Guns you bought that Surprised you with how good they were

[steamloco76]

A couple of Taurus (eek!) products. A model 738 TCP 380 pocket auto. Darn thing is very easy to hit with, even point shooting. Shoots bullets from 88 to 102 grains to the same impact point. The other is a blued Taurus 917 7 shot .22 revolver with Weaver 2X28 scope. Even though it has a 7lb SA trigger, I can shoot 1 to 1.5 inch groups at 50 yards off sandbags. Better than my scoped S&W 17-8.

 

[redbos]

Not a handgun, but I have several Remington 541 S( back when they made then in the custom shop) I have many .22 bench guns and two 40 X's,one particular 541 S must have been built by a great employee. It shoots much better than me and can have groups( on a very, very calm day and I am paying attention) of .57-.59 at 100 yards, not bad for a .22 LR...... At 50 yards it makes me look like a world class bench shooter, it is scary accurate, I am def not though!

 

[old bear]

My 586 no dash, my first and only non P&R Smith. I got it way cheap at an auction site less than $350.00. It is more accurate than I ever will be and I really like the way it feels in my hand.

 

[glenncal1]

Because I like K-22s so much, I bought this 22/32 shooter because it is the father (uncle, step dad, grandfather?) of the species. It shoots wonderfullu and with SV ammo is very accurate.

 

[Revolver-time]

Taurus PT 1911. Out of my 5 diffrerent 1911s the PT 1911 shoots every week. I know I have more than 10k rounds thru it.

 

[C Islander]

I've got two Taurus handguns that have been surprizingly good. My PT1911 has features you'd only find on higher priced guns, and shoots as well as any of them. Next would be my Taurus 9904SS. It's a .22lr 9 shot revolver. I'll admit the trigger is a bit heavy at first, but mine has smoothed out nicely after a lot of rounds. The 990 is probably the handgun that I shoot the most.

 

[TAROMAN]

I know there's a lot of taurus hate here, but this one did well by me.

Taurus 441. A 5 shot 3' 44 Special:

Should have kept it. Sold it and got a S&W 21-4. I would gladly trade that 21 to get that Taurus back.

 

[Jeff45]

I bought an old Browning Buckmark .22 that has turned out to be as accurate as the high dollar target .22's, and it runs great on the WalMart Federal bulk pack ammo.

 

[pineappleshooter]

Kel-Tec P3aT - runs any ammo I put through it and has yet to mis-feed in over 600 rounds. Slide is starting rust - think I'll drop the bucks to get it cerakoted or something similar.

 

[Bigbuckeye]

Gsg522.....pure fun..

 

[Dadsnugun]

Russian Makarov...fun little plinker and very accurate, in addition to being the simplest semi-auto that I own to field strip, clean and reassemble. It'll never be sold, I doubt I'd get much more than scrap-metal prices out of it, but it's worth many times what I paid for it to me.

 

[Lee D]

4" model 10-5....with wadcutters that bad boy will tear one ragged hole all day long out to 15 yards.
its a rabbits worst nightmare

*add...not sure if the "5" designation makes this a pre '80 gun

 

[Frank237]

Probably a dozen yrs back at the Bozeman gun show I bought a M-14-2 a 6" K-38 ,tagged as a REBLUE, for $210. It appeared fine mechanically...all I wanted was a gopher shooter/pickup gun. Turned out to be one of my most accurate revolvers overall. It of course likes 148 gr wadcutters, but also shoots my 5.2 gr of Unique, #358429 172 gr Keith SWC load into an inch or less at 25 yds.

My other one is a Wby Ultra Lt Wt bolt gun in .280 Rem. Traded into the gun, intended to mount a scope, sight it in and sell it right before hunting season.

UNTIL I found out it shot 1/2 moa or a bit less with 140-160 gr hunting loads. One calm day, off the bench I shot a pair of .9" groups at 200 yds.

Not bad for a FACTORY gun, weighing 1 oz under 7 pounds, loaded and ready to hunt!

FN in MT

 

[Hearsedriver]

There are 2 that really surprised me. The first was a Henry .22 lever action rifle from Walmart. The action is the smoothest of any lever gun I have owned and it is extreemly accurate. Impeccable workmanship, especially for a gun that cost less than $300.00 brand new. Henrys customer service is superb too. The second was the 36-1 3" that I traded for awhile back. It has a glass smooth action and is very accurate as well. It was the gun that made the Model 36 my favorite gun of all time.

 

[fisco]

Model 63 5'' It shoots MOS (minute of squirrel). It shoots as good as my 617 and a lot lighter to pack.

 

[paperboy98]

The S&W 945. Crazy accurate and a joy to hold and fire. Nicely finished.
paperboy98

 

[Garland]

The gun that started me collecting Smiths was a 5" Model 10-5 that was given to me a few years ago in practically new condition. Even as a novice, I was able to get great groups with that gun. It made me think I had natural talent, until I bought more guns and learned different!

 

[stantheman86]

Romanian WASR-10 AK-clone semi auto........I got it for like $300 about 8 years ago, as a cheap plinker. It turned out to be so accurate that I want to get one of those PSL scopes for it, and it has never jammed. I usually don't clean it, in the summer of 2004 I ran 1,000's of the dirty Barnaul steel case (back when that stuff was dirt cheap) through it without cleaning, over several range trips and it never hiccuped. I still never detail cleaned it, so it sits in my basement like sort of clean, and I grab it once in a while when I feel like shooting it at the range and I sometimes keep it loaded as a big critter defense gun, since the black bear can get somewhat aggressive around here.

 

[gunblade]

Hungarian PA-63 in 9X18. Bought it from a friend who got a job traveling a lot and didn't want to leave it in his house while he was gone. Probably would have never bought one otherwise, but once I got to looking at how they were made and especially after how it performs at the range, I am really impressed with this little $140 pistol.

 

[Buford57]

Savage 93FV .22 Magnum. I bought it on a whim because I wanted something different. Once it was sighted in I don't think I've ever missed anything I shot at. I have toyed with the idea of a laminate thumbhole stock for it, but I'm afraid to mess with perfection.