I bought my first handgun

**KaiGywer** · 01-18-07, 07:53 PM

So the local Gander Mountain has a "Gun Blowout" with 5-40% off guns. I've been looking to buy one for a while now, so this came at a perfect time. I ended up buying a Taurus PT24/7 Pro in 9mm. Brand new gun, marked down from $399 to $310. A deal I couldn't resist.

Now for the bad news....I applied for the GM Mastercard to take an additional 5% off, but the computer went down, so it told the guy it would take 7-10 business days to review...grrr... I am considering just putting it on another credit card to get it before the weekend, even though I won't get the 5% discount. It's on layaway so nobody else can take it though

Welcome to the family. Isn't she pretty?

**OfficerResource.com** · 01-18-07, 08:05 PM

Very Nice. But scary to think you have guns

**Piggybank Cop** · 01-18-07, 11:51 PM

Practice.

And be very carefull.

Remember to treat it as if it were always loaded.

:yo;

**Norm357** · 01-19-07, 01:09 AM

Thats one weird lookin bullet chucker.

**Coloradocop** · 01-19-07, 01:17 AM

Boy... they'll let anyone have a gun these days

Kind of feels like having sex for the first time doesn't it? You know it's dangerous, but you just can't resist!

Have fun.

**Trojan 42** · 01-19-07, 06:04 AM

Can guns be 'pretty'? Nice looking pistol though. Hope the finish is good, when we had some S&W's made in Brazil, the finish was a bit shabby, to be polite.

**General Patten** · 01-19-07, 06:43 AM

congrats! ...now be sure to give it plenty of play-time

I was considering getting one of those not too long ago, but I keep getting mixed reports about Taurus...

let me know what you think of it after a while

**dadyswat** · 01-19-07, 07:11 AM

You mean you get a bullet for it!!

**conalabu** · 01-19-07, 10:10 AM

Kai, I have the PT 24/7 PRO in 40 and could not be happier with it. The only concern I have with mine is the finish on the back sight. The rest of the gun is fantastic. I have put probably 750-1000 rounds through mine and have yet to find a complaint. I use mine as an off duty weapon. You may have a hard time finding a good holster for it, took me a little while to find one that fit. Gimme a PM if you need any suggestions.

**TXCharlie** · 01-19-07, 10:23 AM

Nice!

I've shot the .45 ACP version and had no complaints with it. Someone told me years ago that the very early models of Taurus PT's had a frame cracking problem, but I think that was quickly corrected in the later models.

I just did a quick cursory search on Google about that, and see a lot of hear-say in forums but no real stories.