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Posted: 9/28/2011 9:10:36 PM EDT

Just as the tile says––-which is the least expensive firearm you've ever owned that you've willingly staked your life upon/CCWed?

Descriptions and pictures are both good.

For me, the placeholder for such thing is an old beat-to-heck BHP, which I acquired for sub-$400.

My Dad's "least expensive gun" would be an LCP; someone at work's gun would be an XDM9.

So, what's yours? An inexpensive Bersa? Or is the least expensive gun you've ever trusted something more along the lines of an Ed Brown 1911?

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:12:18 PM EDT

[#1]

S&W 442 purchased used for $320

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:13:00 PM EDT

[#2]

A Remington 870.
I certainly did not feel inadequately armed for $199.

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:16:28 PM EDT

[#3]

I had a Beretta Tomcat 32ACP for a while. I think I paid around $300 for it. I hated the trigger and sold it.

Ruger SP101 for $319.

Smith 442 for around $350.

Now I've got a Kimber CDP-II Compact in 45. It cost more than all three of these.

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:17:48 PM EDT

[#4]

hipoint 995 carbine for $199

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:19:55 PM EDT

[#5]

A Bersa .380.

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:20:03 PM EDT

[#6]

A fucking Grendel.

One of the originals that had to be loaded with a stripper clip.

Wouldn't feed HP, so I had a Hydrashock in the chamber, with FMJs behind it.

Poverty is a bitch.

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:20:23 PM EDT

[#7]

Walther p22

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:22:46 PM EDT

[#8]

$100 Mauser, my first gun and I bought soft points "just in case" along with the surplus ammo. Hopefully, if any Bad Guys came in the door, they would be kind enough to stand in a line so that there wasnt any over penetration.

$230 Bersa Thunder .380. I shoot more accurately with it after my first 50rds years ago than I do now with my XD 5" after 3000. Its my glove box gun.

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:23:32 PM EDT

[#9]

$250 PF9

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:23:54 PM EDT

[#10]

Taurus 24/7, great pistol. Cheap and it just plain works.

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:25:24 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
A fucking Grendel.

One of the originals that had to be loaded with a stripper clip.

Wouldn't feed HP, so I had a Hydrashock in the chamber, with FMJs behind it.

Poverty is a bitch.

Word. At one point many moons ago, the only handgun I had to carry was a Davis derringer in .38

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:25:45 PM EDT

[#12]

Colt Trooper (with Python action) purchased for $125 (and the Trooper came with another gun as a bonus weapon).

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:26:43 PM EDT

[#13]

Glock 19

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:31:15 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
Taurus 24/7, great pistol. Cheap and it just plain works.

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:32:00 PM EDT

[#15]

An old Smith and Wesson Chief's Special (acquired used but in good condition).

It was at the time an inexpensive gun, but it was a damn fine thing regardless.

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:38:11 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
S&W 442 purchased used for $320

+1

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:40:06 PM EDT

[#17]

Springfield Mil-Spec...

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:47:25 PM EDT

[#18]

P3AT
$200.00 ish

Posted: 9/28/2011 9:48:27 PM EDT

[#19]

Ruger LCP $299....carried for about a month.

Posted: 9/28/2011 10:09:45 PM EDT

[#20]

I won't carry anything less than a Korth Auto.

Anyone that settles for less hates their family and wants them to die.

Posted: 9/28/2011 10:12:40 PM EDT

[#21]

Glock 19, because of .mil discount.....it was $30 cheaper than the XD that it replaced.

$398 for G19

Posted: 9/28/2011 10:12:51 PM EDT

[#22]

$200 Norinco 1911. Bought new for me by my parents went I left the Army. I have carried that in uniform and CCW for over 20 years.

Posted: 9/28/2011 10:23:53 PM EDT

[#23]

Ruger sp101, 320.00

Posted: 9/28/2011 10:30:35 PM EDT

[#24]

Makarov, $150.

Posted: 9/28/2011 10:32:03 PM EDT

[#25]

LCP

Posted: 9/28/2011 10:34:49 PM EDT

[#26]

Mossberg 500 $200 something

Posted: 9/28/2011 10:37:25 PM EDT

[#27]

$160 Remington 870 at home.
$180 AMT backup .380 (bought it for myself as a 21st birthday present, only pistol I owned when I got my carry permit).
I carry a Taurus now.

Posted: 9/28/2011 10:50:55 PM EDT

[#28]

Bersa Thunder 380 CC.

IIRC I paid $210 for it. It's surprisingly accurate out to 25m given it has shaved sights.

Posted: 9/28/2011 10:53:51 PM EDT

[#29]

Kel-tec P32. There are times my wardrobe just won't accommodate something bigger. It's either P32 or nothing.

