I'm not crazy about the designer color schemes myself - good old-fashioned black-on-black will do nicely, thanks.

Yep, reloading was going thru my mind, just based on the price of the civilian ammo!

Meeh, I've got long guns out the ying-yang right now - shotguns and rifles. Looking to get rid of some of the less desireable before I look to pick up any more.

Any word floating around as to which of the two factory sight options is preferable on the 57?

Went digging thru the closet yesterday, to find an old single-shot 20 gauge my father had picked up somewhere - neighbor with a dairy farm, looking for a cheap knockabout gun to keep handy in his barn when the coyotes get after his cows - and found one gun I didn't even realize I still had -

A Marlin Glenfield Model 75 22 LR semiauto carbine, with a cheap adjustable 3X to 8X scope on it, that I'd used for squirrel hunting - BACK IN THE 8TH GRADE (ie, 1972)!!!!:eek:

Bloody thing's in remarkably good shape, looks like I stuck it back in that closet yesterday - not 40 frakkin years ago!

Scope still looks to be sighted in. I went thru the whole cleaning drill on it, and went over to Richard's Sporting Goods and picked up a full-sized brick of 22 LR - needed to anyway, my grandfather's old High Standard 9-shot revolver takes 22 LR - tomorrow we'll see how well it still works after all this time.

Reckon it'll do for now, as a cheap way of annoying the vermin, until I decide to get a 57, or get my 45/70 cleaned up - whichever comes first.

That's got the bedroom smelling of RemOil and Hoppes No 9 - ahhh, perfume....

Hmmm. Might have to go ask them some questions. Maybe the local store has some splainin to do...

- Peter.

Well I hope they still have them, I'm saving up my gift cards that Amex gives me for rewards.

I have a Berretta 96FS with Trijicon night sights that I bought brand new. Shot like 3 boxes through it during my first year of ownership and then it's been in storage for 16 years. :o


I would love to have a FN Five Seven as mentioned earlier.




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Spoke to them today. They said they were all sold out over Xmas and are still waiting to be re-stocked. Here's hoping.

- Peter.

Same as a 92fs but a .40? Haven't shot a Beretta but i like shooting my dad's Taurus PT92. Trigger is surprisingly nice. I think the grip is a bit wider than a Beretta though so you need some meaty paws to shoot it comfortably.

Yep. The 96FS 40 s&w is pretty much the same body (some minor changes) as the 9mm 92FS with a different barrel and slide.



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I always knew you're a real "point & shoot" kind a guy :bowrofl:

'01 75B .40cal, satin nickel and a '08 P-01 9mm, black poly.

Same pistol, the slide and barrel from the 96 and 92 can be swapped around.

Haven't tried them this way but it looks to be functional.

The .40 may not work in the 9mm frame because the feed ramp is a bit different.

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