O.K. Folk's How About A Lil' Fun?

[Jeff]

DF357,

That's interesting to hear. I think I'll buy a box of Stingers to put through it.

Keep in mind, however, I'm not the only one here complaining about Jennings.

It's funny you mentioned your son has a Ruger-- I assume pistol-- that does the same thing. Someone else on these forums (it might have been you) said they had a Mark II that would feed effortlessly with Stingers. My experience with my Mark II is that the gun has functioned flawlessly, with the exception of the Stingers, which would not feed properly.

However, my 10/22 loves Stingers; and everything else.

 

[sm]

RG .38 spl. snubby.

I have a friend with one, I think 2 cyls line up, spits lead ...sometimes most lead exits out the bbl. Heavy enough to use as a brick-throw at BG... and then do the tennis shoe shuffle...

 

[Delmar]

I suppose I would take ANYTHING that would launch a bullet, make the bad guy have to come at me where I have the advantage, and take his weapon, so long as his is not worse than the one I stopped him with.........

 

[38Mike]

A Taurus 445, although , it's heavy enough, and my arm still has enough life in it, that, after the firing pin spring breaks,I could launch a decent fastball at the bad guy's noggin.....

 

[PawDaddy]

From my own experiences; S&W Sigma .380 and two Charco .38 snubs. Both of these on the same day!

Alot of you mentioned the Bersa .380. My experience with them has been good. I owned one of the older one's years back. Never had a problem with it. It was really heavy, though. I sold it to a friend. My son has one now and has never had any problems.

The guy at the shop where we bought my son's said that he sells lots of them and none have been returned. At least not at the time we bought my son's. He also said that he has seen more problems with the Walther's than the Bersa's.

 

[waynzwld]

10ring, can I ask you why you don't like the AMTs? I have 3 of them and NONE has ever given me any trouble. These are the older ones, not the newer style. They have always gone bang when the trigger is pulled. No feed failures and no ejection problems.

 

[Archie]

Since they haven't been mentioned....

I'd pass on:

Jo-Lo-Ar automatic....
Gilesti
Nambu anything... (been mentioned but bears repeating.)
Tokarev
Broomhand (C96) Mauser.

All of them were "military" pistols of one time and place or another... all were underpowered, had rotten sights and worse triggers.

 

[jarhead]

Colt "All American 2000"...it was the worst and most unreliable quality handgun I've ever owned.... and I've own literally 100's of different handguns...

 

[DF357]

PawDaddy

I've got a new (been sitting on the dealers shelf for a while) SW Sigma380. I've heard horror stories about the feeding on the early ones. I've put a cuppla hundred rounds through mine and it functions perfectly. I've heard of others with the same experience. I carry it whenever I can't carry my CS45. I trust it regularly. It is extremely accurate for its size.

Sorry your experience was bad - must have been an early one before they got the bugs out.