Speaking of budget guns, anyone try out the Palmetto State Armory pistols?
600 rds, over the last 1 1/2 years no complaints. On the mostly bog standard config.
IF you are the type that every year follows the gun magazine/youtuber....trends. The abundance of parts for PSA lets the gun "grow"....lol with you, like oh...now I gotta have a red dot, oh I "need" a threaded barrel, oh now I need....you can just buy a new slide, barrel, trigger, etc at a pretty fair price. Oh, it can't be black anymore, It "needs to" be tan or green...etc. So tops making the gun exactly how it "works" or whatever new trendy gun "bling" , you "want" you're only into it 500-600 top instead of 900 - $1100. More money in your budget for ammo to practice/shoot.
Great gun for the price...imo... and if something does happen to go wrong with anything from PSA, when I did have to use warranty with them once(another gun, after they made a parts revision), it was super easy and I had the gun back within a week and they threw in a mag.
I would rather have a 300 gun and 300 worth of mags, ammo, and a couple spare parts to keep it going for multiple thousands of rds(my lifetime...) and "train/practice" a couple times a year, than a 600-700 gun with no ammo or spare wear items (ie, a recoil spring, etc...), or whatever everyone's budget is.