Best off brand handgun you've ever owned?

[bestseller92]

Let's turn the other question around somewhat: What's the best "off brand" handgun you've ever owned (assuming you've ever owned one).

Mine would be the Llama Comanche III 4" .357 I bought new when I was 17 (my mother did the paperwork thingie). Wal Mart still sold pistols then (it was 1985), and they had a Smith 19 for around $235 or the Llama for $176. Being a nearly broke teenager, I opted for the Llama, and it turned out to be a very good revolver. Was nicely blued, perfectly timed, pretty accurate (I once shot a skunk with it, rapid fire double action, at about 50 yards, and hit him 3 out of 3 shots -- I can't shoot better than that with any gun), and it had a nice cam system that prevented the hammer from contacting the internal firing pin when it was at rest.

I eventually sold it to my brother, who still has it and uses it as a vehicle gun, keeping it in the pickup he uses to check the gas wells he's responsible for.

What's the best off brand handgun you've ever owned?

 

[Euclidean]

Pre Taurus Rossi M971. A clone of a .357 Magnum K frame Smith and Wesson essentially. Easily the best off brand handgun I've ever had.

 

[RH822]

Erma KGP-68A .380 it was a sweet little 3/4 scale copy of the German PO8 Luger. Got rid of it because I am stupid sometimes.

RH

 

[SnWnMe]

EG Makarov import.

Gawd that thing is like the Energizer bunny.

 

[10-Ring]

I've never had any luck w/ off brand handguns...all have had issues and all have gone bye bye

 

[absolute0]

I wouldnt exactly call a Makarov an "off brand"

 

[gunmn74]

Firestar M-40

I dont know if you would consider it an "off brand" but one of my favorite
guns is a Firestar M-40. It shure is not a common piece and I shoot it
as well as my Kimber Custom.

 

[doncameron]

Well, I'd have to say Llama...
had a MaxI in .45acp for quite a few years and only replaced the extractor.
lots and lots of rounds fired thru it. traded it for a EAA witness .45

have a Llama .380 (since 1986) use it as a carry weapon. very happy with it.

 

[Starter52]

Charter Arms .357 Bulldog. I bought it used back in 1986. Best $148 gun I ever owned. It fits me better than a S&W Model 60.

 

[XavierBreath]

Star Modelo B

 

[Gator]

I have always heard bad things about Rossi revolvers, but a couple of years ago I bought a used 720 (.44 Spl). I was very impressed with the fit and finish and absolutely delighted with its accuracy; this three incher shoots like a target gun! It's the lower one in the pic.

 

[sfhogman]

CZ52. Made in 1954 at a Warsaw Pact state run gun factory by people who knew what they were doing! Neat gun.

 

[bearmgc]

FEG .380 years ago. Its since gone down the road traded. But it was my pocket ccw for a few years.

 

[tvick66]

Norinco 1911 Copy

Maybe because it was the first handgun I learned to shoot but of all the 1911's I have owned/shot since, none have been any better.

 

[Pumpkinheaver]

Depends on the definition of off brand. I would say the EAA Witne.ss I had or the Taurus PT100 I had. Both where good but the EAA left when I left communist NY and the Taurus went so It could help buy my Kimber

 

[SAG0282]

The Bersa Thunder I just picked up.

 

[byf43]

Astra Constable in .380. Walther PPK/s look alike. It was a great little pistol.

Charter Arms 'Undercover' in .38 Spec. Nice little .38. It'll get your attention if you shoot a couple of +Ps in it! (No steady diet of them, that's for sure!)

 

[browningguy]

Both the Llama semi autos I've owned were pretty decent guns for the price. Don't own any now but they were decent.

 

[joneb]

The Makarov PM 9x18, in the Western hemisphere this was once a odd ball gun and round, And still is for some.

 

[Ranger61]

My Star Firestar in 45 acp. It always shoots smaller groups than my series 70 Gold Cup.

 

[alucard0822]

my stoeger luger in .22lr, accuracy is on par with the shorter ruger mark II's has fixed sights, but shoots straight and i can normally hit a 1'x1' target 10 out of 10 times at 50yds, I just about always bring this to the range with my bigger guns, and it will rapid fire all 10 rounds faster than any other pistol I have ever fired pictured with my p22

 

[22-rimfire]

Ruger

 

[MICHAEL T]

Bersa 380

 

[Harry Paget Flashman]

Polish Gward .38 revolver. Armscor Model 200 .38 revolver.

 

[aaronrkelly]

For sure its my Bersa Thunder .380....great guns made even better by the price tag.