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In the early 1970's I bought a blued and nickled 2" S&W kit gun. Their fit and finish were great, but I was extremely disappointed in their field performance.
Then while visiting a small gun shop I stumbled accross a new 3" .22 Charter Arms Pathfinder and bought it. It turned out to be unbelievably accurate. It was a close in "Bunny-Blaster" extrordinaire. This sold me on "non-traditonal-brand" guns.
While at a local gun show two weeks a go the few .22 S&W "Kit Guns" for sale had near stratosphere price tages ($700 up).
Then I found a dealer that had a NEW .22 stainless steel Taurus M-94 marked at $349 right next to a NEW in the box stainless steel S&W M-63 with a $699 price tag.
Hmmm...they both weighed the same, they both had 2" barrels (though I've never seen a M-63 with anything but a 4" or 5" barrel).
They both had micro adjustable rear sights and red insert front sights; then I opened the cylinders. The S&W held the industry standard "6" while the Taurus held "9"; now I'm really taking notice.
Since both guns had the required plastic wire wraps hog tieing their respective hammers, I couldn't compare the actions which didn't matter at this point, I was sold on the M-94 and laid down the cash.
When I got it home..."Holy Sh*t"!!! kubvcabo It had a DA trigger pull that required a crow bar and a Warren Winch to move...I'd say aroun 20 lbs.!
A call to Wolff Springs had a replacement mainspring enroute. I removed the stainless steel mainspring strut which was covered with press marks and burrs. Using a dremel tool, polishing wheel and "Mother's Mag Polish", I gave it a mirrored finish. Once I installed the replacement Wolff mainspring I had a smooth consistant and 100% reliable 8 lb. DA trigger pull in a light and handy "9" shot .22 "Kit Gun".
Now it's time to find which .22 fodder it likes the best then...bring on the Cotton Tails! kfjdrfirii
Then while visiting a small gun shop I stumbled accross a new 3" .22 Charter Arms Pathfinder and bought it. It turned out to be unbelievably accurate. It was a close in "Bunny-Blaster" extrordinaire. This sold me on "non-traditonal-brand" guns.
While at a local gun show two weeks a go the few .22 S&W "Kit Guns" for sale had near stratosphere price tages ($700 up).
Then I found a dealer that had a NEW .22 stainless steel Taurus M-94 marked at $349 right next to a NEW in the box stainless steel S&W M-63 with a $699 price tag.
Hmmm...they both weighed the same, they both had 2" barrels (though I've never seen a M-63 with anything but a 4" or 5" barrel).
They both had micro adjustable rear sights and red insert front sights; then I opened the cylinders. The S&W held the industry standard "6" while the Taurus held "9"; now I'm really taking notice.
Since both guns had the required plastic wire wraps hog tieing their respective hammers, I couldn't compare the actions which didn't matter at this point, I was sold on the M-94 and laid down the cash.
When I got it home..."Holy Sh*t"!!! kubvcabo It had a DA trigger pull that required a crow bar and a Warren Winch to move...I'd say aroun 20 lbs.!
A call to Wolff Springs had a replacement mainspring enroute. I removed the stainless steel mainspring strut which was covered with press marks and burrs. Using a dremel tool, polishing wheel and "Mother's Mag Polish", I gave it a mirrored finish. Once I installed the replacement Wolff mainspring I had a smooth consistant and 100% reliable 8 lb. DA trigger pull in a light and handy "9" shot .22 "Kit Gun".
Now it's time to find which .22 fodder it likes the best then...bring on the Cotton Tails! kfjdrfirii
