robertrwalsh
SWCA Member
I own five mouse guns (defined as a .25 automatic for this purpose). I like them. They are interesting pieces of machinery though only marginally (very marginally) a weapon. In the 50 + years I have been regularly carrying a handgun I have carried one maybe three times, always under situations where I really wanted to have a gun but couldn't effectively conceal anything bigger.
Herein lies the question. The one I shoot the best is a newer Beretta with a tip-up barrel. It is also by far the bulkiest of them. It is very nearly as large as a S&W J frame. I also have an older, slimmer Beretta which I shoot OK but is harder to handle and bites me on occasion, two Colts (a 1908 and a Pony) and a FN Vest Pocket (very slightly bigger than the much better known Baby Browning).
I am very seriously thinking about just plain selling one or two of them just because I rarely shoot them and even more rarely carry one. The question then becomes what to keep and what to not keep (if any) and what criteria to use. The FN is by far the hardest for me to shoot as the sights are essentially non-existant, though how much that means at reasonable mouse gun ranges is questionable. (I do have to shoot out to 15 yards to get them on my carry records.) Some are easier to change magazines than others, though I realize the chances of needing a magazine change are remote. The Colts almost certainly have the best resale value but (along with the FN) are much easier to break down for cleaning than the Berettas. Anybody got any ideas they might like to throw in my direction? (I don't NEED the money and would just use the sales money to buy another gun, so that might be a moot issue.)
Herein lies the question. The one I shoot the best is a newer Beretta with a tip-up barrel. It is also by far the bulkiest of them. It is very nearly as large as a S&W J frame. I also have an older, slimmer Beretta which I shoot OK but is harder to handle and bites me on occasion, two Colts (a 1908 and a Pony) and a FN Vest Pocket (very slightly bigger than the much better known Baby Browning).
I am very seriously thinking about just plain selling one or two of them just because I rarely shoot them and even more rarely carry one. The question then becomes what to keep and what to not keep (if any) and what criteria to use. The FN is by far the hardest for me to shoot as the sights are essentially non-existant, though how much that means at reasonable mouse gun ranges is questionable. (I do have to shoot out to 15 yards to get them on my carry records.) Some are easier to change magazines than others, though I realize the chances of needing a magazine change are remote. The Colts almost certainly have the best resale value but (along with the FN) are much easier to break down for cleaning than the Berettas. Anybody got any ideas they might like to throw in my direction? (I don't NEED the money and would just use the sales money to buy another gun, so that might be a moot issue.)
