Ok I know it is cheap, with a frame made of pot metal, but I picked up a great little shooter at a garage sale this past week-end. My wife dragged me along to look at children’s books to donate to an elementary school summer reading program. While there I strolled through the garage and saw a Brayco 9mm on the table, the lady said it had belonged to her father in law, and had only been fired a few times, it came with one full box of ammo and 43 shells in another box, (it appeared to have had only the seven rounds put through it) I asked what she wanted for it, she replied $50.00 for the gun and bullets. Since the bullets were worth almost that much I took it. (The boxes were marked $7.99 and were purchased from a local hardware store that has been out of the gun business for at least 15 years.)
Yesterday I took the gun out to the farm along with a couple of boxes of my 124 gr hard cast reloads. I set a target up and backed off about 25 feet, I was amazed at how accurate the gun is. Even with my old eyes, shooting off a pad on the tool box of my truck I kept all my shots with-in the 10 ring on the target. Shooting off-hand I kept all the shots with-in the 8 ring.
I know this is a cheap pistol, and probably won’t hold up to a lot of shooting, but it goes to show that a “cheapie” can be effective as a self defense weapon when money is limited to purchasing something better. It won’t be my carry gun, but may find a place around the house to serve as a back up so the more desirable (for the thieves) can remain in the safe.
