Your idea of cheap guns is 20 years behind the times. Cheap guns like the SCCY, Smith and Wesson Estee nine, SD 40, etc. are well represented in my area. Azhar 40 caliber Glock’s due to their ubiquity as cheap PD trade in guns.
The $75-$100 pot metal guns of 20 years ago have been replaced with cheap polymer frame guns at about 200.