Lets have a little fun, 1 company 1 gun
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OneFreeTexan
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38 Special. Revolver, old or new.
Umm,,, you mean there are other guns?
Umm,,, you mean there are other guns?
Rangerrich99
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Either a S&W M&P9 or .40 2.0, $399, according to GunBroker.
jetinteriorguy
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I bought my FEG Hipower clone for $225.00 and so far FN parts have all fit. Plus this leaves me $200.00 for mags and ammo. All steel, shoots great and actually quite easy to carry. Otherwise in a new modern gun it would have to be a Ruger. But if I could find a S&W model 67 for this price I’d snatch it in a moment and be perfectly satisfied.
Reality? Wilson EDC X9. Once I got mine the rest of my pistols all were demoted to "on the chopping block" potentially.
For this thought experiment?
Beretta APX would do it. Modular so I can have some flexibility, reliable, accurate, good trigger, under $400.
It'd need new sights and I'd have to adapt to the megafat slide for carry, but I'd find a way.
For this thought experiment?
Beretta APX would do it. Modular so I can have some flexibility, reliable, accurate, good trigger, under $400.
It'd need new sights and I'd have to adapt to the megafat slide for carry, but I'd find a way.
stinkeypete
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I can’t bear this thread for several reasons:
1. I would be miserable without a .22 target pistol
2. A fella needs a hunting handgun
3. We need one more. For some it’s to carry, for some it’s for sport.
4. A well built handgun can last three generations, maybe more. I don’t mind paying a bit more for quality tools that will last.
The obvious answer is Ruger, because they are the Toyota of the gun world in America.
1. Ruger Mark IV for a target pistol, put an Ultradot on it. Target, plinking, small game
2. Ruger Blackhawk 5.5” in .44 or .45. Deer through Dinosaurs.
For .22 and single action, Ruger has pistols I do actually want to own.
For anything else... not so much. I could live with their other offerings.
But what if I say something like Norinco? I am keeping my Olympia clone forever and I hear their 1911 clone has an excellent frame for custom work.. I’m sure they have something interesting I would want if we could buy them.
Baikal? If you can get the huge Baikal .22 target pistol, buy it. It’s as good as a Hamerli. I bet the Russians make a nice makarov, too.
These are other “cheap but good” options.
In the end, I’m gonna add the Bersa Thunder .380 as a fun centerfire pistol at any price.
1. I would be miserable without a .22 target pistol
2. A fella needs a hunting handgun
3. We need one more. For some it’s to carry, for some it’s for sport.
4. A well built handgun can last three generations, maybe more. I don’t mind paying a bit more for quality tools that will last.
The obvious answer is Ruger, because they are the Toyota of the gun world in America.
1. Ruger Mark IV for a target pistol, put an Ultradot on it. Target, plinking, small game
2. Ruger Blackhawk 5.5” in .44 or .45. Deer through Dinosaurs.
For .22 and single action, Ruger has pistols I do actually want to own.
For anything else... not so much. I could live with their other offerings.
But what if I say something like Norinco? I am keeping my Olympia clone forever and I hear their 1911 clone has an excellent frame for custom work.. I’m sure they have something interesting I would want if we could buy them.
Baikal? If you can get the huge Baikal .22 target pistol, buy it. It’s as good as a Hamerli. I bet the Russians make a nice makarov, too.
These are other “cheap but good” options.
In the end, I’m gonna add the Bersa Thunder .380 as a fun centerfire pistol at any price.
HistoryJunky
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Probably one of the CZ clones like the Tanfoglio Witness.
I have seen them as cheap as 250 and they take CZ-75 magazines.
I am most familiar with CZ-75 style DA/SA type operation of firearms.
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I have seen them as cheap as 250 and they take CZ-75 magazines.
I am most familiar with CZ-75 style DA/SA type operation of firearms.
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Onward Allusion
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$400, eh? S&W SD9, an extra mag, & a couple of boxes of ammo. 
The answer is easy as pie.... a Makarov
There isn't a more reliable, rugged, simpler, accurate, easy to shoot, easy to maintain and service pistol.
That is inexpensive to own, inexpensive to practice, inexpensive to maintain.
100+ years from now they will still be in use somewhere.
The proverbial "AK47" of the pistol world.
There isn't a more reliable, rugged, simpler, accurate, easy to shoot, easy to maintain and service pistol.
That is inexpensive to own, inexpensive to practice, inexpensive to maintain.
100+ years from now they will still be in use somewhere.
The proverbial "AK47" of the pistol world.
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triplebike
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DING, DING, DING! We have the winner! Never entered my mind but you are so right. Great post!The answer is easy as pie.... a Makarov
There isn't a more reliable, rugged, simpler, accurate, easy to shoot, easy to maintain and service pistol.
That is inexpensive to own, inexpensive to practice, inexpensive to maintain.
100+ years from now they will still be in use somewhere.
The proverbial "AK47" of the pistol world.
