In the spirit of the recent disappointing and meh threads: have you every been surprised by a gun being a lot better than you ever imagined?
A few for me:
Glock 44: I expected this to be a typical .22 dog. I now have nearly 4000 rounds through it and 11 stoppages. This is with all sorts of ammo and I hardly keep it clean. Mean rounds between failure is 362, which is killer as far as I am concerned for a .22, and the thing is just fun as hell to shoot.
HK VP9: This is a strange pistol that seems to elevate my skill level instantly to 110% of what I am currently capable of.
Ruger Blackhawk .357: Wait, it doesn't have to be painful to shoot .357? This is pleasant even.
Just about any rifle: You mean I can align the sights and just get hit after hit at 100 yards on steel? Rifles are the easy button for a pistol shooter.