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Do You Own An Inexpensive Gun That You Just Luv To Shoot

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#1 ·
Well I just picked one up.Man what a great shooting gun.Low recoil and smooth shooting.I originally wanted a CZ-75b but I ran into this one at SportsmansWarehouse on a red-tag close out sale for $299.The MSRP is much more.I did some research on-line before the purchase and I didn't hear anything bad about the Canik-120-L CZ clone imported by TRI-STAR. So I jumped on the deal.It grips in your hand great and feels like a real quality made gun and shoots like a dream.I can't believe it was such a good deal for the money.

P.S.Having some picture trouble.Sorry!
 
#61 ·
My Mosin M38. Cost me about $135 some 10 years ago (more or less) and is a hoot to shoot.
 
#62 ·
Another thread I just commented in made me think of an old High Standard Double-nine that I have. I have put what seems like a million rounds through that old 9 shot revolver. It ain't pretty and the thing that ejects the spent brass doesn't work all that great but I still love the thing. I have kind of neglected it and I need to take it out to play again!
That sounds like an old H and R.
 
#68 ·
I took my Hi-Point .9mm out for the first time last week & put about 100 rnds. through her. It was as accurate as I am. It didn't hurt my hand & it only had a few FTF's which I think were because of the cheaply made mag. I wouldn't trust my life to it but for the price it's great for playing in the woods.
Run a couple boxes of ball ammo thru it, should get it running smooth :)

Best tacklebox pistol I can think of :)
 
#70 ·
I really like shooting my CZ82 in 9x18 Makarov. It was my second handgun and first "gunsmithing"
experience. It started to double fire occassionally, so researched and inspected it, determined to have a worn disconnector. Replaced it myself and all has been good since. Found a killer deal on 700 pieces of new Starline
brass, and a guy that casts a lswc bullet for it that is awesome with 3.0 Bullseye.
 
#72 ·
I have never had the money to buy expensive firearms. Almost all of them are on the cheap side: Taurus revolvers, military surplus bolt-action rifles, Beretta 92 and Browning High Power clones, ancient Nagant revolver, etc. I had trouble with one Taurus revolver (my other Taurii have ranged from adequate to great), but all of the rest have been dependable.

These are my favorites for hunting: .410, 20 gauge, AND 12 gauge NEF single-shot shotguns, and my 1980's Chinese SKS. I can count on all of them and it doesn't matter if they get dinged up any more than they already are. I totally lucked out on the SKS. It had a sweet trigger pull out of the box and is accurate enough to shoot squirrels if the deer are shy that day. (Believe it or not, in my experience a .30 rifle round makes a nice neat little hole through a squirrel and doesn't destroy meat like you might expect.) I overpaid for the SKS: $149 just a little while before they got down to $99 or even $89 at the gun shows. The 12 gauge was a gift from my father. The other two shotguns I got used for $70 apiece.

My newest favorite is a Savage Model 4C .22 bolt-action rifle. I believe its scope is the original Weaver. It was made somewhere between the mid-1930's and the entry of the US into WWII. I paid all of $136 for it. It has a nice gentle trigger and is the most accurate firearm that I have owned or operated.
 
#75 ·
I'm with Tallball and Soundguy. I prowl around for little old .22 rifles, the proverbial $100 rifles, and clean them up. My newest favorite is a Marlin 81 bolt. I love my Winchester 67 and 68 single shots as well. For a change of pace, my Romy TTC and Yugo M48 were each less than $200.
 
#79 ·
Hello Soundguy:
I like the M48 just fine, thank you. I bought it at a LGS, it still had a Mitchell's tag and cosmoline - I guess some poor guy got started on it and had to sell it cheap. It looks like it had never been fired, except for testing. It cleaned up very nice, a couple of press marks from stacking but otherwise perfect. I put on a Mojo sight since my eyes are getting old. I did have to take the front hood off to install the Mojo front ring sight, that annoys me. The only other regret I have is that 8mm mil-surp ammo is getting relatively expensive. I'm always temped by a bubba'd Mosin just to shoot the cheaper ammo. That could be my next project. Do you know if "Lil' Black Beauty" - Mosin Nagant is still on the web anywhere?
 
#80 ·
i'm not familiar with lil black beauty.. so can't help you there.

A mitchels gun huh. well.. I bet it looks great and likely shoots good too. For all the bad press mitchels gets ( some deserved ).. gun quality is usually not an issue. His stuff usually looks great and is in good mechanical condition.

as for milsurp. I'm still finding 8mm mauser ( late 30's nazi ) etc and turk , pretty much as cheap as 762x54r
 
#82 ·
I considered myself lucky to pick up the M48. All Mitchell's ever did was bring in into the country. I'll look for German and Turk. I did find 100 rounds of Turk a little while ago, but haven't shot it yet. I've got a couple cans of Rom. Lately I've been working on a couple sacks of Persian. Yes, some of them hang a little, but I consider that a teaching tool - kind of like having your friend randomly load a blank in a magazine to catch you flinching.
 
#88 ·
I posted earlier that one of my favorite inexpensive guns was my Springfield M-6 Scout in .22l and .410. I got it for free. I have a good time shooting it. Now my newest fav cheapo is my Mosin Nagant that I blingeg up. With the new stock comes a really nice butt pad. Now instead of smushing up my shoulder I can shoot 60 or more rounds with no shoulder issues. Plus it looks tacticool.:)
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