A lot of inane comments to ignore. Ignore the following:
Factory triggers are irrelevant. ALL new firearms require a trigger job due to frivolous law suits.
I'm a pretty good judge of a sufficient trigger. Many companies produce factory guns with good-to-excellent triggers. I've purchased several SARs for instance, and the triggers are all consistently good in DA and excellent in SA (1911-like, as I said before; very light and crisp). The statement quotes is pure nonsense snobbery.
The only thing that matters is how well any handgun fits his hand.
Sorry, but again a really dumb statement. Handguns are designed with most adults hands in mind. Marginal folks don't like this or that, but the funny thing is that most people can and do adapt their hand to the gun. Hardly "the only thing that matters..." because in reality is barely matters as long as the gun can be operated properly.
Tell him to think about the cost of extra mags too. A mag for that giant Walther PPS 9mm runs $40 at Midway. $24.99 for a Glock 17/34.
Such a trivial point for a gun purchase and while yes, it is factored in, the difference per magazine is so small it's probably not even worth factoring in at this stage.
Canik's are imported by Century Arms from Turkey. RUN, do not walk, from any firearm Century had anything to do with.
More internet bunk about Century imports. I've had many Century guns and no issues I can attribute to Century. By the way, they simply import a lot of stuff; hard to blame them. And finally, Caniks have a stellar reputation for quality and such. Can you give Century some credit, please?
If you cant afford to buy a $600+ gun or around there, you probably should wait until you can afford to buy it.. Dont settle, when saving a little bit more will give you a much better result.
Apparently this person has not shopped for a gun in awhile. Gun prices are ROCK bottom right now. Not everyone can, nor should, need to drop $600 on a handgun when OUTSTANDING examples are in the $300 range. Not everyone has a lot of money to spend on a gun. I would feel perfectly well suited in self defense using a number of sub $300 handguns currently on the market.
Used is the only way to go in the sub $350 arena.
Poor advice indeed. I just picked up another SAR B6P today, less than $300 total out the door. It's fabulous in build quality, trigger, fit, finish... just an outstanding well-built pistol.
If you were totally ignorant about gun makers and pricing, and laid the SAR B6P ($230 online) or the slightly cosmetically different EAA Polymer 9mm (about $270 online, includes a few upgrades) next to offerings from CZ, Glock, Sig, HK, SW, FN, etc, you'd never be able to tell which gun was more valuable or better designed with much accuracy. In terms of build quality I'd put the SAR darn near the top. It really does feel that good in the hand and the quality is very impressive. Did I mention the chrome barrel, steel guide rod, tight fit and finish...?
Sure you can spend days, weeks, months hemming and hawing, shopping around, kicking tires, wringing hands and wasting time researching endlessly. Or, just take some good advice and buy a B6P. It would be near impossible to lose money on such a purchase if the buyer hated the thing; probably lose less than the cost of a rental. Buy it for $280 total, hate it, then sell it for what, $250? Out what, $30 to try it? And I highly doubt anyone could not like the pistol. It's that good.
But like all things, these likely won't last indefinitely and will dry up and then folks will chime in, "I wish I had gotten one of those when they were so cheap" just like they did with CZ, Savage, SKS, Mosins, and on, and on, and on. They're junk in the eyes of snobs, until the price doubles, then they are the cats meow... lol
Don't miss out on these as they appear to dry up. How can you possibly go wrong for under $300...
