Great Score
I have the Taurus 94, I think it is the same...wish I had your hardwood stocks.
Small, accurate, two men and a boy DA trigger pull tho. No real "fix" as the issue is the frame size.
All the J frame size .22's have a heavy DA trigger, I just.thumb cock mine most of the time.
Coincidence I paid 249 at the LGS for mine too.
Oops, looked at your pic again, mine is a 9 shooter, not the same.