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I've had experence with the SiG 226 DA/SA and just like the SiG 220 it has to have several hundred round's run through it before the action smooth's out. The one's I've handled and owned ran just fine right out of the box but once they'd been fired enough to break them in they became much nicer with noticible improvements in the DA and SA trigger pull's. As for the reset and trigger take up the time spent with the pistol on the range is in your best intrest.

Great reading this thread, the Taurus 1911 is one of their better pistol's and a great value for the money spent. It's nice when someone post's comment's of problem's with a pistol and folk's offer workable solution's.

100% Correct Sir.

If its manmade it can be broken, I really don't care what it is becsuse stuff will always happen. Beside's a handgun is a tool, tool's take a lot of wear and tear no matter how careful we are with them. Why should we expect less form a handgun if we have active lifestyles that include motorcycles, four wheelers, bike's or other vehicles?

I'd keep the Beretta M-9 and wait until I had the money to buy a new or used Glock 17. Both pistol's are great for training or home protection. they're both also a tad bit large for every day concealed carry as well. The Beretta Nono, Ruger Lc9 or any number of newer compact 9mm pistol's are a good bit easier to carry on a daily or regular basis. I've carried a G-22 and G-27 for many years now in a lot of different types of holster's and their thickness is an issue in concealment.

I've seen 1911 pistol's, S&W & Colt revolvers and a BHP that required repair after somone falling on them or something being dropped on them. After some thought I realized a solid, reinforced and well constructed holster made a difference but also realized how easily a handgun could still be damaged. If it can happen then it will happen, all the more reason for having another handgun avaliable.

My wife doesn't like the pink gun concept and is emphatic about not having any pink gun's in our house. I am slowly getting the poin of the M&P JG special and small amount's of pink on the gun to id it as a savy female shooters gun. wickedwand's came out nice, I don't know if the slide mass reduction slot's really helped or not but they do get your attention.

Of the Ruger's I think the 22/45 is the cat's meow, the SR22 has impressed me as well shooting far beyond my expectation's. I also think very highly of my Ruger Bearcat and am impressed by the SP22. Of other brand's I would highly recommend the Browning Buckmark and S&W M-18 & M-17.

I disassembled and cleaned one of those for a friend and later showed him how to field strip it himself. Off course while I had it in my possession I did have the opportunity to run a couple of hundred rounds through it as well. That pistol impressed me with its ergonomics and ease of operations, it was also very accurate. No matter how hard I tried I was unable to persuade the owner to part with it afterwards, so it’s pleasing to see that someone else likes the 2206 as well.

Recheck the barrel and slide to ensure that it’s a .40 S&W, then break the pistol down and clean it, scrubbing out the chamber and barrel. Then try inserting a round into the chamber and see if it stick’s. Also, make certain that you are either using factory ammunition or properly sized hand loads that have been inspected and checked with a gauge. Problem's with magazine's sticking or causing feed problem's are not uncommon so clean and lubricate the magazine as well.

At the moment I'll say no because over the year's I've parted with a lot of safe queen's, some of which I should have kept, which is another story. As for TrickyNicky's GP100, that revolver is a sleeper that a trigger job and better set of grip's turn's into a performance gun.

The best advice I can give you is to find your way to a good shooting range indoor or outdoor that offer's rental gun's. Try as many different one's as you can befor buying your first gun if at all possible. The 1911 Colt Gov't Mdl or clone in 45acp is a fine pistol but many other pistol's are equally good as well.

Of the two mentioned pistol's i'd choose the CZ-83 for it's superior quality, it's also head and shoulder's above the Walther PP, PPK & PPK/s. I'd even rate it above the Makarov and a number of other like sized pistol's as well due to the ergonomic's and ease of use.

I own an early 1970's 6" M-27 and have owned a 5" and 8 3/8 " as well, I prefer the 6" model. A TGO member has (?) a 4" M-28 listed which is a sweet heart of a 357 Magnum field gun to own and shoot, it's also easier to find holster's for as well. I'm a S&W N frame fan and consider it the best platform for the 357.

The price sound's right and it's a very well made pistol that has been around for a while, if you want it then go ahead and buy it. I'll admit to wanting one myself but other firearms that I've purchased have been my choices instead.

Nologic, I recommend that you take a close look at the Taurus PLY 22, polymer framed, DAO tip-up barrel 22LR that is amazingly well made and ergonomic. Even better is that a new one is only slightly over the $200.00 mark. It's worth the money and 22LR ammo is inexpensive.

Great pistol, caliber isn't so hot but it is what it is, the sight's are visable, tip up barrel is a nice feature and the single action trigger pullis excellent. Other pistol's of it's size have become better option's now but the Jetfire is still a fine pistol with an excellent history.

Dang if this isn't a strange story, wouldn't the distrubutor be required to disclose in print the after market nature of such a "Special Edition"? I like the Ruger product's that I own but would be pretty ticked off to have something represented to me as having been done by Ruger sold to me.

I've trained with a lot of different weapon's but consider either a Remington 870 or Mossberg 590 as trustworthy. I've had a couple of Mossberg 500 12 gauge shotguns fail, both were simple fix's but they still failed. An older Remington 870 is a potential problem point in an inexperenced or excited shooter's hand's. Is it a bad shotgun? No, just an example of the need for training and tuneing your gear. FWIW I just purchased a used 20 ga. 870 Express for $170.00, used 500's and 870's often show up for well under the $300.00 mark. While an 18" or 20" barrel might be easier to move around with in tight spaces a 26" barrel will also work. I have trusted my life to a shotgun and consider it a very capable defensive and offensive weapon's system, unlike the handgun which is more of a defensive weapon system.

The most recent was a S&W Model 15 4" blued "part's gun" that was is about 90% finish wise. It was a police surplus trade in that "wouldn't ratate correctly" and was out of time. When I picked it up at my LGS it functioned correctly, had a strong hammer strike and the timing was good. I took it home, did a complete disassembly, cleaned and lubed it and put it back together. Total price was way under two bill's and I bought it with the intention of only using it for part's for another K Frame.

Because grip safety's are something people have griped about for the last hundred or so year's.

Ah. Magnaport is a bit costly but still one of the best options.If you have any machinist friend's you can ask one to port it for you over the course of a couple of meal breaks. Find some Taurus and other brand pistol's that have been ported and pick a pattern you like then have it milled.

Well it depend's on the barrel length and overall weight of the gun, but yes it can make a difference. As to if it's worth it, my wife has an ultralight 38 Spl w/2" barrel that's ported and she likes it. One of the thing's to consider is you can taylor a load to a gun and reduce muzzle rise or recoil, shoot mid range 357 magnum's or simply stay with 125 or lighter bullets and also make the gun more comfortable to fire. Having your 357 magnum ported isn't going to hurt anything but your not going to enjoy shooting it in an indoor range or at night. Aside from that it depends on what you want.

There's a lot of truth to this but often as not the few dollar's more make a big idfference to folk's on an increasingly shrinking income level. With Taurus there are certain product's that I know work well and that my wife has researched as well so those got the go ahead. QC issues on revolvers have since come to light but we were very fortunate to have good products. The two Taurus handguns that I consider so-so, PT22 & stainless steel 2" 38 Spl both work 100% but have little issues that are irksome.

We own a couple of revolvers and a couple of pistol's that were made by Taurus, two of them are excellent the other two are so-so.