Will you buy an ugly pistol?

[justindad]

All my pistols have to be gorgeous… unless they are given to me. Am I a rare pistol snob, or do normal people stick with purdy pistols?
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This pic came from another thread. Gorgeous pistola.
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[JimB..]

I have a S&W revolver that I refer to as my prison gun, and not because it looks like it was carried by a guard!

It was inexpensive and it’s a sold performer, but is very rough on the outside.

[armoredman]

The most important is it has to be effective in the role I have selected for it, and completely functional. Looks is a distant third.

[gc45]

NO!!!! My one ugly duckling is an early Smith and their first attempt at making a double action, chambered in 44-40 and with a 20lb trigger pull.

[Winger Ed.]

Life is too short to dance with ugly guns.

[G W Wade]

Can not really call it ugly BUT Guys at the range were all talking about the gun with the owner name on side. Not as bad as imagined. But bought a 4 in Coly Python for $250 that day.. Kinded about changing my name LOL GW

[elmacgyver0]

Life is too short not to embrace All guns.

[36g]

Have bought some for movie props that weren't particularly pretty. Luckily, I didn't have to buy a working LeMat, non-firing replicas were okay...

[Daekar]

I voted no, but I want to clarify that I will buy guns which are middling to attractive... they don't all have to be a Colt 1860 Army or S&W 686. But there is a threshold below which I will not go. If I actively hate looking at a gun, or anything else, it's not coming home with me.

[GhostHawk]

I own a Hipoint C9 9mm pistol. Surely in the top 10 of the worlds ugliest guns.

Yet it is reliable, dependable, reasonably accurate, and reasonably priced.
So it works.

I also own a NAA Ranger II in .22mag that has been my EDC for a couple of months now.
It is drop dead gorgeous. It is also all Stainless Steel and pretty wood, incredibly small, and lightweight.
So it also works.

But I could buy 3 of the Hipoint's for what the little mini NAA revolver costs.

https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.mU6_SKR2CS9WiLFOEzFlngHaFW&w=233&h=160&c=8&rs=1&qlt=90&o=6&dpr=1.25&pid=3.1&rm=2

https://northamericanarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/RANGER-II-BT-768x483.jpg

In the long run, image is nothing, function is all.

[Texas by God]

Apparently I will.....but it's pretty when I hit my target!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220910/0f469fa3d18233f6c868f5d1796f4c5b.jpg

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[45workhorse]

Them high points also make a good boat anchor!:kidding:

[elmacgyver0]

Them high points also make a good boat anchor!:kidding:

Not to mention doorstop.
Ugly, but they take a licking and keep on ticking.
I know I wouldn't want to get shot by one.

[justindad]

I also own a NAA Ranger II in .22mag that has been my EDC for a couple of months now.
It is drop dead gorgeous. It is also all Stainless Steel and pretty wood, incredibly small, and lightweight.

https://northamericanarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/RANGER-II-BT-768x483.jpg

Thanks a lot GhostHawk. Now I have to save up for another gun. That thing is awesome!

[alfadan]

Do you think ugly pistols appreciate it more?

[Winger Ed.]

Life is too short not to embrace All guns.

I used to think that until I handled a Charter Arms.
It's one I'd only take out and shoot if nobody else was at the range.

[JimB..]

Oh, you meant ugly like Glock, not ugly like worn and beat.

[DDriller]

I bought a Glock and probably will buy a Hi-Point

[Winger Ed.]

Oh, you meant ugly like Glock, .


Stop it.
Tupperware guns need love too.

[rbuck351]

I thought you were talking ugly like a Russian Nagant. I'm thinking on getting one of those.

[fatelk]

Beauty is in the mind of the beholder. I don't mind honest wear on a quality gun.

