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Since this isn't your first, the surplus/used route, as recommended, gives you by far the best options.Best deal under 300
If you're a little patient and open to what guns pop up on the market at certain times, you can land plenty of good deals. I've found
Right at $300
- Tisas 1911 in .45 acp
- Star 30MI 9mm
- Smith & Wesson 39-2
- Beretta 92FS
- CZ 75 pre B
- East German Makarov in pristine condition
At/under $250
- FEG Hi Power clone 100% interchangeable with Browning parts
- Smith & Wesson 915
- Star Modelo B Super
- CZ 82
At/under $200
- Baikal IJ 70 18AH (Russian commercial doublestack Makarov)
- Radom P64
- FEG PA 63
- Norinco T54 Tokarev (9mm variant, but takes the standard mags; and functions fine with them)
These are all steel (aluminum for the S&W, Beretta and PA 63) frames, most were surplus or police trade-ins. Durable, reliable, solid pistols that were expected to function; and they all do for me. Of the entire lot, I've experienced one broken extractor (CZ 75) and one broken firing pin (Norinco T54), and these after a whole lot of usage. Both easily replaced too.