Irish Pat Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 A lady I work with offered to sell me her Jennings Bryco 380, I have never had anything like that ..are they any good? irish Pat sass 19486 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 They tend to be on the low end of the .380's both in quality and reliability. Not a gun I would use for anything but a range gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Pard please listen to me ! STAY AWAY JUNK ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Sgt. Jake McCandless #3368 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 They tend to be on the low end of the .380's both in quality and reliability. Not a gun I would use for anything but a range gun Chantry is being very kind in his description of Jennings. Adios Sgt. Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacknife Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Makes a good fishing weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Fill 'Em 67797 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Offer her $25 for it, then take it to the gunshow and sell it for $75! They are not good guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 If she is selling it for $10.00, buy it..........never know when it might come in handy. CS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 PURE---POS! LG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Great Gun...sell anything you have to obtain it....all your other guns, house, the kids, car, motorcycle, gold....what ever it takes NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wyatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Nathan C. Riddles, SASS # 7462 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 PURE---POS! LG +1. Good tot line weight or throw down, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Damwright Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Had a Jennings 22 long ago. If I had a dollar for every full magazine that cycled through it without a jam, I wouldn't have enough to buy a pack of crackers from a vending machine. JENNING = JUNK !! P.S. I use something heavier for my trot lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adirondack Jack, SASS #53440 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Paperweight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacknife Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Years ago there was a guy named Lorcin Jennings that wanted to get in the gun manufacturing business. He started two companies to make guns, one was the Lorcin and the other the Jennings, Both a pile of crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Pony Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Guns of that quality used to be called "throw guns" or "thrown downs" if you get my drift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 +1. Good tot line weight or throw down, Don't want to poison the fish..... LG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Coles SASS 1188 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Lefty Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Buy it cheap then the next time a local PD is doing a "gun buy back" trade it in and profit! I have a Jennings 22 that I traded a 20.00 CPU for, that I am waiting to trade in. It's not like you are giving them real guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Jim Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I have an old Jennings semi-auto .22 that I bought back in the 60's. I'm waiting for some city around here to offer a gun buy back program so I can dump it on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Smokepole #29248L Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 IMHO, crappola..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasty Newt # 7365 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 You're a patient man, Two Bits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Saint Eagle, SASS # 64903 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 A lady I work with offered to sell me her Jennings Bryco 380, I have never had anything like that ..are they any good? irish Pat sass 19486 They have one major flaw, they're not heavy enough to be a boat anchor. IMHO Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Jim Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 You're a patient man, Two Bits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Woodrow Cahill, SASS # 54363 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 If you can get it to fire two shots before it jams, you got a good one. Offer her $20, and then wait for a buy-back and trade it in for the $100 worth of Big Mac coupons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakebite Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I think that this is the first post that I have ever seen that is 100% in agreement. NO! Don't cut corners when purchasing a gun that needs to fire when you need it to fire. These are NOT that gun. Snakebite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oklahomabound Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 ...had one back a few years ago... .380. I had jam issues constantly, and rather than sell it again, I carefully placed it in a bucket and poured it full of concrete. The Jennings/Bryco .380 now serves me well as a boat anchor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKFOOT SASS #11947 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 You would have to fix it up some to make decent junk. Blackfoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck D. Law, SASS #62183 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I've never owned one, but if I'm understanding the opinions stated here, apparently you can have them nickle plated and have a shiny POS. Just trying to be the eternal optimist here. Okay, here's a positive thought: Never have I seen the Wire in such harmonious agreement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Houston # 35508 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I have a Chrome J-22, works good for Rat Killin! Also got a couple of Possums with it. http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd133/LoneRiderLeather/MVC-411S.jpg http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd133/LoneRiderLeather/MVC-105S.jpg http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd133/LoneRiderLeather/MVC-153S.jpg There are was to make them work. Would I depend on it to save my life....NO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasty Newt # 7365 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 My nephew had one. It literally fell apart in his hand while he was shooting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 If you can get it to fire two shots before it jams, you got a good one. Offer her $20, and then wait for a buy-back and trade it in for the $100 worth of Big Mac coupons. That's for sure. A friuend of mine had one. I called it a bangclick because that's what it did every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Buy it cheap then the next time a local PD is doing a "gun buy back" trade it in and profit! I have a Jennings 22 that I traded a 20.00 CPU for, that I am waiting to trade in. It's not like you are giving them real guns. Lefty the only reason NOT to do that is you're supporting "anti-gun" policies. Please everyone refrain from selling guns to cities "buy back" programs. Yer just advancing their anti-gun policies. Like was said buy it fer $25 and take it to a gun show and sell it for $75 or whatever. Just MHO, Rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacknife Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Jack, I see you put yours to good use, putting dinner on the table. POssum and taters, yum yummm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash Duckett Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 My 9mm Lorcin has never missed a lick. But I can't figure out how to break it down for a good cleaning so it just sits. I heard most of the good ones were stolen off the line while being tested. Bad neighborhood for building guns I guess. Cash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Probably the reasons above is why she is selling it... GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Will Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Howdy... we live in a seafood rich environment.... ocean, bay(s) and rivers. The Chesapeake Blue Crab is famous as a food source.... shipped across the country and highly prized. We catch them by placing wire cages with a piece of chicken in it, attached to a line and float held in place at the bottom of the water by a weight. The BRYCO makes an excellent 'crab' weight and as such I can recommend the BRYCO as just that.... a Crab Weight. While in the gun business for years, I saw several of these crab weights have catastrophic failures.... one going full auto when the slide was dropped. Your Pard, Deacon Will (Expert in consumable seafood) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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