I think I paid $150 or maybe $200 for it.

Not my pic but I have the same Desantis holster and it looks identical to that setup.

Posted: 9/28/2011 11:34:45 PM EDT

[#30]

P3AT and a trade in P6

Posted: 9/28/2011 11:38:39 PM EDT

[#31]

The 'cheapest' gun I've ever CCWed and trusted my life to was a 1988 West-German Sig P6.

Posted: 9/28/2011 11:40:22 PM EDT

[#32]

Makarov. I was in between carry pistols for a very brief time. Currently carry an M&P 9mm fullsize with 17+1 Winchester Ranger T-Series rounds. I feel much much better with that pistol and load.

The Makarov is a decent cheap gun, but it is pretty snappy for its round.

Posted: 9/28/2011 11:41:29 PM EDT

[#33]

Kahr CW9

Posted: 9/28/2011 11:45:16 PM EDT

[#34]

FIE Titan .25ACP, acquired in trade for $50 debt

Cracked the frame after about 50 rounds but still "worked". Safety
(both manual and half-cock) failed frequently, and went full auto on me a
couple times at the range.

Total piece of shit, sold as parts..

(google image, not mine)

Posted: 9/28/2011 11:51:07 PM EDT

[#35]

A 1944 Remington Rand M1911A1. It was a gift.

Posted: 9/29/2011 12:07:22 AM EDT

[#36]

Taurus 24/7 pro compact in .45

Posted: 9/29/2011 12:08:56 AM EDT

[#37]

RG32 in 32 S&W long. Although I carried it as a back up to my M&P9c.

$75 at a gun show.

Posted: 9/29/2011 12:09:44 AM EDT

[#38]

Kel tec P-11. But not for very long. Shittiest trigger i have ever shot. I paid $185

Posted: 9/29/2011 12:14:27 AM EDT

[#39]

I have a very reliable and accurate S&W Sigma 40. I paid $275 for it and have shot around 750 rounds
and never had one problem. No FTE or FTF ever. It is a very reliable pistol.

Posted: 9/29/2011 12:18:37 AM EDT

[#40]

Glock 17 is the least expensive gun I've carried, but I'd trust my lift to my Mossberg 500 I bought for $180 back in 1999.

Posted: 9/29/2011 12:21:03 AM EDT

[#41]

It's a toss-up between the NAA Mini-Mag(which I still carry in a pocket holster) and my old Kel-Tec collection.(which have all been sold for various reasons).

Posted: 9/29/2011 12:26:51 AM EDT

[#42]

Glock-17

Want to say I paid something like $550 for it, but I don't really recall.

Posted: 9/29/2011 12:27:01 AM EDT

[#43]

USD$180 for a used Norinco 1911 which had been tuned up. Best pistol I've ever owned, and definitely the biggest bang for the buck.

Accurate, reliable, and a very nice trigger (Videcki), with a forged frame and slide made to GI specs. Just looked like $#!+.

Posted: 9/29/2011 12:35:39 AM EDT

[#44]

1895 Nagant revolver

It was a gift.

There was a week or so period between moving back home and into an apartment after I graduated college where all of my regular pistols were in stasis as it were, and that's all I had with me.
I think if I had ever pulled it, I could have made a get away as the perps would be to busy laughing

Posted: 9/29/2011 12:53:00 AM EDT

[#45]

A WWII-era Ithica 1911. Still have it, it shoots flawlessly. $259 back in 1980 or so.

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:10:29 AM EDT

[#46]

A Smith & Wesson Model 10 .38 Special revolver with a damaged finish.

Bluing is worn down to bare steel around the muzzle from holster wear, and the frame and cylinder have numerous shallow
pits from rust. However, the bore and action are near-mint, the trigger is surprisingly smooth, and it's really accurate.

Paid $80 for it in 1987, and still keep it loaded in an end-table drawer in the living room.

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:14:05 AM EDT

[#47]

A 75 dollar Model 11 12 ga. for hiking/HD/truck gun.

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:26:30 AM EDT

[#48]

Ruger P89. The AK47 of handguns.

CCW would be a Rock Island Armory compact. Goes bang every time I pull the trigger.

Posted: 9/29/2011 1:52:53 AM EDT

[#49]

Phoenix Arms HP22.
Think it cost me $110, "target barrel" included.

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Posted: 9/29/2011 2:17:51 AM EDT

[#50]

Quoted:
Kel tec P-11. But not for very long. Shittiest trigger i have ever shot. I paid $185

Ditto on all points, except I still have and occasionally carry mine. With the waistband clip, it's a great concealed carry gun on a sweaty pair of jogging shorts. But that trigger...

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