Kids and Guns

by JimT, Texas, Saturday, March 29, 2025, 09:45 (5 days ago)

My kids ... who are grown ladies in their 40's.

I bought my youngest daughter a Bersa .22 from Jeff Quinn some years ago. She played with it for a couple months and came and said, "Dad, I don't like this gun. It has too many things to do. I want a revolver."

So, being a nice easy target, I went and bought her a .38 Special by Taurus .. 5 shot .. that she can carry easily. Uses the same ammo as her S&W Model 10. And I took the Bersa in trade.

I shot 6 racoons, a cat and targets with the Bersa and had it running where it was really reliable. Nice pocket gun when working around the place. Then my oldest daughter came for a visit and while here she shot the Bersa and lo and behold, it went home with her!

I was bereft of a pocket .22 until someone mentioned the Ruger New Bearcat Shopkeeper that Lipsey's had brought out. I emailed someone I know there and told them I just discovered that they had Ruger build the Shopkeeper for them, and now I wanted one! They told me that as soon as Ruger re-started production I would have one. I told him I wanted the stainless one he said there was no problem.

A couple months later I had it in hand!

Neither one of those girls are gonna see or shoot this one!

I scalloped the trigger guard to give better access for my fingers and I straightened the trigger slightly for a better feel. Oh, I took the READ THE MANUAL off the barrel ..

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