So I went perusing at the local gun shops yesterday, and grabbed a couple of sweet guns. The first was a 1969 S&W Model 27-2, 6” barrel, S serial prefix, pinned and recessed. The old gal sports a little bit of bluing loss, most likely from spending a long time in a leather holster, but the action is tight and perfect. I picked it up for about $700 in cash and trade-in value on another gun, which I considered to be reasonable.
6 shots, DA at about 10 yards. A couple shots a little off target due to still learning the feel of the trigger.
The next score was a bit of an oddity: While perusing another of my favorite shops, after being told they had nothing new in that would interest me, I spotted a gun I’ve never seen or really had heard of before, a Norinco TT Olympia. I am familiar with the Walther Olympia that this Norinco copies, but really knew nothing this particular gun. The price was right, $325 out the door for the gun, 2 mags, and the barrel weight, no box, so I took a chance on it. I didn’t know what to expect from this gun, as there’s very little online about it other than a mixture of praise, dislike, and discussions on the scarcity of parts. Needless to say, I was very pleasantly surprised. At the range, the TT Olympia performs extremely well without a single hitch, and is every bit as accurate, and pleasant to shoot as the Model 41 I owned previously. In fact, aside from being a little smaller than a 41, it feels in hand very similar, as I suppose it should, being the pistol design from which the Model 41 is derived. The TT Olympia is a fantastic 22 pistol for a more than reasonable price.
8 shots at about 10 yards. My one negative of the TT Olympia is the sights, which I find to be a little small for my eyes, hence my grouping opened up a little bit more than I would have liked.
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6 shots, DA at about 10 yards. A couple shots a little off target due to still learning the feel of the trigger.
The next score was a bit of an oddity: While perusing another of my favorite shops, after being told they had nothing new in that would interest me, I spotted a gun I’ve never seen or really had heard of before, a Norinco TT Olympia. I am familiar with the Walther Olympia that this Norinco copies, but really knew nothing this particular gun. The price was right, $325 out the door for the gun, 2 mags, and the barrel weight, no box, so I took a chance on it. I didn’t know what to expect from this gun, as there’s very little online about it other than a mixture of praise, dislike, and discussions on the scarcity of parts. Needless to say, I was very pleasantly surprised. At the range, the TT Olympia performs extremely well without a single hitch, and is every bit as accurate, and pleasant to shoot as the Model 41 I owned previously. In fact, aside from being a little smaller than a 41, it feels in hand very similar, as I suppose it should, being the pistol design from which the Model 41 is derived. The TT Olympia is a fantastic 22 pistol for a more than reasonable price.
8 shots at about 10 yards. My one negative of the TT Olympia is the sights, which I find to be a little small for my eyes, hence my grouping opened up a little bit more than I would have liked.
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