What was the Cheapest Handgun you ever bought??

[PX15]

I paid $35.00 for this Galesi new in 1966... It was too much.

I was going to say the Rohm (RG14) I bought for $20.00, but I'm not sure the RG14 reached the minimum standards for a firearm..

J.P.

 

[Confederate]

I bought a number of Raven .25s and a Jennings J-22. All have been stunningly reliable. I get an occasional jam on the Jennings, but only after about four or more mags of ammo have been put through the gun. It's NEVER jammed in the first three clip fulls, ever, so I'd carry it with no concerns. I also bought an RG single action .22LR chrome plated revolver with plastic grips that had to keep being tightened. It also was very reliable and accurate for the $64 I paid for it.

Now I have a Davis P-32 that is nickle or chrome plated, which I've never shot. It's real purty and I have a box of ammo for it that I may or may not get around to shooting. Looks like it might be a good paperweight at worst, but it appears to be a giant Raven.

 

[Pumpkinheaver]

I picked up a S&W model 36 for $100 a couple of years ago.

 

[XLMiguel]

My least expensive gun is a Beretta Tomcat for $289. I've bought several used pistol, though none were 'cheap'. I shop hard for guns I want, the only real POS I've ever had was an Interarms PPK/S that was a nasty little gun to shoot (truly crappy trigger) and couldn't get through a whole mag w/o a jam. I traded it for a Beretta 85 sweet.

 

[gunsmith]

my 1st gun was a raven

it worked like a charm and very accurate, I bought it for 60 bucks and got a bunch of mags for it, sold the whole lot for 100, I wish I still had it.

I have a titan .25 I got for 50 I like it, no mag disconnect

 

[rjoy]

In retrospect, this seems like the deal of a lifetime to me. We are talking 1972, now. I had owned a Browning Challenger in .22 cal. I had been shooting it in NRA bullseye when a friend of mine let me try his Smith Model 41. After shooting the 41, I simply had to have one so I went on a search to find a nice used one. I ended up at a local gun shop that had one that was virtually pristine. I asked if they would take in the Challenger on trade and the deal was struck for the Challenger and $29.00 for the Smith. Every time I think about this deal, I still can't believe I got that pistol for that much money. I do, however, regret getting rid of the Challenger. It was a very nice pistol that I could shoot well with.

 

[Madczek]

$100 Makarov and worth every penny.

 

[oweno]

Un-issued Bulgarian Mak - 100 bucks...great piece

 

[kjack]

Rod & Gun Club Special

Walther PPK in .22 for $65 (about a week's pay back then). Carried it fin a shirt pocket or many years while hunting rabbits - it reliably killed a few along the way.

Traded it straight up for another good deal - Colt Combat Commander in 9mm.

Wish I still had either of them!!

 

[1911 guy]

EAA .22 revolver

When I was in school I paid for and my Dad signed for a .22LR revolver made by EAA. If I remember right, it was called the "Bounty Hunter" or something like that. Single action, easy to strip and clean. That's actually the revolver that made me give up on revolvers for good. I had shot many by then and none fit me very well. That one felt better than most and I still couldn't hit beans with it. Got it new for 100 dollars and sold it and a Triple K Leather holster for the same $100 several years later.

 

[Thorn001]

Euroarms copy of a Colt 1851 Navy revolver but in 44 caliber, with holster $35.00. I picked it up at a pawn shop as a cheap way to see if I liked black powder. Still have it and enjoy shooting it. Not very accurate but a lot of fun.

 

[Porky6331]

Smith & Wesson Model 10 Heavy Barrel brand new $61.00

 

[Rail]

Lemon of a squeezer

A Lemon Squeezer and an H&R both in .32 S&W for $58 the pair. So small they look like toys - as do the rounds...

 

[Average Joe]

Stirling .22 auto, a real pos.

 

[jaysouth]

BACK IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS

Cheapest pistol:

Remington Rand 1911A1 for $15.00

Cheapest guns:

BAR with 20 mags, and an M-2 carbine for a case of C-rations.

NOWADAYS

Les Baer TRS and Les Baer Premier II Super Tac for $2,500. Poor soul needed money and all I could 'find' was 2,500.

 

[GroovedG19]

My least costliest pistol was my FN Hi Power .40S&W.Under 500 OTD.Brand new.

 

[spankaveli]

jennings 380

 

[Biff]

Wild West Guns had a Security-Six on Auction Arms that on a whim I bid $150 or $175 for. I got it! I don't think Wildalaska has forgiven me, since they had parkerized it, a service they normally charge $180 for.

 

[danang]

Whe I was 15 or so, back in 1955, 4 or 6, I bought a Walther P-38, with matching Nazi holster and magazines plus a box of 50 9mm cartridges. $12.00. Shot up the Cartridges, and sold the pistol and all for $15.00. Thought I made a hell of a deal. Little did I know.

 

[philbo]

I paid $50 for a Ranger SA 22 revolver w/a birds head handle and 3.5" barrel years ago. It's been a lot of fun to shoot over the years, and my nephews are just beginnning to enjoy it now. Best bang for the buck ever!

 

[gandog56]

Raven 25 ACP for $45.00. It worked, but that's about the only good thing I have to say about it.


Hmmm.................It's also the first gun I ever sold. Took that money, put up some of my own, and got a Ruger Mark II.

 

[Houser52]

Jennings 22 auto $40 new. I carried it in my deer hunting backpack for 10years. Shot good. No malfunctions.

 

[highlander 5]

Hawes 22 mag Colt clone bought 2 $35 a piece circa 1971

 

[Scottmkiv]

$99 for a CZ-52. It works really well now that I finally have all the cosmoline out of everything.

The sights are marginal, and the trigger is mediocre at best, but it is a unique gun, and an neat cartridge. It makes a decent truck gun.

 

[Shear_stress]

Cheapest rifle: Sears/Ted Williams .22lR semi-auto (model number long forgotten): $80.

Cheapest handgun: Bulgarian Makarov, unissued, all accessories: $99 . . . in 2003 . . . in California.