Old Dog
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Ever been surprised by how well a gun shoots, when you didn't have high expections of that gun? For example, a cheap gun that turned out to be supremely reliable and highly accurate or a throw-in on a trade that you ended up liking more than the object of your trade?
Or been surprised by how badly a gun shot when you paid big bucks for a firearm that normally had a good reputation?
Forgive me if this has been asked before, but during recent range visits, I've been most surprised by a few guns ... Lately, I've become enamored of my wife's Taurus PT-145 (an astoundly accurate piece, albeit possessed of a looonng trigger pull), which I've been shooting a bit more since I got rid of my last Glock ... I've also been pleasantly surprised by a Springfield GI purchased on a whim (a tackdriver) and a very accurate and stone reliable Makarov ($139 budget handgun) and a Rossi version of the old Winchester gallery rimfire rifle ...
On the negative side, I've had a crappy 1000-dollar 1911 that I ended up trading away and a poor post-64 Winchester Model 70 in 30.06 ...
Any stories out there?
Or been surprised by how badly a gun shot when you paid big bucks for a firearm that normally had a good reputation?
Forgive me if this has been asked before, but during recent range visits, I've been most surprised by a few guns ... Lately, I've become enamored of my wife's Taurus PT-145 (an astoundly accurate piece, albeit possessed of a looonng trigger pull), which I've been shooting a bit more since I got rid of my last Glock ... I've also been pleasantly surprised by a Springfield GI purchased on a whim (a tackdriver) and a very accurate and stone reliable Makarov ($139 budget handgun) and a Rossi version of the old Winchester gallery rimfire rifle ...
On the negative side, I've had a crappy 1000-dollar 1911 that I ended up trading away and a poor post-64 Winchester Model 70 in 30.06 ...
Any stories out there?