So are all the ravens a good buy or are there models I should avoid.
Well... and this goes for all 5 generations of the pistol:
1. The frames and slides are cast zinc alloy.
2. The original firing pins are cast metal and prone to breaking. Every one I have, now has a replacement stainless steel firing pin, including the 5th gen I just got. But they are very easy to replace so, there's that.
3. They shoot a very anemic round - 25ACP. And only holds 6+1 rds on top of that.
4. The magazine release is on the heal and you can't drop a mag 1-handed.
5. The safety lever on some can be difficult to move , and on some it's so easy to move it's almost impossible to keep the safety on.
TLDR; They are an absolute terrible choice for a carry weapon but are cheap, simple construction, and a helluva lota fun to plink around with.
And the differences between the 5 generations are in reality, pretty negligible.
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That is kind of what I have been reading.
I need to get me some of those
But they really are fun to shoot... That's all that matters right? Right???
I have a few already that I've been using. They are holding up nicely. .22 and .22mag doesn't even touch them. .223 at 50 yards will leave a very small divot tho. But for the price, I can't complain.
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When I worked at Walmart, many times our weights boxes (both plates and dumbbells) would come out of the storeroom looking like that, sometimes with only a pair (or two) of those fiber straps to keep the box together.
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Got a 38 S&W cylinder from Numrich to replace the cylinder in a S&W M&P that was reamed to accept 38 Special. I was hoping for a drop-in fit, but it looks like it will take a bit more work to get it to fit correctly. 
