Thanks for sharing. I hope you are done with cheap pistols. Reminded me of a less-painful lesson:
While I was working in retail firearms, a customer drove up, parked his $80,000.00 car, walked in & asked to look at a Raven .25. At the time, we were selling them for $59.95 - on sale.
While he was handling it, he asked me, "Is this a good gun?"
I answered, "With firearms, you get what you pay for; with this gun, you're not paying much, so you can't expect much."
He decided to buy it & said he was just going to keep it in his car. While filling out the forms, I said, "Like many cheap guns, there is no firing pin safety, so I wouldn't carry or store it with a round in the chamber because if you drop it or the gun receives any type of impact, it could fire."
He didn't seem concerned.
A few months later, he returned & asked to look at a Sig pistol. I said, "It's good that you appreciate a quality gun now."
He said "I learned my lesson & it cost be big time. I was getting out of my car & the gun fell on the pavement & fired. The bullet went through my center console & screwed up the electronics. $4,000 in repairs."
I said, "Consider yourself lucky."
While I was working in retail firearms, a customer drove up, parked his $80,000.00 car, walked in & asked to look at a Raven .25. At the time, we were selling them for $59.95 - on sale.
While he was handling it, he asked me, "Is this a good gun?"
I answered, "With firearms, you get what you pay for; with this gun, you're not paying much, so you can't expect much."
He decided to buy it & said he was just going to keep it in his car. While filling out the forms, I said, "Like many cheap guns, there is no firing pin safety, so I wouldn't carry or store it with a round in the chamber because if you drop it or the gun receives any type of impact, it could fire."
He didn't seem concerned.
A few months later, he returned & asked to look at a Sig pistol. I said, "It's good that you appreciate a quality gun now."
He said "I learned my lesson & it cost be big time. I was getting out of my car & the gun fell on the pavement & fired. The bullet went through my center console & screwed up the electronics. $4,000 in repairs."
I said, "Consider yourself lucky."