I have an older CZ75 with some "ugly" finish blemishes. It was a European police trade-in import, and came that way. It shoots well and the looks don't bother me at all.
I have a couple older S&W model 10s that were also foreign police trade-in re-imports. They are functionally excellent but far from pretty- well-worn grips and bluing (I cleaned off the rust). They don't bother me either; it's honest wear and the price was right.

[tunnug]

I thought it was "Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder".

[stripper clip]

Now that I think about it, my favorite guns in the safe are the ugliest ones:
FN 1900, Glock 30, last ditch Arisaka (from the very last ditch), Desert Eagle, Nambu
One day I’ll add a Yeet Cannon to the mix so my Glock won’t feel so bad…

[Bmi48219]

I wouldn’t buy a Nambu type 94 unless it was Yamamoto’s personal sidearm.
Ditto for a Glisenti 1910 that hadn’t belonged to Mussolini.
To some a COP Derringer is ugly but I like the look.
A Dardick is pretty homely too but I’d buy one.
Same for a GyroJet.

A HighPoint is pretty ugly but if I were involve in a SD shooting I wouldn’t be upset about it being held in an evidence locker.
Glocks are proven good pistols, that I never could get enthused about.

[imashooter2]

All my pistols have to be gorgeous… unless they are given to me. Am I a rare pistol snob, or do normal people stick with purdy pistols?
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This pic came from another thread. Gorgeous pistola.
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No, I won’t buy an ugly gun, but looks are in the eye of the beholder. That revolver in your picture doesn’t do for me what it obviously does for you.

[Battis]

I bought an 8mm Lebel revolver with what looked like plexi-glass grips. Even the store salesman said it was an ugly gun (its looks brought the price way down). I posted a pic on this forum and learned that those grips were "sweetheart grips," and suddenly it wasn't so ugly. The grips were made from the windshield of a downed German plane, and a photo of the owner's sweetheart was placed inside the grips.

[GregLaROCHE]

Ugly if it’s in good condition. Not ugly if it’s because it’s in poor condition. I went through a period trying to refurbish guns that were cheap and in poor condition. It’s not worth it, unless it is a rare and unique gun.

[winelover]

Own two ugly revolvers. Ruger 357 LCR and a Charter Fit for Duty Bulldog.

Both fill the rolls that the were intended for. Light weight, pocketable and a potent caliber.


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Winelover

[pworley1]

That is why I don't have a Glock.

[missionary5155]

We can make it handsome again and the "collectors" will not run the price up.
Plus I will never worry about hurting the finish.

[Sasquatch-1]

If you like it no pistol is ugly, not even a High Point. That was the appeal of the VW Beatle. It was so ugly it was cute.

[JSnover]

I thought you were talking ugly like a Russian Nagant. I'm thinking on getting one of those.
I have a Nagant revolver and it is ugly but that's not the worst thing about it.

[FergusonTO35]

Well, any pistol is ugly compared to the Browning Hi-Power so I would have to vote yes!

[rintinglen]

I've bought a bunch of beat-up shooters. Pretty is as pretty does.
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[Rapier]

Never judge a book by its cover.

Some ugly old guns have a great history, if documented, they make a great piece. I have my great grandfather's #1 Smith & Wesson 32 revolver. He carried the 32 in his robes while a justice on the Alabama Supreme Court. Also while a judge in Jefferson County.

[jonp]

I own a Hipoint C9 9mm pistol. Surely in the top 10 of the worlds ugliest guns.

Yet it is reliable, dependable, reasonably accurate, and reasonably priced.
So it works.

I also own a NAA Ranger II in .22mag that has been my EDC for a couple of months now.
It is drop dead gorgeous. It is also all Stainless Steel and pretty wood, incredibly small, and lightweight.
So it also works.

But I could buy 3 of the Hipoint's for what the little mini NAA revolver costs.

https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.mU6_SKR2CS9WiLFOEzFlngHaFW&w=233&h=160&c=8&rs=1&qlt=90&o=6&dpr=1.25&pid=3.1&rm=2

https://northamericanarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/RANGER-II-BT-768x483.jpg

In the long run, image is nothing, function is all.

