I have to admit something I'm not proud of.

[Split]

I have Lorcin .22lr (that's not the admission yet). It was all of $50 years ago when it was given to me after my 18th birthday. I have hated that gun and done nothing but speak poorly of it for all these years. I went to shoot it back then and it was nothing but FTE and FTF, one round after another. Probably never put more than 100 rounds through it, because I could never get through all 7 in the mag without fussing with it.


Yesterday I finally took it out with me shooting, figuring we would all have good times making fun of the worlds best single shot semi-auto.

Well I was wrong. It fed every round of Federal Bulk pack we had, some of it as old as the gun! I couldn't miss with the damn thing at 7 or 14 yards.

I was shocked and almost disappointed it shot so well. Because I am going to have to go hunt for mags, and they are almost 50% of the price of the gun now!

 

[Slab]

Ha
sometimes cheap doesnt mean bad or broken..... just most times.

 

[ATM]

Maybe it just needed to age... like a fine MD 20/20.

 

[Crystalship1]

Silly you!!!! Only expensive Austrian-made guns blow-up!!!

J/K, of course. Glad you found a shooter!!!

 

[Bisley Man]

Taurus 22 (TP-22?) I had jammed awful untill I shot 100 rds. through it. Then it was OK.

 

[clt46910]

Seems you stopped shooting it just as it got broken in.

 

[Turtle]

Im glad yours works. I wont shoot a lorcin ever again. I had one blow apart im my hand. It brused me a lil but still got all my bugger hooks im place. Good luck!

 

[CSK22]

I had a Phoenix arms hp22, only problems I had were ammo related due to bent or dented casings. Thing was fun, but too loud for me!

 

[Rafterman]

Glad to see you got a good one. By the way, the owner of Lorcin named the company after his two daughters.

LORi / CINdy

 

[backtrail540]

I have hated that gun and done nothing but speak poorly of it for all these years. I went to shoot it back then and it was nothing but FTE and FTF, one round after another. Probably never put more than 100 rounds through it, because I could never get through all 7 in the mag without fussing with it.

Same here. Maybe ill have to go shoot mine again and it will magically work good.

 

[lovemywoods]

Maybe it just needed to age... like a fine MD 20/20.

No such thing as a "fine MD 20/20". Those terms are mutually exclusive!

As for aging, an aged MD is counted in days, not years....

 

[ATM]

MD might be OK to compliment a day old grilled cheese sandwich.

 

[Crimson]

Maybe it just needed to age... like a fine MD 20/20.

LMAO.

 

[ChalupaCabras]

Any of these old Saturday nigh Specials will show a great improvement with a fluff and buff and a few other tricks. There are forums specifically dedicated to making these things run. The upside to them is that they have only a few moving parts, and are as simple as a firearm can be; this makes diagnosing (and thus correcting) problems and malfunctions very easy.

They have developed a rabid and zealoutous following, not unlike High Points.

 

[renegade]

Don't be ashamed just chalk it up to your expert gun skills. If you can run that pistol that well you could beat any pro.

 

[indyoshi]

that sucks...

 

[ATM]

that sucks...

The Lorcin or the MD 20/20?

 

[whiskeytangofoxtrot]

Don't be disrespecting the MD 20/20! I had a professor that drank that damn near everyday, lets just say the class was easy when he was buzzed...

 

[ChalupaCabras]

Don't be disrespecting the MD 20/20! I had a professor that drank that damn near everyday, lets just say the class was easy when he was buzzed...

I had one like that. He was a Russian immigrant who looked and dressed like the Gortons fisherman.

 

[Revolverman357]

I had a Jennings when I was a teenager, I never had a problem with it and shot it every weekend for years. Never did know they had a bad reputation until about 25 years later. Should have kept it.