Whats The Worst Gun Sold in America?

[LSP972]

LSP,

One thing I always noticed about those POS guns of my LE career is that they always seemed to work on the good guys (robbery victims, police officers, etc.).

Yup. But they also work equally well when its bad-guy-on-bad-guy. The latest one of those we worked was accomplished with a JA Nine.

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[Wayne Dobbs]

Yup. But they also work equally well when its bad-guy-on-bad-guy. The latest one of those we worked was accomplished with a JA Nine.

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I also recall the best "combat" shot of all was done by a citizen shooting a car burglar going over an apartment complex boundary wall (with the shooter's car stereo in hand). Range was ~30 yards in the dark and was a single shot from a Raven .25 that struck the thief dead center at C2 (base of skull).

[LSP972]

I also recall the best "combat" shot of all was done by a citizen shooting a car burglar going over an apartment complex boundary wall (with the shooter's car stereo in hand). Range was ~30 yards in the dark and was a single shot from a Raven .25 that struck the thief dead center at C2 (base of skull).

Did you guys offer him a job?

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[Wayne Dobbs]

No, we offered him a jail cell. He was on an extra-marital liaison at the apartment complex and fled the scene after the shooting, which then presented as a murder. Took a lot of work to identify him, track him down and arrest him. He caught a murder rap but was later no-billed.

[Chuck Haggard]

Best Hail Mary "combat" shot I ever saw was a fleeing armed robber, he and liquor store clerk shoot at each other several times from about 8 feet and both miss, bad guy bails out the door, is at a dead run in the dark, 87 yards downrange, when the clerk pops out the door and fires his last round, head shot.

[CoThG]

Anything from Kimber.

[Chuck Whitlock]

Best Hail Mary "combat" shot I ever saw was a fleeing armed robber, he and liquor store clerk shoot at each other several times from about 8 feet and both miss, bad guy bails out the door, is at a dead run in the dark, 87 yards downrange, when the clerk pops out the door and fires his last round, head shot.

Game, set, match.

[Chuck Haggard]

Anything from Kimber.

And I can agree with this sort of idea, because a Jennings and such doesn't pretend to be a high dollar tier one maker putting out guns that work awesomely and one can have pride of ownership in. Kimber is kind of like a embezzler, taking your money by fraud.

[s0nspark]

Then I got hit with a cluebat and realized if it could be made cheaper, Glock would make it cheaper.

I would just say... there is a big difference between being able to produce the gun cheaper and selling it cheaper.

Gaston can't live large if he drops the margins ;-)

[s0nspark]

Kimber is kind of like a embezzler, taking your money by fraud.

Given the cost, most people have a certain (entirely reasonable) expectation of quality. My biggest gripe with Kimber is the gap between that expectation and the reality for many owners.

I know what I'm getting when I buy at the low or high end of the spectrum ... buying in the middle is much more of a gamble IMO.