Cheapest Recommended Pistol

[Logarius]

Love the 38 and it's 9mm cousin. I haven't met a person yet that can't handle the recoil and have good follow up with any of them. Not knocking anything bigger just physically smaller folks typically have control issues with higher calibers.

Same with wheel guns. Simpler so more people are successful out of the box. I lean toward used smiths or Rugers. Been a while but I have seen some around $350. Not sure if it hits the price point, but Tarus makes some Smith copies that are as functional and lower cost.


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[kyratshooter]

Buds carries the one inexpensive handgun I would recommend. By pistol did you mean auto or revolver too? Any way, I recently purchased a Rock Island Armory M200 revolver. It has a 4 inch barrel and parkerized finish and is chambered for .38 special. It is not rated for plus P but shoots lead bullets very accurately. It cost me $240 and I am well pleased with its performance thus far and for that money I don't know how anyone could go wrong. It is a well made revolver and would serve anyone well.

Don

I checked those out a couple of months back.

They are listed at $213 at the moment.

They are a clone of the Colt revolver. Same lock work, latch system (pull to release), grip shape, 6 shot capacity.

They have a HEAVY parkerized finish like none I have encountered.

RIA has a good reputation.

[shiftyer1]

I've not owned a sccy but I've sold and handled several......it was very similar to a kel tec. I really have no complaints with my keltec p11 except maybe the finish on the slide. Have you really scoured the used market? I paid 300 for each of my glocks.....used. I've owned a hi point...it worked.....great warrenty if u break it.......ugly as sin.

I've noticed that a lot of used guns.......never got used! Don't limit yourself to brand new!!

[pete lynch]

I bought a "used" Rossi r851 4 years ago for $265. The previous owner contracted Glock fever and managed to shoot 30 rounds through the Rossi before he traded it in.
30 rounds means he tested it. It works fine.

[ElevenBravo]

I had a Rossi snubby 38, never found fault with it, and NOW wish I had NEVER gotten rid of it! It was a rough clone of the Chief Special, it was accurate and reliable and light... and I bought it used for cheap.

Rossie and Taurus have merged or one bought the other or something like that.. Id like to have the SST version of my Taurus #65 but Id rather just put the money into ammo or a Sig for the daughter.

Well, Im drifting off discussion but to bring it full circle, I did get the #65 for $350, and for a good 357, thats a good buy for a good gun!

EB

[hunter63]

Well, I guess we are just gonna have to put up with "Used pricing"
Ruger GP100 SS for $250 and a S&W 686 SS $350... .used out of the paper...orphans.

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Then again a fun buy was the Nagant M1895 7.62 7 shot revolver....at Gander for $149 bucks with all the stuff.
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[Logarius]

Yes but it is good gear. Better good used at the right price than less capable but new.

I have a Smith model 10, 60 year old 38 my grandfather carried as a peace officer that I would bet my life on. Seen a lot of holster wear and I learned how to shoot my first pistol with it. But solid.

Ruger, Smith and Colt revolvers will last at least 2 lifetimes and perform every time. No plastic in any of them.


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[hunter63]

Hi, I'm Joe blow survivalist/mall ninja/...The Zombie Hunter...and I found this forum and want to buy me a good Zombie killin' gun when I get big.

'Now I don't have any relatives to leave me any thing like that ....except maybe bills.....and there isn't jack squat around for the black zombie kinnin' guns with big clips....lots of bullets for cheap used......oh an my state doesn't allow them any way.

Oh yeah....I have $120 buck to spend...I see y'all getting' used ones for that....where?

What do I do?

[randyt]

Man-o-man, I remember when those nagants were $49.95 a piece. I bought a few for giggles.

[pete lynch]

Well, I guess we are just gonna have to put up with "Used pricing"
Ruger GP100 SS for $250 and a S&W 686 SS $350... .used out of the paper...orphans.

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Then again a fun buy was the Nagant M1895 7.62 7 shot revolver....at Gander for $149 bucks with all the stuff.
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I held one of those at Riley's Sports Shop in Hooksett NH. Gas-seal revolver with one strong trigger pull, eh?

[Logarius]

Hi, I'm Joe blow survivalist/mall ninja/...The Zombie Hunter...and I found this forum and want to buy me a good Zombie killin' gun when I get big.

'Now I don't have any relatives to leave me any thing like that ....except maybe bills.....and there isn't jack squat around for the black zombie kinnin' guns with big clips....lots of bullets for cheap used......oh an my state doesn't allow them any way.

Oh yeah....I have $120 buck to spend...I see y'all getting' used ones for that....where?

What do I do?

Laughing my tail off reading that one. So true on so many levels. Get anything marked zombie killer, or better yet a bat with nails in it. LOL

You know you can still get model 10s. Just not called out as military and police specials, still have the factory box, and part of Granddads leather gear belt. Holster, keepers, ammo pouches and handcuff case. All old school leather gear.


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[hunter63]

I held one of those at Riley's Sports Shop in Hooksett NH. Gas-seal revolver with one strong trigger pull, eh?

Yup kinda a two hander....lol....fun to play with.
Also fun to be looking at tables at gun shows, guy says...can I help you?...Then say, "Yeah, ammo for the m1895 Nagant..."
Guy says "What?"...You say "it's 7.62 you know".

[randyt]

here's two tokerevs for 149.95 each, husband and wife combo or a couple for the two gun man.

http://www.jgsales.com/romanian-toka...d.-p-6346.html

[ElevenBravo]

I had a 4" 686 with Hogue grips, damn I miss that one too! I cant believe you got one for that price, very nice deal!

EB

[kyratshooter]

Keeping a thread on track around here is like herding cats! (at least you are not as bad as the British!)

Anybody at the right place, at the right time, can catch a broke, unemployed guy with a hungry family and get a good used gun deal.

But you can't guarantee doing that tomorrow morning at 10 am so you can have a usable pistol to leave with the wife when you go to work at 4pm, because you just moved into a crappy house in a bad neighborhood so you could finish college, make some money, and buy what you really wanted.

But no one seems to have ever been there and had to do that.

So just carry on....

[hunter63]

Well, it was a while back....and truth be told I had a Ruger Mini 14 that I paid $350 for...and a guy wanted to trade.....so $350.
Both had the extra grips.

[hunter63]

Keeping a thread on track around here is like herding cats! (at least you are not as bad as the British!)

Anybody at the right place, at the right time, can catch a broke, unemployed guy with a hungry family and get a good used gun deal.

But you can't guarantee doing that tomorrow morning at 10 am so you can have a usable pistol to leave with the wife when you go to work at 4pm, because you just moved into a crappy house in a bad neighborhood so you could finish college, make some money, and buy what you really wanted.

But no one seems to have ever been there and had to do that.

So just carry on....

Yeah, that was kinda my point...need to be a repeatable option or it really doesn't count....buying used isn't normally repeatable.

[crashdive123]

Krat - once you ordered the gun, all bets were off in this thread.

[canid]

But you can't guarantee doing that tomorrow morning at 10 am so you can have a usable pistol to leave with the wife when you go to work at 4pm...

I can't do that anyway. You're just showing off now.

[randyt]

when I was still a teenager I had several options to leave with a wife. It may have been a smith and wesson triple lock along with others but it would have done the job LOL. However I didn't get hitched until my mid twenties and by then I had a few more choices. My point being, I started prepping at a young age and have not found myself in dire need of a firearm or several for a very long time.