Why all the Lorcin Hate?

[achey]

hold them real tight

I had bought one in 25acp. It was real cheap and I thought what a deal. Boy, was I wrong. I didn't even get one mag through it and the thing blew up in my hands. I had both grip sides, the mag, and various other parts craddled in my hands. Oh and some powder in my face. This is no bull. Don't buy one and don't let your friends buy either.



Achey

 

[albanian]

"Something I've always wondered...

What exactly makes these so *&@#$ awful? Is it the general design, the quality of metal, the accuracy, the sights, the lack of customizability ( ), their ugly appearance?"

Yes! But you forgot: unreliable, dangerous, poor fit and finish, and their ability to break. When someone says they are going to "break in their Jennings", watch out.

 

[drf]

Back way back when I wasnt making much money at the time but wanted a small handgun. I foolishly picked a Bryco .380 NIB for $109....
After 10 rds threw the gun it came apart in my hands, I put the gun back together and it seemed fine but I would have never trusted shooting that gun again!

I took the gun apart broke off the trigger and threw away the firing pin so now it can never be shot ...
I still have the POS and if it wasnt in my name I would throw it in the garbage were it belongs..
These cheaps guns AKA Saturday Night specials should NOT be manufactured for consumer use.
They serve no good purpose for a citizen to protect himself for self defense.....drf

 

[albanian]

Some people think I am crazy but I consider Kel-Tec to be the closest thing to the Jennings, Bryco, Locin junk now made. The only thing that separates Kel-Tec from those other junk guns is the price. Kel-Tecs cost three times as much as the Bryco but gives just about the same results, broken guns!

I had a P-32 that I can not say was a better gun in ANY way than my two Jennings J-22s I bought for $50 each! I paid close to $300 for the P-32 with extras and it never was reliable after several trips to KT and it finally just broke one day! The trigger axis just snapped in half for no apparent reason. If this was the only flaw or problem, I could say that any gun can have a bad part but nothing on the gun worked or seemed right. From what I hear, about 50% of the Kel-Tecs are lemons so I am not alone. Some people get good ones and they love them. I can understand that because I would have lover mine if it had worked! It was so easy to carry and it was truely a gun you could have on you at all times.

 

[BluesBear]

A study of adult and juvenile offenders by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services found that juvenile offenders were more likely than adults to have carried a semiautomatic pistol at the crime scene (18% versus 7%).

They also were more likely to have carried a revolver (10% versus 7%). The same proportion of adults and juveniles (3%) carried a shotgun or rifle at the crime scene.

Why not just come right out and say that juvenile offenders were more likely to carry a hangun. But more likely to carry a semi-automatic 18% vs 10%.

While adults were split 50-50 revolver vs semi-automatic.

Also looks like 28% of the juveniles carry guns opposed to only 14% of the adults. Hmm twice as many.
I wonder if that has anything to do with more severe sentencing of adults?


I say that any juvi commiting a crime while carrying a deadly weapon should be tried as an adult.

 

[RyanM]

Hey, I didn't write it, I just copy-pasted from the source.

And it's actually 31% for juvies vs. 17% for adults, you forgot to add in long guns.

 

[Mortech]

Owned a Jennings once , you could actually SEE the metal deform after several shots ! I eventually gave it to someone I didn't like at all . I believed I paid $40 for mine used and the reason I bought it was because I was just curious about it :banghead:

 

[Johnny Guest]

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