Hi,
Never rule out a fine used weapon either! You can find them sometimes at handgun matches. Guys get tired of something and trade for something else. They are all enthusiasts and generally know what things are worth and they trade and sell at wonderfully fair prices!
If you are patient and persistent, you can also find good ones at gun shows and guns stores in your geographic AREA. Make friends at the various gun shops and let those folks know what you are looking to buy (and at what price). Then, when they get in a trade, they may call you for "first refusal," before the gun ever goes in the case! I've gotten several guns this way . . . and the store gets an immediate turn around on their trade!
Then . . . never rule out the classifieds on this forum . . .
Here's a nice, like brand-new Para Ordinance P14.45 LDA Limited that I picked up on THIS forum last week. It turned out the seller only lived 50 miles from me, and we met at a town in-between. Great guy too, and the gun is as accurate as he said it was.
The price of this top-of-the-line "Limited" version (with ambidextrous safety and target sights . . . a $1,250 retail cost gun today, that was made in Oct. 2003 and had less than 150 rounds through it)? $600
It came with the box, packing materials, the two 10 round magazines and ADDITIONAL two brand new high capacity Para magazines too. A very fair price all the way around.
And he was right . . . the gun is VERY accurate, just as he said . . . (Distance: 10 yards, shot at 1" black squares on a single sheet of copy paper).
One of the groups is less than 3/4" and the largest measures an inch. Plus, it was windy as heck and I've only run one type of ammo through it (cheap Wally-World Remington yellow box bulk FMJ).
