Orion8472
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I know that I'm going to be initially breaking the "Need gun picture", but will add tomorrow.
A little back story. I've always liked the Beretta Model 70 in 22lr. I personally think it is one of the sexiest pistols ever made. I got one at a local gun store a couple years ago, but it was one of the long barrel models [not really what I wanted], with fairly poor bluing on the slide/barrel, and not good black on the aluminum frame. I ended up selling it a while back.
I decided that I'm switching to all 22lr [for reasons this thread doesn't need to get in to], so I thought that I'd like to get another semi-auto 22 pistol. I wasn't wanting another Ruger Mark series or buckmark, and didn't want a plastic pistol, so I thought about the Beretta 70 again. Well, last week I bid on a Model 70 on gunbroker that looked pretty good in the photos. I bit on it and won. I just got it today. It's even nicer in person. The finish, frame and slide/barrel, look to be like new. No discern-able nicks or scratches. And the slide, when pulling it back, feels like it's on ball bearings!
Now for the "Wow!" part. I looked up the age on the Beretta site, and it was made the same year I was born! I was always wanting a gun manufactured on the same year as my birth, and now it has happened,....strictly by chance! XD
A little back story. I've always liked the Beretta Model 70 in 22lr. I personally think it is one of the sexiest pistols ever made. I got one at a local gun store a couple years ago, but it was one of the long barrel models [not really what I wanted], with fairly poor bluing on the slide/barrel, and not good black on the aluminum frame. I ended up selling it a while back.
I decided that I'm switching to all 22lr [for reasons this thread doesn't need to get in to], so I thought that I'd like to get another semi-auto 22 pistol. I wasn't wanting another Ruger Mark series or buckmark, and didn't want a plastic pistol, so I thought about the Beretta 70 again. Well, last week I bid on a Model 70 on gunbroker that looked pretty good in the photos. I bit on it and won. I just got it today. It's even nicer in person. The finish, frame and slide/barrel, look to be like new. No discern-able nicks or scratches. And the slide, when pulling it back, feels like it's on ball bearings!
Now for the "Wow!" part. I looked up the age on the Beretta site, and it was made the same year I was born! I was always wanting a gun manufactured on the same year as my birth, and now it has happened,....strictly by chance! XD