If saving money is important, then I would have no hesitation about going with any Gargraves switch that has shiny points, whether those are cast points or plated stamped metal points. I have used these and had good luck with them. (The older ones with the blackened stamped metal points I would avoid, if possible.) Do I prefer Ross? Yes. But Gargraves switches work, and on the layout at my parents' we have about 30 of them, of various sizes and vintages, and better than half were acquired used. The shiny-point ones have been virtually trouble-free. The blackened-point ones have been... an education. Still, I'd take one of those over no switch at all - just, maybe, keep them off the main line.
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