The natural human right of armed self-defense has no minimum income requirement. Nor does the natural, civil, and Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms. Few things bother me on such a deep level as laws and measures intended at doing nothing more than make gun ownership more expensive and, therefore, price it out of the grasp of certain classes of citizens. It’s racist, classist disenfranchisement, pure and simple.
Worse, the very same politicians who tell us that requiring an ID to vote is somehow a “poll tax” and an infringement on peoples’ rights are the same people who then push for new transfer fees, annual registration renewals, mandatory safety classes, special taxes, insurance and safe storage requirements for firearms.
Laws and regulations banning firearms based on their (low) price – so-called “Saturday night specials” – are nothing new. It is due to my intense disgust at these sorts of regulations that I spent an hour browsing all of the firearms retailers and auction sites I could think of to find the cheapest handgun you can buy new in the U.S. today…and found the Cobra Firearms .380.
The result of my search was that Cobra’s CA380 and FS380 were the least expensive handguns available from any retailer. And yes, I looked at derringers and revolvers, too. The absolute lowest price on the Cobra was found at Lanbo’s Armory, where the full-sized and compact versions were the same price — $103.95. I chose the compact.
In The Box
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKJAEzBC4bg
Your Cobra will come in a cardboard box, nestled in a nicely-cut piece of foam. In that box you will find an owner’s manual, warranty card and one magazine (and probably a cable-style gun lock). The warranty is for life, regardless of whether you are the original owner or not.
Typically I like to have a few magazines for each gun and it looks like these 5-rounders are available on Cobra’s site for just $16 each. Taking the surprisingly-heavy-for-its-size pistol out of the package for initial inspection and to snap the first photos you see in this post, I get the first hints of what I’m in for:
From what I can tell, the barrel is press-fit into the frame. After it’s in, the feed ramp is milled. This makes great sense because it will mean perfect continuity of the ramp up the frame and into the barrel every time. But…is it too much to ask for a hit of compressed air afterwards to get rid of the metal shavings? For a little more than a Benjamin, it apparently is.
I’m not sure my example would have cycled well had I not noticed this and cleaned the gun before shooting it. Also note the little dents in the frame to the left and right of the extractor notch (top of chamber). These were caused by the slide contacting the frame there, despite the fact that this gun had not yet been fired. My final gripe on fit and finish is also visible in the same photo above — what’s up with the left side of the barrel being flush with the frame and the right side having a lip? Not really confidence-inspiring.
Look, I didn’t have high expectations for fit and finish. No love lost on the dents and the tolerance on barrel/frame fit there. I really didn’t care. But leaving the swarf behind is just lazy. My second point of concern came when I looked at the slide:
Are those hairline cracks? I have no idea. I just decided to operate on the assumption that those are “features.” Well…relics of an inexpensive casting or machining process at least. You see what I’m talking about. I added a red arrow in the video above in case the YouTube audience doesn’t have the same eye as members of the AI do here. [EDIT: it struck me later that the slide is made by casting the zinc alloy around a steel breech block, and the ‘cracks’ are actually just where the two meet. If you look closely enough at the photo above, you can see the rear of the insert as well. See torture test video #1 for more details on this and the “magnet test.”]
As much as I didn’t want to start this review off on a negative foot — because it’s not exactly a negative review — the above were my first impressions of the pistol when it came out of the box. With that out of the way…
A manual thumb safety graces the left side of the CA380 at the top of the grip panel. Up for “safe,” down for “fire.” No surprises here, and from the feel of it the safety lever physically blocks the trigger mechanism somewhere and also locks the slide.
The Cobra uses a heel magazine release lever which is something we aren’t really accustomed to here in the U.S. of A. While a lot of folks would immediately complain, I actually don’t mind a heel release and I have become fairly used to them and proficient with them thanks to my Kel-Tec PMR-30 and H&K P7.
Unfortunately, the CA380’s version isn’t quite as user-friendly, requiring significantly more effort to release. It also tends to get in the way of new mag insertion. You have to come at it from an angle and use the back of the magazine to push the release out of the way and then rock the mag up and into the frame. Mags do not drop free, so removing one means pushing back on the mag release while simultaneously stripping out the magazine by the small baseplate lip that sticks out the front. I can do these things somewhat quickly in practice, but under stress? Oy.
There are no other external controls. There’s no slide lock, either manual or on empty.
Field stripping is accomplished by pushing the “thingie” in on the back of the slide. This striker spring retention cup, which feels like aluminum, is also what keeps the slide down on the frame, and you’ll want the striker to be forward (fired) to take it down. If you have a narrow enough finger you can do it by hand, but I found it easier to use a pen or something similar (.303 Brit bullet in the video). Anyway, push that in a few millimeters and then you can lift the back of the slide up and pull the slide forwards off of the frame.
From this angle it looks a bit similar to a lot of fixed-barrel, straight-blowback designs with the barrel doing double duty as the guide rod for the recoil spring.
When the slide comes back, the “thingie” stays behind, of course, and the striker spring is compressed against it. The post-like striker catch (sear) in the frame clicks over the rear ring on the striker and keeps it cocked until a trigger pull drops that catch and the striker shoots forwards. It seems simple enough to be reliable.
Also worth noting, there are no slide rails. The tall skirts on either side of the slide keep it centered, the barrel keeps the front of the slide in check and the “thingie” keeps the back attached to the frame. Overall, it’s an efficient and simple design. I felt confident enough that the slide wouldn’t leave the frame and embed itself into my face.
Overall machining and finish quality are pretty much what I expected. Seems fair for my $104 outlay. In my professional estimation, the gun is spray painted black.
On the Range
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Yw4HT5dzI
This may be the first gun I have ever handled where I wished the beaver tail area was lower. Those slide skirts go so low that if you take a proper grip, you’re going to get some nasty slide bite. I had to consciously hold my hand a bit farther down on the frame than I wanted to.
I’m sure this also contributed to more felt recoil than I was expecting. Maybe the 23.5 oz weight (unloaded) had me thinking it was going to shoot softly compared to my 10.2 oz Taurus TCP, which is perfectly comfortable to shoot all day. This wasn’t the case, though – the little Cobra bucks hard.
