stevieboy
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I posted this picture the other day in a different thread, so my excuses in advance for repeating myself a little bit. However, I really want to talk about this gun.
I found it at a local shop a couple of weeks ago and paid slightly less than $400 for it, out the door. It was filthy but everything checked out. A couple of hours of elbow grease removed what looked to be years of grime and dirt, exposing a gun that shows some honest wear but no major flaws. The gun will never win any beauty contest, but as a defensive sidearm it is just about perfect. It's not heavy and fits perfectly into my Simply Rugged Sourdough Pancake holster. It will be my constant walk in the mountains sidekick.
What a shooter this gun is! It has a fantastic trigger, both in da and sa, and locks up very tightly. At 10 yards it shoots to POA with 158gr. .38s and about 3" low with lighter weight bullets. It's wonderfully accurate. On my first trip to the range I was able to put about 70 rounds into an area smaller than the palm of my hand at 10 yards, shooting only double action offhand.
I've purchased some Buffalo Bore short barrel 150gr. Wadcutter as my defensive ammo.
I'm going into all of this detail because I highly recommend it as a defense/carry piece and because, apparently, there are many of them up for sale in the $350-400 price range. For my money, the gun's simplicity, its high quality function, and its great accuracy make it a perfect defensive sidearm. I bought mine locally and it has no police markings on it, although I wouldn't be surprised if it was a police trade-in. However, I've noticed that several of the online sites, like Gunbroker and Guns America, carry this model as a trade in-from the California Department of Corrections.
I found it at a local shop a couple of weeks ago and paid slightly less than $400 for it, out the door. It was filthy but everything checked out. A couple of hours of elbow grease removed what looked to be years of grime and dirt, exposing a gun that shows some honest wear but no major flaws. The gun will never win any beauty contest, but as a defensive sidearm it is just about perfect. It's not heavy and fits perfectly into my Simply Rugged Sourdough Pancake holster. It will be my constant walk in the mountains sidekick.
What a shooter this gun is! It has a fantastic trigger, both in da and sa, and locks up very tightly. At 10 yards it shoots to POA with 158gr. .38s and about 3" low with lighter weight bullets. It's wonderfully accurate. On my first trip to the range I was able to put about 70 rounds into an area smaller than the palm of my hand at 10 yards, shooting only double action offhand.
I've purchased some Buffalo Bore short barrel 150gr. Wadcutter as my defensive ammo.
I'm going into all of this detail because I highly recommend it as a defense/carry piece and because, apparently, there are many of them up for sale in the $350-400 price range. For my money, the gun's simplicity, its high quality function, and its great accuracy make it a perfect defensive sidearm. I bought mine locally and it has no police markings on it, although I wouldn't be surprised if it was a police trade-in. However, I've noticed that several of the online sites, like Gunbroker and Guns America, carry this model as a trade in-from the California Department of Corrections.
