This thread could use some focus.. good deal for what purpose ? Ccw. Sport... competition.. home defense.. because some odd tiny pistol is cheap it has no great use except for niche collecting.. what good is that?? Guns are not really multi purpose in all areas. Some would say a 12 guage ...but not good for a novice to handle .. and in a home its hard to go around a corner or dial a phone with a shotgun aimed at someone. And the fool notion that you dont need to aim because of extreme spread dont understand how far away a shotgun needs to be to expand to even 12 inches.
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the best bargain firearm is the one that suits your needs, is convenient, is pleasant and affordable to practice, can be fieldstripped easy enough so that you will enjoy getting to know and clean it, getting used to your holster and how it works with rest of your
survival gear. in other words if you are a shotgunner then a maverick 88 is a fine bargain. if you cannot physically handle well its pump-action, don’t enjoy its recoil and have no place to practice regularly, then it is likely a misallocation of (less) money.
imho, everyone should have a 22lr something, for cheap and easy and regular practice, to share with non-gunner first timers, to accommodate life’s inevitable infirmities. not alot of new bargains these days unless one follows online sales, e.g. gb.com.