It’s a blowback design, which will almost always have more felt recoil than a locked breech arrangement, but what actually bothered me a bit was the trigger rather than the recoil of the frame. You see, it’s a rather simple, thin piece of metal with only slightly rounded edges. With the required ~10.5 lbs. of pull followed up immediately by a solid buck of the gun upon firing, the trigger applies some mild abuse to my finger. I still shot 100 rounds in one sitting so I don’t mean to imply that it’s all that bad, I just found it surprising so it stuck in my head.
Also surprising, the little Cobra shot pretty straight:
That’s a 5-shot group on the top two chickens from about seven yards (between 21 and 23 feet). I was pretty happy with that considering the heavy trigger – which does have a bit of creep – and the sharp recoil plus my general fear of the slide escaping the frame and ruining my male model good looks. Also, while the sights are actually kind of large, they aren’t especially easy to see.
Both the front and the rear sights are black — the same black as the frame — and have no dots. This makes it awfully hard to focus on the front sight and just to pick up in general. The front sight is also fairly wide, so you don’t see light on either side of it inside of the rear notch. Which, by the way, is oddly shallow considering how tall the sights are. They’re like little towers sticking up on top of the slide. I really can’t explain why that is, since they could be much sleeker and flusher without reducing their visibility at all.
Anyway, this isn’t a bullseye pistol and I was fully happy with its accuracy.
Getting back to that trigger, it really isn’t bad. There’s almost no slack (pretravel/takeup) at all. Pull on it and it’s rock solid until you get up to the 10.5 lbs of pressure range. Then it creeps for, I’d say, a 2-3 millimeters and breaks cleanly. Short travel and short reset. If the creep were reduced or the weight was lower, which would make the creep smoother in this case, I’d go so far as to say I definitely like the trigger. As-is, no complaints other than the physical feel of it (thin with somewhat abrupt edges).
Now for the pressing question… does a $100 gun work? Is it reliable? Can you actually defend yourself or your home with it? In 106 rounds I had about 6 stoppages (and zero breakages). They’re all shown in the shooting review video above. The extractor and ejection port on the top led to some brass to the head, as it tends to eject more or less straight up and back. I mention this because I think all of my stoppages were failures to eject. These jams are also harder to clear since the ejection port is on top, as it requires more than just a slight tilt to one side to put gravity in your favor.
It appears as though the striker also acts as the ejector when it’s forced back through the breech face when the slide moves fully rearward. I think my failures were due to the striker popping the case out of the extractor’s grasp too early, and I now see a common “mod” is to grind off the rear point of the striker since it’s believed to catch on the spring and cause premature ejection. I do believe that modification and some feed ramp and chamber polishing could turn this into a more reliable gat. Speaking of gats, it was 100% reliable when held sideways gansta style. Just FYI.
Conclusions
I think my opening paragraphs should make it fairly obvious that I wanted to like this gun. The truth is, I don’t hate it. It isn’t my cup of tea but I actually enjoyed shooting it more than I thought I would. If I had to attribute that to something, it would be that I was actually hitting what I was aiming at with no special effort, and I didn’t come into this expecting the thing to shoot straight. I’m very happy to report that it is a viable option for someone on a tight budget who specifically wants a pistol to protect home and family. It does work. I would trust it to scare off most ne’er-do-wells. I would trust it to fire the first shot every time. I would trust it to run through all 5+1 rounds most of the time. Most.
Yes, in conclusion I’m very happy to be able to say that the cheapest handgun in America does function, does shoot straight, and didn’t explode in my hand. When I asked one of the employees at my local shooting range if he would buy this, the cheapest gun in America, I think he summed it up perfectly when he said, “if I had to.”
But…
The Taurus PT 738 TCP (<<< click for review) can be had for $199. I actually think it’s the best .380 mouse gun on the market at any price. It’s less than half the weight of the Cobra and it’s 2/3 the thickness. Yet it holds one more round. It has an amazing trigger, has a slide lock and a standard mag release. It’s a great shooter and is as reliable as it gets — both in terms of cycling just about any ammo there is and in long-term durability. Watch the tabletop review video above for my full thoughts on the comparison, but the bottom line is that I think it’s ten times the gun for less than twice the price. If you can scrape up the extra dough to make up the difference, it’s money very well spent. If not, the Cobra works, too.
Specifications: Cobra CA380 Pistol
Caliber: .380 ACP
Length: 5.4”
Barrel Length: 2.8″
Height: 4.0”
Width: 1.05”
Weight: 22 oz. 23.5 oz with empty magazine
Capacity: 5 rounds of .380 ACP
Trigger Pull Weight: 10.5 lbs
MSRP: $129 to $139.
Ratings (out of 5 stars):
Accuracy: * * *
Totally acceptable, but not above average. With easier-to-see sights I’m sure I would have fared better.
Ergonomics: * *
Nothing is particularly ergonomic about this gun. The shape and thickness of the grip is pleasant enough. Otherwise, the low slide skirts and poor trigger design knock it down a couple notches. The mag release knocks it down still more.
Reliability: * * *
I was afraid it would be a total mess. Six stoppages in 106 rounds ain’t so horrible, all things considered. I’ll try a couple other brands of ammo just to be totally fair.
Customize This: *
As far as I can tell, there’s no aftermarket support for the gun at all and there are no factory options. Just replacement parts.
Fun Factor: * * 1/2
It’s a gun and I like shooting guns, so it’s fun almost no matter what. Compared to other guns, though, I have to dock the Cobra due to somewhat hard-to-clear jams and for it being just a bit unpleasant to shoot in terms of comfort/recoil and ergos. But this thing is for close-up personal defense, not fun at the range.
Overall: * * 1/2
I have my doubts about long-term reliability. But the lifetime warranty could make up for that. Loss of stars here due to jams, overall quality, magazine release, sights, ergos, shooting experience. Brownie points for extremely low price point and the fact that you do actually get a functional gun for your $105.
This article was originally published in 2013.
When I saw this I figured he really just wanted to see the startled look on his girlfriend’s face, but just didn’t think things through. It has all the essential ingredients of a DA nomination.
I have over 500 entries so far lol
I’m sure they normalize guns as much as gay rallies normalize being a ….well you know!
Know what? Its still bullshit because last time I checked, the 2A said pretty clearly that the federal gov’t isn’t to be making and enforcing “laws” concerning the right of the people to keep and bear arms. The ATF s a constitutionally illegitimate organization whose sole purpose is the enforcement of constitutionally illegitimate “gun control” “laws”. Fuck them.
Frum is a Canuck from Toronto, which when it comes to 2A support may be enough to understand his opinion, eh?
