Has Jimenez improved since changing ownership? My brother-in-law tried to pawn off a JA9 on to me and I was very hesitant to even consider it because of the reputation under the previous owner.
The manufacturer or your brother-in-law? :-P
(Sorry. Couldn't resist)
That company has been thru about 30 name changes in the last few year’s Jenning’s was the last I knew of.
Apparantly not. I bought the JA .380 about a month ago. I put almost 100 rounds through it. Every other magazine had either stovepipes, failure to feeds, or failure to ejects.
Eventually, I noticed that the bullets became much easier to put into the magazines. This was because the springs had lost their compression. Both magazine’s have springs that’re so weak, they won’t feed rounds. I’ve used five different types of ammo in the gun from reputable makers. They were FMJ bullets since the gun will NOT shoot hollow points.
I sent the mags to Jimenez. In a week I got an envelope from them. In it, were either my two original mags that hadn’t been touched or two more mags that’re just as bad!
Even though it shoots accurately, the reliability is atrocious. When your life is on the line, you better have something that will work and work well.
You would be much better off taking the $120 bucks you would spend on a Jimenez and buy lottery tickets. At least you some type of chance with those. With the Jimenez, you have no chance at all.