So, some of you may have read my post in this same forum on my silly launching of the safety plunger & spring on a spanky new, just out of the box Beretta Tomcat (3032) .32 ACP Inox.
Having it back in working order, took it out today for its inaugural session.
It is certainly a well-made little gun but may not be a pocket rocket for my pocket ... or it may yet be, more firing line time needed for a definitive call.
In short, shoots accurately enough, recoil is non-problematic, ate up a couple brands of 73-grain ball, etc.
However, I soon learned I can practically freeze the gun up if insert my trigger finger too far. Bottom line: I can (and a few times did) essentially trap the trigger when it's in single-action. And it's in single-action most of the firing time, of course, as only the first round is DA.
The answer, obviously enough, is use the pad of the finger, not the joint ... but will a guy remember to do that in a dung has hit the fan situation?
Also, fooling around with grips as a "solution," I let myself get bit once. Naturally, I applied a Band-Aid and carried on.
Tad bummed. Have had a Beretta 21A (.22LR Bobcat) for quite a while and run it well enough and think it's a gas and a giggle. This one, based on only the first time out, less so perhaps.
Will give her some more trips. No use making hasty calls.
And here's one for the mental notebook: Rubbing alcohol does a quicker job of getting blood off that grayish alloy finish than does G96 or Ballistol. No charge for that one, boys. My pain is your gain.
Peace out; have a good Saturday.
Having it back in working order, took it out today for its inaugural session.
It is certainly a well-made little gun but may not be a pocket rocket for my pocket ... or it may yet be, more firing line time needed for a definitive call.
In short, shoots accurately enough, recoil is non-problematic, ate up a couple brands of 73-grain ball, etc.
However, I soon learned I can practically freeze the gun up if insert my trigger finger too far. Bottom line: I can (and a few times did) essentially trap the trigger when it's in single-action. And it's in single-action most of the firing time, of course, as only the first round is DA.
The answer, obviously enough, is use the pad of the finger, not the joint ... but will a guy remember to do that in a dung has hit the fan situation?
Also, fooling around with grips as a "solution," I let myself get bit once. Naturally, I applied a Band-Aid and carried on.
Tad bummed. Have had a Beretta 21A (.22LR Bobcat) for quite a while and run it well enough and think it's a gas and a giggle. This one, based on only the first time out, less so perhaps.
Will give her some more trips. No use making hasty calls.
And here's one for the mental notebook: Rubbing alcohol does a quicker job of getting blood off that grayish alloy finish than does G96 or Ballistol. No charge for that one, boys. My pain is your gain.
Peace out; have a good Saturday.
