ArmedinAZ
Buckeye
Picked this one up from my FFL guy last night. In box with all original material, the original owner claims to have shot it 2 or 3 times and it's been in the safe ever since, serial # makes it a 1995. Clean & lubed, took it to the range today with my SR9. This is a tank of a gun! Fills your hand but not like a Glock, already not a fan of the grip panels, Hogue on order. Of course it's heavier than the SR9 and the trigger is different but what is striking is the difference when you cycle the slide. The P, even in barely used condition, is so smoooth to break out of battery and cycle while the SR9 is notchy and way stiffer. The difference between swing link and cam block operation.
The 10 yard target only proves to me that I can point it OK. Haven't shot in 3 weeks and had a couple of cups of coffee before heading out (not saying my normal groups are any tighter, usually there's a flyer to spoil things). Funny thing, this being my first DC pistol I was worried about that first DA trigger pull. It's way stiff but almost every DA pull to start a new group was closest to center target. Weird.
One other BAD thing, I was sitting at a table filling out the paperwork and turned it over to the dealer, opened the factory box to look it over, pointed it at the floor and cycled the slide back and A LOADED BULLET HIT THE FLOOR. He looked at me as said WAS THAT A BULLET???? Holy ****, this weapon was shipped with a full magazine and one in the barrel!! I locked the slide back, popped the mag out and after positively clearing the weapon set both on the table. He thanked me for first clearing the gun before inspecting it and I apologized for clearing it incorrectly, I should have dropped the mag first. He had opened the box to see that the gun was what I bought but didn't handle it. Has never had this happen before. Cussed a little bit. Brought home the lesson assume every gun is loaded until you know it isn't.
Anyway, this one isn't leaving and it won't be a safe queen.
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The 10 yard target only proves to me that I can point it OK. Haven't shot in 3 weeks and had a couple of cups of coffee before heading out (not saying my normal groups are any tighter, usually there's a flyer to spoil things). Funny thing, this being my first DC pistol I was worried about that first DA trigger pull. It's way stiff but almost every DA pull to start a new group was closest to center target. Weird.
One other BAD thing, I was sitting at a table filling out the paperwork and turned it over to the dealer, opened the factory box to look it over, pointed it at the floor and cycled the slide back and A LOADED BULLET HIT THE FLOOR. He looked at me as said WAS THAT A BULLET???? Holy ****, this weapon was shipped with a full magazine and one in the barrel!! I locked the slide back, popped the mag out and after positively clearing the weapon set both on the table. He thanked me for first clearing the gun before inspecting it and I apologized for clearing it incorrectly, I should have dropped the mag first. He had opened the box to see that the gun was what I bought but didn't handle it. Has never had this happen before. Cussed a little bit. Brought home the lesson assume every gun is loaded until you know it isn't.
Anyway, this one isn't leaving and it won't be a safe queen.

