cheap gun bashing

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FlSwampRat writes:

...my concealed carry piece is a Bersa Thunder .380. For an under $300 gun in store I think it's a great bargain.

I bought mine used in 2008, when I "came back" to firearms as an interest, and decided to carry again (I had stopped when I left LE nearly two decades earlier.) I was replacing a PPK/S I'd carried on and off the job, and had subsequently sold. I tried repeatedly, using several techniques, to get the Bersa to malfunction. I mixed up old and new ammo in the mags, ammo of various bullet profiles, tried to "limp-wrist" it, and went long runs without cleaning it. Nothing worked. It's definitely a gun with some true military DNA in it, having evolved from models used by Argentinian officers.

I only stopped carrying it two years later when I came into a used PF9 for a hard-to-resist price. The Kel-Tec is easier to carry, though harder and less enjoyable to shoot. I still have the Bersa, which does admittedly lack resale desirability (so it's not likely to go anywhere anytime soon), and recently acquired a used .22LR version of it as well.
 
Bersa is about the only non bottom of the barrel gun I haven't tried. I came close to buying a Thunder Nine a couple of years ago, but I passed on it at the last minute for some reason. One of these days..
 
It must be very hard on a individuals ego when he paid 3 to 4 times as much for a particular firearm only to find out that a cheap model performed just as well. or at least good enough for the task.

Probably about the same as when someone’s cheap gun fails or wasn’t up to the task. I’m sure it feels great to save a bunch of money on a firearm. Unless it fails when you need it.

I think I will pay a bit more for the piece of mind. Call it insurance if you like.
 
After six months and nine pages I'm not sure there's much (if anything) of substance left to be discussed here. Let's take a break from the cheap guns vs higher priced guns theme for bit.
 
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