I know this is more of a rifle forum, but you guys enjoy fine firearms so I'll post it here also.
Wall of text, sorry.
So I have a budget of around $ 2500 (ish) and I'm itching for something new to me. Granted with that budget, the sky is nearly the limit, but boy do I have expensive taste, and accuracy is the most important thing to me when considering guns.
So far my thinking and thought process:
New Smith and wesson 617 with a scope or red dot.
Pros:
Cheap will leave money left on the table for other stuff
Will eat any .22s during a shortage
Want a double action revolver pretty badly
Cons:
Havnt heard the best in the accuracy department (big con)
Availability during these times.
I'm really really against the lock after I had a 642 become a paperweight. (Can be rectified with a plug but imo shouldn't be there in the first place)
Smith and wesson model 41 with a scope
Pros:
Accurate as heck
very affordable with my current budget.
Performance center version has a rail already
They're so gosh darn pretty.
Cons:
Ammo picky (needs standard velocity)
I already have a volquartsen scorpion. (That requires high velocity hmmmm)
Colt bankers special in .22
Pros:
Have a hankering for a double action .22
Would love a smol revolver to irritating friends with "betcha I can hit that with this" tomfoolery
Vintage colts imo are smooth as butter
Cons:
Pricey
I'm buying it to shoot and would be better off with a smith 34 (if I recall the model number correctly)
Vintage colts going out of timing is always a concern of mine
You never know what kind of joker owned it before me.
Freedom arms .22 revolver
Pros:
My trusty old ruger single 6 has been a crown jewel in my collection, and I'm known at my local desert trash heap as "that weird guy that doesnt miss with a .22 revolver" (no joke) the freedom arms would just be a nicer example.
Accurate as heck.
Could mount a scope or dot to it. (Probably hearsay but I dont care)
Not ammo picky
Cons:
Budget buster.
Not sure if I could order a shorter barrel on it. (I'd like under 5 inches)
Pardini free pistol
Pros:
Absolute accuracy.
Have bricks of high end standard velocity ammo stacked.
A rep posts on target talk regularly where I'm also a member.
I've wanted one for at least 5 years.
Cons:
Another budget buster.
Irons only.
Could get the same feeling with a high end air pistol in my back yard.
MGM barrel in 300blk with a supressor for my g2 contender
Pros:
Cheap(ish)
Accurate
Already have other mgm barrels and have been extremely happy with them
Cons:
Dont already have a suppressor and I have a hard time waiting and paying for my rights
My g2 frame is currently waiting for repair and I've never been happy with its trigger.
Ammo and component shortage.
1911 build based on an idea I have. Take a railed colt 1911 add a threaded barrel, suppressor and scope. Add a tiny bipod on it, bam! Looks like something the CIA wouldve tried to smuggle into Cuba in the 60s
Pros:
Would be cool as heck.
I love benching handguns and embarrassing ar dudes slapping steel at 200+ yards.
I like weird guns
Cons:
Paying for my rights and waiting.
Already have another high end 1911 build in the works.
Ammo and component shortages
Might be difficult to get the railed colt I want new in this market.
Might (knowing me would) bust the budget
Or a high end scope. For a 1911 build I have in the works.
Or just buy more precious metals.
Help!
Wall of text, sorry.
So I have a budget of around $ 2500 (ish) and I'm itching for something new to me. Granted with that budget, the sky is nearly the limit, but boy do I have expensive taste, and accuracy is the most important thing to me when considering guns.
So far my thinking and thought process:
New Smith and wesson 617 with a scope or red dot.
Pros:
Cheap will leave money left on the table for other stuff
Will eat any .22s during a shortage
Want a double action revolver pretty badly
Cons:
Havnt heard the best in the accuracy department (big con)
Availability during these times.
I'm really really against the lock after I had a 642 become a paperweight. (Can be rectified with a plug but imo shouldn't be there in the first place)
Smith and wesson model 41 with a scope
Pros:
Accurate as heck
very affordable with my current budget.
Performance center version has a rail already
They're so gosh darn pretty.
Cons:
Ammo picky (needs standard velocity)
I already have a volquartsen scorpion. (That requires high velocity hmmmm)
Colt bankers special in .22
Pros:
Have a hankering for a double action .22
Would love a smol revolver to irritating friends with "betcha I can hit that with this" tomfoolery
Vintage colts imo are smooth as butter
Cons:
Pricey
I'm buying it to shoot and would be better off with a smith 34 (if I recall the model number correctly)
Vintage colts going out of timing is always a concern of mine
You never know what kind of joker owned it before me.
Freedom arms .22 revolver
Pros:
My trusty old ruger single 6 has been a crown jewel in my collection, and I'm known at my local desert trash heap as "that weird guy that doesnt miss with a .22 revolver" (no joke) the freedom arms would just be a nicer example.
Accurate as heck.
Could mount a scope or dot to it. (Probably hearsay but I dont care)
Not ammo picky
Cons:
Budget buster.
Not sure if I could order a shorter barrel on it. (I'd like under 5 inches)
Pardini free pistol
Pros:
Absolute accuracy.
Have bricks of high end standard velocity ammo stacked.
A rep posts on target talk regularly where I'm also a member.
I've wanted one for at least 5 years.
Cons:
Another budget buster.
Irons only.
Could get the same feeling with a high end air pistol in my back yard.
MGM barrel in 300blk with a supressor for my g2 contender
Pros:
Cheap(ish)
Accurate
Already have other mgm barrels and have been extremely happy with them
Cons:
Dont already have a suppressor and I have a hard time waiting and paying for my rights
My g2 frame is currently waiting for repair and I've never been happy with its trigger.
Ammo and component shortage.
1911 build based on an idea I have. Take a railed colt 1911 add a threaded barrel, suppressor and scope. Add a tiny bipod on it, bam! Looks like something the CIA wouldve tried to smuggle into Cuba in the 60s
Pros:
Would be cool as heck.
I love benching handguns and embarrassing ar dudes slapping steel at 200+ yards.
I like weird guns
Cons:
Paying for my rights and waiting.
Already have another high end 1911 build in the works.
Ammo and component shortages
Might be difficult to get the railed colt I want new in this market.
Might (knowing me would) bust the budget
Or a high end scope. For a 1911 build I have in the works.
Or just buy more precious metals.
Help!
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