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The barrel weight and sight rib enhance the monolithic muzzle of the Model 87. The barrel weight is removable.

The trigger pull is smooth, with an easy roll, reminding the shooter of the old Model 34 .380 or Beretta’s middle period pocket pistol in .22 LR, the Model 70. However, it had horrendous backlash, perhaps the worst I’ve ever encountered on a .22 caliber single-action auto. When the sear released, the trigger and finger took a long plunge straight back until they stopped against the frame. This unfortunate circumstance, called backlash or overtravel, is ruinous to accuracy.

The Model 89 Gold Standard, as I recall, had an adjustable trigger that was hugely better. It is sad that this attribute did not survive in the Model 87 Target incarnation.

My friend and fellow gun writer David Fortier recently wrote up the Model 87 Target in the 2005 Shooting Times Handgun Buyers’ Guide. He tested a dozen different match-grade .22 loads at 50 yards. This is twice the distance at which most handguns are accuracy tested, and is the yardage at which precision slow fire takes place in classic American bull’s-eye matches. All 12 loads grouped well under 2 inches at 50 yards. Two grouped under an inch: Eley 40-grain Tenex delivered 0.87 inches, and Wolf 40-grain Match Gold did 0.67 inches. David wrote that he was firing off sandbags with a Burris 2x to 7x variable telescopic sight attached to the Weaver rails.