That pic of the pistol from the rear reminds me of wartime production Mosins.
Guns are pretty durable products. If that’s all someone had to spend, and he/she couldn’t save some more for a Taurus TCP, wouldn’t a used gun be a better option?
Here in Florida a lot of dealers will price a used gun in the case almost the same price, if not the same price, as a new version of the gun. They do it because the transfer fees are getting out of sight, so the used gun at a new gun price is cheaper than a new gun with the transfer fee attached.
Some things that hasn’t been mentioned are copyright, patent, and trademark. Making a copy of a gun that is in part or in whole covered by patents may be illegal. It is certainly illegal if done on a large scale. The plans, converted into instructions for a 3-D printer, may be covered by copyright. Putting “Colt” on a 3-D printed 1911 is certainly a violation of Colt’s trademark. The people using 3-D printers need to be aware of these issues and not give the gun grabbers any more tricks to use against us.
A Lorcin is the only gun I’ve ever actually destroyed; it was so scary to shoot (in an “oh god is it going to blow up/falll apart way) that I didn’t feel like it’d be ethical to sell it.
They’re great guns to dump at buybacks. That’s where my J-22 went, 20+ years ago.
Yup.
I distrust humidity too much to leave anything in my trunk for an extended period. If’n I lived in a dry climate, I would seriously consider keeping my Maverick 88 in the trunk.
Valid points made by other posters regarding humidity and temperature shifts. I would say a Pawn shop special Remingtion 870 or a Mossberg 500. The finish doesn’t have to be that great so you don’t have to worry about looks. Ugly but shoots is what a trunk gun should be. I have a tractor shotgun, its a H&R Pardner single shot. It rides in a makeshift fender holster. For 110 bucks new, not too shabby.
The 2 problems I have encountered so far;
Replacing the slide rod and return spring after cleaning, what a pain.
Loading the magazine, bruised my thumb pretty bad, time to by a maglula, I guess.
The good ol’ lever action 30/30, that’s my vote.
Light weight, thin, potent round, reliable, not overly expensive (brands vary), and you can use a cable lock through the closed loop of the lever action to secure it to something sturdy in the vehicle.
If you’re already concealed carrying when you’re out and about, like you should be. This gives you the option of a rifle, to accompany you’re pistol.
Not a fan of pistol caliber carbines, we should be figuring how to put rifle rounds in semi auto pistols, not pistol rounsd in semi auto rifles.
Could someone @ Stealthgear help me with order #1438?
You have a pistol is for self defense. If you have the time and ability to make it to your car, you should be getting the hell out of there.
If you’re by yourself, yes, but what if your family doesn’t make it to the car with you?
How long are some of you guys expecting to be stuck in the wilderness, that you’ll be hunting squirrels and shit? Jeez, skip the rifle and keep a couple granola bars in your trunk…
If you lived somewhere really remote, I could see the value of keeping a shotgun or rifle in your vehicle, but someone who lives a mostly urban/suburban lifestyle who does so is way more likely to end up filing a stolen gun report than using it for self-defense.
I carry a spare G19 and a K-frame S&W, extra ammo AND an AR for a long gun.
The AR is very versatile.
The shotgun? Maybe for close-in stuff.
John
@D. A. Nguyen, thanks for posting this. Just be careful out there — the gun is not a magic talisman. Just like your baseball bat made you feel “less unsafe,” your carry gun should also make you feel “less unsafe,” only moreso.
What’s going to keep you safe is situational awareness, staying away from stupid people, places and things, and having a mindset that will allow you to ventilate a bad guy doing bad things.
Strongly Agreed!
I agree also. A gun just gives you one more option to get you out of a really bad situation. He is lucky his sorry carjacker was so incompetent.
Following your question of vehicle shotgun, if you can tolerate the $5 AOW look into a Serbu Super Shorty.
Its a Mossberg 500 rebuilt to be a 2+1 with sturdy folding grip giving it a 16.5″ overall length. Bombproof and small enough for backpacks.
Currently just a 10/22 is my “trunk gun”. Formerly I had a 30/30, but I figured that while I see deer all the time, being in Los Angeles County, not likely going to need it. Also have at least one handgun in the car at any one time. For the record, perfectly legal in California. The law only requires that handguns be unloaded and locked up, and that longguns be unloaded (but you can have loaded magazines just not in the gun). Even the California gun free safety law applies only to handguns (Federal law applies to both sadly). So in the trunk. That works.
I generally have a revolver, 38spl or 357 magnum, in the trunk.
Maintaining constant situational awareness will go a long way toward anticipating and avoiding or deflecting imminent or potential threats, armed or not.
It is a learned skill, just as is armed self defense
Only time I ever needed a trunk gun was when I ran over a deer, was able to lock the brakes after abs and all but stop but it got sucked under my lifted truck.
Mini 14 is now my truck gun.
No trunk gun, but my wife and I each take our .357s (in addition to our normal carry 9mms) on road trips, plus a pump action Stevens if we’re camping.
Boo-fuckin’-hoo.
I just aquired mine. Have to get a SWFA fixed 20x, rings, 300gr SMKs, some cases, and more H1000.
I own it – because I don’t want a .50bmg gun. I love that 300g has a 11 inch wind drift at 500 in a 10mph wind. It has a pristine balistic arc to 1000m. It has more energy than a PB30/30 at 1500m. It is as good as a it gets in power and performance.
And I’m in the gun under $1000
“We will find any means we can to further restrict them because I hate guns… ordinary citizens should not have weapons. We do not want the American disease imported into Australia.”
This sent a chill down my spine. But at least he was freaking honest about it.
I think the GOA form letter is way too wordy… no politician will ever read past the first paragraph…
I still sent a copy but they need to bang out 2 or 3 key points that takes 5-10 seconds to read.
There’s lot of dingo’s gonna feel safe tonight .Thank God all those HUNTING RIFLES are off the streets.Boy that will reduce gun crime by at least, let’s see; .00%
P938 Round Two: another 75 rounds fired without a hiccup. Half of them were Sellier & Bellot 115gr FMJ and the other half Blazer Brass 124gr FMJ. Regarding recoil spring installation, it’s not a breeze like those that lock in, but it isn’t that bad; I wear goggles in case of accident and wearing nitrile gloves seemed to help in my opinion. Took me three attempts the first time, a minute and a half or less. Loading the magazine, just requires technique more than anything. I felt the same about my first 9mm that held 17 rounds. After about 13 it seemed it was going to be impossible. Bought an Uplula, used it a half dozen times, haven’t needed it but once since. That was on my P290 that would not accept 6 rounds as it was intended to. Ended up sending the mag back to Sig and they replaced it Free of Charge; it was defective, the new one works fine, but it’s tight.