I have several hi points both carbines and pistols. They are not pretty but are the definition of reliable. I have to say i really like that flat, pebbly finish. If the Zombie Apocalypse happened and all i had was a hi point 9mm pistol and carbine i wouldnt cry.

Had a kid at work sell me a hi point 9mm that wouldnt work for $25. Took it apart, saw the Bubba work done, looked up the exploaded diagram online and made a call. Free parts in my hands the next week. They are serious about customer service and id rank them near the top if not #1. Inexpensive guns, not cheap guns.
Yeah...kinda a HiPoint fan i guess

[jonp]

Almost forgot, I will buy ugly if the price is right most times to just tinker and see if it eorks or if i can fix it. Hobby to track down obscure parts online for an obscure or antique firearm

[Bmi48219]

If you like it no pistol is ugly, not even a High Point….

No doubt about it, High Points are at the top for reliable service, plus a warranty that is as good or better than pistols twenty times as expensive. But they aren’t easy on the eyes.
When I see one it reminds me of that Jimmy Soul song from 1963.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=artist+that+performed+if+you+wanta+be+hap py+for+the+rest+of+your+life&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3dartist%2bthat%2bperformed%2bif% 2byou%2bwanta%2bbe%2bhappy%2bfor%2bthe%2brest%2bof %2byour%2blife%26form%3dAPIPA1%26PC%3dAPPD&view=detail&mid=3DB211F26EEAE61236B83DB211F26EEAE61236B8&&FORM=VDRVRV

[hoodat]

A few of my FAVORITES, are the ugly ducklings of my batch. Nobody would want to buy them, and I would never sell them.

Two of them are about or over a hundred years old, S&W 38 top-break, and Colt Woodsman. The Ruger Single Six was my first cartridge handgun. They are all real shooters and have done lots of plinking, killing, and been with me for many years of great times.

That smith cost me a hundred bucks, the Woodsman was also a hundred. The Ruger was $65. For that piddling amount of money, those three have been the best investments I've ever made. I would hate to be the varmint that needed killing when I was packing any of those fine weapons. jd

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[GhostHawk]

JonP I agree with you sir.

My Hipoint C9 pistol came from the pawn shop used (100$) with a broken mag release.
A phone call and 3 days later I had the new part, detailed instructions, a spare mag, and a magazine loader. Total cost to me, zero.

Since the broken part was swapped out it has been absolutely flawless in operation.
Perhaps not my favorite, but I keep it mighty close.

And yes I own 3 carbines as well. 2 bought used, only the .45acp bought new @ full price. They rock too.

[Kosh75287]

In the long run, function BECOMES image, good OR bad.

[rhill]

Heck No!! I just bought a new Python, 4.25", hope to shoot it tomorrow. As I type this it is sitting on my desk getting drooled on. Excuse me, I need to get a towel to wipe it off.........

[justindad]

I have to make an admission of guilt - I bought a SIG P320 a few years ago. Not a good looking pistol, but at least it is chambered in .357SIG.
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I’m definitely a revolver man.

[kanaloa]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[bimus]

Ugly guns will be sold off just as fast as beautiful ones if they are not reliable .

[Kosh75287]

If it's ugly but functions and shoots well, I can always "pretty it up", if I wish, but not TOO much. Very VERY pretty firearms tend not to get used much, at THIS castle.

[Texas by God]

This one is 1mm prettier than my Hi-point....https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220912/488b7f5d9a24744c79e3c78a5401bae3.jpg

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[Harter66]

I once owned an XD40 and a High Point carbine.

About the only thing that would put me off a revolver would be heavy cylinder or frame pitting across the strap . Poor aesthetics make buying a donor or parts cheaper . Where you going to buy an N frame for a DA 45 S&W for $300 and get the guy to throw in a 1955 target barrel so you can hunt legally with it . Yeah I still have to pay for the barrel fit but that's cheap for the end result.

