sigp220.45
US Veteran
I bought my two sons nice M1 Garands when they were little, but my baby girl had no interest in such a big gun. We went and looked at .22s, and she picked out one of these:
It cost about as much as a good CMP Garand, but hasn't been quite as enjoyable for her. Oh, it shoots fine - its never jammed, and its very accurate. The problem is that the rifle is really just a Buckmark pistol with a long barrel and a buttstock - with every ammo I've tried I get painful powder spray in my face and left forearm. I think without shooting glasses it would be a safety issue.
I bought it new at Sportsman's Warehouse. I took it to them and they shipped it to Browning. After a couple of months I got a call that they were replacing the receiver. Since it had a new serial number I had to do the 4473 again - no problem there.
I tried it again, and the spitting was noticeably less. With a long sleeve shirt and shooting glasses it was ok. My daughter never really took to it, and still does most of her shooting with her prized Winchester Model 67, given to her by my Dad.
We moved shortly after, and while the rifle made the trip the box and return papers (including the original sales receipt) were either pitched out by the movers or misplaced. At any rate, I don't have them.
I took the rifle out the other day, to see if it had miraculously cured itself in the safe. If anything, its worse.
Now its starting to bug me. I called Browning, and they had no record of the serial number being there for repair. (No surprise - the original gun had been replaced with this one.) They said to send it in (my dime this time, no Sportsman's Warehouse in my new town) with no guarantees.
So, friends, what say you? Is this just a design flaw I should live with and that I should have expected in holding a pistol action four inches from my face? Has anyone here had any experience with this same model? I guess it really cheeses me that I bought this thing thinking I was getting my little girl a great gun, and now she's afraid to shoot it. I wouldn't even feel right selling it off or trading it.
Thoughts?
It cost about as much as a good CMP Garand, but hasn't been quite as enjoyable for her. Oh, it shoots fine - its never jammed, and its very accurate. The problem is that the rifle is really just a Buckmark pistol with a long barrel and a buttstock - with every ammo I've tried I get painful powder spray in my face and left forearm. I think without shooting glasses it would be a safety issue.
I bought it new at Sportsman's Warehouse. I took it to them and they shipped it to Browning. After a couple of months I got a call that they were replacing the receiver. Since it had a new serial number I had to do the 4473 again - no problem there.
I tried it again, and the spitting was noticeably less. With a long sleeve shirt and shooting glasses it was ok. My daughter never really took to it, and still does most of her shooting with her prized Winchester Model 67, given to her by my Dad.
We moved shortly after, and while the rifle made the trip the box and return papers (including the original sales receipt) were either pitched out by the movers or misplaced. At any rate, I don't have them.
I took the rifle out the other day, to see if it had miraculously cured itself in the safe. If anything, its worse.
Now its starting to bug me. I called Browning, and they had no record of the serial number being there for repair. (No surprise - the original gun had been replaced with this one.) They said to send it in (my dime this time, no Sportsman's Warehouse in my new town) with no guarantees.
So, friends, what say you? Is this just a design flaw I should live with and that I should have expected in holding a pistol action four inches from my face? Has anyone here had any experience with this same model? I guess it really cheeses me that I bought this thing thinking I was getting my little girl a great gun, and now she's afraid to shoot it. I wouldn't even feel right selling it off or trading it.
Thoughts?
