What is your favorite bargain price handgun?

[kthomk]

Just sitting here reloading and thought of this question. What is your favorite bargain price handgun? Some cheap purchases end up being one of your most prized possessions. For me, it is a Smith & Wesson Model 10 .38 Special with a bull barrel. Shooter grade, $239. This is probably close to my favorite handgun. Great accuracy and lots of fun to shoot. Too bad I can't find alot of $239 guns that end up being my favorite, then I could afford alot more.

 

[doc2rn]

+1 on the 3" S&W mod 10, but even better was the Ruger Standard I went in halves with my dad on, on my 11th b-day $99!

 

[charlie fox]

Older - S&W Model 10; hands down the most underrated secondary market buy around. I've seen them at gun shows for under $200 with a holster!

New - KelTec P-11; solid seller, but overshadowed by the "single stack" craze. Smaller, but more comfortable (to me) than a Baby Glock to carry, manipulate and shoot. At around $250 they're a great choice.

 

[forindooruseonly]

Model 10s, for sure. I occasionally see Model 13s cheap as well, but never as cheap as the Model 10s. The 3 inch, round butt versions are one of my all-time favorite handguns.

 

[Dr.Rob]

FEG Hi-Powers.

There are a lot of Soviet bloc surplus pistols out there that can be had at bargain prices that are really well made.

 

[CountGlockulla]

Used Glock 19

 

[Spartacus]

I would have to say my CZ 82.

 

[dusty14u]

Hungarian PA63 in 9mm Mak.

 

[Dnaltrop]

Model 10.

My go-to suggestion to a first time buyer who needs to address SD as well as plinking fun.

 

[M2 Carbine]

What is your favorite bargain price handgun?

I would have to say this original GI 1911A1 45. New in the box, delivered to my door by the Postman. It cost $17. (It's changed some since it was new.)



The explanation is,
back in 1961 when "The Federal Government" was still "Our Federal Government", we citizens could buy military guns directly from our government at a very low price. The guns were mailed directly to your home.

You could also buy all manner of guns from magazine ads, even anti tank guns, which were also sent to your home.

 

[W.E.G.]

Used Glock 22.

 

[tryshoot]

S&W sigma sw40ve or hungarian pa-63. I can't deside.

 

[whtsmoke]

Boy that was the day when gun magazines were fun to read, so many ads for surplus arms at low prices.

 

[montanaoffroader]

Russian Makarov, paid less than $150 NIB. Great pistol, fun to shoot and not a single failure of any kind.

 

[weisse52]

Smith model 10. Or the 65 I just picked up for $250.

 

[Furncliff]

CZ82. Worth WAAY more than what I paid. And CZUSA still services them.

 

[19-3Ben]

Definitely the police/security guard surplus K frames.

 

[Old Dog]

I would agree with 19-3Ben about surplus K-frames, but unfortunately, they're not such a bargain anymore as the avid S&W collectors/fans have been driving the prices of even the shooter-grade specimens up beyond "bargain" status.

My $129 Model 10-5 (back when they were hard to give away at gunshows) ... Incredible trigger pull, both DA and SA, a tackdriver to boot.

Bought NIB, I picked up a couple Taurus PT-145s (after the initial bugs were worked out, before the stupid rail got put on them) for around $289 a piece -- I believe they fit in the category of bargains, as they have provided sterling service, one is incredibly, surprisingly accurate, both 100% reliable with any JHPs, easy to shoot ('though possessed of loooonnng, sproingy trigger pulls), and conveniently concealable with 10+1 capacity in .45 ACP ... now, that's what I consider a bargain.

Also agree with the FEG Hi-Powers ... can't go with anything in .380, though, as that ammo is now ridiculously overpriced.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

All the ones I have that I bought 20 years ago seem like bargains compared to what they cost today.

 

[Guillermo]

hmmm

2 years about I bought a pristine 4 inch .38 Diamondback for $390
Also an old, trashed Cobra for $225
A year back a S&W Hand Ejector (3rd release) for $235

 

[loose noose]

Bargain? I'd have to go with my Springield XD-40, it is easy to conceal with the 4" barrel, and 12 + 1 in the magazine. The other is my Colt Gold Cup National Match, I purchased it brand spanking new in 1971, with a holster, magazine pouch, handcuff case, baton ring, mace case, and also an extra magazine, for the total sum of $156.00 as a Police Officer in Southern California.

 

[mavracer]

Police surplus Smiths and com bloc mil-surp are all great. I think my favorite is the TT33 Tokarev.

 

[Hunterdad]

Used Glock 19

Really? I never considered a used glock a bargain gun?

 

[Remllez]

Makarovs, Police and military surplus are at the top of my list....

 

[IBEWBULL]

Any Smith for $200 is a bargin. I wish I still had the 10 HB I bought reatil in Stevens Point WI in 1977 for $105 out the door test fired only no box. It was a wedding present for my first wife. I only miss the gun. Should have kept the 38 and dumped the 210 instead. I traded it later for newer a shooting version who actually likes guns shooting and me too.