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| Taurus' take on Beretta |
Come Easter Monday and, if you're me, it's time for some R&R. So I drove back to the Dallas compound, grilled hamburgers for a few friends and browsed Bachman Pawn and Gun. BPG is on North West Highway and has a good rep, evidently, with Law Enforcement and shooters generally. More of a handgun shop than anything else, but there were a few Beretta shotguns on the wall.
After checking out the pistols (I want a "9" and a .22) I cast a beady eye at the shotguns. They weren't cheap, over and unders mostly, coming in at around 3k. But here's the thing -- their "hand rubbed" finish was OK, but only just. You could see a fair bit of open grain on the butt and forends.
I was surprised. At 3k you're not going to get at 10k gun, but still, you'd think the grain on the stock would be filled, at least.
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| just fill the grain, LSP |
This inspires me with confidence for my own project guns.
More of that later. In the meanwhile, check out BPG if you want a Dallas pistol alternative to Rays. Less comedic gunnishness from the staff (whaddaya mean you don't want an AR? Aren't you a Patriot, dammit?!), which is a minus, but better prices and selection. Just don't go there looking for a big selection of rifles, or, er, properly finished shotguns.
Keep pulling the trigger,
LSP
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I'm heading over to our local shooting range, conveniently located 5 minutes from our house, to check out some Taurus' (Taurii?) for myself. All our handguns are pretty big for me.
I used to have a Colt detective special that I dearly loved. Wish I still had it. Sigh...
Hope your Easter day was wonderful and you didn't overwork. Busy day for you guys ;-)
I had a Taurus 9mm for a while (the PT-92AF), that I sold and used the money to buy myself something that I wanted more, a CZ-82, in it's 9mm Makarov. For whatever reason, the Taurus didn't fit my hand that well, while the CZ does. (I joke that I must have "Czech hands" from my mom's side of the family. This and the CZ-52 both are natural pointers in my hand.)
Happy Easter Adrienne!
I like the sound of that 5 min drive; I have to motor off a little further. But the range is private (belongs to a parishioner), which is a plus.
Taurus seems to make a decent pistol, but everyone seems to recommend Glock 17s, XDs, or Beretta -- in 9mm.
But give the Taurii a go. Be interesting to see what you think.
God bless.
I like those CZs, Mattexian.
Oh no. Now I have to buy another gun...
hard work paying off already
SBW
my thoughts entirely, Bushwacker.
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