This was odd, but lucky me

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Went to a 4th of July BBQ at an old bosses place ( I've retired a few years back ). Was showing a couple guys some pics of a new 1911 I'd just purchased. Now there is another guy that used to work at the same place, at this BBQ. We were friendly at work, but never met up outside work for beers or anything. I haven't seen this guy for 3-4 years. So he sees me showing the pics of the 1911, and just says I have a couple guns I want to give you. I say that's a little strange, why don't you just sell them? He says he's not sure how to go about doing that legally, doesn't want to mess with it, and just feels I'd be a good person to give them to. Ultimately, we settled on I would sell one for him, and I could keep the other for my troubles. Neither were high dollar guns, but both were in like new condition. He'd bought both new. One was a Savage MKII 22LR. He had never fired it. That's the one I sold. The other is a Taurus PT111 G2. He had fired 1 magazine ( 12 rounds ) through it. There's my keeper. IMG_0413.jpg Tuckerdog1
 
The PT111 G2 is my "tackle box" pistol. I did replace the recoil rod with a steel one as it seems that's the only weak link of the handgun.
It's been absolutely reliable and that seems to be the norm. Mine is quite accurate as well.

In case anyone is interested in one hell of a value, they can be found new-in-box for $168 if you're Googlefoo is strong.
 
I love my PT111 G2. Had some trouble with the mag release, as in the mag would fall out but Taurus repaired it free of charge and its been a great pistol.
 
The PT111 G2 is a solid gun. I had one with about 1k rounds through it sold and never had an issue. The only reason i sold it is i upgraded to a CZ P07 and wanted to use the money towards that. I did put an after market fiber optic site on mine, as well as a stainless guide rod. Lakeline has several types of sites available including night sites if you wanted to upgrade anything. Prices are reasonable, I paid about $35 for the fiber optic front site and guide rod combined

https://lakelinellc.com/product-category/taurus-pistol-parts-and-accessories/
 
OP good on you for doing the right thing. :thumbup: Many others would have just said thanks and patted themselves on the back afterwards. I dare say most on this forum will at the least try and be fair in their dealings with others. One of the main reasons I haunt this site the most.
 
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