Anyone else have a "budget arsenal"??
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I dont understand why people call Glocks pricey. I can buy them all day brand new for under $500.00. I guess my thought is a high dollar handgun cost upwards of $800.00. I consider Glock to be a good value.
When I read what the gun rags (and quite a few websites) think the average guy needs I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Too many people have been brainwashed into believing that they need a $1000 gun to plink with, or to drop a mule deer at 150 yards. Baloney.
I have been at this since 1959 in good times and bad, and there are plenty of good guns out there at beer budget prices. My duty weapon that served me just fine for many years probably wouldn't bring $200 at a gun show now. I have also owned and used allegedly top of the line guns that were very disappointing for one reason or another. It's not the gun, it's the shooter. Just the other day I had a fifty-some year old S&W Military and Police .38 Special out, and it bounced cans very, very well--as well as anything else would do. So far I have $164 into the gun--and it's better made than anything out there today.
One of my better .22 pistols is a Ruger Standard Auto. It cost me $59 some years back; sandblast blued it and put in a trigger kit. Accurate? You bet.
Paid $89 for a rough Ruger Service Six .38 Spl, had Ruger overhaul it. My son has it now.
Slapped a cheap synthetic stock on a .303 Lee-Enfield #4, total cost around $100. Will it shoot? Yup.
"It is vain to do with more what can be done with less"--Occam's Razor
I have been at this since 1959 in good times and bad, and there are plenty of good guns out there at beer budget prices. My duty weapon that served me just fine for many years probably wouldn't bring $200 at a gun show now. I have also owned and used allegedly top of the line guns that were very disappointing for one reason or another. It's not the gun, it's the shooter. Just the other day I had a fifty-some year old S&W Military and Police .38 Special out, and it bounced cans very, very well--as well as anything else would do. So far I have $164 into the gun--and it's better made than anything out there today.
One of my better .22 pistols is a Ruger Standard Auto. It cost me $59 some years back; sandblast blued it and put in a trigger kit. Accurate? You bet.
Paid $89 for a rough Ruger Service Six .38 Spl, had Ruger overhaul it. My son has it now.
Slapped a cheap synthetic stock on a .303 Lee-Enfield #4, total cost around $100. Will it shoot? Yup.
"It is vain to do with more what can be done with less"--Occam's Razor
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Always preferred affordable guns that work
I put my money in mutual funds, spend as little as possible. Some guns I just cannot justify and a lot of Euro guns qualify in that.
So, I have two Ruger P series guns, 2 Blackhawks, one Smith and Wesson M10, one Taurus M66, one Taurus M85UL, one Rossi M68, one Rossi 22 revolver, one Ramline Exactor .22 pistol, one Kel Tec P11, one Grendel P12, and some other odds and ends handguns. I have a couple of Remington hunting rifles and a Savage M110 in 7mm rem mag. My shotguns are a Mossberg M500 camo and a Winchester M1400 Ranger semi auto I'm going to limber up on doves this weekend...
and some other long guns, 4 .22s and none of 'em expensive, some black powder stuff, couple of SKSs, some other military stuff I got cheap that's fun to shoot if useless for any real purpose.
My favorite rifle I traded a gun I won in a door prize at a gun show for. I'd won a BDL in .25-06, traded it for a stainless .308 M7 Remington. I love that little rifle! There's no place for a Sig or a H&K in my collection, though. I can do anything they can do with Rugers, thanks. I don't care how sexy or how expensive it is, so long as it works. And, that's the reason I like Taurus and Kel Tec. I guess I have one gun you might consider high end, though not all that high end. It's a contender with a selection of barrels for different purposes.
I seriously think I have enough guns, but might buy more. I'm thinking used S&Ws that I might come across or Ruger revolvers. I had a security six and it was a good gun.
I put my money in mutual funds, spend as little as possible. Some guns I just cannot justify and a lot of Euro guns qualify in that.
So, I have two Ruger P series guns, 2 Blackhawks, one Smith and Wesson M10, one Taurus M66, one Taurus M85UL, one Rossi M68, one Rossi 22 revolver, one Ramline Exactor .22 pistol, one Kel Tec P11, one Grendel P12, and some other odds and ends handguns. I have a couple of Remington hunting rifles and a Savage M110 in 7mm rem mag. My shotguns are a Mossberg M500 camo and a Winchester M1400 Ranger semi auto I'm going to limber up on doves this weekend...
and some other long guns, 4 .22s and none of 'em expensive, some black powder stuff, couple of SKSs, some other military stuff I got cheap that's fun to shoot if useless for any real purpose. My favorite rifle I traded a gun I won in a door prize at a gun show for. I'd won a BDL in .25-06, traded it for a stainless .308 M7 Remington. I love that little rifle! There's no place for a Sig or a H&K in my collection, though. I can do anything they can do with Rugers, thanks. I don't care how sexy or how expensive it is, so long as it works. And, that's the reason I like Taurus and Kel Tec. I guess I have one gun you might consider high end, though not all that high end. It's a contender with a selection of barrels for different purposes.
I seriously think I have enough guns, but might buy more.
I'm thinking used S&Ws that I might come across or Ruger revolvers. I had a security six and it was a good gun.KINGMAX
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Budget collection = yes
I have put together a few things usually at a bargain price. When it's time to buy usually I am looking at a bargain, not full price on anything.
Ruger Super RedHawk = $264
Ruger NIB never fired Deerfield .44 mag $375
AK 47 WSAR 10 Light Blond stock New w/o box $102
M38 Mosin Carbine New arsenal weapon great shooter $64
Winchester Model 94 in 30.30 made in 1963 for $30
That is the only way I can put things together, I'm just a poor working man.
I have put together a few things usually at a bargain price. When it's time to buy usually I am looking at a bargain, not full price on anything.
Ruger Super RedHawk = $264
Ruger NIB never fired Deerfield .44 mag $375
AK 47 WSAR 10 Light Blond stock New w/o box $102
M38 Mosin Carbine New arsenal weapon great shooter $64
Winchester Model 94 in 30.30 made in 1963 for $30
That is the only way I can put things together, I'm just a poor working man.
I don't have any experience with the other guns you have, but the FEG, IMHO, is an excellent gun. Classic style, accurate, great all around gun. I had one awhile back, but let it get away. It was my all time favorite 9mm handgun. But my buddy wanted it...i wanted his Mustang 'vert...
Pretty much everything I have is like that with my most expensive unit easily having less than $900 tied up in it. Thing is though, it's not the guns that really cost, it's the ammo. I do own a couple which are indulgences, like my 625.
Many of us have more expensive guns as well as our 'budget' models.
I've saved and scrimped to buy nice pieces, I've also found a bargain or two when they first hit the market.
Quality has a price but with smarts, research and a little luck bargains can be had.
I've saved and scrimped to buy nice pieces, I've also found a bargain or two when they first hit the market.
Quality has a price but with smarts, research and a little luck bargains can be had.
Nathan I don't think a Glock is "pricey" in fact its probably well worth $500 for its quality and function. But there is something satisfying about having a really good $200-$300 gun. Some of these Wilson, Ed Brown, Kimbers for $1500+. Now THATS pricey. Especially when you can be a little judicious and build one for much less than that.
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