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Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
Congratulations on joining the Club. That is a reasonable budget to have. As a long time pistol shooter and collector, please allow me to give you a good piece of advice? Start with a good quality .22 LR pistol. The reason being, ammo is cheap, you can have lots of range time, and learn good shooting discipline without the issue of developing a flinch or other bad habits by going right into a center fire (I'm assuming you are looking at the 9mm).
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Solid advice.
If I may recommend, get a nice Ruger Mark I, II or III (love my Mark III Hunter) semi-auto. I don't remember offhand what I paid for it but I believe it was around $750 brand new (before taxes etc). These are very accurate firearms and a joy to shoot.
If you go that route, have a look at the "Ultimate Clip Loader"
http://www.mcfaden.com/McFadden-Mach...der-s/1827.htm
FYI, you can find these on amazon and other places if you don't want to go to the manufacturer.
I can go through 1000 rounds (or more) in a session and never get a sore thumb from loading mag's.