How many rounds do you fire to make a decision?
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MCgunner said:
No, not for carry. I'm not a collector and he wanted more than I was willing to spend. I won't buy a gun that I can't shoot (use), just like I won't buy a guitar that I can't play. I'll leave the supply for the fetishists to put under glass.
I have made that decision right away on a couple guns. they just did not feel right or shoot very well. I have curbed that with age and know pretty much what I want now. I went with the Glock craze and could not get rid of them fast enough. After years of different guns I have come to love 1911 and rifles that do not kick the crap out of my bad shouder. I even hunt with 20 gauge.
Thats me, everyone is diff.
Thats me, everyone is diff.
Novus Collectus
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One mag or one cylinder. If I find myself reloading it, then I must like something about it.
I have known I really liked a gun after firing just one or two rounds before though.
Clipper,
I need to find a good cheap gun that I wouldn't be too upset about losing to thieves if it was stolen...how is that taurus PT-145? I often don't carry a gun due to worrying about it being stolen when I have to lock it in the car in places where I can't carry. I would be very upset losing a $2000 1911 and this taurus might be the answer to my problem.
I need to find a good cheap gun that I wouldn't be too upset about losing to thieves if it was stolen...how is that taurus PT-145? I often don't carry a gun due to worrying about it being stolen when I have to lock it in the car in places where I can't carry. I would be very upset losing a $2000 1911 and this taurus might be the answer to my problem.
Clipper
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LBTRS,
I will tell you about the first 3 rounds fired from mine (it's a SS DAO version) and let you decide. I pull in to my shooting buddie's place and find him with another co-worker/shooter playing with a couple rifles. I whip out my new pistol and take ONE shot at a fresh target. My buddy takes ONE shot, and the other guy takes ONE shot. We find all 3 shots arranged around the bull in a 6" group...At 60 yards!! I was impressed, to say the least. Smooth trigger, polished feedramp, good 3-dot sights and very comfortable. I normally load with 185gr Winchester silvertip HPs, but have fired several different kinds and brands with zero failures of any kind...I take that back, I had one FTbang with WWB hardball, but with the second strike capability, I just pulled the trigger again and it fired.
I've become a big fan of Taurus lately. My buddy has a SS .22mag pump that is incredibly accurate with the Armscor ammo, and I really like his 5" SS .22lr 9-shot revolver (think I'm gonna pick up one of those myself).
I will tell you about the first 3 rounds fired from mine (it's a SS DAO version) and let you decide. I pull in to my shooting buddie's place and find him with another co-worker/shooter playing with a couple rifles. I whip out my new pistol and take ONE shot at a fresh target. My buddy takes ONE shot, and the other guy takes ONE shot. We find all 3 shots arranged around the bull in a 6" group...At 60 yards!! I was impressed, to say the least. Smooth trigger, polished feedramp, good 3-dot sights and very comfortable. I normally load with 185gr Winchester silvertip HPs, but have fired several different kinds and brands with zero failures of any kind...I take that back, I had one FTbang with WWB hardball, but with the second strike capability, I just pulled the trigger again and it fired.
I've become a big fan of Taurus lately. My buddy has a SS .22mag pump that is incredibly accurate with the Armscor ammo, and I really like his 5" SS .22lr 9-shot revolver (think I'm gonna pick up one of those myself).
Depends on whether the issue is compatability or reliability. If the former it usually shows its potential quickly and any desireable tweaks result in further improvement right away. If OTOH it isn't going to work out for me the first session is frustrating and it never gets better. This has been the case for so long that I now make up my mind fairly quickly and get it over with, either way.
Less rarely I have had a gun that I really liked and shot well, but had reliability issues. Fought with a P97 a while back and tried every trick in the book. Both Ruger and I gave up on the gun; I sent it back for the last time and they destroyed it with my permission and blessing. The replacement was consigned to a gun shop within 48 hours of receipt here. And that was the end of that.
Tends to make you appreciate the good ones more--like women.
Less rarely I have had a gun that I really liked and shot well, but had reliability issues. Fought with a P97 a while back and tried every trick in the book. Both Ruger and I gave up on the gun; I sent it back for the last time and they destroyed it with my permission and blessing. The replacement was consigned to a gun shop within 48 hours of receipt here. And that was the end of that.
Tends to make you appreciate the good ones more--like women.
I rented some sort of 1911 carry version (short barrel) and no way-no how was I buying one of those. Kicked like a
Funny, how these things get such different reactions!
Yeah, it's a kick --- but it's a gentle kick!
OTOH, shooting a 3" 1911 is like weight lifting. Afterwards, a 5" feels like a BB gun, and a 9 feels like a .22.
1911s are an acquired taste, and micro-1911s even more so. Mine is not the most sophisticated trick in my bag, but I shoot the best with it.
To each his own taste!
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I pretty much know right away... say after shooting a full magazine. I knew the Berretta M96 in .40 wasn't for me but it took several hundred rounds before I could convince myself to give it up. I was glad when I did because I turned that money around and put it into my first .45ACP - which has been heaven since day one.
I knew I had (HAD!) to have a Sig 229 in .40 after two magazines. Actually it only took one, but that Marine was gentleman enough to let me shoot a second one on his way out of the range that day... Which only sank the point home. Subsequent range-rentals confirmed my original theory: this was a NEED. Like air or water.
I knew I had (HAD!) to have a Sig 229 in .40 after two magazines. Actually it only took one, but that Marine was gentleman enough to let me shoot a second one on his way out of the range that day... Which only sank the point home. Subsequent range-rentals confirmed my original theory: this was a NEED. Like air or water.
I had the same experience, it was reliable, accurate but didn't do nothing for me but sting my trigger finger.
To the original poster, if you feel the gun doesn't do it for you trade it in, some say never get rid of a gun even if you trade it in but I would rather have another one in its place that I really liked.
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The only ones I instantly disliked are the 1911 variants. Sonething doesn't feel right, it's like the grip is too deep. I could have had a really nice tuned up Springfield that a policeman friend of mine had for a great price.
He had gotten married and was cleaning out half his handguns and almost all his rifles to buy the new Mrs her first ever new car. He still had a lot of guns!
I did buy a S&W 28 from him, it was a great shooter, and was the nicest finished one I have ever seen. I stupidly sold it a few years ago to a friend for a price I couldn't refuse..3 times what I paid for it!
He had gotten married and was cleaning out half his handguns and almost all his rifles to buy the new Mrs her first ever new car. He still had a lot of guns!
I did buy a S&W 28 from him, it was a great shooter, and was the nicest finished one I have ever seen. I stupidly sold it a few years ago to a friend for a price I couldn't refuse..3 times what I paid for it!
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