Jessica, thank you. Your essay is beautiful. It captures the essence of what it means to be free and independent. Tradition, continuity, self-actualization and forthrightness. No blame, no excuses, just what it takes to see it through and get it done. you and your clan will b just fine.
Some evil “Big Gov” commie clown shows up on my porch demanding a (show me your papers, Jew) inspection, they will/MUST receive (for God and Country) some type of heavy metal.
these govt terrorists are friggin’ ridiculous.
when the fuck was the last time they EVER had to face a citizen, or even a drug cartel soldiers with force and equipment parity??
this is nothing more than arrested development: no different than delusional NFL douchebag fans donning team jerzees. except their sports regalia don’t ‘kill by accident’
want warzone? go fucking back to Kabul motherfuckers.
so sick and tired of this bullshit “the entire world is a battlefield.”
huh, and here I thought “we have to fight them over there, so we don’t fight them here.” if so, ya fucking failed, miserably: why are you bringing the fight here then, or at least play dress up and pretend like the battlefield is here?
bunch of idiots: have no fucking clue that OBL & Al-CIA-da basically won: they made Amerika into a policestate, and these morons whom the same banks that looted the rest of the citizenry actually delude they’re in the ‘club’ and will have something, when the dust settles. LOLOL. You’re pensions are gone, bitches.
Ach, what the hell, it’s the last entertainment/policestate-porn before the fall.
enjoy it while it lasts, before you repeat the same lines the Nazis monkeys did at the Nuremberg Tribunals: “I was just following orders.”
Don’t be THOSE motherfuckers, po po:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOsN-P5abVg
Awww….look at that. The Annointed One is getting the old band back together. Rev up Air Force One, cue the crushed parents, it’s “Slaughterpalooza 2013: the Reunion Tour.” What a sick twisted fiend this man is to celebrate the Sandy Hook savagery for political purposes.
He can thump hard his dark-hearted chest in his otherwise empty suit. He can wax angry in faux indignation. The Wicked Witch of the Senate can dance in any remaining bloody puddles she can manage to find. Don’t be fooled: it’s all just cynical stagecraft in the macabre melodrama that is these fascists’ ideal.
In the great state of KY the signs can’t hurt me. Worst case I’m asked to leave, and I do. 🙂
“5. We will initiate a nationwide “buy-back” program, effective immediately, with the payouts coming from the DoD budget.”
Ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! HA!
So let’s spend money budgeted for national defense on something that will drastically reduce the capability of this country to defend itself from foreign invaders. Yup. I’ve never really understood the term “liberal logic” until just now.
Every one wants to shoot someone else. If I buy a Governor do I have to shoot a human being? Can I shoot it for fun? Maybe I could shoot paper, beer cans, or maybe a opossum that is tearing my bird feeder apart. I have shot over a half a million clay birds on the trap field with my shotgun. I’ve had 40 years of fun doing that and no-one has been hurt. It’s no wonder the goverment wants to take our guns.
I throw up and pee myself pretty regular anyway. Sometimes a fart does not end well either.
I bought my sport from academy about nine months ago since then five of my friends have bought there own. Yeah you can buy a more expensive rifle but this one acts like one without the price tag. I have a 300yard rang at my house and bare minimum I shoot a magazine a day and most weekends get a lil more trigger happy. I love my m &p and want to purchase a another just to play dress up with again. Damn fine rifle made me a s&w man!
So my local fun store has a cobra 380 in there “as is” section. Don’t know if it is used or new. But they are only asking $75 so if I had to send it back to the manufacturer (say spending less than $20 on shipping) I could get a 380 for less than $100.
What a bunch of morons! Of all of these professional reviews, there isn’t one that knows anything about this line of pistols. I doubt if anyone knows anything about any type of gun. You’re a menace to society and a danger to yourselves.
…heh-heh…I bought the exact same, “tool/fishin’-box” gun (American Handgunner) way back in ~’88-’89…for ~$70.bucks… All I could afford at the time.
As back then. This li’l popper was manufactured by Davis Industries of Achtungifornia (California) …the NAtional soCIalist’s (all-states implementation) pogrom-testing center/public-duping, Naci/communist propaganda/illusion capitol. Achtungifornia…had run Davis Industries 1st, out-of-business. Then, out-of-town… Davis made ’em in .22; .25; .32 & .380. Plus, a whole line of inexpensive, though rather good, Derringers. I bought the P-380. Mine had done pret’ much the same thing. Apparently, Cobra bought the whole Davis line, plans, dies, milling & lathe equipment and what-not…this is great! I need to buy a few parts…Utah, eh? Nice move. As for my P-380…stripped ‘er down to parts & frame. Then… I performed some CAREFUL, Dremel-majiks upon that venerable, ol’ crabby .380 of mine. …w/some jeweler’s rouge & green lapping comp…cotton & rubber wheels…some 2,000 grit oil-paper…lotsa patience…diamond tip drum-bits…emery wheels & good ol’-fashion’d crocus cloth and a lot of…um-m, not “elbow” grease…no, wait! Better I leave it at the “elbow” level…this particular adage may possibly get a tad ribald… So, I widened the ejection port a li’l…’tightened’ the ejector and put a stiffer spring under it…smoothed out every moving, contact point…chamfered the magazine-well mouth…refinished & very slightly indented the slide FOR x-tra grip…super-orange fluoresced the front sight w/some One-Shot sign paint and blacked-out the rear sight & green fluoresced the ‘posts’…for a more “front-sight” method of shooting… Nary a jam. Nor e’er a stove-pipe and or double feed. (I only shoot FMJ). However, cheapo and expensive FMJ’s cycle through just fine… Later, ~’94… I bought an Interarms, Walther PPk…y’know…the one’s that the Clint-anus’s Idiotadministration had shitted-up w/their ass-in-nine weight-regulations (unbeknownst to I, at the time)… Needless to say, I…HAD…to give the whole pistole the… “Davis Treatment”. Muzzle to grip-comb. And ejection-port to chamfered magazine-well…made a couple of custom, hand-molded grips w/thumb rest…presently use the one I carved into a bird’s head grip…BOTH…shoot very, very nicely.
