Has anyone ever bought a more expensive gun that made you appreciate your cheaper gun

I guess I've been fortunate in that I've never really had a "bad" gun. I certainly have some that I like better than others, but all of them I've bought (prices ranging from $120 to just shy of $700) have met if not exceeded my expectations.
 
No because i refuse to pay full retail price for any gun,and all my guns are great but were bought at great prices.

Sig 229 (357 Sig)cpo 475.00
S&W 686 4 inch used 350.00
Glock 22 used 330.00
Glock 23 nib 475.00
S&W 4006 used 275.00
S&W 5906 used 250.00
S&W 6906 lnib 275.00
Rossi m677 used 125.00

mossberg 500 12g with rifled slug barrel 169.00 nib
marlin model 60 .22 lr nib 137.00

All my guns are really great and reliable,and i didn't spend an arm and a leg.
 
Every time I go to the range and see the same group of guys with their top of the line HK's and 1911's all decked out with accessories that probably cost at least twice as much as my Glock w/o that stuff. I appreciate my Glock in these times because I shoot all 10x with it and it never fails while these guys are all over the place and no matter how many times I see them they never seem to get better.

The best equipment in the world can't make you good if you don't do your homework and use/practice proper shooting technique.
 
My answer is no. Mainly because I've never bought a gun that I didn't research and learn about ahead of time. I knew what I was getting and whether or not it was going to be a good gun for me. I've NEVER bought a gun on impulse. Even when I bought inexpensive guns like a Hi-Point, I researched it for a while. And then, when the opportunity presented itself, I knew already what I was buying. This includes handling, feeling, dry firing, etc... such guns during the learning process. I appreciate every gun that I've bought. Whether it's my SA 1911A1, Kimber, Dan Wesson, S&W, CZ, Walther, or all my other guns.... down to my lowly Hi-Point that some people look down on. I appreciate and enjoy each of them all for their purpose. I've lowered the number of guns I now have. Down to about 20 guns. But I have a purpose for each gun. And because of that, I can appreciate each gun for it's purpose and uniquness.

I will say however that I do on occasion buy guns for the soul purpose of using them as trading material. I.e. I picked up a glock 27 in 40sw a couple months ago that someone needed money for, and the pawn shop was going to rape him. I couldn't do much better, but at least I didn't use a handful of sand on him. Anyway, the gun is too small for me to handle and I don't care for 40sw at all, so I held onto it for about a month and unloaded it. I never even shot it. That's the closest I've come to having a gun that I didn't thoroughly research and know what I was getting.
 
I've got a custom .45 built on an STI 2011 frame. I'm not all that happy with it. I think the hammer was overworked and it randomly drops to half-cock when trigger is pressed occasionally.

Maybe if I paid a couple hundred dollars to get it fixed, I'd like it better....but I doubt it. It fits nicely in my hand and I thought that having a double-stack .45 that fit my hand nicely would be a good thing.

After farting around with this gun I have to say that this has been a major factor in my luke-warm disposition toward 1911 based guns. It's not so much that I can't get this one to work properly. It's that it fiddling with it, I just don't care that much for the design or some of the parts, like the leaf spring and those that interact with the leafspring. It also seems that the trigger has some "wobble" - very slight, but it just doesn't feel as solid as the trigner on my Hi Power. Different design, I know.:rolleyes:
 
well, no gun shop will let you try before you buy. and gun ranges that rent, well, they charge a high fee for renting, and they make you buy their over priced ammo, and then their rental selection is limited. so its down to friends who have the exact model of gun you are interested in, and to borrow them

but, out of all my friends, i have the biggest collection around 15 guns. :-\
 
ever bought a more expensive gun that made you appreciate your cheaper gun
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Gun? No. I've managed to avoid the lust-musthave-letdown cycle because of my background as a competitive cyclist. Same futile cycle, different toys.

My current bike may be custom (of my design), but it's a straighforward design and not made of the latest & lightest unobtainium. It's simply well-built, no more, no less. It fits like a glove, is a pleasure to ride, is reliable and has never limited me in competition. That's all I want in a gun, too.
 
