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That's a marker for sure. I still remember the where and when of the first time l broke the C-note barrier on a dinner for 4... it was at a local steakhouse 14 yrs ago. Delicious, but... dam.And $100 for dinner???? Not gonna happen for me.
Hi my name is deadeye and I too am a gunaholic...........Welcome to the group. Dont take all the flack and disparaging comments from the jealous people to heart. Some of the cheap firearms end up being sought after just look at the under $100 SKS's, mosins, mousers, swede 1911, and all the saiga's that were $200 brand new. I still have many that are pretty dusty and full of cosmo........ not to mention the jennings/bryco's from Costa Mesa that work fine and all the tokarev's, nagant, and spanish knockoffs........anyway welcome to the group.Anyone else have a thing for cheap guns?
I know I'm going to get at least a little flak for this one, but that's OK. I've never been able to resist tinkering with inexpensive guns. I have learned my lesson to stay away from absolute junk, like RG or Jennings/Bryco, but there are some very inexpensive guns out there that actually work fairly well.
I suppose for me it started a long time ago when I couldn't afford anything better. Now I have plenty of much nicer, quality guns, but I still have a hard time passing up a "good value" on a cheap one. That's why I have various .22 rifles and old shotguns in my safe that I really don't need. That bolt-action JC Higgins 16 gauge that I paid $50 for, or that Marlin model 60 that cost me $40, or that single-shot Savage .22 for $50? I didn't buy them to resell, but just because they were cheap.
Then there are the new guns, like the Sccy 9mm for $169, or the Chinese 870 clone for $140. I really have no practical use for them, but can't seem to pass them up. These also sit in my safe gathering dust. You know, as I type this out I'm starting to realize I might have a problem.
The inspiration for this thread was that I noticed that Bimart has Rough-Rider .22 revolvers on sale for $99. Now I've had mine for several years, and had an issue with it to where I can't say much for either quality of manufacture or factory service, but most of them seem to hold up pretty well. It's not hard to drop a hundred bucks on dinner nowadays, so how far wrong can you go with a very serviceable .22 revolver for the same price?
That is if you enjoy plinking with cheap guns. I know that's a big "if", because I know full well that a lot of you guys have absolutely no interest whatsoever in any of the guns I've mentioned, and that's fine. To each their own.
Yep loved buying all the store marked one's that were made by Marlin, high standard, mossberg and the like. People didnt realize that and could get them really cheap. Definately not as fun as it was before 2015..........At one time , before Background Check Laws for private sales...
Along the way I would find some "Hardware Store Guns " or ones like JC Higgins , Ted Williams and the like...
These were inexpensive and shot just as well as the "Named Model" firearm it was made from.
I don't do this so much any more as the cost of firearms where I live at least , has risen...and along with the BGC fee as well as the hassle of finding a FFL...has made this less cheap to do and certainly less fun.
Andy
I had an RG .38 Special that I used to take to camp. Bought it for $30 at a yard sale back when you could do such things. I don't remember shooting it, but it looked terrible, like potmetal. I would be afraid to shoot it today.I'm thinking back to the cheap, cheap guns of yesteryear, the Jennings of the '80s, the RG of the '60s, even the ubiquitous cheapo revolvers that could be bought for a couple dollars in the late 19th and early 20th century.
That's a marker for sure. I still remember the where and when of the first time l broke the C-note barrier on a dinner for 4... it was at a local steakhouse 14 yrs ago. Delicious, but... dam.
This past Mother's Day l surpassed the 2-bill "milestone" for the first time. Holy Smokes.
I also remember the first time l paid $2 for gas... Gila Bend, AZ in '02 and it took almost 80 bucks to fill my old Dodge Ramcharger. Unthinkable!
As someone who got the TX22 from Bi-Mart recently, I highly recommend it. Nice price ($240), really nice gun.I hate to even admit I'm considering a Taurus TX22. But I've read enough good reviews that it's on my list. I will, however, have the slide refinished in something a little thicker than the "bluing" they apply at the factory. I've looked at two so far, brand new in the case and they both had several "shiny" type scratches on them. Whatever Taurus finishes them in looks barely better than spray paint. Easy enough to address though.
That would be nice wouldn't it I have never liked them but if they were $100 here? Hell I would have a bunch of themWhat about that cheap gun the Austrians bought for a hundred bucks each? You know, Glock.