Out and out - cheapest?

[P95Carry]

Ok, let's forget metallurgical quality (or lack of it) and build quality .....

What in your opinion is the absolute cheapest piece (of cr*p?) on the market...... new? Is it Jennings, Raven, Lorcin ..... what?

I'm not after buying one ... no way but ... just curious. And ....... how long do ya think it'd survive useage?

This is the ''cheap'n'nasty'' run down .......

 

[firestar]

Hi Point.

 

[Andrew Wyatt]

I disagree with the nomination of the hi point as being a piece of crap. it's a very good 105 dollar major caliber blowback handgun.


I didn't say it was the finest poece of ordinance on the planet, but i did say it was very good for what it is (a 105 dollar handgun)

 

[Schuey2002]

Lorcin !

 

[firestar]

I don't Lorcin and Jennings are still in business otherwise I would have picked one of them. I'm sure there is a bigger POS than the Hi Point out there but I just couldn't think of one.

 

[P95Carry]

I might add, that I did resort to obtaining one ''cheapie'' last year. Got a Phoenix HP22 ........ and despite having to make one or two minor ''tweaks'' have found it to be a great lil plinker ... and if adding the longer (5") barrel .. remarkably accurate.

It does tho need to be kept reasonably crud free for relaible cycling .... it likes full load rounds.

 

[happy old sailor]

the reason i cannot name but one is that i have seen a few things in pawn shops that i did not WANT to know what they were.

shoulda asked i guess. then i would have an answer.

 

[10-Ring]

Hi Point!

 

[Tropical Z]

Yah right
DREAM ON!!!

 

[Andrew Wyatt]

how many of you people who call hi points pieces of crap have fired them?

 

[foghornl]

Don't think they are made anymore, but the worst POS handgun I ever saw was the "Clerke" revolver. Choice of .22lr or one of the .32 cals. Zinc or some other really cheap alloy with a thin steel cylinder & barrel liner. In 1976 or so sold for around $30, as I sort of vaguely recall.

 

[cratz2]

Oh yeah, I forgot Jenning was out of business as well.

So my Bryco 380 should start steadily going up in value, right?

 

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

Not in business anymore---but a .38 RG revolver a buddy got for $10----or was it $15???-----anyway---was the worst piece of crap I ever laid eyes on.

 

[sm]

RG .38

I know someone whom still has one, dunno why? Sometimes it fires (2/6 cyl will) and sometimes most ot the lead goes downrange. Again Sometimes. Its too ugly for a paperweight, and you'd probably have to bribe a buy-back program to take it in.

 

[firestar]

I used to have the HI POINT carbin and I still stand by my comments.

What is a bigger POS than the HI POINT that is in current production? I think that the question stated it had to be new.

Some HI POINTS may work but that doesn't change the fact that they are made extremly cheaply.

 

[TheMariner]

J22.... don't know the manufacturer but the metal manufacture is obviously not even tempered very well.... But having said that... for its price, under $100... IT IS THE FUNNIEST THING TO SHOOT EVER!

I just wrap one hadn around it and pull the trigger like a mad man.... I'd be lucky to land all 5-6 rounds in a man size at 25 feet but who cares? It is for amusement only.... THe real fun .22 is the Ruger MkII

 

[cool45auto]

Hi Point
Lorcin

I have owned and shot both.

 

[Okiecruffler]

Aren't the Jennings/Davis/Lorcin all one big happy family now called Cobra or Kobra or some such? I owned a Davis .380 and it was a wonderful gun, learned most of my first aid skills from shooting that vicious bugger.

 

[P95Carry]

Had a monthly club meeting tonight .. asked the secretary's son (aged 24 I think) ..... ''got your carry permit yet''??

''yes'' said he ....

''what gun did you get''? asked I

''9mm'' said he ...

What was that'' asked I

''Hi-Point'' said he .......... oh dear thought I!!

Apparently it (he says) shoots totally reliably ... but he had expressed other interest previously after shooting my P95 ... and I'd hoped he'd go for that or better.

Oh well ....... as long as he's happy!

IMO - if it's for carry, it's gotta be at least ''good'' if not ''superb''!

 

[Hal]

Short answer:

Davies. 100% innaccurate, and from other reports I've read, very short lived.

Long answer:
Since I live in the ***wonderful*** and **safe** no carry state of Ohio,,,,believe me,,,whatever wins top (bottom?) honor of being th biggest POS,,,would be far more welcome in my pocket if I needed it than anything locked in my safe at home,,,,@ any price/@ any quality level.

 

[WonderNine]

Yah right
DREAM ON!!!

I knew I'd find you here

 

[samwise]

When I got out of highschool I bought 2 Lorcin 380s and they were the biggest pieces in the world. Glad I gave $50 for both, I just threw both away about 7 years ago.

 

[Traithe]

My first handgun was a Jennings 22. Paid $30 for back in 90. It is a total piece of crap. I haven't gotten rid of it yet because I would never wish it upon any one else. I have thought of turning it in to one of the local police gun turn in's. The last IPD gun turn in they were giving you $20 and a coupon for a free pizza, which is more than the gun is worth. And I know they would do what needs to be done to it - destroy it.

 

[Snowdog]

Here's a picture of my two personal mistakes, but be warned, it's not a picture for the squeamish.

A smoothbore Davis .380 P-380 and finishless .32mag D-32mag

owned a Davis .380 and it was a wonderful gun, learned most of my first aid skills from shooting that vicious bugger.

Umm, let me guess... just a wild stab in the dark here... a painfully abraded thumb knuckle? Yeah, I had the same problem.
I think the P-380 was designed that way to keep the owner from shooting it too much.

 

[telewinz]

Phoenix HP22

I got the HP22 about a year ago and have put 300 rounds through it (cheap stuff) without a hitch. Shoots to point of aim at 50 feet, what more could you ask for at any price? I could have gotten a Beretta or Taurus for much more but they seem to have "problems" too. Took the HP22 apart one time , after that experience I decided NOT to get the target kit.