My most budgetiest revolver is this Arminus HW7 I bought at a local shop. When I got it home I found you couldn’t hit a 5 gallon bucket with it at 15 yards. It just randomly shot every which way. Found that the barrel was loose in the frame so I drove out the pins and glued the barrel back in with a generous amount of Loctite sleeve retainer. Much to my surprise when the Loctite cured the sights were perfectly regulated and it’s pop can accurate at 25 yards. Decent little pot metal gun and looks nice at arms length. For similar money to a ruger wrangler (I’ve had 2 of those), I would have one of these any day.
This Taurus Tracker 44 is a great little gun. I had a Smith and Wesson model 69 before this and never liked it. The Taurus is much more pleasant to shoot with the ported barrel and larger softer grips. The S&W had to go back to the factory because it had no sear engagement. It had like a 1 lb single action trigger and it could be pushed off the sear with pressure on the back of the hammer. Also even with the rear sight bottomed out it shot 2 feet high at 25 yards. S&W fixed the trigger but left me to replace the front sight on my own. The Taurus worked great out of the box and was well regulated. I didn’t even bother to do anything to the trigger as it’s fine the way it is. I think the tracker was $450 compared to $950 for the model 69.
I don’t know if this really qualifies as a budget gun since they are expensive now, but this Taurus 941 is a really nice little revolver even though I’ve found I’m not a huge fan of 22 mag.
I also have a Taurus 856 3”. I can’t say much for it other than it’s a functional dependable gun. Where else do you get pachmayer grips and a tritium front sight for less than $300?