Not always. I have had a few "Cheap" guns. BOTH of my Tauruses (what many would consider "cheap") were excellent firearms. I DID have a Jennings (what I would consider cheap. Like $100 cheap) and it was a POS. My brother has a Makarov. It was Russian 9mm, but his has been converted to .380. It is a fine and reliable firearm. I would trust it with my life, and my brother does. In fact, the Mak was the go-to handgun for Soviet Police and Military for 40 years, many a cop and soldier has trusted it with their lives as well. They are cheap now because the Russian Police/Military, and those of many former SU countries, have moved on and there is now a surplus in the market.
Beretta CX4 Storm .40S&W and Beretta 96D (DAO) .40S&W
Sold last year (but miss it too much, will hopefully be getting another one next year):
Taurus PT140 MillenniumPro .40S&W
I shot the CX4 in vegas last year. I loved it! We should hit the rage....Tulsa is like 2 hours away. Meet up somewhere and blow off a couple thousand rounds.
I shot the CX4 in vegas last year. I loved it! We should hit the rage....Tulsa is like 2 hours away. Meet up somewhere and blow off a couple thousand rounds.
I'm down anytime though I'm not so sure about the couple thousand rounds. .40 is getting expensive! Been meaning to go shoot with Gabe (my Volvo buddy) if we can ever get it together. Maybe we could all get together and talk guns 'n Volvos!
I don't have a gun unless you count the 3 air rifles I have at my parents home in California. I'd like to pick one up here sometime probably within the next 2 years but I don't think it will be a handgun. I'd like to get a rifle just not real sure which kind and what calliber.
I'm down anytime though I'm not so sure about the couple thousand rounds. .40 is getting expensive! Been meaning to go shoot with Gabe (my Volvo buddy) if we can ever get it together. Maybe we could all get together and talk guns 'n Volvos!
Drum roll and shabam! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FEG_PA-63 . Oh yea, FEG is just dripping with quality and the finest hand crafted parts the gun world has to offer.
Drum roll and shabam! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FEG_PA-63 . Oh yea, FEG is just dripping with quality and the finest hand crafted parts the gun world has to offer.
Shirley you can't be serious...
And I know, I know...Stop calling you Shirley
FEG is the worst piece of crap I've ever owned. I'll NEVER buy another one of their Makarov's again. Mine was a collectors piece, less than 200 rounds through it (documented!!!), and jammed every 3rd round on everything but Fiocchi brand ammo. Even with the Fiocchi, every 5th round jammed or stovepiped. It was a KBI imported Feg PA-63.
Paid $175 for it after taxes, etc. and sold it for scrap price essentially, because I got tired of the crap. Bought my XD 40 and never looked back.
For a cheap plinker, sure. But ammo for it got hard to find, and when I did find it, it was outrageously priced (think close to $26 a box for 50 rounds). I'd never CCW one, that's for sure.
FEG is the worst piece of crap I've ever owned. I'll NEVER buy another one of their Makarov's again. Mine was a collectors piece, less than 200 rounds through it (documented!!!), and jammed every 3rd round on everything but Fiocchi brand ammo. Even with the Fiocchi, every 5th round jammed or stovepiped. It was a KBI imported Feg PA-63.
Paid $175 for it after taxes, etc. and sold it for scrap price essentially, because I got tired of the crap. Bought my XD 40 and never looked back.
For a cheap plinker, sure. But ammo for it got hard to find, and when I did find it, it was outrageously priced (think close to $26 a box for 50 rounds). I'd never CCW one, that's for sure.
Not the biggest collection, nor the smallest.. A few are missing as they are on loan to some special friends and the wife, and a couple are air power but you get the basic idea.
Drum roll and shabam! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FEG_PA-63 . Oh yea, FEG is just dripping with quality and the finest hand crafted parts the gun world has to offer.
Nice! Thought it was nicer than the run-of-the-mill Makarov. I used to own a PPK (in a previous life, it would seem) and was thinking along those lines, but the wood grip and the lack of a safety lever on the right side threw me off. But the basic shape is identical.
FEG is the worst piece of crap I've ever owned. I'll NEVER buy another one of their Makarov's again. Mine was a collectors piece, less than 200 rounds through it (documented!!!), and jammed every 3rd round on everything but Fiocchi brand ammo. Even with the Fiocchi, every 5th round jammed or stovepiped.
What a coincidence. My PPK used to jam too. Not that frequently, but that's still the reason I sold it.
It is going to be sold, to big and heavy for daily carry. I do kinda like it, shoots nice, no issues, and the slide finish is awesome; but I hate the grips on it, they have no grip and are too thick to my liking.
My AK47 is out for servicing at the moment, something I couldn't fix, so no pics of it yet. That is going to be sold too
EDIT Got it back, but it is missing my AK74 flash hider???? Guess I have to go back and see where it is. If it's not one thing, it's another.
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