Always buy the most expensive gun you can afford

[Great-Kazoo]

yes and no.
yes if you can afford the "higher quality/name brand" go for it.
No to buying a "name brand" that is nothing more than a "name" as mentioned above, the Coltaid drinkers. sure they command a higher asking price. However what does a stock Colt do better than my lesser priced (still a major name) AR do? its the body behind the trigger that makes the difference.

Yes to the good deals out there
No to the tire kicker like i'm dealing with now. for what i priced him one of my AK's he's looking at a Mini-30 with one 5 round mag. He says it will cost $100.00 less than my Norinco AK???? I'm like sure buy the mini, when you tell me you invested another $150.00 into 4-5 magazines, you really made the wise decision.
some folks (uninformed) don't realize it until they take a $200.00 beating on the price.
hey they saved $100.00 or so up front. do research, shoot a few different brands, then buy what is right for you. both price and comfort wise

[Wulf202]

Forgot to note, I am very biased. I had a 1911 blow up in my face and once the bleeding stopped I took it to a smith who showed me how the firing pin bushing slid down and blocked the firing pin forward for a slam fire.

I don't trust the design much after finding that flaw.

[KFinn]

They don't make em like they used to, and in this case, its no joke.

Isn't this true with everything though?

• Microwaves
• fridges
• blenders
• radios
• all electronics really
• cars and trucks
• hell, even women!

[Hoser]

Cry once.

[Tim K]

What Hoser said.

My 1911 path went like this:

No name 1911 (don't remember), bought new, sold at a loss
Kimber Pro Carry, bought new, sold at a loss
Kimber Warrior, bought new, sold at a loss
Colt Guvmint Model, bought used, broke even
Wilson Combat Pro, bought new built to my specs. I'll likely keep this gun forever because it's perfect for my needs and wants.

I don't remember the buy and sell prices of those items, but if you figure I lost $200-$300 one each of the new guns, I pissed away quite a lot of coin working my way up to what I really wanted.

I think the whole situation changes if you buy used guns. If you're not an idiot, you can usually get what you paid back out of a used gun when you sell it.

[Irving]

You guys aren't considering the value of the time you owned the gun.

If you buy a Kimber for $1,200, shoot 1,000 rounds through it a year for 3 years, you've put nearly $800 in ammo through the gun. If you sell the gun after 3 years, you're only selling at a loss of $400.

Now, nearly every good in nearly every market loses value over time, that is to be expected. You basically rented that Kimber for 3 years for $400. Did you really lose money on it? I'd say you didn't.