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I feel sorry for the guys that make this.
Even at $12.90 I would not want one. $129 is the price point for a Heritage .22 revolver. Someone designed and manufactured this thing and must have some enthusiasm for it. I feel bad the nicest thing I can say is "huh. Well. It looks like you guys worked hard on this." |
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AMAZING but to e honest for $100 I would probably bye one.
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Buy one - keep everything in the original package & hang onto the sales slip.
Stick it in a safe place - never shoot it - just check on it to make sure it's still like new. If you pay $100 for it now, just think, in 250 years - in pristine condition - it should be worth $101 - or maybe more. Just half kidding. & kicking myself for selling a couple of S&W M19's for $250 not so long ago - that someone back in the 1980's had bought brand new, stuck in a drawer in the original box - and never fired. I guess they got handed down to someone that didn't want them and just took whatever the gun store offered them. |
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It's much to expensive for what it is. Honestly, in a world in which one can get high quality Military/Police trade-ins for just a little bit more, and there are cheap yet reliable firearms which are far more viable for Self-Defense like Hi-Points for roughly the same price, possibly even less if you buy used, it just doesn't make any sense to pay $100 for something like that.
Honestly, I've seen Soviet military surplus firearms like the Makarov PM and FEG PA-63 go for $150. Granted that was 4 or 5 years ago, but that's just because everyone bought them all up, recognized their quality, and the prices quickly doubled, but there will always be foreign military/police surplus firearms imported into the United States at low prices, as anyone who browses various importers websites such as Century Arms International, Tri-Star, European-American Arms, etc can see. In addition, sometimes you can find really good deals on bargain-priced American-Made firearms on the used market. Case in point, just last September I walked into my LGS to buy ammo and found a LNIB SW40VE for $199. Granted that it's a last-gen model and the trigger is heavy, but it's still a clone of the ultra-reliable Glock 19 made by Smith & Wesson. I bought that gun and have been carrying it ever since. So yeah, I see no valid reason to drop $100 on one of those, even if they're on an extreme budget. Save up another $50 and go shopping for a cheap European military sidearm, or buy a Hi-Point, or buy a Heritage Arms Rough Rider in .22 Magnum, it's still better. Heck, even if all you have is $100 and need something for Self-Defense immediately, I'd sooner recommend that you buy a big knife because at least you can slash/stab away until the threat is stopped as opposed to hoping that the single shot you have loaded in your gun, not to mention a much higher intimidation factor than pointing a gun that looks like a cross between a hot glue gun and a turkey baster at someone.
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Am I the only one that thinks this is a commercial Zip gun?
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http://altorcorp.com/ A single shot handgun, load by screwing the barrel on/off, fire with a trigger that basically works by pulling back to load the spring and release to fire. At least they are inexpensive if not exactly small for a single shot.
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That thing is just wrong in so many ways.
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Looks like a hair drier
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Interesting. If injection molding and MIM were a thing in 1942,
the Liberator pistol might have looked like this. It needs a storage compartment in the butt for a few extra rounds. |
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^^^
My first thoughts when I saw reviews of that thing! My second thoughts, I gotta get one!
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(I know, I've been looking for one! Why? Because it is so stupid!)
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If you're looking for a cheap investment pistol will massive stupid-appeal, I recommend the Remington R51. They're on sale for $250 right now on Buds and are all but assured to appreciate in value, just as other trainwreck pistols like the Colt All-American 2000.
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Not for any investment. Just because I thought (still think) they are cool. Mine is a second release pistol that functions perfectly with good ammo. Don't us cheap off brand, or foreign ammo, and it runs like a champ, is accurate, and very comfortable to shoot.
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