Ugly Hand Gun List

[Shingle]

The Nambu is real ugly and a unsafe *** they should have been sunk in the Pacific.

[Idaho45guy]

I think that gold plated tiger striped Desert Eagle is at the top of the list for me. I do not think there is an uglier gun in existence. My eyeballs hurt after looking at that monstrosity. Fugly indeed.

I found one uglier.

I think just about ANY gun in gold is ridiculous (except for brass-framed lever actions...) so when you take the world's ugliest revolver and make it in gold, then you have raised the bar for ugliness...

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[Tatume]

For the most part I enjoyed this thread because you guys have put together a collection of really desirable handguns. Most of the really nice ones are financially out of my reach. I would really love to have that Borchardt C-93.

[Traffer]

I volunteered to help the "Friends of The NRA" and sold raffle tickets at booths at various events. We took 7 guns to the events that were to be raffled off. In that group, we had a PINK revolver that came in a pink carry case. That pistol attracted more attention and sold more raffle tickets for us than ANYTHING else! I could have sold that pistol 1000 times on the spot! People simply went nuts over the thing.

Flash

My wife wants a pink hello kitty glock.

[roysha]

Glocks.....just plain butt ugly.......

Larry Gibson

YUP!! what he said!

[Tatume]

Ugly is as ugly does. I keep getting reports of people shooting themselves in the leg while re-holstering Glocks and other pistols that have the semi-cocked action and the finger-lever safety. One was a service member I served with, who was crippled for life.

[JeffG]

Glocks

[Idaho45guy]

Ugly is as ugly does. I keep getting reports of people shooting themselves in the leg while re-holstering Glocks and other pistols that have the semi-cocked action and the finger-lever safety. One was a service member I served with, who was crippled for life.

I fail to see how it is the gun's fault that the trigger was pulled when it shouldn't have been.

But blaming guns for people's negligence is nothing new.

[Tatume]

I didn't actually blame anybody for anything. But the way the incident occurs is this: a bit of shirt tail gets in the trigger guard while the gun is being inserted into the holster. As the gun is pushed home, the cloth offers enough resistance to operate the trigger.

Could it happen with an ordinary double action pistol or revolver? Maybe, but I've never heard a report that it has.

Could it be prevented by the operator? Obviously, yes. And yes, it is the responsibility of the operator to see that it doesn't.

Would I own one? No.

[Idaho45guy]

I didn't actually blame anybody for anything. But the way the incident occurs is this: a bit of shirt tail gets in the trigger guard while the gun is being inserted into the holster. As the gun is pushed home, the cloth offers enough resistance to operate the trigger.

Could it happen with an ordinary double action pistol or revolver? Maybe, but I've never heard a report that it has.

Could it be prevented by the operator? Obviously, yes. And yes, it is the responsibility of the operator to see that it doesn't.

Would I own one? No.

So you would never own any striker-fired pistol? Because that is all the Glock is and it's design has been copied numerous times by most manufacturers.

A reasonable statement would be that you wouldn't own any pistol that didn't have a manual safety or a hammer.

Not sure why you are zeroing in on Glocks.

[Tatume]

I didn't say that either. Some striker-fired pistols are partially cocked to make the double-action trigger pull easier. They have a safety lever in the trigger that must be depressed to move the trigger and fire the gun. The system originated with Glock, I think. I avoid them.

Some striker-fired pistols have a conventional safety, and some are double action/single action or double action only. Not all striker fired pistols are copies of the Glock. I happen to like my H&K P7 very much. It is a striker fired pistol.

I'm sorry that I offended you. Glocks can be handled and used safely, as evidenced by the many thousands in service. You are correct, as I agreed to earlier, that it is the operator's responsibility to handle any gun safely. But I don't like this type of action. My opinion, and nothing more.

[Idaho45guy]

I didn't say that either. Some striker-fired pistols are partially cocked to make the double-action trigger pull easier. They have a safety lever in the trigger that must be depressed to move the trigger and fire the gun. The system originated with Glock, I think. I avoid them.

Some striker-fired pistols have a conventional safety, and some are double action/single action or double action only. Not all striker fired pistols are copies of the Glock. I happen to like my H&K P7 very much. It is a striker fired pistol.

I'm sorry that I offended you. Glocks can be handled and used safely, as evidenced by the many thousands in service. You are correct, as I agreed to earlier, that it is the operator's responsibility to handle any gun safely. But I don't like this type of action. My opinion, and nothing more.

I understand. I mistakenly took your original post as to mean that Glocks were the only striker-fired pistol that people have negligent discharges with and that you avoid only Glocks.

Your clarification makes more sense. Sorry if I came off as offended.