We recently purchased the FS380 in black which looks slightly different in design than the CA380. This gun was for my wife. 4 foot 11 and small hands made this an easy gun for her to hold and use not to mention the price was affordable at 122 bucks.
Reading the above review about the CA380 slide bite, the metal shavings or stove pipe stopage didnt seem to experiance with the 50 rounds of first use in our FS380.
Upon unpackaging which i might add was nicely done up for an inexpensive gun, the FS380 was a little stiff on slide action at first. But after the first 10 or 20 rounds the slide action became a lot more smooth to my suprise and made it easy for the wife to operate. It probably could use a little oiling up before first use. Other than this simple complaint which fixed itself the trigger was a little hard too. Probably no mod to fix this right away. The FS380 fed well and shot well with no problems and much less kick back than a Glock. No ejection problems as the brass spit out to the right side quite well. The safety is simple to use too.
I have big hands so this gun isnt quite my cup of tea either but it was fun to shoot and i would recomend it for someone with smaller hands and i can see this gun for home protection too which is what we wanted it for. A simple to use economical gun which does function pretty well and its made in the USA.
I have the Raven .25 and have mixed emotions about it. I found it at my fathers place after he died still in the original box. I’m sure it was purchased not by him, but by my stepmother who proceeded him in death. I never felt like the safety lever was locked into place well enough to carry it chambered. I did however learn to work the slide with one hand while in my pocket. I could also completely disassemble and reassemble the thing in my pocket with one hand. I fabricated my own laser / flashlight grip for it. I think I was observing the “U” curve of reliability when I decided to quit carrying it in favor of a new Ruger LCP .380. It needs to be destroyed.
DON’T destroy it ! It might be a collectors item one day. I once owned a Baby Browning 25acp. I paid $25.00 dollars for it. It was a piece of crap,that couldn’t hit a barn at 20 feet ! I gave it away. The going price for one, in the condition of mine is about $1000.00 bucks ! Go figure !
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9278/1001263w.jpg
my exact experience with this gun…as the slide flew by my head and internal parts went everywhere.
That’s a different gun. The design of your Lorcin is similar, but definitely not identical (the entire recoil spring system is different, at the least), and it’s manufactured by another company. I’m not saying the Cobra is a nice gun or anything, but a broken Lorcin just has no bearing on whether or not the Cobra might break.
I have now torture tested the freaking hell out of this Cobra and I’m shocked — SHOCKED — at what it has survived thus far.
I have a JA22 I have run at least 10,000 rounds through it. The recoil spring and striker spring are hand cut from spring stock. If one orders a new recoil spring and striker spring and takes a little time the JA22 can be made reliable. There is only one way to fit the springs on one of these bargain basement beauties, trial and error. Once you get the pistol shooting well they are as accurate as any similar sized 22lr on the market, bar none. Right now I have a tiny 380 in my pocket that everyone complains they cannot shoot. I have no problems hitting a target at 5 yards in the dark with the little 380 thanks to the JA22. In fact, I can shoot any pocket pistol accurately thanks to the JA22.
I have a 20ish year old Lorcin L25 that looks exactly like that cobra (albeit smaller). Same design, same take down release around the striker, same heel mag release. I don’t even plink with it. More of a conversation piece than a firearm.
So given how much you now know about this gun from experience, would you trust it for a backup or last ditch defensive gun?
You mentioned that you’ve fired it more now and torture tested it with surprising results, what else did you do to it?
Would you say that you have been pleasantly surprised by this piece?
The Cobra .380 is nothing more nor nothing less than a Jennings pistol. That being said out of the box I wouldn’t trust it to protect my pet cockroach. But, with just a little TLC I have carried one for my backup and deep carry weapon for about 12 years. All it needed was some smoothing of the breech block channel, the feed ramp needed a little polishing and the extractor needed to be given just a bit of sharpening to strip and release the spent brass. We used to jokingly call it the jamming Jennie because it was rough out of the box but my wife came around when I handed it to her about 2 weeks later and she put 2 mags through it all in the X at 8 yds with a smooth pul each time, just remember not every pos is that way because it is worthless, it doesn’t matter the price of the pistol, what matters is will it go boom when you need it and will it hit the target to do the most damage.
The Jennings design is different than the Cobra design. For one, the Jennings does not use a steel breech insert. The only thing similar about them is the blowback design and zamak construction.
I wish people would do a Google search about things before proclaiming knowledge about things they’re uninformed about.
AMEN !
Only good styles are DESERT EAGLE, Either in the 50 cal or the 45 ACP style. Going to get hit hard by this but then TRUTH HURTS!!!!
A Cobra .380 apparently discharged in a mother’s purse and again a few moments later in her hand when hugging her (now late) son. Nearly a year later we learn the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences reports the handgun failed their drop tests. No particulars yet released as to just how it failed.
http://www.decaturdaily.com/news/no-charges-in-fatal-shooting-of-teen/article_4af392f2-93c2-11e4-b307-8fccf70878bc.html
As I was reading Jeremy’s report and all of the comments I was thinking of the occurrence that you’ve mentioned. I’m about 15 miles from Decatur and I distinctly remember the news report on this tragedy and that the pistol had subsequently failed the drop test. So sad.
This looks exactly like the old David Industries 380. Not sure if Cobra is or was affiliated with them in any way but this is pretty much identical. The breakdown is exactly the same. I have one my dad picked up somewhere back in the day. The slide will absolutely tear up your hand and when you break it down you have to be careful not to let the punch or bullet slide off that “button” when you’re disassembling other wise that piece can shoot off across the room and you might not find it
I really need help with this .380 please
I have always had good luck with Hornady Critical Defense in 380acp. It feeds reliably with 2″ groups at 15 yards.
Bought one last month. The first 3 clips jammed 13 of 15 shells right out of the box. Called Show Me Tactical in Festus, Missouri, 3 to 4 hours after I bought it and they told me it was a warranty issue and not their problem. What a bunch of jerks. Next day, after I cleaned the gun and lubricated the action it fired 2 clips of 5 shots without jamming. WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER GUN FROM SHOW ME TACITAL in Festus, Missouri.
I have a Davis P380 exact same Gun as this Cobra
Bought it in the early 90’s and never shot it.