I'm a truck gun kind of guy ........ I married a race horse , then I married a princess , neither worked out . Plain Jane cooks and makes me fat and happy but hasn't had to skate or straight up bounced a check in 10 years, she doesn't wreck or break my cars , and she's just happy I came home in one piece .
I like my guns like just like her easy going safe and reliable.

[GregLaROCHE]

A few of my FAVORITES, are the ugly ducklings of my batch. Nobody would want to buy them, and I would never sell them.

Two of them are about or over a hundred years old, S&W 38 top-break, and Colt Woodsman. The Ruger Single Six was my first cartridge handgun. They are all real shooters and have done lots of plinking, killing, and been with me for many years of great times.

That smith cost me a hundred bucks, the Woodsman was also a hundred. The Ruger was $65. For that piddling amount of money, those three have been the best investments I've ever made. I would hate to be the varmint that needed killing when I was packing any of those fine weapons. jd

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What year did you buy them?

[GregLaROCHE]

A few of my FAVORITES, are the ugly ducklings of my batch. Nobody would want to buy them, and I would never sell them.

Two of them are about or over a hundred years old, S&W 38 top-break, and Colt Woodsman. The Ruger Single Six was my first cartridge handgun. They are all real shooters and have done lots of plinking, killing, and been with me for many years of great times.

That smith cost me a hundred bucks, the Woodsman was also a hundred. The Ruger was $65. For that piddling amount of money, those three have been the best investments I've ever made. I would hate to be the varmint that needed killing when I was packing any of those fine weapons. jd

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When did you buy them for those prices.

[wilecoyote]

HK 45 is ugly as sin, not my #1 caliber of choice, 2nd hand used, etc., but it worked all day long on my training course, notwithstanding my cast handloads...

[Brassmonkey]

I bought a 1914 Mauser cause it was cheap so yeah I'll buy an ugly gun.

[murf205]

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[Daver7]

I did.
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Old Herters 44, ugly but it was cheap (everyone was looking at wonder 9s) really nice trigger and more accurate than me.

[P Flados]

I recently purchased a HiPoint 380 for a “special purpose”.

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I wanted an automatic to allow really low cost & high volume “just for fun” target shooting:


A barrel at least 3.2” long for a decent sight radius and less muzzle blast.

A heavy firing pin hit (for reloaded primers that may include SRP cups).

Able to use easy to acquire range pickup brass. This comes down to 9mm, 380, 40 & 45.

The ability to function leading free with tumble lube bullets no heavier than the Lee 102 RN (mine drop at 0.359” & 108 gr). This rules out 40 & 45.

I felt the 380 was much more likely to give me leading free shooting with tumble lube. I also liked the idea of the reduced muzzle blast. Again, this is just for making holes in paper.

When I got the gun I was not entirely satisfied. It was leading pretty bad until I made a custom 0.358” expander plug and started using the Lee RNs with no sizing. It took quite a bit of work to get it to cycle ok (still not great) and I just could not shoot decent with the trigger pull. While researching my feeding issues, I found that the HiPoint 380 is really just their 9mm gun with a different chamber and the black coating machined off the rib on each side of the slide. Same magazine, frame, slide & springs.

I knew I could make the trigger “better” but really did not want to do the required modifications to this relatively “new” gun. I felt that the less than great feeding was at least partly due to my “short” 380 ammo in a gun that was really set up for the length of 9mm ammo.

I decided to double down. Based on my research, I purchased a fleabay HiPoint 380 parts kit (everything except frame and mag) for around $80 plus $15 shipping and had my son 3D print a “LoPoint” frame. I bought a couple of extra mags from the factory. I made a chamber reamer and converted the barrel to 9mm. I assembled the gun and had lots of problems (the “LoPoint” has lots of room for improvement). Although it had many problems, I noted real quick that the trigger felt much better. I slowly modified the frame as needed to work through all of the problems. Now I am rather pleased. It feeds good (much more reliable than the 380), it will reliably set off reloaded primers in SRP cups, it cycles with a Promo charge of 2.65 gr (right at 380 power level) that give zero leading with the BLL coated Lee 102 RN, the trigger has a much better feel, and I shoot it better than any of my son's 9mms that I had been shooting before I got this gun.

