I bought a M200 4" two years ago from my LGS, mostly because it was inexpensive, and I was "in the mood" to buy a new gun, mostly looking for a truck/console gun that was not beat to **** first. A friend at work had one, bought it for his mother to have as her SD revolver.
It is a close Colt clone, cylinder turns "backwards", Colt style "pull" release, etc. It is made in Turkey, and sold by Armscor, a Philippine company who makes the RIA brand. The trigger was awful. I went to other forums, and users said "shoot it a lot and it all smooths out".
I had a lot of 38 snap caps, so I cleaned it up, and started using it as a hand exerciser for several weeks - dry fired it well over 1,000 times, usually 100 DA's and a dozen or so SA's each day. It slicked up to be the fastest DA 38 revolver I own.
Now that I have a range to go to, and shoot it, accuracy is good, shoots LHBWC's and LSWC's to POI quite well. And when I mean fast, the lockup is quicker than my best Smiths, which are a 1950 M&P and a 1983 Mdl. 60, both well broken in.
I note that five years ago, at a gun store/indoor range that I used to go to, the owner convinced me to buy a RIA .45 1911. He shoots competitively, and said it was the best bargain 1911 out there. I agree. It shoots better than I can. Other better shooters than me have tried it and all agree.
Armscor makes good solid guns, and buys others from good factories to sell as theirs.
Buy some snap caps and break it in. It's sturdy, and a good value. The HKS M3 speedloader works better than the HKS 10 - it is a Colt clone sized revolver. Cylinder is slightly smaller than a six round Smith or Ruger.
