Favorite Cheap Gun Purchase

[SudSlinger]

In going with the regrettable expensive purchase thread, let's go the opposite way with it. What is your favorite cheap (I know it's relative) firearm purchase? Cheap accessories? I love my Mossy 500.... got it for a tad under $200 and it does nothing terribly and everything reasonably well.

 

[Prepster]

I had a High Point .45 acp that I bought used for $90. It was pretty fun, but a little rough to shoot. I also bought a semi-auto Cobray M12 for $135 broken, it just needed a new firing pin and a good clean-up. This was a pleasant surprise as it runs really well, despite its jam-master deluxe reputation.

 

[zombienerd]

I love my Maverick 12ga, $160 through gunbroker... I don't think anybody could ask for so much for so little

 

[del4]

Mil-surps, namely my no.4 mk1 enfield I bought in '96 for $90.

 

[Birdhunter1]

Cheap price of $300
Not a cheap item: OLY arms K16 (AR-15 w/ 16" bull barrel flat top receiver)
Also included 500 rounds of remanufactured 55 FMJ, 3-30 round and 1-10 round mag, sightron red dot, assault rifle case and factory hard case.

 

[tradja]

$55 Marlin Model 60, used with Simmons scope. I love used .22's.

I'm still glad I picked up an SKS not too long ago when it was $130, but the Model 60 gets a lot more range time.

 

[WC145]

I picked up this Charter Arms Bulldog .44spl at a local gun shop for $165 a few years ago. It looked like it had been stuck in a leather holster and left there. There was some fine pitting on the barrel and a little rust in a few other spots, I assume from moisture in the holster, but the bore was clean and shiny and it locked up tight so I bought it. I cleaned it up and shot it and it worked fine and was accurate enough so I've kept it around, mostly as a truck gun. I did send it back to Charter Arms to have them make sure everything was in good shape. I also asked if they could install a bobbed hammer and and cut the grip frame down to fit the short boot grips that come on their OffDuty .38. Well, they did what I asked and gave it a clean bill of health but the job on the grip frame was very rough, as though whoever did the work just eye balled it and then took a grinder to the gun! It was functional and they didn't charge me so I didn't complain but I wasn't pleased with the job and left it the way it was until a couple of months ago. I'd heard about a gunsmith near me that does custom work and I thought that the Bulldog would be the perfect guinea pig to try them out on before letting them work on my more expensive guns.

Anyway, I took the gun to them (Dietrich Gunsmithy in Otis, ME) and asked them to clean up the grip frame as best they could, smooth some sharp edges around the trigger guard, smooth and polish the trigger and polish the hammer, shave the front sight and install a fiber optic, bead blast the whole thing, and do an action job. I got it back about 6 weeks later and they did a terrific job. It is a completely different gun and looks better than new! The fiber optic sight is nicely dovetailed in place, the grip frame looks like the gun was made that way to begin with, and the action is much improved - the SA pull is clean and crisp with no grittiness or creep and the DA pull is a couple of pounds lighter than it was and much smoother. The entire job was just under $200 so now I'm into the gun for just $400 total (including the $35 to ship it to C.A.) and I couldn't be happier with it. It shoots great and is easier to carry and conceal with the smaller grip.
Here's some pics:

 

[sharkhunter2018]

That would have to be my Mossberg Plinkster. 104 bucks. Aside from crappy bulk ammo and a mag issue, it has run flawlessly. Accuracy is great for such a cheap gun and eats just about anything except Remmy Golden Bullets.

Second would be my SKS. Got it off a friend for 150.

 

[7.62X25mm]

I gotcha'll beat, twice!

CVA 1849 "Colt Wells Fargo" sitting in the "parts case" at the shop for $20. Everything seemed reasonably solid on it, no buggered screws. Internals were "jammed."

Took it home. Took it apart (which is what you do every time you shoot a black powder firearm). Trigger/cylinder bolt spring was assembled upside down. Fully functional, $20.



Second. Rem. 870 from Denver PD. Someone had sprayed the furniture with some sort of poly finish something. The oil finish on the wood bled through the poly and "crazed" -- looking like a really bad sunburn. Stripped and refinished. $85 out the door.



. . . Ohhhhhhhh wait a second, that reminds me!

8mm Mauser mod. 38/22 (I think), Brno Czech. Big 5 was having a sale, and I had discount coupon. Bright bore, blue had turned to grey, decent shape, solid with the standard 60 yrs of handling dings. Accurate! $59 out the door.

 

[J_L_A]

New Mossberg 835 w/ turkey choke....$149.00

 

[franconialocal]

My cheapest

My Walther P-22 REALLY cheap to shoot and NICE. Bought mine new for tad shy of $300.00

 

[Glock River]

$200 and I got one for the wife and son and I.

 

[Phydeaux642]

This summer I was in a Big Box sporting goods store and spied an old S&W wheelgun behind the glass. It was marked as a pre model 10, but in actuality was a 1937 38-44 Heavy Duty with original magna grips, all numbers matching. I picked it up for $270. I've been told they fetch $1000+.

 

[thirdeagle]

cheap and probably the most reliable handgun I've ever had was a Bersa .380. As a matter of fact, I'm looking for another one right now.

 

[gbran]

Stoeger 12ga SxS Uplander. 2 triggers, improved and modified barrels, light and short, less than $400 and the best bird gun I ever owned.

 

[Ringtail]

Phydeaux, you dog! How can you live with yourself? You stole a .38/44 S&W.

My favorite cheap gun - #4 Enfield with a shiney new bore for $85.

 

[dirtyjim]

slightly sporterized mannlicher schoenauer 1903/14 for $100.

 

[bja5006]

my mosin nagant 91/30. i know everyone and their mother has one, but for only $90 they should!!

i stripped mine down to the wood, refinished it, and now it's like a piece of art with all the dings, nicks, and stamp-marks that a 66 yr-old war rifle should have.

next step: take it open-sights in the PA deer season

 

[offthepaper]

SKS VG cond -$79
Marlin 60- $45
Yugo M48-$75
Ruger MKII-$140

 

[2nd 41]

Beretta 70S 22LR.........$180

 

[45Badger]

S&W pre-17 K22, in very excellent shape - $250 OTD

 

[Knives]

My Ruger MkII is hands down my favorite "cheap" purchase. Probably one of my favorite guns overall, actually.

 

[MMCSRET]

Bought 6 VZ-24s for $49.00 each.

 

[damien]

Yeah, I got an SKS back in the day for $79 or $89 also. Great cheap gun. Actually got two.

 

[JImbothefiveth]

A cheap scope. It's not the best scope, and doesn't always maintain it's zero, but it's way, way better than iron sights for target work!

Also good: anytime a buy a brick of .22