My Review, Taurus PT22PLY
A couple weeks ago I bought a Taurus PT22PLY for a plinker, and possible summer time carry mouse gun. I got a smoking deal on it. They normally run $280 to $330 in my area. I picked this one up from the Princeton Illinois gun show for $210. The dealer told me a lady ordered it, put some money down, then backed out of the deal. He sold it minus the money she put down. Bad for her, good for me. I finally got out today to run it threw the ringer, and hope to get an idea how the little thing was going to work for me.
I cleaned and lubed the pistol thoroughly before heading to the range. Ammo was a mixture of .22LR 40 grain high velocity from 7 or 8 partial boxes of stuff I’ve had laying around and accumulating over the past 10 years. 10 of one brand, 30 of another, 20 here, 20 there. I figured it would be good enough for a break in, and maybe give me a clue as to what this little thing liked.
I set up a 50% (half sized) silhouette target at 5 yards and loaded up the mag. First round hit way left and way low, but I called it, long heavy trigger threw me off. Second round, click. Humm, well, this is not good. Slide was in battery, so I tipped up the barrel. The cartridge had a good firing pin strike, so I turned it 90 degrees to try again. Bang! And a hole in the X-ring! Okay! I then proceeded to fire the 100 rounds of ammo I brought with me. 99 out of 100 perfect. No failure to feed. No failure to eject. Only that one failure to fire, and that can be blamed on the ammo.
I think I’m going to like this little pistol. Nice and light. Should be low maintenance. Shouldn’t rust quickly because of the polymer frame and stainless barrel / slide. Low cost, so if I drop it, or other wise, it won’t pain me to see it scratched.
Now I’m not a professional gun review writer, as you can plainly see, but in my honest opinion, do not hesitate in buying one of these. You may find a lemon out there, but I doubt it.
A couple weeks ago I bought a Taurus PT22PLY for a plinker, and possible summer time carry mouse gun. I got a smoking deal on it. They normally run $280 to $330 in my area. I picked this one up from the Princeton Illinois gun show for $210. The dealer told me a lady ordered it, put some money down, then backed out of the deal. He sold it minus the money she put down. Bad for her, good for me. I finally got out today to run it threw the ringer, and hope to get an idea how the little thing was going to work for me.
I cleaned and lubed the pistol thoroughly before heading to the range. Ammo was a mixture of .22LR 40 grain high velocity from 7 or 8 partial boxes of stuff I’ve had laying around and accumulating over the past 10 years. 10 of one brand, 30 of another, 20 here, 20 there. I figured it would be good enough for a break in, and maybe give me a clue as to what this little thing liked.
I set up a 50% (half sized) silhouette target at 5 yards and loaded up the mag. First round hit way left and way low, but I called it, long heavy trigger threw me off. Second round, click. Humm, well, this is not good. Slide was in battery, so I tipped up the barrel. The cartridge had a good firing pin strike, so I turned it 90 degrees to try again. Bang! And a hole in the X-ring! Okay! I then proceeded to fire the 100 rounds of ammo I brought with me. 99 out of 100 perfect. No failure to feed. No failure to eject. Only that one failure to fire, and that can be blamed on the ammo.
I think I’m going to like this little pistol. Nice and light. Should be low maintenance. Shouldn’t rust quickly because of the polymer frame and stainless barrel / slide. Low cost, so if I drop it, or other wise, it won’t pain me to see it scratched.
Now I’m not a professional gun review writer, as you can plainly see, but in my honest opinion, do not hesitate in buying one of these. You may find a lemon out there, but I doubt it.
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