fredthecat
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- Mar 18, 2011
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Sounds like an RG-23 .22LR snub.The worst gun I owned was an RG .22 revolver. It was $29....NEW!! That was 25+ years ago. It was basically a firearm that was built to the quality level of a mid-range cap gun. Really. Well...practically really.
Next was a semi-auto Jennings in .22. I think I paid $60 for that, new.
Next in line were a couple of Ravens (semi-auto)...I bought them "once upon a midnight dreary..." And then I shot them "NEVERMORE!!" They were $40 each, new. They actually didn't jam near as much as the Jennings because they were in .25 acp, which works better in cheapo autos than .22 lr.
The last, and best (or least worst) of my Saturday Night Specials was a 9mm Stallard (now Hi-Point.) I paid a whopping $139 for that new about 20 years ago. If Fred Flintstone was going to carry a Semi-auto, it would be the Stallard, as it appeared to have been made with primative neolithic flint tools.
You know what? I really kinda miss my rotten old guns. They represent a bygone era, in a way. You just don't see many of them around anymore (thank goodness.) I coulda had my own Saturday Night Special collection.
I don't own anything too fancy, currently (Ruger, S&W, Marlin, Winchester, etc.), but I appreciate their modest (yet undeniable) quality when I think of those crummy guns of my past.
Am I on the right track? I inherited one from my paternal grandmother who really didn't know jack about guns. The firing pin is currently frozen in the forward position & WILL NOT MOVE, no matter what I try to free it with. The cylinder will not close because of the stuck pin, & before all that, it would fail to fire on about every other round from what I suspect was a weak spring.
Avoid RG-23s at all costs!