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Corelockt ammo may change now since the parent company of federal now owns them just so you know. Bought a box of corelock tipped and they shot to same point of impact as federal in that gun.
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Hopefully they will keep the ammo quality good. Over the last few years Thunderbolt .22's have gone from dirty blasting junk to excellent, at least in my guns. My bolt actions group them better than CCI in fact.
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Looking for a pocket holster but I'm not finding much...
In case anyone is interested... I sold my 686+ -6 and 20" Rossi 357 and picked up this and a 16" Rossi in 44m. Well... because.
The 686+ was a fairly strong 357 as the 7 round cylinders locate the index slots between the bores. Cylinder gap measured 0.008". The sights were ok but I changed the rear to a Bowen Rough Country for the large flat black plane. I changed the front to a black Dawson as I don't care for red insert front ramps. Most would have been fine with the Smith sights. I did have to change a set screw and ramp up spring preload to avoid light strikes on harder primers. I also had to pull the 686 apart and remove the machine swarf from the cylinder stop spring bore. In doing so I discovered that the threads were shallow in the center sideplate bore and that the screw was forced in and assumed a V profile. I never fixed that, just kept that screw with that bore.
Following that experience I immediately pulled the Anaconda down to clean out the machine swarf. There was none. Machining and attention to detail inside and out surpassed the Smith. Cylinder gap measures a tight 0.002". I did see a looser one at another counter so there can be some variability. The cylinder stop notches are off bore center but not centered between bores as in the 7 shot Smith. The cylinder is a large diameter even for 44mag and well over SAAMI length to accommodate heavy projectiles loaded long. The DA pull is absolute butter smooth and well lighter than the Smith with no light strikes, in about 150 rounds anyway. I like all of that. Issues? The SA pull was crisp at about 6 pounds. That's a problem. My admttably reworked Smith was about 2 lb and crisp. I felt that was a bit low so I worked this down to just under 3 lb. Next was the rear sight. The rear elevation adjustment was fine like anyone else's. Windage was not spring loaded, had about 1 turn of backlash and relied on a poorly located grub screw to hold setting. You can figure out what's wrong with all of that. I replaced the rear with a Wilson Combat of supposedly similar dimensions. The sight had to be bottomed to zero with light bullets. The revolver rotates upward more with heavier projectiles so that's a problem. I don't like red insert ramps anyway so I ordered a serrated black Harrison +.050" (0.230") front to allow room for adjustment. The OEM grips were rubber Hogue. Hogue rubber grips are actually plastic with stiff thin rubber overcoat. I don't think there's much flex there but they are shaped nicely. I'll find out shortly. The grips in the pic are Altamont. They were milled flat in the back and sharply transitioned to the side contour. They hurt without shooting. I softened that transition and refinished with polyurethane. They feel as good as OEM now. I'll see how they do on the next range trip. I am not expecting any surprises.
In case anyone is interested... I sold my 686+ -6 and 20" Rossi 357 and picked up this and a 16" Rossi in 44m. Well... because.
The 686+ was a fairly strong 357 as the 7 round cylinders locate the index slots between the bores. Cylinder gap measured 0.008". The sights were ok but I changed the rear to a Bowen Rough Country for the large flat black plane. I changed the front to a black Dawson as I don't care for red insert front ramps. Most would have been fine with the Smith sights. I did have to change a set screw and ramp up spring preload to avoid light strikes on harder primers. I also had to pull the 686 apart and remove the machine swarf from the cylinder stop spring bore. In doing so I discovered that the threads were shallow in the center sideplate bore and that the screw was forced in and assumed a V profile. I never fixed that, just kept that screw with that bore.
Following that experience I immediately pulled the Anaconda down to clean out the machine swarf. There was none. Machining and attention to detail inside and out surpassed the Smith. Cylinder gap measures a tight 0.002". I did see a looser one at another counter so there can be some variability. The cylinder stop notches are off bore center but not centered between bores as in the 7 shot Smith. The cylinder is a large diameter even for 44mag and well over SAAMI length to accommodate heavy projectiles loaded long. The DA pull is absolute butter smooth and well lighter than the Smith with no light strikes, in about 150 rounds anyway. I like all of that. Issues? The SA pull was crisp at about 6 pounds. That's a problem. My admttably reworked Smith was about 2 lb and crisp. I felt that was a bit low so I worked this down to just under 3 lb. Next was the rear sight. The rear elevation adjustment was fine like anyone else's. Windage was not spring loaded, had about 1 turn of backlash and relied on a poorly located grub screw to hold setting. You can figure out what's wrong with all of that. I replaced the rear with a Wilson Combat of supposedly similar dimensions. The sight had to be bottomed to zero with light bullets. The revolver rotates upward more with heavier projectiles so that's a problem. I don't like red insert ramps anyway so I ordered a serrated black Harrison +.050" (0.230") front to allow room for adjustment. The OEM grips were rubber Hogue. Hogue rubber grips are actually plastic with stiff thin rubber overcoat. I don't think there's much flex there but they are shaped nicely. I'll find out shortly. The grips in the pic are Altamont. They were milled flat in the back and sharply transitioned to the side contour. They hurt without shooting. I softened that transition and refinished with polyurethane. They feel as good as OEM now. I'll see how they do on the next range trip. I am not expecting any surprises.
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Nice. I think it will fit in my pocket. Send it to me and I will check.
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Nice bundle 
The compact is on sale now i already have one
www.kygunco.com
Just the pistol with 2 mags is 275.00 at my local gunstore.
The compact is on sale now i already have one
TAURUS TX22 Compact 22 LR 3.5ʺ 13rd - Black w/ 5 MAGS | KYGUNCO
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These are like 400.00 locally
www.budsgunshop.com
These are nice pistols I've shot a few of them.
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