self preservation
Regular Member
I was selling a used cell phone the other day and during the haggling process, the potential buyer and myself found ourselves at a $10.00 difference. He said "wait a minute, I have an old revolver that I will throw in." When he brought it out it was an old German made Rohm .22. I wasn't real familiar with this particular gun, but could tell that it was a piece of chit. I asked him if it would even shoot and of course the answer was "oh yeah, best little shooting gun ever." I had a hand full of .22 LR in my console but this gun will only shoot shorts. He dug around in his car and found one, single, solitary .22 short.
Needless to say I shot his one and only round that he had. The gun went bang and a bullet hit the target. I thought what hell, for 10 bucks I'll take it. Worse case scenario I would trade it for a box of ammo later down the road or better yet, screw some gun buy back program by dumping it off on them for about a hundred bucks. But for the time being I'm thinking about keeping it around as a "beater" gun....not an EDC and not even a BUG, but just to have something that if it falls out of a fishing boat I'm not heart broken.
I have been reading reviews and everyone agrees that this gun is a cheap piece of crap that probably isn't even worth the metal that it is made of. But when it comes to the opinion of the guns safety, the views vary a lot. Some say that lead will fly out of both sides of the cylinder when shot. Some say that it will blown up in your hand and kill half the world. And some say that they have had one for years and have shot it numerous times without any issues. I know I can't and shouldn't expect much out of a $10.00 gun, but I wonder if it's even safe to shoot? Has any of you ever dealt with this model of gun before? If so, would you take it to the range for fun, or go ahead and turn it into a cool paper weight?
Needless to say I shot his one and only round that he had. The gun went bang and a bullet hit the target. I thought what hell, for 10 bucks I'll take it. Worse case scenario I would trade it for a box of ammo later down the road or better yet, screw some gun buy back program by dumping it off on them for about a hundred bucks. But for the time being I'm thinking about keeping it around as a "beater" gun....not an EDC and not even a BUG, but just to have something that if it falls out of a fishing boat I'm not heart broken.
I have been reading reviews and everyone agrees that this gun is a cheap piece of crap that probably isn't even worth the metal that it is made of. But when it comes to the opinion of the guns safety, the views vary a lot. Some say that lead will fly out of both sides of the cylinder when shot. Some say that it will blown up in your hand and kill half the world. And some say that they have had one for years and have shot it numerous times without any issues. I know I can't and shouldn't expect much out of a $10.00 gun, but I wonder if it's even safe to shoot? Has any of you ever dealt with this model of gun before? If so, would you take it to the range for fun, or go ahead and turn it into a cool paper weight?