I knew better, but I did it anyway.
My son went to the gunshow with me a couple of weeks ago.
He wanted to buy a handgun, but he wanted to stay around $100.
(He's a college student.
)
You can imagine what we had to choose from:
Davis derringers, Jennings J22, Davis .380, etc.
I did see one dealer with a Phoenix HP22? that I thought was new for $99.
After talking to him, he said it was used, but he had personally fired it to make sure it functioned. (Yeah, right.
)
I had read a lot of good stuff here about the Phoenix, so we bought it.
My usual procedure would be to fire the gun that evening, in case I had a problem and had to go back to the show the next day.
Well, my son had a busy schedule, and so did I. It was a week before he had a chance to shoot it.
As you can guess, he couldn't get through one mag full without a jam.
Tried 3 different types of high velocity ammo.
I got the number from the receipt and called the dealer.
- "This number has been disconnected."-
Long story short - I called Phoenix, though the instruction manual says the life-time warranty applies to original owner only. The gunsmith asked if the gun was used. I could have lied, but I said "Yes". He said "Send it in. We'll fix it. No charge.".
We got a new gun back, and it functions like a dream.
I sent in the gun with one chewed up magazine, and got back two new ones.
The safeties are a hassle, but it functions, feeds Federal bulk and CCI hi velocity, and was surprisingly accurate.
I like stories with a happy ending.
My son went to the gunshow with me a couple of weeks ago.
He wanted to buy a handgun, but he wanted to stay around $100.
(He's a college student.
)You can imagine what we had to choose from:
Davis derringers, Jennings J22, Davis .380, etc.
I did see one dealer with a Phoenix HP22? that I thought was new for $99.
After talking to him, he said it was used, but he had personally fired it to make sure it functioned. (Yeah, right.
)I had read a lot of good stuff here about the Phoenix, so we bought it.
My usual procedure would be to fire the gun that evening, in case I had a problem and had to go back to the show the next day.
Well, my son had a busy schedule, and so did I. It was a week before he had a chance to shoot it.
As you can guess, he couldn't get through one mag full without a jam.
Tried 3 different types of high velocity ammo.
I got the number from the receipt and called the dealer.
- "This number has been disconnected."-
Long story short - I called Phoenix, though the instruction manual says the life-time warranty applies to original owner only. The gunsmith asked if the gun was used. I could have lied, but I said "Yes". He said "Send it in. We'll fix it. No charge.".
We got a new gun back, and it functions like a dream.
I sent in the gun with one chewed up magazine, and got back two new ones.
The safeties are a hassle, but it functions, feeds Federal bulk and CCI hi velocity, and was surprisingly accurate.
I like stories with a happy ending.