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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

I bought one of these for myself on my 21st birthday, just because I could. Walked right into a Fred Meyer store, plunked my money down, and walked out with it and a brick of ammo on the same day. 28 years later, it's still going strong.

I go through at least four or five bricks a year in this gun alone, so it has now digested several tens of thousands of rounds in those past 28 years without a single malfunction of any kind. I still put at least a couple, maybe three boxes through it every week at the range. I've lost track of the grouse it has potted while out deer, elk, of bear hunting over the years. It has taught both of my sons, and my wife, to shoot handguns. When I'm "on", empty shotgun shells are in serious trouble out to 30-35 yards or so, offhand. It's as accurate as I can hold.

I can't think of a better, more useful, more fun .22 revolver or pistol. Especially as a first gun.

Why does one think I like front end loaders...