would you rather...

would you rather buy

  • 2 economy pistols

    Votes: 19 18.8%

  • 2 expensive pistol.

    Votes: 82 81.2%
  • Total voters
    101
If I already have certain guns for certain situations, I would want the high end handgun without a doubt. I know everyone has their differing opinions on what is high or mid range from a major factory. For me, generally speaking, Glocks, S&W M&P's, and XD's are mid-range.....SIG's, HK's, and Colt's would be more on the high-end.

So that would be like asking me if I would like two VW Jetta's, or one Mercedes Benz S-class. "Well heck, that damn Jetta starts up everytime you turn the key, and it just runs and runs and runs!" you say. Yep, but I'd still much rather drive that Mercedes.
 
The two expensive guns only holds water if you leave the Czs' out of it. Those pistols are cheap and good. I'm just gonna put a little lipstick on 'em, and they're GTG.
 
I have to go with one good gun over the two cheap ones. If you get a cheap gun, you are reminded every time you shoot it and wish you had got the better one. If you buy the high-end gun, you forget about the money and only remember how well it works.

I think every gun person should at one time own a quality gun. They just work so well but it is impossible to put into words to someone who has not shot one. It is like trying to explain what sex feels like to someone who never had sex. :)
 
I buy the middle of the road. I am more interested in function than status.
I would rather have the two guns, one sized for conceal carry.
 
prefer quality

I prefer high quality handguns, my guns were all purchased over 20 years ago at the lower prices, I havent bought anything recently at the inflated prices
 
at this point I'd rather have an expensive pistol. If I was just getting into guns? I'd take 2 cheapos, no doubt. I already have my fill of cheap guns.
 
I have gotten to the point that time is in short supply for range trips. I have also gotten older and my wants have changed as I can now afford something better. Cheap was good when I started out. Still is good for the most part. Even would be hard to make a decision to sell any of my $500 guns anyways, but adding to them now makes me consider something better. Last purchase was a SIG X5E. Now wouldn't mind having a nice 1911, better than the Springfiled I currently own (a 20+ year old that would be hard to beat now though). I guess you get where this is going with this. You change, needs and wants change.
 
I voted for the one expensive pistol too, but like most everyone else who has given an opinion, I have caveats. I really don't see a $3500 Ed Brown in my future, for the same reason that I don't expect to own a $10,000 Rolex, although given sufficient time to save, I could... but definitely at the expense of other wants/needs.

That being said, at this stage in my life I have no desire to purchase bargain guns either. Now, I have no issue with picking up a $300 used pistol in good shape, but most everything on my wish list today is somewhere in the $500-$800 range (which includes long guns). I have only bought one firearm which cost more than $1000.... and frankly don't envision doing that again real soon.

And I wear a watch that I bought at the PX for $47. ;)
 
One other consideration, Once a gun is confiscated for an investigation, or just because the Officer just wants to do it, you might have a hard time getting it back. Do you want them to have your match grade pearl inlaid gold plated super duper gun?
 
Do you want them to have your match grade pearl inlaid gold plated super duper gun?
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Uhhh, the answer to that would be a solid "NO!"

Frankly, however, I also do not want them to have my cheaply nickeled, plastic-gripped and poorly functioning Jennings J-22, either. :p

But I can tell you that if I'm going to choose between something extremely nice and (arguably) expensive, I'm not going to choose the Jennings and when I'm shopping for handguns, I'm truly not considering how my purchase would look sitting in an evidence locker and how I would feel about that. :confused:
 
I started thinning the heard after college, now its quality over quantity... can't shoot them all at once anyways.
 
As odd as it may seem, guns also get stolen. You leave them in the car because you are going into a school, hospital, or other no gun zone, or the bad guy sees you have a gun before you see he has a gun etc.
Guns worn everyday will get wear and tear on them.
I used to work with a guy who bought gold plated Snap-On tools. He could never use them, they would get scratched.
 
I always find myself jumping off around the 500-600 mark.

That's why I'm conflicted on my next pistol. P-09, G20, P320, CZ75, M&P pro.

So many great options in that range, guns that work but don't break the bank.

So my answer would be one pretty good gun and some left over to go fishing...maybe 50 packs of Senko's.


However.com I could buy two Rugers, say a SR40 and 9E and be pretty happy.
 
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