What about jennings guns??

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - What about jennings guns??

Posted: 1/15/2002 12:58:48 PM EDT

Are they crap?

[url]http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=2889084[/url]

Posted: 1/15/2002 1:01:34 PM EDT

[#1]

Total Crap!

Posted: 1/15/2002 1:03:58 PM EDT

[#2]

You get what you pay for.

Posted: 1/15/2002 1:05:25 PM EDT

[#3]

They're great for shooting sideways. If I were able to choose the model of 9mm to be shot at me, the Jennings might be a good choice. I have one, as do all my friends. We get together once a year to do a gangsta shoot complete with MD 20/20. You would (or maybe wouldn't!!!) be surprised how hard it is to go through 50 rds. with one of those. They are about 90-95% reliable for the round in the chamber!!

Posted: 1/15/2002 1:09:06 PM EDT

[#4]

Thanks, just once I would like to get "more" than I paid for.

Posted: 1/15/2002 1:18:13 PM EDT

[#5]

Jennings = junk = Saturday nite special

Posted: 1/15/2002 1:18:26 PM EDT

[#6]

their worth about 2 crack rocks or a 1/2 case of old english 800 on any street corner after dark

in other words crap
most hoods considder it an insult to be shot by one

Posted: 1/15/2002 1:30:16 PM EDT

[#7]

one if these makarov's is vastly superior to any jennings.

[url] http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=2853834[/url]

Posted: 1/15/2002 1:30:37 PM EDT

[#8]

If I were ever unfortunate enough to be in a gunfight I could only wish that my adversary was brandishing a Jennings. At best he would only get one off before the thing jammed.

Posted: 1/15/2002 1:33:20 PM EDT

[#9]

I WOULDN'T WIPE THE ASS OF MY WORST ENEMY WITH A JENNING'S!

ACTUALLY THEY'RE NOT THAT BAD IF YOU NEED A CHEAP BOAT ANCHOR!

Posted: 1/15/2002 1:34:51 PM EDT

[#10]

Almost as good as Lorcin...

Posted: 1/15/2002 2:20:36 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
You get what you pay for.

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In this case maybe not. Keep a clean one around and a rag - the perfect dump gun.

Posted: 1/15/2002 2:26:09 PM EDT

[#12]

If you're intent on buying a Jennings you'd best buy two complete pistols. Use one as a shooter and one for spare parts. Every part WILL break.

Forget about any kind of reliable feeding or accuracy too.

Posted: 1/15/2002 2:29:47 PM EDT

[#13]

Some really cheap guns are of questionable quality. The Jennings is NOT. It is unquestionably a true POS.

*edited because I confused the Jennings with the Lorcin, another unquestionable POS.*

Posted: 1/15/2002 2:30:14 PM EDT

[#14]

Excellent pistol if you like the idea of only getting one shot off. I remember I saw one in a movie that worked for TWO rounds before it jammed. But that's Hollywood.

SB

Posted: 1/15/2002 2:31:36 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
Jennings = junk = Saturday nite special

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Saturday night special is a chief's special J frame types.
GG

Posted: 1/15/2002 2:32:47 PM EDT

[#16]

[img]http://funnyfiles.kicken.fm/images/barbie.gangsta.jpg[/img]

Posted: 1/15/2002 2:35:45 PM EDT

[#17]

OOPS!
Just noticed that's a Beretta.

Posted: 1/15/2002 7:51:01 PM EDT

[#18]

Buy one cheap ($50), shoot it for fun, and DO NOT trust your life to it.

[pistol]

Posted: 1/15/2002 8:26:07 PM EDT

[#19]

LMAO. I got one for free. While the guy was showing me how to field strip it, the freekin firing pin broke. LOL. So he gave it to me. A little .380. Shot it a few times since I replaced the firing pin..no failures...but what a POS.

Posted: 1/15/2002 8:35:17 PM EDT

[#20]

I'd buy a jennings.........if i wanted to pay that much for a paper weight.

Posted: 1/15/2002 8:51:43 PM EDT

[#21]

Total POS, I had a .380 Model #48 a long time ago, the receiver cracked.

Posted: 1/15/2002 9:04:35 PM EDT

[#22]

Damn!!! Whoever bought that Jennings on the auction got ripped!!! A pawn shop around here carries them and they are only $99. A friend of mine bought one a few years ago and tried to tell me that it was the best pistol he had ever shot. Needless to say, it was the only one he had ever shot.

Posted: 1/15/2002 9:17:42 PM EDT

[#23]

I used to have this recurring dream where someone would be chasing me, and I have a pistol but no matter how hard I try I just cannot pull the trigger.

Until I actually shot a friends Jennings 9mm I thought this could only happen in a dream. The pistol was bought new, but on most of my shots I almost had to use two hands to pull the trigger. You may think I'm making this up, but I promise it's the truth.

Even when I was able to fire it, the accuracy was so awful (probably due to the Herculean trigger pull required) that you really would be better off throwing it at someone (it is a very heavy pistol).

I never realized that someone could manufacture such an awful excuse for a weapon, but the Jennings is truly the worst gun I have ever laid my hands on. Stay far, far away.

Posted: 1/16/2002 8:45:58 AM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
Are they crap?

THEY MAKE CRAP LOOK GOOD!

Posted: 1/16/2002 8:51:10 AM EDT

[#25]

Maybe they do that on purpose , to make sure the LEOS have that extra advantage.

Benjamin

Posted: 1/16/2002 10:13:45 AM EDT

[#26]

I saw one at a range once that would pop of 2, 3, or 4 rounds at a time. The guy thought it was neat. When he pulled the trigger he had no idea how many shots it would zip off.

Couple years ago when the "gun buy back" craze was going around and they would give you $100 per gun, my friend and I were going to go buy a bunch of those Jennings 22 pistols for $69 and turn them in. We never got around to it though.

Posted: 1/16/2002 11:50:33 AM EDT

[#27]

Something I've been wondering:

How good is the Davis Derringer? Is it still in POS territory, or is it worthwhile for deep concealment/last resort weapon?

Posted: 1/16/2002 12:48:28 PM EDT

[#28]

I thought Jennings and Lorcin were basically the same? Or maybe one bought the other out?

Posted: 1/16/2002 12:53:00 PM EDT

[#29]

They're great!!! (For weighing down a crab trap)

Posted: 1/16/2002 12:59:04 PM EDT

[#30]

Jennings are banned in California so they must be crap.

California only allows their criminals to own high quality reliable weapons. Deaths from drive-by shootings went up last year so there's proof positive right there. [rolleyes]

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