My cost for the ammo is right at $0.025 each with the light bullet (assuming $1.10 per pound even though I am using range pickup), low charge of cheap powder ($16 per pound from a 8# jug bought ~4 years ago) and reloaded primers ($0.002 each).

And if I want, it also shoots good using my full power 9mm ammo with powder coated Lee 120s.

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[hoodat]

Quote Originally Posted by hoodat View Post
A few of my FAVORITES, are the ugly ducklings of my batch. Nobody would want to buy them, and I would never sell them.

Two of them are about or over a hundred years old, S&W 38 top-break, and Colt Woodsman. The Ruger Single Six was my first cartridge handgun. They are all real shooters and have done lots of plinking, killing, and been with me for many years of great times.

That smith cost me a hundred bucks, the Woodsman was also a hundred. The Ruger was $65. For that piddling amount of money, those three have been the best investments I've ever made. I would hate to be the varmint that needed killing when I was packing any of those fine weapons. jd

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What year did you buy them?

The Ruger six shooter was my first, and I was 16. So that puts it in 1972. The Colt Woodsman was next, about '92', and I bought it from another guy who bought it the same day for 60 bucks. The old top-break Smith was prolly 2010. That one's a 38, and I got another "Lemon Squeezer" from him for 250. It isn't ugly enough for this thread though. jd

[Baltimoreed]

I like Webley revolvers, like Astra’s too. Guess I’ll buy anything.

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[slim1836]

All my weapons are ugly ducklings, just some uglier than others. I don't have any expensive or pretty guns. Guess my most valuable is my fathers (now mine) 1917 Colt .45 ACP. Priceless.

Slim

[farmerjim]

"If you want to be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
So for my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you"

Same for guns.

[HumptyDumpty]

I will absolutely buy an "ugly" gun, but it has to be some combination of cheap, unusual, functional, rare, valuable, or funny. A friend of mine recently acquired this monstrosity, and I am jealous:304438

[Sasquatch-1]

I will absolutely buy an "ugly" gun, but it has to be some combination of cheap, unusual, functional, rare, valuable, or funny. A friend of mine recently acquired this monstrosity, and I am jealous:304438

It is pretty ugly, but I think Bubba would be proud. :groner:

[Texas by God]

Does the slide lightening holes offset the accessory weight on that Barney the Dinosaur race gun?[emoji16]

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[HumptyDumpty]

Does the slide lightening holes offset the accessory weight on that Barney the Dinosaur race gun?[emoji16]

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You do what you must to win.

[Daekar]

I will absolutely buy an "ugly" gun, but it has to be some combination of cheap, unusual, functional, rare, valuable, or funny. A friend of mine recently acquired this monstrosity, and I am jealous:304438

Oh... my... that's quite.... I mean to say... what a, uh...

Err...

How unfortunate... lol.

[Bmi48219]

I will absolutely buy an "ugly" gun, but it has to be some combination of cheap, unusual, functional, rare, valuable, or funny. A friend of mine recently acquired this monstrosity, and I am jealous:304438

Not to be judgmental but I’d have trouble falling asleep if that pistol were in my home.

[derek45]

Yes

the CZ P-09 could make a freight train take a dirt road, but it shoots like a match gun.

https://i.imgur.com/F2dMd5s.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/f3Z4kWg.jpg

[Texas by God]

I like that one.^^^^^^ Looks businesslike when cocked and locked.

