The two dollar pistol

[Ride1949]

I would think todays equivalent of a two dollar pistol would be more along the lines of a Jennings, Bryco, or Phoenix.

Add Davis to the list. My wife bought me a new .380 (before she knew anything at all about guns) for $69.95. It was worth maybe two dollars. After four trips back to the factory to try to get a barrel that wouldn't keyhole at ten feet, I gave it away.

 

[Mike J]

Completely off topic but I thread made me think of a great uncle on my mother's side. I only saw him when we would go to Texas once a year to visit relatives. He & my grandmother had grown up in the Ozarks in Arkansas. He once told me that his mother had sewed him a place inside of his overalls to carry a pistol because of how mean the older boys were. I have no doubt he was probably going to a one room schoolhouse. My mother would always want to go see him & his wife. I would get bored & he would call me into the back room where he was drinking four roses whiskey & tell me stories. From other things my mother told me I suspect they were true.

 

[Mike J]

Add Davis to the list. My wife bought me a new .380 (before she knew anything at all about guns) for $69.95. It was worth maybe two dollars. After four trips back to the factory to try to get a barrel that wouldn't keyhole at ten feet, I gave it away.

That was the other brand I was trying to think of I couldn't remember them all. I think there is another but I can't bring it to mind right now. I had a fellow that wanted to show me his gun once. It was I believe a Phoenix .380. He wanted me to shoot it. I did fire a couple of rounds but it made me a bit nervous.

 

[eveled]

Okay, I got it that the $2 pistol is stolen but now the question is who did he steal the girl sitting in the Corvette from?

I always thought they came with the Corvette.

The trouble with Corvette's no matter how cool you look driving it. Nobody looks cool getting out of one!

 

[Terry G]

Another take. A guy told me the 2 Dollar pistol was made from such cheap metal that it became very hot to the touch after just a little firing.

 

[Randyzzz]

It's amazing how language is butchered to fit our insatiable need for slang terms. Hot can be temperature, something stolen, a woman, a bad temper, a degree of emotion, or a built vehicle engine.

Let's see how many I can get in one picture…

Here's my hot wife sitting on my 1967 Bronco. It had a pretty hot engine, that's why we had to pull over- it was running hot. I was pretty hot but my wife tried to cheer me up by posing on the hood. It worked. (I won't show you the next few…)

 

[Fox Mike]

I imagine that is just another southern saying like "she has a butt on her like a $40 mule."

 

[RC44Mag]

I imagine that is just another southern saying like "she has a butt on her like a $40 mule."

I said that to my wife about a year ago, now I'm almost done with the dental work.

 

[Ride1949]

That was the other brand I was trying to think of I couldn't remember them all. I think there is another but I can't bring it to mind right now. I had a fellow that wanted to show me his gun once. It was I believe a Phoenix .380. He wanted me to shoot it. I did fire a couple of rounds but it made me a bit nervous.

Lorcin, Raven & Sundance were right there in "The ring of fire" and produced the same cheap zamak saturday night specials.

 

[Terry G]

Phoenix .22's, my Brother bought two of them against my advice. One for him and one for his girlfriend. His girlfriend never figured out all the safety's and often couldn't get it to shoot. Some protection. I fired his and a 21 feet at a shoulder high target the round would kick up dirt in front of the target. I advised him to throw them both in the river. The guns and his girlfriend.