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Miscellaneous => Other Guns => Topic started by: the_skunk on March 06, 2011, 05:27:13 PM

Title: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: the_skunk on March 06, 2011, 05:27:13 PM: I bought a Sig P232 for personal carry.

$600 .... for the gun
$300 .... for new springs, 6 visits range fees, and 7 boxes of ammo

So now I got $900 in a jamamatic that has spent half it's life at the Sig factory getting 'Fine tuned'. The P232 is so unreliable that I don't dare carry it.

So now its off to a gun show and hoping I can get $300 for it as a trade towards a Rohrbaugh
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: Richard S on March 06, 2011, 06:59:26 PM: I had the same experience with a Spanish-built clone of the 1911 .45 ACP back in the '60s. I finally gave it away to someone to use for spare parts.

Even the classic 1911 design, if not properly executed, can be a "jamamatic" more useful as a paperweight than as a self-defense weapon.
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: the_skunk on March 06, 2011, 07:20:04 PM: I have a Browning HP, Mauser Broomhandle, Kimber, Seecamp, Star, etc. I took each gun and fine tuned it with magazines, springs, polishing, and specfic ammo. I even got the old Star 1911 to 99% reliability.

The Sig P232 has a breech face that has been machined away, and the gun will never eject properly. The cup that holds the empty casing in place until it hits the ejector is milled away.
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: yankee2500 on March 06, 2011, 08:36:59 PM: skunk,
Welcome to the group.
Sorry to hear about the bad luck with the Sig.

John
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: kjtrains on March 06, 2011, 09:17:37 PM: skunk. Welcome to the Forum. Hope you get that R9. Again, welcome.
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: the_skunk on March 07, 2011, 03:15:56 PM: Quote
skunk. Welcome to the Forum. Hope you get that R9. Again, welcome.

I am hoping to find a R9 with Cocobola wood handles, 1000 rounds of Speer Gold Dot, New in the box, owned by an old lady in California, and of course a custom leather holster.

I will go $250 .... but I won't pay shipping, include that in the $250
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: kjtrains on March 07, 2011, 04:42:40 PM: That must be why you call yourself the_skunk! ;D
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: Z on March 07, 2011, 09:09:56 PM: If you find a deal like that, I'd buy two. My wife always says but honey it was on sale! Wish it would work both ways.
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: the_skunk on March 08, 2011, 02:46:26 PM: Quote
That must be why you call yourself the_skunk! ;D

I will go $250 for the Roughbaugh, and a renaisance Browning HP I will go $325, and a Seecamp 380 I am willing to go $175.

Now, I have a Ruger MK-3 (22 cal pistol) that I may consider trading for two Rohrbaughs .... and I will throw in a box of 22 hollow points. But, if you want to pay cash for my Ruger, I am $3,000 firm.
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: kjtrains on March 08, 2011, 03:36:29 PM: (http://s575.photobucket.com/albums/ss197/kjtrains/GuitarPlayingSmileyAni.gif)
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: Richard S on March 08, 2011, 05:01:45 PM: Any interest in trading for this 1-BR/0-BA ocean-view condo?

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;)
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: yankee2500 on March 08, 2011, 09:08:33 PM: I think I may rent that for our anniversary. ;D
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: kjtrains on March 08, 2011, 09:19:24 PM: Be careful when you step out the door; that first step is a doozy. ;D
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: Z on March 08, 2011, 10:49:34 PM: You might be a Redneck if? :D
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: tracker on March 08, 2011, 11:09:08 PM: If you're a Heavy Lift Crane Operator?
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: rodell on March 11, 2011, 12:25:03 AM: I had a Colt Mustang that was absolutely worthless. I loved the feel, but, I couldn't shoot a magazine through it without a jam. No one could make it right. I finally traded it off for a PPK/S, which was flawless.

Later, I bought another Colt and it was fine. You never know.
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: notjustanothermini on March 11, 2011, 12:38:33 PM: interesting, i almost bought a p232 last night for my wife, instead i went with a cz 2075 rami p.

i was still going to buy the sig for the heck of it and to give her a little more carry options.

the comment about the breack face being "milled away" what exactly do you mean? was it milled away in an attempt to fix the gun, was it done by SIG factory as a repair or is that the way it comes?

either way are you trying to sell it for 300 bucks?
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: the_skunk on March 11, 2011, 01:21:50 PM: Quote
interesting, i almost bought a p232 last night for my wife, instead i went with a cz 2075 rami p.

i was still going to buy the sig for the heck of it and to give her a little more carry options.

the comment about the breack face being "milled away" what exactly do you mean? was it milled away in an attempt to fix the gun, was it done by SIG factory as a repair or is that the way it comes?

either way are you trying to sell it for 300 bucks?

The breech face came that way from the factory ..... it's the part that holds the empty cartridge until it hits the ejector.

I am not trying to sell it for $300
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: chameleon on March 27, 2011, 08:54:43 AM: In my lifetime I owned the Sig P230 which was the precursor to the P232, mine was alloy and I bought it for my wife, but the light pistol was a handful for her to shoot accurately, so I carried it for a while until I sold it to a friend, it is still in his collection, since then I purchased two Stainless Steel Sig P232s and I have to say they worked well for me, no problems and I carried them often( I did not own them at the same time), they were my go-to .380 carry gun right up until I received my first Seecamp LWS .380, that made the larger P 232s obsolete for me.
It kind of bothers me that there are problems with the P232 and Sig in general.I've had the greatest respect for the Sig line as quality reliable defense firearms.
Title: Re: Cheap guns become expensive
Post by: the_skunk on April 11, 2011, 06:14:59 PM: My gunsmith quoted me $700 to fix my Sig 232. Special tooling, and welding.

Sig Sauer's service dept is useless