MacAR
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Oh, it started innocuously enough: gonna run to town and pick up some feed from the local feed store, swing by my cousin's car-lot to shoot the bull for a bit, and then come home and work on some shop projects. When I got to my cousin's, he showed me this:
"This" is a Taurus Gaucho, in 357 Mag. Now, I needed another 357 like I needed a hole in my head, but when he offered it to me for what I consider a good deal, I couldn't resist. It is like new, fired very little if at all, and had plain black checkered grips on it. Those lasted exactly long enough to get home, since I remembered I had these "faux stag" one's in the parts box (gave $2 for 'em at a pawnshop ages ago). After a bit of fitting, they went right on. Afterwards, I took it out in the back yard and popped off 15 rounds. Sights are right on, the action (4 clicks, like a Colt, but with a transfer bar) is very smooth, and the trigger is wonderfully light and crisp. It grouped respectably at 15 yards with my 158gr plinking load, though I forgot to get any photos to document the results. The grips are a touch thick for my liking but do feel good in the hand, much better than the thin, cheap ones that were on it.
Overall, I'm rather pleased with my "unintentional" gun purchase. It'll be a good one to carry around the farm and when fishing or hiking, etc. I'm not too deep in it and have really grown to like it. Anyhow, not trying to brag, but I know y'all like it when some of us post I purchases so I figured I'd give ya something to look at this evening.
Enjoy,
Mac
"This" is a Taurus Gaucho, in 357 Mag. Now, I needed another 357 like I needed a hole in my head, but when he offered it to me for what I consider a good deal, I couldn't resist. It is like new, fired very little if at all, and had plain black checkered grips on it. Those lasted exactly long enough to get home, since I remembered I had these "faux stag" one's in the parts box (gave $2 for 'em at a pawnshop ages ago). After a bit of fitting, they went right on. Afterwards, I took it out in the back yard and popped off 15 rounds. Sights are right on, the action (4 clicks, like a Colt, but with a transfer bar) is very smooth, and the trigger is wonderfully light and crisp. It grouped respectably at 15 yards with my 158gr plinking load, though I forgot to get any photos to document the results. The grips are a touch thick for my liking but do feel good in the hand, much better than the thin, cheap ones that were on it.
Overall, I'm rather pleased with my "unintentional" gun purchase. It'll be a good one to carry around the farm and when fishing or hiking, etc. I'm not too deep in it and have really grown to like it. Anyhow, not trying to brag, but I know y'all like it when some of us post I purchases so I figured I'd give ya something to look at this evening.
Enjoy,
Mac
