Cheapest 9 mil please

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Used:
Ruger
Taurus
Smith and Wesson (all steel)

Taurus PT-111 $350 24/7 $380
New Sigma $320 Befor $50 rebate or Two mags.
Kel-tech p11 <$280
Ruger P95 (Blue) $300

I would look for an old Smith as my first choice. Incredibly rugged and reliable. Quality piece for the money. Ruger and Taurus would pretty much be a tie in my book. The Sigmas work by all accounts but I just don't like the feel of them. I think the Kelt-Tech is a great buy also. Check out Gunbroker .com. I love my two Taurus PT 1911's and have always thought that their 92's were great guns but I have no experience with the 111 or the 24/7 though I do like the fel of the 24/7. In my experience, Taurus is a good quality product. Let the flaming begin.

Check summitgunbroker.com for used guns. Mark usually has some good prices on the Smiths.
 
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Leafy Cronmer said:
Just picked up two Ruger P95's both new for 300 each before taxes and what not. Went to the range 500 rounds later very very happy with my purchase. Way better than my FN FNP9 and that cost a lot more than the Ruger.
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Leafy, what do you like about the Ruger over the FN? These are the two I have narrowed my search down to?
 
Where in the heck do you guys find used Glocks for $300?
I bought a G17 back in '95 for $250, but that was from a friend.
The used Glocks I see around here are about $25 less than a brand new one.
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Bought a new condition, probably not 1K rounds fired, P85 Ruger from a guy at work for $225. That's a quality firearm. Got 2 15 round mags with it, which at the time was a big deal. :D It was in the 10 round mandate time period. You can still find deals on Rugers, though. The P95 isn't 400 bucks new, don't think, yet. I had one of those, traded it off, but it was a quality gun and a little more carryable than the P85.
 
There are, or were, Egyptian Beretta 92 clones (Helwan, I think?) floating around in about that price range. Haven't heard anything exceptionally bad about them, other than very unorthodox magazine release placement.
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As far as I know, the Helwan Brigadiers are Beretta 51 clones, and many a time I've considered purchasing one. They can be had for $200-250.

I own two of the proposed options - the S&W Sigma can be had new for around $300, and the SIG P6/P225 police trade-ins can be had for around that price as well, obviously used. Of the two, I prefer the SIG, but if capacity is an issue and you can deal with a spongy trigger, then the Sigma (15 rd capacity, I think?) might be the better choice than the SIG, which holds 8. The Sigma was my first pistol, and I don't regret buying it, but I usually opt to bring the P6 along to the range with me.
 
S&W Sigma. New gun with great (best in the business) warranty. The trigger is its weak point, but if you are coming from say a Taurus DA revolver, its not an issue. In any case practice will take care of it. If you have to go cheap and don't want the potential hassles of a used gun this is the way to go.

But still if possible, save ~$150 more and get a S&W M&P or a Glock (if they fit you) or XD. In the $500-600 range you have perhaps too many choices.

--wally.
 
For all intended purposes, this 9 mil I'm asking about is for testing my reloads. I'm getting into reloads and reloading and I need cheap test-guns of the calibers i plan to reload in.
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Are you gonna put 'em in a vice? Because if you plan to actually hold it, you should be looking for strength, not low cost.

You can find used S&W 5906's for $300-$350 pretty easily, and they'll take whatever you can dish out.

But I wouldn't want a cheapie as a handload test platform. My hands and eyes are worth more than a couple hundred dollars.
 
If you are just looking for a cheapo gun to test reloads to make sure they don't go kaboom I'd just get a hipoint. Otherwise you might as well just wait and save your money IF the gun explodes.
 
If you are just looking to test your reloads I also say just get the hi-point. If you are buying a gun you are going to use a lot and want to rely on for $300 or less, I vote P95. Although a hi-point will work for that too.
 
Get a Hi-Point, then when you're done testing out reloads, you can continue to shoot a very fun and inexpensive firearm! That being said, I wouldn't trade my Glock for a Hi-Point, but I do have both and they both have been flawless.
 
Hi-points can do what other more expensive guns can do, they just look a lot uglier doing it. ;)
 
I paid $260 for a very lightly used ban era Ruger P89 from a local shop in summer 2008. I'd have been happy paying over $100 more.
 
Let us know what you wind up with Ughh.
It is discontinued now but if you find a deal on a used P-89 it is seriously overbuilt.
 
I'm not sure why

you think you need a "cheap test gun" to test your loads in. If you read and follow your manual(s) and stay within their parameters, your reloads will be be safe. If you are buying a cheap gun "just in case" you mess up, you might want to rethink reloading. If you think you might get careless your money might be better spent on more life insurance. But, if you plan on pushing your reloads to the point of catastrophic failure, all the while hiding behind a wall and pulling a string attached to the trigger, for whatever reason, by all means use a Hi-point. I won't shed a tear when I watch the video on you tube.:evil:
 
Yea, i was thinking Ruger P-95 or any of the S&W sigmas. I'm surprised none of you guys said '+1 for Taurus'.
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For $300 new price range, P95 or Sigma would be good choices (owned both, but traded P95 and gave Sigma away as a gift - 9 Glocks replaced them).

Issue with 9mm Taurus would be the dreaded DAO trigger - I can't shoot a fast follow-up shot or double tap shots.

However, my PT145 Mil Pro has SA/DA multi-strike trigger that I do like and is similar length/width as my Glock 27. It is a great shooter and digests any factory/reload I have put into it. You can pick one up for around $350+ if you are looking for a 45.

I would highly recommend even a well used Glock 9mm (Gen2/Gen3 preferred).
 
huduguru said:
Where in the heck do you guys find used Glocks for $300?
I bought a G17 back in '95 for $250, but that was from a friend.
The used Glocks I see around here are about $25 less than a brand new one.
:confused:
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They retain some of the highest resell values.

Glocks are like the toyota camry and honda accords in terms of handgun resell value.
 
I'd spend another $100 and get a used Glock 19

$100 more for a far better gun now is nothing when you will be spending much more on ammo over time
 
New Glock at $399

Why get a used Glock. I went with a friend last week & we bought a new Glock 23 for $399 pre tax. How... She was a fellow EMT, so she gets the first responder & pilot discount through Glock. But the other way you can do that is to join GSSF for $30 annually then you get a voucher to buy one Glock model annually at cost. It is totally worth it. Check it out & good luck:

http://www.gssfonline.com/GSSF_Pistol_Purchase_Program_Information.pdf

http://www.gssfonline.com/index.cfm
 
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