Most cost-effective gun for self-defense (2022 edition) - Pew-pew for me and you-you

[Pignat]

Depends on your use case.
If you're looking for a nigger blaster, your cheapest, most cost effective option is a glawk fawdy (A Hi-Point in 9mm). One can be had for as low as $130. 9mm is the most common handgun ammunition and will always be around. Hi Points don't need spare parts because they're built like brick shithouses to save on pesky things like engineering or quality control.
If you're looking to defend yourself against predator animals, any pump action 12 gauge will do. You can get a maverick 88 for around $200. 12 gauge is cheap, common and available in loads suitable for urban and rural predators.
If you're looking to water the tree of liberty in self defense, you'll want an AR-15, the cheapest you can get one for is a $350 PSA parts kit, $40 bucks for a few mags and $50 stripped lower, you'll have to assemble it yourself like an Ikea product, and it will have a similar level of quality. .223 is the cheapest rifle round you'll get that isn't a rimfire. There will be tons of spare parts on the market.
That is the absolute bare minimum if you're a cheap jew and don't want spend more than the absolute minimum. You will have a lot easier time if you spend a few hundred more bucks, but the returns begin to diminish very quickly.

 

[Bored & Confused]

If it's for protection in the home, get a 12 gauge, pump action shotgun. Mossbergs are nice, dependable & have an ambidextrous thumb safety. Do not get a shotgun with a pistol grip. Those are dumb, & you will get hurt.

If it's for self-defense on the street, get a mid-sized handgun in 9 mm. If you are a first-time gun owner, I highly recommend that babby's first handgun be one with a manual safety. Glocks are cheap & their popularity attests to their reliability, but they do not have a manual safety. This can be an issue for some first-time carriers who may be worried about negligently discharging the firearm. You should use hollow point ammunition when carrying to minimize over penetration of your hypothetical assailant.

Go to your local gun store/s & get a feel for what is most comfortable to you. Most importantly, train with whatever it is you do decide to purchase.

buy a hundred hipoints and put them all over the house and in the drywall. they will never see it coming

 

[make_it_so]

Probably the most important thing to consider besides price is how it handles and if you feel comfortable shooting it. Shopping for guns in this sense is almost a bit like shopping for shoes - you'll want one that's a good and comfortable fit in your hands that you can trust you will be able to control when you need to use it. Go handle some in a gunshop, but more importantly go rent some at a range to test them out.

 

[I faked the autism]

Hi Points don't need spare parts because they're built like brick shithouses

This is true. Mostly because the upper receiver unlike most other modern semi handguns, it is built out of old school cast iron and not regular steel. This is also the reason it makes it top heavy. Even demolition ranch admitted it's a good "truck gun" a cheapo that will work that you can beat up and throw around for cheap.

 

[Pendulous Dong]

P365XL is excellent, concealable, and comes cut for optics straight out of the box.

 

[Catgirl Enthusiast]

I'm no gun expert but if your concern about ammo prices, you'll want a .22 Revolver. The gun should cost at least 200$, .22 ammo in bulk is very cheap, and very easy to clean, and low recoil for people new into guns.
My first gun is a Smith&Wesson M&P compact 2.0. A good quality gun and nice texture around the grip.

I use a .22LR for squirrels. It can be effective on people, but on some nigger full of pcp it is just like a ant bite.

Technically, I think your most cost effective option is a pipe bomb. But Glocks are safer.

50 parts ammonium nitrate to one part diesel fuel. You will also need a blasting cap to set it off. There is a military handbook on improvised munitions that can help you further.

Now look, I've never been shot by a 22 so I can't attest to exactly how it feels, but I've certainly shot things with them before and I'm not sure why gun people always act like they fire BBs or something. There are countries where the only guns available fire 22LR and they successfully hunt wild boar with that.

In this case, if someone's broke and we're looking for babby's first gun to protect yourself when you're headed to a rough area for work, a 6 round 22 revolver would be serviceable option, and if money is tight a 22 revolver will cost about 1/3 as much as a glock will, as will the ammo.

Nobody is going to laugh when you shoot them with a 22.

I Edc a 380acp. I feel that it is inadequate, but my Ruger LCP2 is the only gun that I can comfortably carry in my circumstance. I'd prefer to carry my .45. .22 can kill. A BB gun can kill. A blunt object can kill. I'd suggest at least some kind of nine mil if you can comfortably carry it. Go bigger if you can comfortably carry and shoot it. 380 FMJ is like the most bottom tier of what can penetrate a fat ass american and make them stop. If some fat nigger has on a thick ass jacket your .22 or .25 it might only piss them off and if the are on pcp they might not even know that you shot them. .380 is a shit tier round, but at least it can go from one side of a nigger to the other. I really suggest at least 9mm. 50 Desert Eagle is your best bet.

 

[Pendulous Dong]

You will also need a blasting cap to set it off.

Shit, that reminds me. I made some stuff a few months ago, but I can't set it off without a blasting cap and I don't trust myself with electronics enough to make one from scratch. Is there anywhere I can get some blasting caps without a license in the US?

 

[(((Obar Lazcano Kamz)))]

buy a basic attention token gun

 

[Catgirl Enthusiast]

Shit, that reminds me. I made some stuff a few months ago, but I can't set it off without a blasting cap and I don't trust myself with electronics enough to make one from scratch. Is there anywhere I can get some blasting caps without a license in the US?

