I got this thing for snubbies, but dont want to break the bank (just got a PPQ) so what are my options for a budget snub? trying to keep it under 400

i have to figure this out because i have 23 days until i can buy again (dumbest law ever) !!!!

cheers

 

There is a Taurus for sale in the marketplace right now.   Check it out.

S&w337 for $338 and great deals on shields

https://gun.deals/today?mobile=true#

Taurus 85s are going for 250-260 at TSS and Grab a Gun.

SW 642 for $300...

https://gun.deals/product/smith-wesson-642-airweight-revolver-38-special-187-barrel-5-rnds-29999-free-store-pickup

 

cool, thanks for the info guys.   maybe i dont have to settle for a Armscor M206....

3 hours ago, DSD1026 said:

SW 642 for $300...

https://gun.deals/product/smith-wesson-642-airweight-revolver-38-special-187-barrel-5-rnds-29999-free-store-pickup

 

This is quite a deal as I sold one unfired for $375 in the secondary market.

8 hours ago, DSD1026 said:

SW 642 for $300...

https://gun.deals/product/smith-wesson-642-airweight-revolver-38-special-187-barrel-5-rnds-29999-free-store-pickup

 

You cannot beat this deal.  

I have a Taurus 617 (.357 Magnum) in excellent condition for $399.

The 642 is a good gun. I love my 642-1. If you can, try to find one of those, as it is a no-lock model.

9 hours ago, Screwball said:

The 642 is a good gun. I love my 642-1. If you can, try to find one of those, as it is a no-lock model.

The 642/442 are still currently offered with no lock.

The 642/442 are still currently offered with no lock.

Yep, as the 642-1...

They also have 642s with the lock present... don't know the revision numbers. But if you can get one without, I say get one without.

I group S&W revolvers into three groups; pre-lock, no lock, and lock. Pre-lock is obviously revolvers before the lock came into production (2001/2002). Lock guns have the lock present. No lock guns are the ones S&W did without the lock, which started in the 2008/2009 time area (my 642-1 was picked up in April 2009).

My other S&W revolver is a pre-lock 629-1, which is a beautiful firearm (firing pin on the hammer and all). I've considered a TRR8, but considering I'm not a fan of .357 Magnum (like the eight shot cylinder), I am really putting it to the back of the list. Maybe S&W will expand their no-lock line... which hasn't happened in the past 8/9 years. Either way, it was way behind a SBR/suppressed CZ Scorpion Evo 3 when I move to Maine... and now even further behind it. [emoji41]

Ruger LCR usually around $350

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I love my J-frame. Had it redone in NP3+, Apex Duty/Carry kit, then picked up a converted 9mm cylinder and had it matched to the gun. The CT grips are always on it (very good training aid... if I use it in real life, so be it), but the LaserMax light was not normally on. Started messing with it, and very happy with it on the gun... so going to the Oaks gun show and have a holster made for it with the light.

I got the gun a little above your $400 limit, but was when the no-locks started showing up.

The LCR is also a very good revolver... but a very different trigger than a S&W. My father bought a .357 LCR, but is heavier than my Airweight. The 9mm is the same Magnum frame, but they do offer the LCRx with an exposed hammer... but think just in .38. Definitely dry fire one before you commit.

I picked up my 442 no lock in a retail shop for $349 last Spring.  Your budget covers some nice S&W models. 

Ruger LCR, SW BG38, SW 642 all great options.