California Z gun.
When I sold them at Galyan's we called them "trot line" guns. The best purpose for a CA Z gun was as a trotline anchor.
Our buyer called them "popcorn guns" as they were as durable as popcorn and sold like that too. IIRC we got about half of them back.
I would not have one, but if you understand the limitations of the platform and are looking for a POS to shoot only at the range, your call.
Me? I would use the $40 for mags or ammo.
I missed that gun so much that I bought two more off of Gunbroker and am trying to turn one of them into a suppressor host (may not work as that barrel is pretty thin but it might be possibly by doing internal threading and having an adapter made that has 1/2x28 threading).
Given that the .25 ACP is a pretty anemic cartridge, I would think you could have a sleeve machined to fit snug over that little bit of barrel protrusion with a couple of holes to spot weld and then turn it down with the extension threaded 1/2-28.
I don't know, there isn't much space at all in front of the slide (not mine, though the one that went to my ex looked exactly like that). Internal threading robs you of a bit of barrel length, but I think it might give you a more secure base for the adapter (I don't want any baffle strikes, though granted I'll be shooting it with a 9mm can on it, so there will be some wiggle room).
It sorta worked, just to update. No Jiminez for this guy.
This is a gun that retails at least triple that new. You could buy it for a trade and get a significant amount of free trade value on your next gun shop purchase.
This would be the only good reason to buy one. By the way. Welcome to INGO.
Raven, Bryco, Jennings, Jimenez....................they are what they are, many of us (just won't admit to it, like riding a moped, or having fun with a fat lady) have had one at some point in their younger less affluent and knowledgeable days.
I had a Jennings, that worked pretty much and carried it in a shirt pocket in my early twenties. A tackle box pistol, yea, I once saw a security guard at a Toys-R- Us (Castleton Square) with a dual shoulder holster sporting two of them.
If it works, great, you get what you paid for, if not, well there is always a get a Pizza certificate or $25 cash buy back for a gun program.
Fun toys...............got rid of mine long ago, but wouldn't throw one away if I had it today.