OT -- Is it worth it?

Totally off topic, so if you don't like it off topic (especially
firearm related) posts, don't read it...

OK, you've been warned...

http://i32.tinypic.com/30w9r7n.jpg

Local guy asking $380 for it... Taurus 100SSGR-11... .40SW... Looks very
similar to my Beretta 96FS, but a bit fancier... I didn't take the photo,
so don't blame me for the fact that it is slightly blurry...

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Grumman-581 wrote:
> Totally off topic, so if you don't like it off topic (especially
> firearm related) posts, don't read it...
>
> OK, you've been warned...
>
> http://i32.tinypic.com/30w9r7n.jpg
>
> Local guy asking $380 for it... Taurus 100SSGR-11... .40SW... Looks very
> similar to my Beretta 96FS, but a bit fancier... I didn't take the photo,
> so don't blame me for the fact that it is slightly blurry...
>
$380 is an ok price. Not great, but ok.

New price is $438 plus shipping and FFL transfer.
http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/p...ducts_id/31826

Or do you allow private F to F sales in your state?

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"Grumman-581" <grumman581-usenet-2008@spambob.net> wrote in message
newsan.2008.03.14.02.16.16.94000@grumman581-usenet-2008-spambob-net...
> Totally off topic, so if you don't like it off topic (especially
> firearm related) posts, don't read it...
>
> OK, you've been warned...
>
> http://i32.tinypic.com/30w9r7n.jpg
>
> Local guy asking $380 for it... Taurus 100SSGR-11... .40SW... Looks very
> similar to my Beretta 96FS, but a bit fancier... I didn't take the photo,
> so don't blame me for the fact that it is slightly blurry...
>
I've heard good things about Taurus's, but bad things about getting parts
and service. I have a Taurus revolver that I like. As for the price, it's
probably a good price, and the gun looks nice, but for a few bucks more you
could get a new Beretta or something else. My understanding is that
Taurus's copy of the 92FS may be a real Beretta, as Beretta used to make the
gun in the same plant and sold the plant to Taurus.

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:01:49 -0500, dazed and confuzzed wrote:

> $380 is an ok price. Not great, but ok.
>
> New price is $438 plus shipping and FFL transfer.
> http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/p...ducts_id/31826

Probably plus tax too... Figure 8.25% around here, so another $36... Plus
at least $20 for the FFL transfer fee... Plus shipping of at least $20
since you are not *supposed* to to normal ground shipping... Brings a
total of $514 vs $380... Hmmm... Makes the $380 sound good...

> Or do you allow private F to F sales in your state?

This is Texas... Face to face sales are allowed along with pretty much
anything else... Of course, I'll run the serial number of the gun just in
case... I prefer this sort of transaction if at all possible since there
is no federal record of it... It's not paranoia when it's true...

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On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:38:18 -0600, Sheldon wrote:

> I've heard good things about Taurus's, but bad things about getting parts
> and service.

Considering the fact that they have a factory lifetime warranty, that
shouldn't be much of an issue...

> I have a Taurus revolver that I like.

I currently own a few Taurus handguns... Only 2 of them are revolvers (so
far)...

http://grumman581.googlepages.com/firearms

> As for the price, it's probably a good price, and the gun looks nice,
> but for a few bucks more you could get a new Beretta or something else.

I've already got the Beretta 96FS which is very similar except that it
doesn't have the rosewood grips and is a satin finish instead of a
polished finish... Plus, it is a 10+1 configuration whereas the Taurus is
a 11+1 configuration... Comes with 2 mags, just like the Beretta though...

> My understanding is that Taurus's copy of the 92FS may be a real
> Beretta, as Beretta used to make the gun in the same plant and sold
> the plant to Taurus.

Probably pretty close... I believe that the Taurus also come with a keyed
built-in locking mechanism... My other Taurus semi-autos have them,
although I never use them...

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Grumman-581 wrote:
> Totally off topic, so if you don't like it off topic (especially
> firearm related) posts, don't read it...
>
> OK, you've been warned...
>
> http://i32.tinypic.com/30w9r7n.jpg
>
> Local guy asking $380 for it... Taurus 100SSGR-11... .40SW... Looks very
> similar to my Beretta 96FS, but a bit fancier... I didn't take the photo,
> so don't blame me for the fact that it is slightly blurry...
>

I have seen them in gun stores. Never shot one. I had a guy qualify
with one as his own personal weapon. My impression. Its a Beretta wannabe.

> Local guy asking $380 for it... Taurus 100SSGR-11... .40SW... Looks very
> similar to my Beretta 96FS, but a bit fancier... I didn't take the photo,
> so don't blame me for the fact that it is slightly blurry...

It looks good and, in the last few years, Taurus seems to have produced some
good weapons and provided good service, suggesting that there is at least a
chance that the gun is a good buy. On the other hand, as I understand it, it
is a second hand gun for a price not much different from what you could get
a new one for.

Tough call.

Since the guy is local, you have a chance to inspect the gun and, possibly
to test fire it for accuracy and function. I think I'd run a couple magazine
full of factory ammunition through it before making a decision, one to test
for accuracy, another, fired as rapidly as possible, to test for function.

Lee

On 14 Mar, 04:58, Grumman-581 <grumman581-usenet-2...@spambob.net>
wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:38:18 -0600, Sheldon wrote:

> http://grumman581.googlepages.com/firearms
>
Your SKS doesn't look like Russian one from 1950

Janusz

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:35:05 -0700, janusz_w@hotmail.com wrote:

> On 14 Mar, 04:58, Grumman-581 <grumman581-usenet-2...@spambob.net> wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:38:18 -0600, Sheldon wrote:
>
>> http://grumman581.googlepages.com/firearms
>>
> Your SKS doesn't look like Russian one from 1950

Other than the extended magazine, it should...

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On 14 Mar, 13:38, Grumman-581 <grumman581-usenet-2...@spambob.net>
wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:35:05 -0700, janus...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > On 14 Mar, 04:58, Grumman-581 <grumman581-usenet-2...@spambob.net> wrote:
> >> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:38:18 -0600, Sheldon wrote:
>
> >>http://grumman581.googlepages.com/firearms
>
> > Your SKS doesn't look like Russian one from 1950
>
> Other than the extended magazine, it should...

Some parts doesn't fit.

Janusz

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