Ever been surprised by a gun?

[dfaugh]

A good friend of mine

gave me a Marlin 60, shortly before he passed away....I'd just bought this place, with a barn and land, and he figured I needed it for "pest control"...Had a really atrocious scope on it, so I bought a Tasco Pronghorn 3-9x (29.99 on closoeut) and some decent rings....Total investemnt under $40 in this gun...

Long story short, its the most accurate gun I own (not that own any very expensive/fancy ones)...Semi-auto .22s got NO right to be this accurate!...Here's the group I shot last week...Actually have shot a couple smaller, but I always trhow in one flyer out of ten shots(which i usually call)....So this is the "official" best 10 shot group ever....

Of course I'll never part with it for sentimental reasons, anyway, even if it wasn't a tack driver

 

[Rickstir]

I didn't know how good a shot I was until I shot my brother's Browning 22 rifle with 4X scope. And turn about is fair play. He didn't know how good a pistol shot he was until he shot my Beretta 92FS.

 

[Black Snowman]

Taurus 669, 6", blued and ported bought off a friend who needed money and didn't ever shoot. Since sold it to another friend who shoots it more than I did. Superb SA trigger and a smooth, if somewhat heavy, DA. A solid gun that's seen a lot of use and come out stone cold reliable and accurate.

 

[possenti]

My Springfield XD9. I swear the thing reads my mind because it puts the bullets exactly where I "will" them to. I've never considered myself to be proficient with handguns, but this thing makes me look better than I really am.

I've also owned the HS2000 - the almost identical predecessor to the XD - and it didn't shoot nearly as well for me. Go figger....

 

[greg531mi]

My Auguata, that I bought from CDNN for $199....What is an Auguata? a Seecamp copy....That little 32 acp gun shot 3 inch groups at 15 yards....

 

[Roadkill]

My best surprise is a Chinese type 54 Tokarev in 7.62x25, very reliable and accurate, powerful, and cheap to shoot. Worst is a $1000 Luger, after two years I just got a load for it matched with a magazine that will work (5g red dot, 115g fmj, Mecgar) problem is the round's OAL, is way longer than I thought, but it sure shoots now.

rk

 

[NoHarmNoFAL]

Bulgy Makarov that shoot great for $150 and Barhnal 95 gr. hps for $0.10 a pop and those hp's really bust water bottles .

 

[LiquidTension]

My Yugo SKS was sort of a surprise...I knew I liked SKSs, but this one is just cooler than the rest.

My old P7 was surprisingly awesome, but I sold it because college kids are destined to be poor

 

[mec360]

I have a beat up police trade-in S&W 6906 that is much more accurate than I ever would have expected. I've had bad luck with Smith autos in the past, but this one is great.

 

[BerettaNut92]

CZs and XDs. Both very nice.

 

[rick newland]

The CZ PO-1 I bought in Dec. I was so impressed with it's accuracy and lack of recoil I went out and bought another one in Jan.

 

[ducktapehero]

I bought a 50 year old Beretta 418, which I have heard are totally reliable for 4-5 rounds, and it is the most reliable bottom feeder I've ever shot. The only time it has jammed on me was when I put it together wrong. :banghead: It's also surprisingly accurate, at least for my wife, I can't hit a thing with it. Not a bad little pistol for a hundred bucks.