Took it out a couple weeks ago when went to test my new S&W SD9 VE, which I LOVE
The Davis P380 jammed on almost every round using Tulammo ammo
Cleaned the gun and never jammed again using Winchester white box target ammo.
Tried the Tulammo again and jammed every round.
Found the problem is the Tulammo shell is not champhered at the bottom and the Winchester ammo is.
I believe this champhered shell helps in feeding the chamber.
It’s fairly accurate at 8-10 feet but not any more than that
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DID U READ THBS REVIEW ON THE COBRA? IF U DID AND U BUY 1 LET ALONE SHOOT 1 U R OUTTA YER FKN MIND
not sure what led me here, but i’m gonna necrotize this post.
i bought a davis p380 25yrs ago for $85 (wanted a mustang but couldn’t swing all that). mexican carried that lump with an empty chamber- didn’t trust the safety. it shot well and was close to point of aim. it is the only gun i ever sold. it went to the bartender who turned me onto cocktail onions. we called him bucket head. i was glad to get fifty.
when resources improved i learned that sig had released a mustang of their own. when i called my guy he said he’d have them in 9mm in a few weeks. so the p238 i never owned became a p938 and satisfaction was served.
In SC you have to put pistol in glove box or console, does not have to be unloaded, nor locked, but must have a door that can be closed. This has been law all of my life. Hopefully we will get open carry and get rid of those damn permits.
Most disgusting piece of junk I’ve ever bought since owning it has been problems from day one from jamming every five shots, parts falling off, and most recently the slide has cracked almost in half I’m going on more then2 1/2 months for parts to be ordered
I’ve had four or five of these going back forty years to the old Davis precursor to Cobra. The design goes back to the early 50s, if I remember correctly. Couple times, I had one in my pocket and could laugh at trouble, which means that I trust it to shoot when needed. The accuracy has always been very good. You learn to avoid the slide pinch when target shooting and won’t care if you’re not. I’ll want a gun around when I go back to the states in a few months. Think that I’ll pick up the newer Denali version. A hundred and fifty bucks for peace of mind and that thousand for a hunting rifle seems a lot more bearable.
I toured the Cobra factory in July 2013. I found a bunch of unhappy employees, (long hours, small pay, etc.). The Cobra guns are complete junk. Wouldn’t own one and will never recommend one.
Don’t even waste your time with this garbage.
So this leaves me with a question. What is the cheapest handgun you can get that actually has drop-free magazines, and a standard magazine release mechanism, and doesn’t leave metal shavings in it from the factory?
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Well you gave it 2.5 stars. That’s INSANE! Yeah I just noticed this after years of being on TTAG. Buy a Hipont if you got no dough…
if you un load it you have to shoot it and take a pencil and shove it down the barrel to get brass out milling down the reciver to put a laser on it so i can hold it out away from me when i shoot it
Liked .but you not selling to india .iam not terrorist.ex police gazette.can you relax for me 500 rounds and cleaning meterials.also need
Now you can troll with your lower. For the lulz!
Praise Kek!
I have purchased a Cobra model CA-380. The over all feel of the gun in my hand is great. However I can not fire a clip of 5 shots before it jams. No mater how well I clean it, it still jams. It will not push the next round into the firing chamber. It has done this from day one. Now I know I am no expert on fire arms and I know this is a cheap gun in regard to price. It may not be designed to hold up under a lot of use. But I expect it should at least work in the beginning. Yes it may wear out sooner than some of the more expensive guns but again it should work when it is new. From this experience I am not impressed and will not buy anther gun from this company.
I would suggest filing a complaint with the Utah State Attorney Generals office over this matter. As I have already done so with issues from my cobra 380 acp pistol. These pistols are defective the company won’t answer phone calls of reply to emails. The pistols need to be taken off the market as there are defects & some like mine come apart & parts come out of them as in the case of mine.
I have had my Cobra CA380 for quite a while and haven’t fired it yet. When I received it found that after being told it was brand- new- in- the- box found it had indeed had some modifications made to it. Firing pin cut in half and spring shortened, rear button slide keeper removed and frame drilled to receive a post with notched side to accept pin to hold it in place. Hole in both sides of slide was only way to field strip by knocking out pin. I found all this out because I always field strip a new gun before firing it. I had to ask for the instructions to perform strip from the seller even though I had already made the assumption I would have to remove a pin to strip down the pistol. Figured someone was trying to experiment with making the slide stop permanent until pin was removed. Same pin serves as stop for original part but with being drilled right behind it appears that spot is now even weaker than originally manufactured to be. Thought about firing it with modifications intact but opted to buy new parts and refurbish back to original. After much though it shall remain unfired and put back as a SHTF weapon that hopefully will at least fire a few times.
Never had one of these, and now I never will. I was thinking about it, because they are on sale this weekend, quite cheap. Got a Taurus instead. Incidentally, decades ago, I had a classic Raven in .25 ACP. I actually liked the gun, but I should mention that when field stripping it one day, the retainer, which is the “thingee” you were writing about that needs to be pushed into field strip, had its hook break off. When I looked at it closely, I saw that the metal was crystallized – typical pot metal. Looking at your photos, it appears that the design of the Cobra is exactly the same, just scaled up a bit for 380. Oh well
Great site, by the way. I tried to do something similar, but do not have the time or energy to update as often as you do. Maybe after I retire.
I have a similar gun, a Bryco Model 48 that was purchased for $70 on auction ($122 after shipping and FFL). I just took it out for 50 rounds of Magtech 95 grain and it ran perfectly without a single malfunction. It also shot exactly to the point of aim, so you could even hit the target if you could see the sights and deal with the 15-pound trigger!
Other than the crappy sights and trigger, my once serious complaint is that the nickel (or fake nickel) slide is extremely slick and hard to grasp, especially with sweaty or wet hands, and the recoil spring is unusually strong. The only way I can reliably rack the slide is grabbing overhand at the front and pulling as hard as I can so it goes all the way back before my hand slips off.
In this day and age, if it’s a gun and it goes bang, it’s worth keeping. Any port in a storm as they say.
Handgun prices yield diminishing returns. But while that means the functional difference between a $600 and $900 pistol usually isn’t that great, there’s a lot to be gained going from the lowest to something like a hi-point. With a hi-point, for all it’s flaws, you don’t really have to wonder if it’ll get through a magazine without failures.
There might be someone out there who both needs a gun right now but simply can’t afford the extra $100… but I think that segment is relatively rare.
