Why buy expensive guns when you trust your life to that $100 beater?

[JPM70535]

Carry anything you feel comfortable with and is 100% reliable 100% of the time. I don't carry anything that doesn't go bang every time. Funny thing though, over the years I have found the old adage "You get what you pay for" to be worth remembering, especially as regards firearms. Why place your trust in a $100 (if there is such a thing) beater if you own something better whose quality and reliability long term are well established.

There is a reason why some guns costg more than others. DUH.

 

[CZ52GUY]

Why care what others have found reliable, what they paid for it, or what they may choose to leave in their safe that has better "on-paper" pedigree that they may have set aside in favor of an alternative which had a lower acquisition price?

The original question asked about those who trumpet the self-defense value of expensive firearms when acquiring them, yet employ low cost alternatives for threat mitigation (including daily carry).

The answers:
- Doesn't matter what they buy
- Doesn't matter what they say to justify the purchase
- It's their neck on the line, they get to decide what to carry or place in close proximity as a house gun, others don't get a vote
- One can reasonably question whether the self-defense features of the $2000 gun were the causal factors for the purchase if they choose not to deploy it in that fashion...but not a big deal...or shouldn't be...

Best wishes,

CZ52'

 

[bvmjethead]

I don't know what you're talking about, I carry a 5" CQB.