Bought a cheapie...don't know why.

[Countryside]

I was at a gun show recently in Cisco, Texas and I bought this.




Ok...I can hear you out there laughing. Yes, a Jimenez...remnant of the old Jennings Firearms. I guess the reason I bought it was for fun...something to play with.
NOT for CHL or self-defense...I have others for that. They had two to choose from in .380...blued or chrome. I chose chrome...been a while since I had owned a pimp gun. The only thing missing are rhinestones on the grips. I would say it was a cheap gun...I guess for a gun it was...and it was at a gun show. Heck, even the box of ammo was too much but I wanted to shoot it when I got home.
It feels good in the hand. The slide action is ok. The trigger.....well, it's a cheap gun trigger. Stiff and a tad gritty. It has an "adjustable" rear sight and a red front post sight. At the range (my backyard) I tried it out with 50 rounds. I found the safety was very easy to flip up and down...a bit too easy I think. Mags would drop okay but I noticed they were hard to get in. It turns out that to insert a mag you have to press the mag release. Not a biggie I guess but a little odd since I'm used to 1911s. Also, after the last round fires the slide doesn't lock back. If you're not counting rounds you'll pull the trigger and just get a "snap."
How did it shoot? Well, out of 50 rounds I only had one FTF. With a bit of lube and shooting a few rounds the trigger seemed to get a little bit better. It was easy to aim and shoot, and at around 10 yards it was fairly accurate.

[Abraham]

Ah, ok...

[LeonCarr]

No Comment

[Taypo]

Still better than a Hi-Point

[txcharvel]

Still better than a Hi-Point

Surveys have shown that roughly 96.7 percent of people making this comment have never fired a Hi Point (OK, I made that number up...but still probably true). Roughly the same number have never even held one.

I'm not knocking the Jimenez as I'm certain it's the finest pistol with the name Jimenez on it...but it's not better than a Hi Point

[JRG]

Ummmm...............I don't know why you bought a Jimenez either!

Joe

[Taypo]

Still better than a Hi-Point

Surveys have shown that roughly 96.7 percent of people making this comment have never fired a Hi Point (OK, I made that number up...but still probably true). Roughly the same number have never even held one.

I'm not knocking the Jimenez as I'm certain it's the finest pistol with the name Jimenez on it...but it's not better than a Hi Point

As someone who has both held and shot a Hi Point, I can confidently tell you that no matter WHAT the pistol is, its better than a Hi Point.

Try that line on someone else, maybe it will work better next time.

[WildBill]

Some people just can't pass up a "good deal".

[JALLEN]

67.3% of statistics are misleading and the rest are flat wrong.

[puma guy]

So are you saying you paid THEM?

[Javier730]

Over priced paper weight.

[mojo84]

67.3% of statistics are misleading and the rest are flat wrong.

Are you saying the other 52.45% are not accurate? Are you sure about that?

[maintenanceguy]

You can't own one of everything if there are guns you won't own.

[Charlies.Contingency]

Still better than a Hi-Point

Surveys have shown that roughly 96.7 percent of people making this comment have never fired a Hi Point (OK, I made that number up...but still probably true). Roughly the same number have never even held one.

I'm not knocking the Jimenez as I'm certain it's the finest pistol with the name Jimenez on it...but it's not better than a Hi Point

As someone who has both held and shot a Hi Point, I can confidently tell you that no matter WHAT the pistol is, its better than a Hi Point.

Try that line on someone else, maybe it will work better next time.

I've had the chance to play with many hi-points, mostly because I had people bringing them too me to show me their cool new gun, and asking to shoot with me. After letting them shoot my XD(S) after shooting a hi-point, every one of them promptly sold their hi-points and bought either real 1911, Glock, or Springfield. This is a Fact. Hi-point is garbage, and a throw-away-gun for bad people IMO.

I don't like them, can you tell?

Seen a jiminez before, but never shot one.

[ShootDontTalk]

Hey now...a little respect please. That yimminey cricket.....er....Hernandez....er....whatever it is, is a Kimber compared to my Lorcin.

Praise the Lord I didn't have to pay for it.

I have come to understand that these cheap little guns do serve a purpose - believe it or not. I've met several very poor people who needed protection because they lived in very bad neighborhoods. Given their lack of finances, a quality gun was out of the question. As most of us know, having a gun when you really need one is a lot better than not having one.

One actually took a CHL class with one. The LGS chipped in 50 rounds of ball and 20 rounds of defense for this little old lady. The CHL instructor chipped in his cost. She got the ability to protect herself and we all felt good about helping out.