[yarddog]

Ravens were good guns.

They were crude looking and made mostly of pot metal but they were reliable and accurate.

Same for Jennings.

[CrazyIvan]

“Ravens were good guns.”

Sunrisingly so. I took one on a debt once. It was reliable and accurate. Just too bad it was .25 which is pretty much useless.

[tumblindice]

My first semi-auto was a Jennings .22. It was reliable about 50% of the time, so it quickly found a home in a box.
(My first handgun was a Ruger Single Six, both cylinders.)
I knew a guy who carried a North American .22 mini-revolver, a tiny thing, and that as his main carry gun.
I suppose the tiny size would make it easier for someone with a real gun to take it from him and shove it up his ...

My backup now is a Springfield XDS .45.
If it’s going to be a: “He had a gun, and the other guy had a gun ... “ narrative, and the other guy has a real gun, why would you want to be the guy with a ‘mouse gun’ like a derringer or .22?
Just saying.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

My Raven .25 worked ok.

My Jennings .22 was a jammer.

The worst was a Sterling .22 about 40 years ago.

I got none of them now.

[ExSoldier]

IIRC some of those notorious "Saturday Night Specials" like F.I.E. were also manufactured here in Miami, FL. I once saw a range accident with an F.I.E. 38sp revolver. The cylinder was misaligned with the forcing cone and half the round went down the barrel while the rest and most of the cylinder exploded and took off two or three of the guy's fingers. That was fun. Remember, you get what you pay for, usually. Especially on the cheap side of things.