Tim McVeigh figured it out and he was a total retard. I gave you all of the reading material that you need. If you want to take part in domestic terrorism I applaud you, but I wont be an accomplice.

 

[Jewthulhu]

Zip .22

Though seriously, I have a Glock 19. Didn't cost too much and I've had no issue with reliability. My only complaints is the lack of manual safety is a bit uncomfortable for me, and it's a little awkward to use as a lefty (mostly the slide/mag release). But try stuff if you can and find what's right for you; I was dumb and jumped on the Glock the second I turned 21 and now I'm considering trading it in for something more comfortable for me.

 

[Burned CDs]

My first pistol was a Cobra freedom series. It's kind of top heavy and has a lot of machining imperfections, which can be fixed with a little bit of time and care.

Mine was Finnicky and preferred federal ammo, ie regular full metal jacket. The casings from hollow points would sometimes not get ejected properly by the extractor. I modified my extractor with a file but never tested it on hollow points afterwards.

New, they go for $120-160. I paid $90 for mine, it was previously owned but never fired before.

There's the freedom series fs380, and the compact version. I've heard some bad things about the compacts slide coming off during recoil and hitting the user in the face, so i chose the full size. They also come with lifetime warranty.

 

[TerminalTryHard]

Depends what your planned usage is for it. Do you plan to carry it around with? Or more of bedside gun?

A lot of people have mentioned Glock and for good reason, they're cheap easy to find and reliable. Of you're lucky you can find a police trade in.

 

[Big Al's Famous Pork]

People talk alot of shit about Hi Points, and to an extent I get it. They are cheap nigger guns.
But they do work. I have owned a Hi Point in the past.
You will be able to stop an intruder with a Hi Point. It may jam after the six or seventh round.
If you have not dispatched the threat in six or seven rounds you done fucked up either way.
It is always better to be able to protect yourself than not be able to.

 

[Stoneheart]

why do you need a gun? just get a pitbull...

 

[Drkinferno72]

I'd go with Glock 19 for concealed carry

 

[Drkinferno72]

why do you need a gun? just get a pitbull...

I'm not black

 

[NoReturn]

Depends what your planned usage is for it. Do you plan to carry it around with? Or more of bedside gun?

I left it open because this was less about me-NoReturn than that I wanted there to be an informative thread. Seems to have worked because there are some really informative posts in here.
Thank you, guys.

 

[HarblMcDavid]

...Do not get a shotgun with a pistol grip. Those are dumb, & you will get hurt.
...

I assume you mean Pistol Grip Only, not a pistol grip stock. Pistol grip stocks are fine.

 

[Bored & Confused]

I assume you mean Pistol Grip Only, not a pistol grip stock. Pistol grip stocks are fine.

You are correct, I should have been more clear.

Addendum to post #22:
Shotguns with pistol grip stocks are a perfectly fine option. Shotguns with just a pistol grip are not. Fun though the range toy may be; you are defending your home, not a dumpster.

This can happen to you as you groggily take aim at persons of criminal persuasion at 3:02 in the morning:

Featuring marksmanship talents of:

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[MembersSchoolPizza]

Now look, I've never been shot by a 22 so I can't attest to exactly how it feels, but I've certainly shot things with them before and I'm not sure why gun people always act like they fire BBs or something. There are countries where the only guns available fire 22LR and they successfully hunt wild boar with that.

In this case, if someone's broke and we're looking for babby's first gun to protect yourself when you're headed to a rough area for work, a 6 round 22 revolver would be serviceable option, and if money is tight a 22 revolver will cost about 1/3 as much as a glock will, as will the ammo.

Nobody is going to laugh when you shoot them with a 22.

Don't listen to the retards telling you to get a .22 for self defense. Sure at the end of the day it's a bullet fired from a gun and will hurt, you will die bleeding out (if hit in the right spot) staggering off much later (if not treated) You want a caliber that's going to drop somebody immediately no matter where you hit them. Even a big mother fucker (6,6ft 320lbs) you can buy any caliber of high point .22-.45 in between $100-200$ (of course because of inflation that might of changed and depending on which state you're in) but I got my nigger Point .45 for 160$ from a pretty mainstream FFL dealer. Local FFL dealer's tend to charge more.

Yeah... So, a .22 will kill you very dead. You can survive a .45. But statistically, they are not equal. And the .45 has a lot more kinetic energy. It's gonna do some damage. Even if you don't hit anything vital, it's going to wreck a lot more tissue, be it bone, muscle, organs, nerves, veins, or some combination of of the above. The more damage you do, the more systems you disrupt, the more pain you inflict... all of that adds up to the mythic "stopping power".

As far as budget goes...

Ammo I'm allways going to say 9mm. I personally am not a 9mm fan, I'm a .45 grognard, but budget-wise, there's no question. Besides, you get a lot more rounds... I've only got 6+1 in my carry gun, because .45 rounds are fat little bastards.

If you can afford nothing else, a 9mm Hi-Point. Yes, it's ugly, clunky, and unpleasant to shoot. But it works, is pretty reliable, the next best thing to indestructible. and 9mm ammo is cheap and plentiful, relatively.

If you can afford just a little bit more, a Taurus made in the last 5-6 years. Don't buy a used one of unknown age. Taurus had egitimate problems for a while, but modern Taurus guns are pretty good and very affordable. Specifically, you want either a Taurus G3, or a G3c. The G3c is their carry version, it's got a 3.2" barrel instead of a 4", and a smaller grip. It's basically the same gun, though. Again, 9mm for affordability.