More crap I’d only offer to my enemy…..@ 7 yrds I can get a decent group with my sling shot!
Knew some bangers that rocked these and a couple that got popped by one. Cobra’s a ghetto blaster but I promise you, they’ll kill people dead. Well… technically the bullets do that but… whatever.
If you want a cheapo burner you… get a cheapo burner if you buy a Cobra!
Their motto is “When you need a gun really bad, we’ve go a really bad gun.’
That being said, I’ve ballistically matched .25 bullet from one of these that was pulled from a dead banger’s brain, so they can occasionally get the job done.
The identification and background checks requirements for voting should be just as onerous as the identification and background checks for buying a gun. Impose such a linkage, and a lot of problems will be resolved.
Wayyyyy toooo mucccchhhh BS to read about a cheap gun,,,
Plus the comments are to many to read without a timeout… gimme a brake.
I got zipp guns better than this stuff. I like to call em throw aways… ????
I’m going to hold out for the “Optics Ready” version. 😛
Interesting read in that I recently purchased a Phoenix HP22A because I wanted a very inexpensive.22 handgun as a plinker during this ammo drought. My main carry gun is a Sig 238 with a Taurus 738 when I need something super small and a Ruger SR9C when I want something larger. The Phoenix has that oddball manual of arms, the sights are not great although white paint helped, but at moderate distances mine is very accurate, has a nice trigger, and fits my hand perfectly. I’ve only run 50 rounds or so and it will be interesting to see how it runs after a full break in. So far so good and I have to say not bad for the low price. I also bought a Rossi RS22 for $99 a couple of years ago as a .22 plinker. Second the favorable comments about this little rifle. Bought the Mossberg 702 Plinkster magazines that also fit and am very happy with the little rifle. These inexpensive .22’s and the stash of ammo I got just before the insanity began will hopefully get me through the ammo drought without breaking the bank.
TTAG doesn’t like the Phoenix pistols (or just writer Dan Zimmerman doesn’t) and TTAG has a vendetta against pistols that cost under $200. They don’t take into account the price, they just review the gun, so every gun that’s $1000 gets an automatic 5 stars for everything, especially if it’s a manufacturer like CMMG who comes out with new stuff a lot and gives the website some juicy info in a “you scratch my back, I scratch yours.”
The Phoenix is a good pistol and I think for the size the sights are excellent, trigger too. You never have to use the firing pin safety (of course Danny boy raised a big stink about that without ever mentioning it isn’t necessary to use in his .25 review) and the mag disconnect safety and removal issue can easily be removed.
As for a Cobra, not my cup of tea, the Taurus G2’s and G3’s are far better for not much more money.
Fun Factor: * * 1/2??
Sounds like “fun factor zero”… How can you ENJOY shooting a gun that you expect to come apart and take out your aiming eye EVERY time you pull the trigger? Inexpensive does not necessarily need to mean CHEAP… Pass.. not a .380 fan anyway…
the $79 Mosin M44 complete with built in bayonet.
Yeah I got two of those brand new in the box with cleaning kit, pouches and bayonet.. 3 cans of ammo 660 rounds each for $99.00 each…
Just for curiosity I took a look on GunBroker.com for the cheapest “Buy It Now” handguns.
Heritage Rough Rider 22LR 6.5 BL SA – Factory New SALE @ $129.
Rossi RS22L1811 RS22 22 LR 10+1 18″ Fiber Optic Sights @ $139.99.
Cobra CA32 Pistol Semi Auto w/ Box Used @ $149.
Now that’s sticking only to repeaters of more than one or two shots. You can get down to $99 for a single shot.
Of course any of those add a shipping and FFL fee and the price goes up a significant percentage of the selling price.
Still, interesting to see these cheapies marked as “SALE!” items during these unpleasant times.
Meself, I’ve never paid less than $5 for a firearm. Had that single shot .22 for fifty years I think, still works like a champ. Fond memories of whacking cottontails with my Garcia Bronco .22 rifle 🙂
Less than fond memories on the truly awful trigger of my AccuTek .380 from early in my adult handgun buying years! That sucker was a trigger finger pincher something fierce!
Myself, I’d pass on anything Cobra (now “Bearman Industries”, IIRC). Aside from being a bottom of the ladder firearm, they have an atrocious reputation when it comes customer service and the BBB.
I won’t knock anyone’s choice of firearm, especially when they’re on a super-tight budget. But $50 more gets one into Hi-Point territory. Hi Points aren’t great guns, but they work. And if they ever don’t work, the company will take care of it without ducking your phone calls.
I thought for a second this was a Hop review on TFB.
Welcome to the 70s and 80s.
The revolver equivalents were Clerk, Arminus, and RG. The clerk was in 38s&w and chromed…….lol.
I saw these as lot as tacklebox guns among my childhood friends.
A lot of my friend in college owned Ravens which went for 49 bucks at the army navy store. Always a piece of shit. Lots of broken firing pins from dry firing.
I did own a Jennings (69 bucks) hoping for a pocket gun. Another POS. I traded it for a Smith and Wesson 38 made around 1905. That became my carry gun as there was no CCW in Mississippi at that time
A single action striker gun like the Cobra is one of the few I would use Israeli carry to pack.. and I would, only carry one if I had to. For home defense, I’d rather have an H&R Topper.
I do question Jeremy’s statements about the Taurus TCP. I have shot five or six of them and have never seen one that was reliable. Plus they had that club-footed magazine.
When the LCP came out, I said it was the gun we wanted in the 70s and 80s. A reliable gun the size of most 25s. There are too many good options to buy a Cobra. They make the H&R revolvers look fancy.
In ‘92 or ‘93 (I forget) I had purchased a new in the box 1911 45 ACP. As I was paying for it the salesman mentioned that for an additional $25 I could get a NIB Raven .25. I thought WTF so I said ok. I think I got a Mag and 1/2 through it before it started misfeeding. Put it up and haven’t tried to fire it again. Before that, when I was discharged from the Army and went back to college I was browsing in a gun/pawn shop and an RG revolver in .22 LR with a .22 Mag cylinder included caught my eye. It was styled like a Colt SAA and also was NIB. This was in 1972, I bought it for $49 and still have it. It is surprisingly robust and accurate. What’s interesting about this, at least to me, is that I had fairly recently prior to this turned 21 and before turning 21 I couldn’t have bought the revolver. Yet, Uncle Sam had no issue with carrying an M-16 or, if it was my turn, an M-60 in Vietnam. It’s funny how things turn out.
