At the range this weekend, I met up with a former collegue I had not seen in some time.
While he was unpacking his handguns and we were catching up, he said he "needed to thank me". "For what?" I inquired. "For passing on this model 59", "I got it last year when you turned down the offer".
I vaguely recalled a telephone call from a shop I frequent asking if I'd be interested in a "like new" model 59 with original box and docs and two mags. At the time, with my finances still smoldering from my divorce, I declined the offer. Evidently the shop had my friend as the next potential customer, and he purchased it.
This model 59 is literally like new. The grips are perfect and the blue slide and glossy black anodized frame are free of handling marks or holster wear.
My friend proclaimed this 59 to shoot better than his custom 1911's. He proceeded to run our target out to 20 yards and put a 1.5" group in the 10 ring using WWB.
Bringing the target in to 10 yards, he put 5-shots into one of the little black dots used to patch Shoot-N-see targets.
He let me have a try too. I moved the target out to 10 yards. The sights reminded me of the vestigial sights on my old military 1911's. The 59's trigger was as smooth as any of my Performance Center revolvers. Accuracy was phenomenal. I shot little cloverleafs as small as any I've shot with my model 19's and 66's. Recoil was negligible. Not much more than what I encounter shooting 9mm+P in my 3913.
I'm glad my friend benefitted from my failure to procure this model 59. He got a superb 9mm range/carry pistol for an extremely low price. I learn from my mistakes and have put a LNIB model 59 at the very top of my semi-auto wants list.
Any other 59 fans? Why is the model 59 seldom mentioned on the gunboards? Do they all shoot this well? Regards 18DAI.
While he was unpacking his handguns and we were catching up, he said he "needed to thank me". "For what?" I inquired. "For passing on this model 59", "I got it last year when you turned down the offer".
I vaguely recalled a telephone call from a shop I frequent asking if I'd be interested in a "like new" model 59 with original box and docs and two mags. At the time, with my finances still smoldering from my divorce, I declined the offer. Evidently the shop had my friend as the next potential customer, and he purchased it.
This model 59 is literally like new. The grips are perfect and the blue slide and glossy black anodized frame are free of handling marks or holster wear.
My friend proclaimed this 59 to shoot better than his custom 1911's. He proceeded to run our target out to 20 yards and put a 1.5" group in the 10 ring using WWB.
Bringing the target in to 10 yards, he put 5-shots into one of the little black dots used to patch Shoot-N-see targets.
He let me have a try too. I moved the target out to 10 yards. The sights reminded me of the vestigial sights on my old military 1911's. The 59's trigger was as smooth as any of my Performance Center revolvers. Accuracy was phenomenal. I shot little cloverleafs as small as any I've shot with my model 19's and 66's. Recoil was negligible. Not much more than what I encounter shooting 9mm+P in my 3913.
I'm glad my friend benefitted from my failure to procure this model 59. He got a superb 9mm range/carry pistol for an extremely low price. I learn from my mistakes and have put a LNIB model 59 at the very top of my semi-auto wants list.
Any other 59 fans? Why is the model 59 seldom mentioned on the gunboards? Do they all shoot this well? Regards 18DAI.
