Most folks get all exciterated whenever a new product is introduced and they want to be the first one on the block with one, but it often pays to just sit back a while and wait to see if anything crops up that may require attention, tweeking, or even a design change by the manufacturer. Often times this is the case, exemplified by the
early-on-in-the-game TX22 barrel issue.
After reading about the initial TX22 barrel woes I decided to hold off on purchasing one. Then of course after the issue had been "reportedly" resolved I found it impossible to locate one, and when I
did by chance see an example one day at a local shop I was shocked to see the pricetag on it for $349
...so I passed.
Six months or so later after inquiring at another local shop if they had any, they'd in fact received one that very morning - but it'd already been spoken for. Moments after finding this out from the counter help the shop owner walked by and said to me "What's up?", so I asked him if he had any
other TX22's coming in and he replied no, but he'd call up the customer who'd wanted the one he'd just got in to ask if they were still interested...well, 5 minutes later the answer was no, so
I bought it.
I gotta' say that I'm pleasantly surprised...it's got
great ergonomics, a very "grippy" grip texture, I like it's light weight, the feel of the trigger, and the bore and chamber both look just fine. Not to mention it's reliability...it's eaten everything it's been fed through the factory 16 round mags without a hitch, including subsonics, ejecting the empties
with great authority.
Finding the factory sights a bit lacking I have a set of Ameriglo orange ring front sight night sights en route direct from ShopTaurus which should help my older eyes have an easier and quicker time of target aquazishun, which should then equate to greater ackerussie po-tenshul
Considering the relatively low cost of the pistol I had no qualms dropping $79 + shipping on those sights. As an FYI these sights,
item #322-0005-00 found here fit the Taurus G3 and G2c models as well.
It's a keeper!