I picked up a Sig P6 for $250 a few months ago. Not too pretty but is a tack driver!

 

I'd go with a pump shotgun.

m49

 

$250 encourages me to spend a few bucks more for a quality used gun.
Pump shotgun would work for the car but won't fit in my toolbox until I upgrade to a larger roll-around.
I love the Bersa .380 and it is available at $200 used on several forums but something in 9mm would be preferable.

 

lmao at your sig line.

If I were you I would not get a "Trunkgun" but rather a TrunkMonkey

 

$250 encourages me to spend a few bucks more for a quality used gun.
Pump shotgun would work for the car but won't fit in my toolbox until I upgrade to a larger roll-around.
I love the Bersa .380 and it is available at $200 used on several forums but something in 9mm would be preferable.

Next choice if size is a factor is a good solid .357 revolver. You should be able to find a used Rossi or Taurus for that price.
m49

 

But the only thing in the -200$ range is the Armscor revolvers.

 

Any Hi Point pistol can be had new for less than $200 - .380, 9mm, .40, and .45. Could also get a Hi Point 995, which is a 9mm carbine for a trunk gun.

They are inexpensive, relatively low capacity for the size, and your friends may laugh at you, but they are accurate, reliable, and have a lifetime warranty.

 

If you really want to get down and dirty... I have purchased and cut down to legal minimum lengths cheap single shot shotguns. They are easily concealed and very nice little self defense weapons - cheap.

I'd tape a couple of extra shells to the stock and I felt well armed.

m49

 

If you really want to get down and dirty... I have purchased and cut down to legal minimum lengths cheap single shot shotguns. They are easily concealed and very nice little self defense weapons - cheap.

I'd tape a couple of extra shells to the stock and I felt well armed.

m49

The purpose of a truck gun (trunk gun) is to have something moderately accessible that you cannot carry upon your person during normal daily business routine.

That is a rifle or a shotgun. A folding stock AK-47 is very compact and you'll likely never find yourself in a situation where you're outgunned with that. I know an officer that carries an underfolder AK-47 in a tennis racket case in his POV daily.

 

An AK is too much firepower for me, simple, inexpensive back-up pistol is all I am looking for, not SHTF rifles.

 

An AK is too much firepower for me, simple, inexpensive back-up pistol is all I am looking for, not SHTF rifles.

Then you should probably get a .357 or .44 revolver and carry a couple of loaded SpeedLoaders and at least a 50 round box of ammunition.

 

i've seen SS Rossi's for <$200

 

lmao at your sig line.

If I were you I would not get a "Trunkgun" but rather a TrunkMonkey

Get a Trunk Moose.

 

I've got both a HiPoint 9 and a Jennings NINE that I use for this purpose. They have both been good little guns. I bought the Jennings used from a friend for $40 with 5 magazines and a box of ammo. Since then, I have put 1800 rounds through it, and the only issue is an occasional failure to feed, and it won't feed hollow points either... but other than that, not a bad little gun, especially for the price.

 

I have considered the High Points and have read good stuff on them from people that own them, it is a forerunner as it's under 200 new and have a lifetime warranty. I must be surfing the wrong spots, I hae yet to see Rossi's that cheap.

 

I've seen those Trunk Monkey videos hundreds of times and they make me laugh everytime.

For the type of use that you illude to I think I'd go with a revolver.

 

Please tell me where you are getting AK-47s for $200 to $250!

The purpose of a truck gun (trunk gun) is to have something moderately accessible that you cannot carry upon your person during normal daily business routine.

That is a rifle or a shotgun. A folding stock AK-47 is very compact and you'll likely never find yourself in a situation where you're outgunned with that. I know an officer that carries an underfolder AK-47 in a tennis racket case in his POV daily.

 

Please tell me where you are getting AK-47s for $200 to $250!

The purpose of a truck gun (trunk gun) is to have something moderately accessible that you cannot carry upon your person during normal daily business routine.

That is a rifle or a shotgun. A folding stock AK-47 is very compact and you'll likely never find yourself in a situation where you're outgunned with that. I know an officer that carries an underfolder AK-47 in a tennis racket case in his POV daily.

I was attempting to set the OP on the course to the nature of a truck gun. A $200 price limit puts a used SKS into the mix, and with a folding stock, it is about the same size as an AKMS. For $200 you could have a cheap 12 gauge pump gun along with a Mosin Nagant rifle in your trunk, too.

The gun I keep in my car is in my glovebox and is an 8-shot .357 Magnum. My trunk used to house an AK or AR of some sort but lately the trunk has been getting used for all kinds of other crap.

 

Firepower usually has a couple of S&W Model 10 for just over $200 (219 last i checked).

I do also agree a mosin would be a good choice if a long gun is an option, those are still cheap...

 

No long guns, not an option, not what I am looking for, this is merely a spare to the one I carry. Besides, I think there are very few situations where a Mosin or an AK would be a prudent back-up gun other than the high capacity of the AK.

 

I think to be practical your trunk gun should be the same caliber as the weapon it's backing up.

It would be hard to find something like a .357 Sig, a .40 S&W or a .45ACP in the $200 limit you've placed on this exercise.

Makarovs used to be available for less than $200.

m49

 

Typically I would agree but if I have a spare magazine on the belt along with another spare or two in the car the next gun could be whatever, as long as it's larger than .380.

 

What about a Hi Point Cheap, reliable, and when you get tired of it zip it up in a ziploc and bury it in the yard for a rainy day. :shock:

http://www.hi-pointfirearms.com/handguns.asp

 

A keltec P11 in 9mm would work and is small, inexpensive, lifetime warranty. Might be a little too small since you can only get two fingers on it, but add pinky extensions or longer S&W mags and you can get a full grip and have 9mm fire power.

 

i agree on the HI POINT i have the c9 and have put close to 2000 round down the pipe with very few ftfire (had to be the ammo) good little gun for the money and can be had otd for $175 at wts in goldsboro