Wanted
Kim du Toit
May 17, 2008
8:00 AM CDT
So yesterday I taught Reader Norm S.’s daughter how to shoot, and a real pleasure it was too. (Range report to be posted later.)
I won’t go into details, but suffice it to say that I ran into a small problem: she’s a really petite woman, and while she took to shooting like a duck to water, after a while the larger guns became a real problem for her to handle, just from the sheer weight.
Example: the Walther P22 is a nice gun (light, easy to operate), but it’s actually a little too light for a novice shooter—the gun has quite a sharp recoil—and it’s a semi-auto.
Next example: the Colt Officers Match revolver is a perfect gun to shoot .22, except that it’s a heavy-framed gun (and the DA trigger pull is quite heavy, as they all are).
Final example: the S&W Mod 317 is nice, but too light (the P22’s problem).
So here’s what I want: a small steel DA revolver in .22 LR, with a 4” barrel, and a smooth trigger.
Forget the Taurus Model 64 (and all the Taurus DA rimfire revolvers, for that matter); their DA trigger pull is lousy: heavy and “stage-y”. I can use the Colt if I want that.
I need something like the S&W Mod 34 “Kit Gun” (which S&W no longer makes, of course):
or the Ruger SP101 (which Ruger doesn’t make in that caliber anymore, either):
It can be blue or stainless; it’s a “teaching” gun.
If anyone can suggest something along those lines, or has a spare Model 34 or SP101 they wouldn’t mind trading for something from my poor selection, I would appreciate it if you could email me.
