First 9mm?

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I suppose that's why I was considering the beretta, since it's mostly metal.

What do you guys think of the S&W 5906?

Dunno really, I'm not a huge gun nut and I've never handled one of those... and when I was doing my research and buying I completely avoided anything over 30 ounces and anything that wasn't striker fired.

I think Youtube will be your friend though, a ton of people put up hands on gun reviews on basically anything you can think of.