Thanks snowdrifter, i didn't know S&W made anything for under $500. Made in USA?
It is probably impossible to get a gun that most will agree they would use to save their life for $300.
my suggestion is save up another 100 and buy a nice used glock, maybe even able to talk someone down to 350 with cash in hand.
my suggestion is save up another 100 and buy a nice used glock, maybe even able to talk someone down to 350 with cash in hand.
I have a Sigma SW9VE. Bought it a few years ago on Thanksgiving day. I think I paid $350.00, it came with a locking box, two mags, a pistol sock, a $50.00 mail in rebate from S&W. Reducing it to $300.00 (the OP's Budget). Mander Gountain threw in a $20.00 gift card for every $100.00 spent, a free trigger lock, a free membership to their gun owner's club (What a joke that is), and a free cleaning.
I took the $80.00 in gift cards and bought a holster and a couple boxes of ball ammo and one box of hydra-shocks.
I have fired maybe 500 rounds out of this gun with no issues.
The trigger is a hard pull, but like anything or any gun, practice, practice, and practice again.