AGREE IF I JUST HAD TO BUY . SAVED MY MONEY UP FOR KIMBER 1911 STYLE 380 MICRO . ACADEMY $440 . LATER GOT TWO EXTRA CLIPS . RIB RUBBER FOR SLIP ON TO GRIP HELP WITH ONE HAND CONTROL . ONLY FEEDS WELL WITH BALL TYPE AMMO . FULL ROLL SHAPE NOSE . FOUND WORKS WITH SIG 380 BALL AMMO TO FEED OVER AN OVER AGAIN . STILL LIKE IT NOT SURE IF WOULD BUY AGAIN .
HOWEVER THANKS ON INFOR LIKED YOUR ARTICLE , WELL EXPLAINED .
Better yet, spend a little money now on a new keyboard. Your CapsLock key appears to be stuck.
Your CapsLock key appears to be stuck.
Actually it’s his brain that is stuck…
Gunm $100, bullets $150. I think were investing in future paperweights. So buy the cheap ones.
I’ve had several “ring of fire” pistols…. all performed normally….. as expected from such an inexpensive pistol.
The comments bad- mouthing these firearms are obviously by a bunch of “gun snob/fudds”….
That said, these ARE NOT the right choice for the inexperienced…
If you’re a white collar moron, don’t purchase this working man’s pistol…. it requires the skills of someone who knows how to do some light gunsmithing to make them run right….
I had this exact style / design of pistol 31 years ago as my first pistol purchase. It was possibly not this brand name, but it was just as inexpensive. It was totally reliable and the finish appeared to be better than the example here. Had it for maybe a year or two in addition to my primary, a S&W Model 19 (Nickel finish .357). I was not impressed with it but I wasn’t disgusted either. Sold it and got an off-brand 9mm 1911 that was much better made.
This does not look like it’s made from ‘pot-metal’.
Many things have changed over the last 40-50 years. Among them have been updated manufacturing techniques and materials. Semi-automatic rifles (like the AR15) have been modernized. Well, so have saturday night specials. The sub $100 gun of the 70’s is now the $200-$300 gun now. The way I see it, Taurus is the maker of the modern saturday night special. Between their Millenium/G3 and Spectrum, there is plenty here to attract the cheapest most crow-bar-to-open-wallet gun buyer. The difference is that what Taurus makes is much more reliable. But that is more about what defines ‘modern’. Gun Makers have done a much better job then they used to. Then there is the Chiappa .22lr revolver that really is made from pot-metal. My first read through of this article left me wondering about .22 handguns.
Truthfully, The label of ‘saturday night special’ is just like everything else in the gun world…made up bs names that really don’t mean anything. Assault Rifle….LMFAO, oh please
“Worse, the very same politicians who tell us that requiring an ID to vote is somehow a “poll tax” and an infringement on peoples’ rights are the same people who then push for…”
That’s because they aren’t sincere people trying to do what’s best for America. They will, however, say or do anything to help themselves. They’ll say it with a straight face, no matter how dumb it is. What does that say about their opinion of their own voters?
In the late 80s I traded a Simpson 260 VOM (I had a couple so trading one wasn’t a great loss) to a guy for a Davis D32.It came with two magazines and half a box of .32acp. I bought another box of ammo and put 30 rounds or so through the pistol. As I remember it was surprisingly heavy and clunky but fed, went bang, and ejected with no problems. It went into the back of my safe and I “discovered” it a few months ago. I’ll probably hang on to it until somebody in my area does a gun buy back – not really likely in Oklahoma – or until somebody needs a Liberator style pistol with a serial number that’s three or four generations removed from the original owner.
Spend an extra $20 for a Hi Point
It’s worth it.
Demolition Ranch showed that Hi Points are actually tough guns that take a lot of abuse and still work, with multiple videos, where they try to embarrass Hi Point but fail. So, yeah, if you have a little more money, the Hi Point is the way to go for bargain guns.
Good luck to anyone depending on this “gun” or a Taurus, or a Kel Tec to save their lives. Eat Ramen and PBJ’s and save up for a real gun
1st rule of gunfighting: have a gun.
everything else is secondary or tertiary.
some good, honest single mom in the ghetto might save her family from thugs with a cheap gun.
Hi-point is about the bare minimum I’d trust for home defense. From what I’ve seen, they aren’t all that bad, and can be had for as little as $140 new on sale.
Jennings/Bryco/Jiminez/Lorcin/Cobra/WHATEVER are just awful— although my J22 is a fun meme gun. Malfunctions are part of the experience.
with a name like Jiminez, what can go wrong?
As attractive as the Cobra .380 might be, I already have even two cheaper handguns in my safe: a Nagant 1895 revolver (which could be bought for a bottle of vodka a few years ago), and a Sundance Industries .25. I wager $1 that both of them are even crappier than the Cobra .380.
Prove me wrong!
Thanks for this comprehensive review.
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Cobra is technically out of business. Whichever extended Jennings family member that’s running the show did their traditional bankruptcy two step and reformed the company as Bearman industries.
As far as I have seen the only guns Bearman currently makes are the derringers Cobra and Davis used to make.
As for the guns themselves, they are obviously limited by the materials and quality control. They can be made to work, but unless you’re broke or doing it out of curiosity it’s not the most productive endeavor.
This conversation seems to have stretched out for YEARS! As a police officer in NYC in the 1970’s and 1980’s when the murder rate was approaching over two THOUSAND people a year, I went to several street shootings where Ravens were used. YES, they are crappy guns, but they will kill you! The average doper high on PCP will walk up to a rival drug dealer on the corner and blast him at point blank range in the head with a .25cal Raven. Dead is dead, but you guys have been talking about buying these POS guns and arming FAMILY MEMBERS to protect themselves with… Have you lost your collective minds? None of these were EVER good, reliable or safe guns… Period, end of story!
My Hi Point 45acp hand gun was $145 new. My Heritage Rough Rider cowboy gun, was $99 used. Both are great guns for any home defense.
Any gun is better than no gun at all. And the 2A is for poor people. Not just the rich.
Always train with what ever gun you have.
The Springfield 1911 may not be the best-looking gun out there, but I’ll trust my life behind one any day.
These is facts. i love how you made it simple to understand