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December 5, 2004
I sold both the Ruger .357 New Blackhawk and the Walther P-22 semi-automatic pistols at a gun show today.
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December 3, 2004
I sent a letter of complaint to the Scottsdale Gun Club:
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September 23, 2004
The P-22 arrived back from Walther and the rear sight is tight again. They took about three weeks, start to finish, to do the warranty work. I suppose I could have asked for faster shipping (possibly at my cost), but I didn’t.
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August 31, 2004
The rear sight has worked itself loose. Walther will pay shipping both ways and complete the warranty repair so I’m out nothing but time … and fun at the range.
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August 26, 2004
I joined the Scottsdale Gun Club. I paid a $100.00 one-time “initiation” fee and gave my credit card information for the monthly $39.95 on-going fee. For that I get a free handgun rental, a free machine gun rental on my birthday, six guest passes to use during the year and unlimited use of the range any time they are open.
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August 13, 2004
Well, the Ruger .357 was quite an education. It is hellish to shoot, very intimidating (to the shooter as well as anyone downrange) and not cheap. With that gun, I started to understand that it’s going to take a lot of shooting to gain any degree of proficiency and, at $0.25 a pop, the .357 is an expensive way to learn to shoot.
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July 9, 2004
I bought my first gun today, a Ruger “New Blackhawk” (used) single-action .357 magnum (and 38 special) 6 round revolver, at Outdoorsman’s on Cave Creek Road in Phoenix AZ for $259.95 (plus tax).