Posted on 09/22/2008 4:08:23 AM PDT by sig226
It's Monday.
This is a site I found because someone gave me a Jimenez JA - 380 and I couldn't get the thing to come apart. Contrary to some popular assertions, it wouldn't take down because it's a piece of crap.
But just to prove that the internet really does have something for everybody, here is the Bryco, Jennings, Lorcin, Raven forum, now featuring Jimenez Arms.
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I was at a gun show last year and one dealer had a table of Jimenez autos, .380 I think. They looked like they were made in someone’s garage with a hacksaw and a drill and then finished off with a grinder.
I value my private parts too much to stick one of these pieces of **** in my belt. Buy a used Taurus revolver or Ruger p95 Auto and shoot safely for a lifetime for not too much more money. I’d rather have a baseball bat than one of these.
There was a ridge on the takedown catch that stuck out almost 0.10". That's why it wouldn't come apart. If they had taken a grinder to it first, it would have been an improvement. :)
The metal was of such quality that I had to use a carpenter's knife to remove the ridge.
Yep. I had something similar many years ago when I couldn’t afford anything else. It has its place in the market, but I suspect its main reason for being is to provide impetus for getting something better. Quickly. Mine began keyholing after 50 rds. It subsequently jammed chambering a round while defending against a home invasion. I immediately pawned it for $20, and watched as the shop owner attached to a chain with about a dozen others just like it.
I have one of those Raven .25’s. Don’t even remember ever shooting it.
Are you going to be brave enough to shoot it?
Basically the same gun manufactured for the low end market, they do serve a purpose.
If $50 is all you have to budget for a firearm, this is the one for you, unless you want to wait and wait to save up for a better quality weapon.
Every firearm has it's place. Is it reliable? Maybe. Is it cheap? Definitely. Is it affordable to someone on a fixed income? Absolutely.
For a single working mom(or dad) with kids, in a low paying job, it might make the most sense.
There are no bad guns, only bad people.
I’d hate to face down one of these guns, hell, it might be the time it lights off.
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This is kind of off-topic, but I am looking for an instructional video (or written instructions with pictures)on how to properly clean a Remington 770 .243 rifle. I’ve look on Remington’s web site but can’t find anything there. I need to clean the rifle, but the instructions are not clear about where I need to oil the rifle and how to take apart the trigger group, bolt, etc. Do you know of any resources that could get me started?
I’m not familiar with the Jimenez so I can’t comment on its reliability. I will say I grew up buying the most gun I could for the cash I had on hand. The last thing one needs is an inoperable weapon at a critical moment. I would normally concur, cheap and quality/useability are diametrically opposed.
I love my Sig 250 9mm. It is fun, easy, accurate and safe to carry. The problem is right now it is not available in 45, so I opted temporarily for a Bersa thunder 45 to carry.
Under 400 bucks but the machining is perfect, and it is also fun to shoot. Downside, it is a bit small for my beefy hands, but even the p250 is small after years with a 1911 colt. I have 2000 error free rounds with the Bersa and it “carries” nicely. One of those pleasant surprises you come across in life now and then.
The P250 will be ideal in 45 when sig gets it out on the market. The interchangable frame with large grips fit me perfectly.
But until then the Colt and Sig will always my favorite daily shooters .. my daily carry is the Bersa. It performs admirably.
It seems the Jimenez is a copy of some other gun ... I’ve sen several that look identical but they were also an obscure name that escapes the synapses right now.
Ease of disassembly? lol I have a SW 40 that is a SOB to get the pin out to begin with. After that it falls apart cleanly.
I got one too. It was my first pistol.
Worthless POS but it does work and it has doubled in value.
Boy. Had a Jennings .22 once. Gave that sorry sucker away. Broke the (stamped sh*tmetal) extractor, twice. Constant failures to feed, fire, extract and eject. Any thing else?
I couldn't get the thing to come apart. Contrary to some popular assertions, it wouldn't take down because it's a piece of crap.
On InterWebz Tubes gunfora, when the question comes up, one answer that comes up as often as the correct procedure, is "beat on it with a large hammer".
Excellent reply!
Try Youtube. That’s where I learned to take my glock apart.
All any of these guns are good for is to buy a pot load to turn a hefty profit at your nearest gun buyback. Maybe good as a throw-down too.
the technical term is a "BFH"...lololol...
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