | Firearm Zealot
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: St Charles County MO
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Originally Posted by SailingBull | i' m pretty sure he retracted that post as I applied to security and consulate regulations? I've read Fl statute 790 backwards and forwards and haven't seen anything about this. | Me too, thanks, thought maybe I missed something or statutes changed and I missed it.....Thanks!
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12-03-2009, 06:07 PM
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#54 | | Firearm Aficionado
Join Date: Jul 2009
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Originally Posted by danf6975 | Im sorry everyone i made a mistake on the Florida CCW calibers.
i was reading the FS700 something laws and i was reading the wrong section for the limited caliber. it regulates G license but not the ccw calibers. | if you read a little more you would find this post.
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12-03-2009, 06:10 PM
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#55 | | Firearm Zealot
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: St Charles County MO
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ok thanks
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12-03-2009, 06:16 PM
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#56 | | Firearm Zealot
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: St Charles County MO
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Originally Posted by Archetype_wyo | First picture the movie A Christmas Story when the old man gets his "Major Award" and you'll know what I felt when I checked my v/m at work when I heard the lady say "Billy, hey dude, your Concealed Carry Permit. You can come in and pick it up anytime."
My sudden want to jump around like the old man in A Christmas story was so needed but alas I was on the throne so doing that would have ended distastefully. Anyways to make a long slightly disturbing story short, I got my CCW and I'm happier than a retard in a helmet store. | Old man?
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12-04-2009, 07:57 PM
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#57 | | Firearm Enthusiast
Join Date: May 2009 Location: Selma NC
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ha ha i finally have it wow the power mmmmmmmmmm
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12-04-2009, 09:51 PM
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#58 | | Firearm Aficionado
Join Date: Jul 2009
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with great power comes great responsibility
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12-05-2009, 12:35 AM
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#59 | | Firearm Enthusiast
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lehigh Acres, Florida
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aint that true
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