3KillerBs
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After 3 months of hunting through multiple gun shops and online, ...
We walked into the gun shop to get some match ammo for tomorrow and Ed, the owner ( http://www.edsgunshop.com/ ), said, "Did you get my message?".
I said, "No, did something for DD come in?"
He said, "Its not very pretty, but its sound and fires."
He proceeded to show us a gun that had come in yesterday; an old Hi-Standard, 9-shot, .22 revolver that had large parts of the bluing worn off but which was as tight as could be desired and which worked smoothly without any grating, slop, or vibration.
DD loved it. It fits her hand beautifully, she can cock it without any effort, and she even thinks that the way its worn looks cool. After fumbling for the right words she decided that it looked "loved". Its not a Smith and Wesson, but it made me think of DH's old Marlin -- an entry-level gun that's nice and solid even if it isn't fancy.
People complain about what dealers want for used guns but he told us what he paid for it and at the $119 asking price I know he didn't make minimum wage on the time and trouble to do all the paperwork -- especially not if you count all the time DD has spent fondling revolvers. So, finally, after months of searching for the rare and elusive reasonably-priced, used .22 revolver, DD has her own gun.
Since we were on the way to the range she was firing it within 15 minutes of buying it.
Then the rest of us got to try it:
Unfortunately, because my camera takes a minute to warm up and make ready, I missed the shot of my 14yo showing her 6'3", 17yo brother how to operate a revolver.
The rear sights are weirdly skewed to the left, the gun shoots left, of course, and we have to find out how to tap them back where they belong. If we can achieve that tomorrow morning then DD can shoot the pistol match with her own gun.
We walked into the gun shop to get some match ammo for tomorrow and Ed, the owner ( http://www.edsgunshop.com/ ), said, "Did you get my message?".
I said, "No, did something for DD come in?"
He said, "Its not very pretty, but its sound and fires."
He proceeded to show us a gun that had come in yesterday; an old Hi-Standard, 9-shot, .22 revolver that had large parts of the bluing worn off but which was as tight as could be desired and which worked smoothly without any grating, slop, or vibration.
DD loved it. It fits her hand beautifully, she can cock it without any effort, and she even thinks that the way its worn looks cool. After fumbling for the right words she decided that it looked "loved". Its not a Smith and Wesson, but it made me think of DH's old Marlin -- an entry-level gun that's nice and solid even if it isn't fancy.
People complain about what dealers want for used guns but he told us what he paid for it and at the $119 asking price I know he didn't make minimum wage on the time and trouble to do all the paperwork -- especially not if you count all the time DD has spent fondling revolvers. So, finally, after months of searching for the rare and elusive reasonably-priced, used .22 revolver, DD has her own gun.
Since we were on the way to the range she was firing it within 15 minutes of buying it.
Then the rest of us got to try it:
Unfortunately, because my camera takes a minute to warm up and make ready, I missed the shot of my 14yo showing her 6'3", 17yo brother how to operate a revolver.
The rear sights are weirdly skewed to the left, the gun shoots left, of course, and we have to find out how to tap them back where they belong. If we can achieve that tomorrow morning then DD can shoot the pistol match with her own gun.