It fits like a glove, is a pleasure to ride, is reliable and has never limited me in competition. That's all I want in a gun, too.
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of course every gun manufacturer is gonna say their own product is "100% reliable, designed with the most ergonomic features/fit, chosen by the leading competitors in the field, used by law enforcement/army/what have you"

and then theres the kool-aid drinkers who swear by their given gun, and repeat the marketing line ad-nauseam

and unless you try something, you can't say for 100% sure what you have is the best, because there are people who are always trying to improve something better, more accurate, more reliable, etc

but only until you have one in your hand, a round in the chamber, sending bullets down range do you truly know if what they say about the gun is true or not.

and like my previous post, not many places let you try before you buy.
 
It fits like a glove, is a pleasure to ride, is reliable and has never limited me in competition. That's all I want in a gun, too.
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and unless you try something, you can't say for 100% sure what you have is the best, because there are people who are always trying to improve something better, more accurate, more reliable, etc

but only until you have one in your hand, a round in the chamber, sending bullets down range do you truly know if what they say about the gun is true or not.
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Let me clarify a bit: WRT my bike, what I arrived at was my perfect bike. But I could only have only gotten there by fully understanding what did and didn't work well for me. That took years to get there. Decades, in fact. What's notable to me is that in the end, my perfect bike lacks many of the objective criteria that the "best" bikes have, yet I still think it's the perfect bike for me.

Along the way, though, I also realized that 1) stock factory racing bikes are all fine pieces of equipment as well and differences in quality really are largely insignificant and 2) marketing hype is often just that. The "best" bike I've ever owned was a big-hype custom titanium by a big name. It sucked. Majorly. It sucked not because the quality was overall lacking (far from it), but because I hated the way the builder designed it and the way it rode.

So, my "best" gun? Compared to bikes, I'm a newbie. So, I just buy a gun and shoot the snot out of it. Maybe indulge myself with an action job. I'll try others when I get the chance. I might buy another, and maybe even something high-end, but...and here's the key point...I won't kid myself into thinking that it is better or that I should like it better just because it's high-end and "better". Eventually, I'll find my "best", but it's a process I'm not rushing. In the meantime, I'm happy with my choices so far.
 
I've only had one dissapointment in the higher end guns I've bought - a Les Baer 1911. It took a long time to break it in / the finish isn't very durable ....but now that it is broken in, it shoots very well ...and the dissapointment is starting to go away.

I've probably spent too much money on high end guns ... Sig X-Fives, Wilson Combat 1911's, Ed Brown 1911, etc .....but all those guns have been far better than guns I've bought from mfg's like Kimber.

Kimber seems to have a number of guns that get thru production with less than acceptable triggers, fit or finish issues, etc ....(even out of their custom shop ) not that they won't fix them ...but since I now have 3 Wilson's 5" guns ( 2 in .45acp / one in 9mm ) the Kimbers just don't get shot much anymore / and I'll probably sell them or give them to one of the kids .....

But with my higher end guns ( Wilson Combat / Sig X-Fives ....) there is just nothing to dislike.
 
I have had the opposite experience, making the mistake of buying a cheaper firearm when I knew that I really wanted a more expensive one. Three times I opted to buy cheap and that's exactly what I got - cheap...:(

The times I saved my money, even if it meant putting off a purchase for a while, to get the firearm that I really wanted have always paid off in terms of reliability, performance and fit and finish. I have yet to regret getting a more expensive firearm.
 
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Please share with us, what was the problem(s) with your M41?

I remember thinking it was a lot for a .22 when I got mine some years ago, but I've never regretted buying it. My Ruger shoots fine, but the M41 is sweet.
 
zippy13 everytime I pulled the trigger the safety popped on. It was very annoying. It did not seem to be very accurate either. I always heard great things about 41's and was glad to get one. I still think about getting another.

Maybe accuracy suffered because I didn't get very much practice with it.
 
I haven't, but my wife bought me an $800 Para Ordnance. I do love the gun dearly, especially since it was a gift, but it goes bang every time I pull the trigger, puts the bullet where I tell it to, and can keep me and my family safe. My $300 S&W Sigma does that to, so I do appreciate it a little more.

On the other hand, my first handgun, a $50 (used) Talon T-100 would not have done that. So I guess it really depends on what you think is more expensive.
 
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