Ever Hear of Jiminez Arms?

[theGinsue]

I had another 2A friendly co-worker introduce me to a line of firearms I'd never heard of before; Jiminez Arms.

Have any of you ever heard of them before? Does anyone have any experience with them?

http://www.shiningstardist.com/home.htm

These are heavy guns like Hi-Points, and, like Hi-Point, they are inexpensive guns.

Their largest caliber is 9mm so those who like .45's are out from this end.

[Batteriesnare]

I've always understood them to be of the "Saturday Night Special" persuasion, and as such have avoided them. Though I have had some morons try to play me as a fool and pass theirs off as a "Glock equal" and priced them as such.

[Irving]

I was thinking Jennings while I was reading your post. I've heard the name, but nothing past that.

[Batteriesnare]

If Wiki can be trusted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiminez_Arms

[Moviestar]

looked around, their 9mm can be found for ~175....thats almost worth it just to see if its any good.

[Irving]

Sounds like another murder gun brand to me.

[SU405]

I have to agree that the quality just doesn't look like it's there. My Uncle has one and was trying to convince my Dad to purchase one. I told him to aviod them and just stick to what you know works. Goes back to "you get what you pay for".

[Mtn.man]

sorta like El Crappola.

[Irving]

Was it a Jimenez or Jensen that went full auto at a range and shot three people a while ago? I know it was posted on here. I think the issue was that the firing pin got stuck out and when the slide was released on a full mag it dumped the mag, into people.

[TFOGGER]

The mere fact that these guns can trace their lineage to Raven Arms should be a huge red flag.... I have a Raven .25 that I have owned for over 10 years, but am afraid to fire, based on the "quality" of the machining. Maybe I'll encase it in a block of casting resin and use it as a non-PC paperweight....