A week or so ago I took my wife to basic handgun course I asked the instructor to help her pick out a rental gun for the range portion of the class (that was the first time she had ever fired a gun).
He had her use a Taurus TX 22 and she told me she liked it. I'd always thought of Taurus as sort of a budget gun maker, so I sort of brushed it off thinking, well yeah, that's the only gun you've ever fired! She is only 5'2" with very small hands, and she felt comfortable with the controls.
Well, I did a bit of research and found out that this gun is actually pretty innovative. It is like most polymer guns I've handled with a very simple field stripping procedure, which I liked.
So after her Mother's Day brunch we went to a gun store and they had one so we picked up the compact version for $350.
The trigger is OK. It is gritty and has some travel but it resets very quickly and breaks nicely from there. Rear sights are plain black, which I'm not a fan of but at least the front sight has a white dot.
All in all it is a nice little gun that hopefully will get her to the range (I've been wanting a semi-auto .22 LR pistol, anyway).
I wonder if I'll get a yoga mat for Father's Day?
He had her use a Taurus TX 22 and she told me she liked it. I'd always thought of Taurus as sort of a budget gun maker, so I sort of brushed it off thinking, well yeah, that's the only gun you've ever fired! She is only 5'2" with very small hands, and she felt comfortable with the controls.
Well, I did a bit of research and found out that this gun is actually pretty innovative. It is like most polymer guns I've handled with a very simple field stripping procedure, which I liked.
So after her Mother's Day brunch we went to a gun store and they had one so we picked up the compact version for $350.
The trigger is OK. It is gritty and has some travel but it resets very quickly and breaks nicely from there. Rear sights are plain black, which I'm not a fan of but at least the front sight has a white dot.
All in all it is a nice little gun that hopefully will get her to the range (I've been wanting a semi-auto .22 LR pistol, anyway).
I wonder if I'll get a yoga mat for Father's Day?