I like tip-up small barrel pistols.
I have 5:
two 22 LR:1 Taurus ($160) and 1 Beretta ($225),
one 25 acp Beretta ($225 w/ammo) (bought off Townmarshall here),
two 32 acp Berettas
But, I want stainless steel. they cost more, especially im the Beretta: not worth it to me: $400 usually the price (I'm willing to pay $300).
I found a Taurus stainless PT22 that a guy's wife had, but she graduated up to something else.
Advertised for $245 (too much for a Taurus
).
Since there was a box and extra magazine with it and I was hurting from missing out
on a Ruger SR Government model 1911 ($500), I was going to console myself by buying it and did so offering $200, and got it for $220: I was pleased
I met with the man today and the gun looked clean and it was a great profile (story line).
I immediately went to the range along with a Beretta Neos I had bought 10 minutes earlier up in Carmel.
I had a free range pass from buying a gun 2 weeks earlier on impulse (Ruger Airweight 22 magnum revolver snubbie: I told you I like anything 22
).
I loaded up the Taurus.
I pulled the trigger and nothing happened.
The hammer was coming back but not far enough for it to release and fire the gun.
I called the previous owner and told him and he said to make sure the slide was "seated" or completely down (sorry, don't know my correct gun terminology).
I took the slide off twice and snapped it down: no change.
I pulled the hammer back with my fingernail and released it and the gun went off, gouging two places in my thumb and it bled freely b/c of the slide snapping back and I still had my thumb in the way, duh!
The previous owner told me he would meet up with me and send it back to Taurus,
refunding my money and we could redo the transaction after the gun comes back.
I told him he was right, Taurus did have a lifetime warranty,
although it could take months to get a gun back.
I told him refunding my money in the meantime was a righteous way to do it, and I appreciated his attitude.
When I asked him when and where to meet up, he drove over to Tim's Shooting where I was at the range and we did the exchange and got my money back.
Now that was an experience. I never cease to be amazed at the good honest people I run across in the context of guns.
Here is another caveat: when I gave him the money in an envelope originally paying for the gun, I had put too much in there, confusing the amount by an extra $175 (what I paid for the Neos)
I should not be allowed to have children: oops, too late (don't worry, one is an accountant and the other a lawyer: they take after their mother, fortunately).
I have 5:
two 22 LR:1 Taurus ($160) and 1 Beretta ($225),
one 25 acp Beretta ($225 w/ammo) (bought off Townmarshall here),
two 32 acp Berettas
But, I want stainless steel. they cost more, especially im the Beretta: not worth it to me: $400 usually the price (I'm willing to pay $300).
I found a Taurus stainless PT22 that a guy's wife had, but she graduated up to something else.
Advertised for $245 (too much for a Taurus
).Since there was a box and extra magazine with it and I was hurting from missing out
on a Ruger SR Government model 1911 ($500), I was going to console myself by buying it and did so offering $200, and got it for $220: I was pleasedI met with the man today and the gun looked clean and it was a great profile (story line).
I immediately went to the range along with a Beretta Neos I had bought 10 minutes earlier up in Carmel.
I had a free range pass from buying a gun 2 weeks earlier on impulse (Ruger Airweight 22 magnum revolver snubbie: I told you I like anything 22
).I loaded up the Taurus.
I pulled the trigger and nothing happened.
The hammer was coming back but not far enough for it to release and fire the gun.
I called the previous owner and told him and he said to make sure the slide was "seated" or completely down (sorry, don't know my correct gun terminology).
I took the slide off twice and snapped it down: no change.
I pulled the hammer back with my fingernail and released it and the gun went off, gouging two places in my thumb and it bled freely b/c of the slide snapping back and I still had my thumb in the way, duh!
The previous owner told me he would meet up with me and send it back to Taurus,
refunding my money and we could redo the transaction after the gun comes back.
I told him he was right, Taurus did have a lifetime warranty,
although it could take months to get a gun back.
I told him refunding my money in the meantime was a righteous way to do it, and I appreciated his attitude.
When I asked him when and where to meet up, he drove over to Tim's Shooting where I was at the range and we did the exchange and got my money back.
Now that was an experience. I never cease to be amazed at the good honest people I run across in the context of guns.
Here is another caveat: when I gave him the money in an envelope originally paying for the gun, I had put too much in there, confusing the amount by an extra $175 (what I paid for the Neos)
I should not be allowed to have children: oops, too late (don't worry, one is an accountant and the other a lawyer: they take after their mother, fortunately).
