Top 5 BEST Budget Handguns (You Can ACTUALLY Get) Amidst COVID-19

alloutdoor.com ^ | March 28, 2020 | Adam Scepaniak

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If you have been spooked by the coronavirus and are looking at purchasing your first firearm, but do not want to break the bank, there are several things that you should keep in mind. Aside from choosing a handgun that is going to be affordable on your wallet, you will want to think of caliber. The Top 5 BEST Budget Handguns we are about to name are all chambered in 9mm. For someone who is a 1st time handgun buyer, it goes without debating that they should purchase a 9mm. The ammunition is typically the cheapest you can get among all the popular semi-auto handgun choices on the market, the self-defense (hollow-point ammunition) available in 9mm is stout enough for defense, and there are exponentially more options available in 9mm than any other possible cartridge out there.

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TOP 5 BEST BUDGET HANDGUNS – SMITH & WESSON SD9VE 9MM

The Smith & Wesson SD9VE 9mm is the embodiment of what we are looking for. The funky name and acronym for this pistol stands for “Self Defense 9mm Value Enhanced.” It has a simple dis-assembly and maintenance process (it copies a standard Glock) and it has only the bare, essential features someone would need in a home defense or beginner CCW pistol. It also carries 16 Rounds in its 2 magazines you receive and has a semi-attractive look with a Bi-Tone finish. At an MSRP of $389 and often sold for much cheaper than that, it is hard to go wrong with the Smith & Wesson SD9VE 9mm.

[Lando Lincoln]

Thank you. I confess to being unfamiliar with the Zigana. Did a little web stroll and learned about it. Nice.

[TMN78247]

NONE of the Zagana models (They are all SIMILAR in design & many of the parts will interchange between models.) are yet commonplace in the USA (There is NOW a direct importer, who has plenty of spare parts) but the handguns are just NICE QUALITY, especially for the price. = Given that there are NOW several large/well-known “stocking dealers” & an “onshore distributor”, I expect a LOT more Zigana pistols to fill US shooter’s holsters.

“It got my attention” when I learned that my old friend (who is even more “picky” about firearms than I am) has “put away” his trusty circa-1960 Browning Hi-Power & is now “every day carrying” a Zigana K concealed.
(Similarly, I have retired my old Sig-Sauer P225 to the gun-safe to EDC the “K”.)

NOTE: ERNESTO HERNANDEZ (a local & well-regarded leather-smith here in south Texas) made my carry-concealed, on-waist-belt, holster & it is just NICE. - You can reach Senor Hernandez at : 210-370-3016.

yours, satx

[NotchJohnson]

I do not have a firearm but want one and have been looking. The wife does not trust guns but I am getting nervous that the time has come. Some of these prices are very good. I live in sc so getting a gun is just walking in, getting a background check. I just hope with the quarantine that I can pick them up.