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Originally Posted by Ricochet
Actually, he's just being honest and straightforward, not rude. We all know him well, not you so that does count for something. He knows what he's talking about also.
99.9% chance you'll be issued a pistol, and that's just what you'll be using. I haven't seen a police force in Canada that uses a 1911 of any type. RCMP officers out this way I have seen the Sig P226, also Beretta for Van City police, though they may have switched, and Glocks are common.
Airsoft will not help you, go to a range and look into real steel. What departments are you applying for? It's not hard to find out what they use. Take a practical shooting course, every pistol is different. Learn the basics, they'll teach you the rest. Including a comprehensive use and study of your assigned sidearm inside and out.
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Fair enough. I'm used to the dickheads over on 4chan, so I guess I may taken it out of context and too quickly. My b.
I know I'll probably be issued a pistol, which is the main point of my question. My WE G17 is almost 1:1, which was one of the biggest things I like about it - I'm all about realism. My prof, who's an ex-TBPS Sergeant, talked about the Beretta and S&W's, and loved them, but eventually was issued a .40 Glock.
While I'm sure we all have our opinions, I'm positive that airsoft has a fair number of traits transferable to the real world. We can all probably agree that, as far as practical knowledge goes, airsoft beats paintball hands down. But like I said initially, having at least some knowledge of the issued sidearms would probably give me some sort of advantage to learning about their RS counterparts.