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Suave · 08-06-2006, 01:38 PM

Anyone heard good/bad things about it? All the official reviews I've read so far seem to be positive. I'm looking for a nice looking double action .22 LR pistol that will not suck (ie. not a P22 or Sig Mosquito), but won't be butt ugly (ie. not a Ruger), and so far this pistol seems to fit the bill.

longbough · 08-06-2006, 03:28 PM

A .22?

I donno.

Even if you like the looks (which I don't) ... isn't that like getting a BMW M3 with a 4 cylinder 70hp engine?

What's the point?

dksuddeth · 08-06-2006, 03:49 PM

.22's make a great plinking pistol. cheap ammo and all. are those center fire or rim fire?

longbough · 08-06-2006, 03:56 PM

Then what's wrong with a Ruger .22?

That Beretta looks more cumbersome than a .22 ought to be.

To continue with my analogy ... A Honda Civic is also a zippy and fun car to drive ... but you wouldn't want that engine in a Jaguar platform ... it's a whole different beast.

Suave · 08-07-2006, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by longbough

A .22?

I donno.

Even if you like the looks (which I don't) ... isn't that like getting a BMW M3 with a 4 cylinder 70hp engine?

What's the point?

If I liked the asthetics of a Jaguar, but wanted the fuel economy of a Civic, I'd drive a 4 cylinder Jag, no problem. The main attraction for .22 lr for me is that it is 10-20% the price of other rounds, and thus significantly more economical to shoot over time.

dk: They're rimfire.

longbough · 08-07-2006, 04:18 PM

Whilst I disapprove of the .22 I will defend to the death your right to shoot it ...

... well, maybe not to the death.

Go for it.

As an aside:
My guilty pleasure was a .45 colt Uberti Cattleman that looks just like Charles Bronson's gun in Once Upon a Time in the West ... I shot it and stripped it for cleaning a couple of times ... now the cylinder is having trouble locking ... When I get a moment I'm going to have to learn more about SA mechanism and completely strip it. But I'm left with a nice looking paperweight.

Suave · 08-11-2006, 05:44 PM

Haha. Nice looking paperweights are entirely underrated.

08-06-2006, 01:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
Suave Twitterpated Location: My own little world (also Canada)	The Beretta 87 Anyone heard good/bad things about it? All the official reviews I've read so far seem to be positive. I'm looking for a nice looking double action .22 LR pistol that will not suck (ie. not a P22 or Sig Mosquito), but won't be butt ugly (ie. not a Ruger), and so far this pistol seems to fit the bill. __________________ "Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions." - Albert Einstein "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato

08-06-2006, 03:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
dksuddeth Junkie Location: bedford, tx	.22's make a great plinking pistol. cheap ammo and all. are those center fire or rim fire? __________________ "no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything. You cannot conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him."

08-11-2006, 05:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
Suave Twitterpated Location: My own little world (also Canada)	Haha. Nice looking paperweights are entirely underrated. __________________ "Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions." - Albert Einstein "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato

08-06-2006, 03:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
longbough Soylent Green is people. Location: Northern California	A .22? I donno. Even if you like the looks (which I don't) ... isn't that like getting a BMW M3 with a 4 cylinder 70hp engine? What's the point?

08-06-2006, 03:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
longbough Soylent Green is people. Location: Northern California	Then what's wrong with a Ruger .22? That Beretta looks more cumbersome than a .22 ought to be. To continue with my analogy ... A Honda Civic is also a zippy and fun car to drive ... but you wouldn't want that engine in a Jaguar platform ... it's a whole different beast.

08-07-2006, 04:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
longbough Soylent Green is people. Location: Northern California	Whilst I disapprove of the .22 I will defend to the death your right to shoot it ... ... well, maybe not to the death. Go for it. As an aside: My guilty pleasure was a .45 colt Uberti Cattleman that looks just like Charles Bronson's gun in Once Upon a Time in the West ... I shot it and stripped it for cleaning a couple of times ... now the cylinder is having trouble locking ... When I get a moment I'm going to have to learn more about SA mechanism and completely strip it. But I'm left with a nice looking paperweight.