"Cheap" Things You've Bought That Turned Out To Be Surprisingly Good

[sheepdawg]

CZ82 for $219. A better pistol would be hard to come by.

 

[wood714]

Best $35 I've spent was on a Lightning OTF auto knife. My old one has lasted years. Bought another one when they came out with a dagger blade.

 

[susieqz]

cute kitty.
my vantage 1200 air rifle cost $60 n will take a bunny at 15 yards.
i got it when 22lr was not available n it's fine for pests.
i mounted a red dot n it's very accurate.

 

[DWalt]

The Dremel tool I paid $10 for (used) in the early 1970s. I still have it, but I also have two newer ones. Dremel tools have gotten me out of more jams than any other tool I own. When you need one, almost no other tool will do the job as well.

 

[pharmer]

I paid $10 for this Buck 110 almost 40 years ago. Carried/used it daily for 7 years building the Mouse a new house (EPCOT). It was pretty new when I got it. Joe

 

[ditrina]

My wife...
48 years ago she drank beer and wore beads, today it's 18 year old scotch and fine jewelry

Wouldn't have it any other way..

 

[Onomea]

Swiss Army Knife, Waiter model in particular. Everything you need — blade, bottle/can opener/screwdriver, tweezers, toothpick, and corkscrew — and nothing you don't, for about $17.

Excellent value for a very useful, very light, reasonably sized knife. (I find the keychain SAKs just too small for other than in a pinch.)

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Still got my first gun.
It's older than most of you guys!

 

[muddocktor]

I have to say that the ATI FX45 military style 1911 I bought last year was a big surprise on value for the money. I gave $335 plus my FFL guy's fees and it is a great shooter. Hits to POA and has digested anything I have thrown at it so far. It's a fun gun to shoot.

 

[ben_g1]

A slab of ribs at Menards for $5.49, actually not to bad

 

[crankyoldlady]

My Wheeler mechanical trigger pull scale. Dead on accurate and consistent. Bargain priced for those of us who can't justify the price of a digital scale that might be used once a year.

 

[susieqz]

you now, for sheer value i got you guys beat.
i bot my first gun, a used marlin, when i was 16.
it was built in the 50s.
i've used it every year since then.
i just put a scope on it n i could hit a squirrel at 50 yards.
i have no idea how many rounds i put thru it, r how many pests i killed with it, from ground hogs to rattlers, but it's tons.

 

[BearBio]

Bersa pistols (a 380and a 22)

 

[JayFramer]

Went to the Walmart and found a Beeman P17 single shot pellet pistol. Usually about $40.00, but on sale for $22.00. I usually go for higher end, but that is inexpensive, and i thought worth a try. Got to the register and it was $17.00.
I am having a ball basement shooting. Accurate and goes through four American Rifleman magazines.

That little Beeman model is well thought of, and at that price, a great steal!!

 

[Farmer17]

I agree with several things mentioned so far, Lightning Out the Front knife-I have two and one I use everyday for my construction work knife, I never thought it would hold up but it still works great. Also on the Bersa .22 Thunder pistol extremely happy with it and I prefer it over my S&W .22 revolvers, and I would like to add my Cold Steel Kukri machete. It gets used all the time and I like it much more than a regular machete and it was under 20 bucks.

 

[Czechvar]

A CZ75D pistol...Bought new online for $485 or so. Rock solid reliable and accurate for my first two years of CCW before I moved on to Sig's. I would still rate it just a notch under my Sig's.

 

[DeathGrip]

1.5 ton aluminum floor jack from harbor freight. Less than half the weight of my 3 ton steel jack. I got it on sale and added a 20% discount to it. About $40 if I remember right.

 

[shouldazagged]

I've never owned a Rough Rider knife so far, but the Opinal and Mora knives are fantastic values for the money. The Victorinox Pioneer and Super Tinker are very useful for little money. But my all-time favorites for superb, inexpensive working knives were the good old U.S.A.-made Schrade Old Timers. Well heat-treated 1095 carbon steel, and sawn Delrin scales that gave a good grip even with wet hands. They took a fine edge and held it well, but were easy to re-sharpen. I still have a few, and treasure them.

 

[brigeton]

A little $30 electric leaf blower.... it's my "electric broom".... prefect for the second floor deck with no outdoor access and or sweeping out the garage floor..... and getting rid or spider webs.

Me too. I needed it to dry the roof on my camper when I was recoating it. I don't use a blower in the yard so I didn't want to spend much. It does work good on the garage floor and the cement approach to the garage although it stirs up a lot of dust.

 

[walkin jack]

Glock Pistol

They are relatively cheap. I bought my first one in '04. Accurate and totally dependable right out of the box. Liked it so much that I bought 3 more. Had them for 11 years and ran a total of over 23,000 rounds through them in that time.

NOT ONE PROBLEM E V E R!!!

I know there's a lot of hate out there for the "plastic" but I've spent too many days at the range watching the Kimbers jam when my Glocks kept going bang and hitting the bullseye.

Be careful how you talk bad about them. You only embarrass yourself.