What's your favorite junk pistol for the range?

[Brickman301]

It's gotta be my cz52. I love the 7.62x25 as a cartridge and how this sumbitch just flings brass almost as hard as it throws the bullets. It's also extremely accurate, despite the old bore. The only negative is ergonomics kindve suck, especially the safety/decocker that wears a hole in my thumb when I shoot this too much.

I'd be hard pressed to call that junk, but hey haha. My Jennings J-22 wants its money back.

I agree with Saint on this one. Not junk! I’d say it’s Over engineered, with a cool roller locker action Very similar to that used on the MG42. The 7.62x25 round, is a zippy little round too.
The downfall is the the ergonomics are absolutely horrible! How did they get so much right, and then completely make it feel so bad in hand?

Oh, and a fun “junk pistol” to take out shooting is my FIE Titan in .25 acp. It’s made with crappy materials but it’s reliable and surprisingly accurate.

 

[The Saint]

Can honestly say i dont have any junk firearms, would gladly just save for quality

I have plenty of quality firearms, junk guns are just plain fun to shoot. Great to teach people on learning to properly address and clear jams, too. Seriously, it's a fantastic training tool haha.

 

[RFBfromDE]

Yeah, who wants to load a mag with random snap caps when you have junk pew?

 

[blazing lead]

Here's mine, the GSG firefly .I tried several types of ammo, spring swaps polish job etc . For some reason I still keep it around though. When it does work its good enough for plinking despite the shit trigger. It is handy for identifying flinch though cuz you never know if it's gonna go off.

 

[Gcs7th]

Here's mine, the GSG firefly .I tried several types of ammo, spring swaps polish job etc . For some reason I still keep it around though. When it does work its good enough for plinking despite the shit trigger. It is handy for identifying flinch though cuz you never know if it's gonna go off.

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At least you got the threaded barrel version!

 

[Threeband]

I wouldn't call it junk, but my Russian Capture P38 is a good shooter. It was assembled by the Commies from three different P38s, with the slide, barrel, and frame force-matched to each other, then dipped in some black commie coating. Reliable with Winchester White Box, but it won't feed Remington UMC. Good sights and I don't have to worry about destroying "collector value" by shooting it

 

[somd_mustangs]

yeah, the Rem-UMC OAL is a tad longer than standard and the P38 hates it.

This Colt definitely wasn't junk when new but it sure was when I got it 110 years later. Parts missing, the obvious blown-up barrel, poorly-made steel firing pin (original is brass), hammer/sear worn. Basically a giant mess. I wound up spending more than it's worth to fix it, but it does shoot well, and like Threeband said, I don't have to worry about messing up a collectible example. And I can always tear it back down and sell the parts LOL.

 

[FN509Fan]

This is my junk gun, but I doubt anyone will ever fire it again. Cap and ball, 1849 Colt Pocket revolver in .31 cal. It is missing screws, cylinder wedge, main spring is broke/disconnected. It came to me this way.

 

[Fushigi Ojisan]

Hy Hunter Western Marshall in .22

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[The Saint]

This is my junk gun, but I doubt anyone will ever fire it again. Cap and ball, 1849 Colt Pocket revolver in .31 cal. It is missing screws, cylinder wedge, main spring is broke/disconnected. It came to me this way. View attachment 410543

Original or repro? Bringing it back wouldn't be very hard, honestly...as long as the bore is good.

 

[gungate]

Walther P-22. Too ammo brand dependant.

I was going to say my P-22 also but now that I started shooting Stingers out of it it's actually really a lot of fun to shoot. Way more than a plinker now! So good, in fact, that my shooting buddy bought one for himself (out of purgatory this weekend).

I really don't have any junk guns. I have an XD40 that I never shoot because I just don't like it though.

 

[Fushigi Ojisan]

Hy Hunter Western Marshall in .22

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Wanted to elaborate a bit more on this. Wanted to get into Club SAA on the cheap and C&R-able; and remembered stories about the legendary J. P. Sauer & Sohn was forced to abandon its ahead-of-its-time 38H in the postwar years and had to make due with manufacturing Colt SAA clones for the American market in the 1950s for the equally legendary Hy Hunter. Came into one with issues which turned out to be a loose cylinder pin and chewed-up ratchet.

If you want an SAA clone real bad, this is a real bad SAA clone. It has no updates like the Ruger Single Six or Hi-Standard, and it feels downright "Victorian" to shoot. Any attempt to shoot it faster than a snail's pace will result in the cylinder binding up, and the accuracy is minute of car door at 25 feet. Did I mention its mostly pot metal with steel inserts for the barrel and cylinders?

Its total junk, but it gives me the complete SAA experience, which makes for interesting range trips

(In all fairness, I am told the centerfire Western Marshalls are a lot better-made)

 

[Beefcube]

Maybe cheap but can't call it junk because I have a SCCY CPX-1 I've shot for a few years now and only slightly clean. Damn thing won't quit or malfunction.

 

[joppaj]

Hy Hunter Western Marshall in .22

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My dad has a Hy Hunter. It has these weird white and brown grips that are supposed to look like something Western.

I don't personally own any junk guns. My revolvers are all Rugers, my semis are all Glocks. My trainer is a Single-Six. Inexpensive, but not junk.

 

[FZRracer400!]

My personal favorite junk is my first p80 g19. It was really junk when I first “built” it with all p80 frame parts/trigger. Swapped it all out to oem Glock parts and it’s been 100% reliable through over a case of ammo.

 

[outrider58]

I don't like to take(whip) out my junk pistol at the range...

 

[RFBfromDE]

I keep my junk in the trunk.

 

[emerald]

I don't think I have any true junk guns. Maybe the closest would be my "cheap" High Standard Sentinel revolver. It actually has a nice breaking trigger in SA mode and is fun to shoot, and looking at Gunbroker just now, seems they are finally getting some love.

A gun I have that isn't junk but I hate shooting like it was junk is my 1.0 S&W Shield in .40 S&W. The trigger is total cr@p. It's not particularly fun to shoot, and the accuracy is side of the barn suck, even after a trip back to S&W, which helped, but it still honestly sucks compared to everything else I own.

 

[lazarus]

I guess it depends on what you call junk. This one is my new favorite beater. Picked it up pretty recent. Sent it to S&W to repair the yoke screw as it is stripped on the frame. They sent it back "Obsolete model, no parts". I guess they can't drill and tap or repair the threads on the frame. Not shocked, but still hoped. Anyway, it was a consignment. Found in a box in their old mans garage when he died. It was probably in that box on a shelf in the garage for years. Sadly ate in to the nickel plating. A bit of a rough bore, pitting on the top strap, rough finish. But MAN, she'll shoot 6 rounds into a fist sized hole off hand at 25yds without breaking a sweat. And the trigger and action are just Sooooooooooo smooth.

She's a 4 on the streets, but a 9 in the sheets.

My new to me 27-2 .357 I just got back from S&W.

PS Yoke screw is retained by what is left of the threads and some blue locktite for now. I'll either drill and tap it a size larger and custom make a pan head screw, get a 5-44 thread repair insert to repair it, or find a gunsmith to do it for me if I chicken out. Some day. Not much force on the yoke screw, so carefully putting the screw in and blue locktite might be enough for years and years.

 

[SCARCQB]

10” AR pistol in 50 Beowulf.