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That's pretty good shooting with a hard-hitting caliber.

- Jim

To make it official, you're supposed to write your name, the weapon, load, distance, data, and location on the target, and have it signed by witnesses who are not your relatives.

- Jim

Welcome to the forum.

Tom Estep is great, and he is a member of PSC, but he teaches his CHL courses in Texas City.

- Jim

allinhtown wrote:In the meantime... what is this 51% rule everyone keeps talking about?

You can't legallly carry in a bar, defined as a place that receives 51% or more of its revenue for sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises.

- Jim

Good luck with your purchase, and even better luck finding ammo.

- Jim

Welcome to the forum.

You can't go wrong with SIG or Glock (except maybe the SIG Mosquito, which seems to be one of those love/hate things). The SIG P250 has some interesting features that make it the Erector Set of pistols. However, I have never even seen one.

For either vendor, you have to decide for yourself which caliber you want to shoot and whether you want a compact or full-size service pistol. You also should consider the single-action types like the 1911 and Browning Hi-Power.

Then you get into the fun details like night sights and lasers.

Another piece of advice that I offer to new shooters is to get a .22. A .22 will let you shoot thousands of rounds at relatively little cost and perfect your grip, stance, sight alignment, etc. It almost doesn't matter which one you get.

A thousand rounds of .22 cost about $25 these days. A thousand rounds of 9 mm, about $200. Every other handgun round is more expensive.

There are several good clubs in the Houston area. The only one that I can speak for by personal experience is PSC. Very friendly, top-notch people who will be happy to educate you.

The questions that you are asking have been asked before (No surprise ). Here is a long thread with lots of good information: http://www.texasshooting.com/TexasCHL_F ... 23&t=20920" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

- Jim