mustang_steve
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How is misuse of English in the context of this thread scary?So, basically... calling a cast zinc gun "pot metal" is actually a compliment. Scary.
The correct term for what these guns are made of is die-cast metal....if you want to be derogatory call it "matchbox car metal"...but, we all know how much it took to kill a matchbox car.
Point being, Zamak (the trade name for various die cast alloys) can be surprisingly strong. The problems with many of the SNS makers is simply pathetic quality control. Remember the early days of Kel-Tec....people said all kinds of crap about them, and rightly so. Eventually they got their game straight.
That's what separates a budget firearm maker from an SNS maker....if they actually give a hoot about quality, or adhere to the "just send them free parts" mantra.
Of course new companies will use the latter more often than the former, at least until they work the kinks out of their product...it's just how fast they do it.
For example, I do consider my SCCY a SNS, as after 6 years, they still don't have their **** together....they make a good pistol, but it goes through parts like mad. It was made to save your hide and that's it....not range use. Sadly I am the kind of shooter that practices heavily, so I plow through "free hardware" like a mad banshee.
Do I regret it? Well, I would have bought Kel-Tec if I had the chance to do it again for ergonomic reasons I wasn't aware of when I bought it, but I don't regret it...just passed it off as a less than wise move. For now I'm living with it.