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[slim1836]

I will absolutely buy an "ugly" gun, but it has to be some combination of cheap, unusual, functional, rare, valuable, or funny. A friend of mine recently acquired this monstrosity, and I am jealous:304438

Come on man, we all know it's yours.:drinks:

Slim

[Texas by God]

Baltimoreed, the craftsmanship on the Webley and Astra transcend appearance. If one wishes to see first class machining- look no further than inside the Astra.
Great collection there, sir.

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[gliebegott]

All depends what you consider ugly. When I was younger i bought anything that was cheap. Now I only buy pretty (S&W but thats my taste) Problem with pretty is you dont want to carry them. So there is a reason to buy ugly at times.

[dverna]

I am in the ugly group for SD guns. I want a gun I can shoot well that is reliable and has decent accuracy. How it looks is way down the list.

[Daekar]

All depends what you consider ugly. When I was younger i bought anything that was cheap. Now I only buy pretty (S&W but thats my taste) Problem with pretty is you dont want to carry them. So there is a reason to buy ugly at times.

Boy is that true. With guns and with other things. The best work truck I've ever used was an old beat up 4-cylinder that was dented, rusted, and torn up inside, but my Lord we used and abused that thing and it just kept ticking.

[rintinglen]

Yeah, I did.

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[barnabus]

i think anyone who has ever bought a Glock has bought a ugly pistol.

[Texas by God]

Ok, I had to throw up a bit......
RintinGlen, let me take those ugmos off your hands!

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[rintinglen]

Sorry, Tex, I wouldn't want you to risk your sight having to look at them. Though the S&W 32-20 in the upper right photo came out of Texas.

[Bigslug]

Obi Wan Kenobi said that the lightsaber was "An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age"

Personally, I'm much more in line with Han Solo's "Hokie religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side"

The question of "what is ugly?" has to be brought up here. If it's a matter of condition, a Royal Blue Python, carried, sweat on, and subjected to hard range use for 20-30 years will be pretty ugly. Do the same to a Glock 17, and it'll come through looking pretty much like. . .a Glock 17.

[Texas by God]

My AR15 pistol is every bit as ugly as my Hi-point pistol.

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[MarkP]

Of course; I bought some S&W M64's that were re-imported from Austria, Turn-ins from Austrian Forestry Service or something similar to that. Carried extensively and rarely shot. I wear one on my side like a pair of pliers when working outside. I have bumped up against fences posts, trees and my tractor Ugly but functional.

[elmacgyver0]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[Brad Phillips]

i think anyone who has ever bought a Glock has bought a ugly pistol.

Have had a few, good news, they are like AK's they just run and run. Not pretty, but they just lean forward and work like a draft horse.

[Wag]

I have a Garand which is in pretty ugly shape but:

- I paid right around a grand for it about 5 years ago
- It's got all matching part numbers inside
- It's a Springfield
- The SN dates it to '42
- It shoots like a dream

I have no doubt it would have stories of the duty it performed in WWII if it could just speak. Maybe it will tell me in my dreams some time.

In my mind, ugly or not, a true treasure.

--Wag--

EDIT: Oops. It said pistols. Sorry. Delete if you like.

[Stacts]

I had to really think about this question...

My answer is No. No, I would not spend my money on a firearm I thought was ugly. I already have functional firearms and so am not desperate enough to buy a firearm without considering its appearance. Why would I want to spend money on something I don't enjoy seeing?

If someone else think's my gun is ugly, well, I don't care. And they should not care if I think their gun is ugly.

I have a S&W model 1 1/2 3rd issue with the entire finish gone and the pistol covered in a thin coat of rust. It was a great great aunt's pistol from when she worked for a police department. Do I think it's ugly? Not really. Would you? Probably.

[Ramjet-SS]

Ugly yes
accurate and easy to shoot in snub nose revolver- YES
followup shots better than any other revolver I have shot or owned YES.

UGLY - Yes

Chiappa Rhino in 357 Mag

I would NEVER get rid of this gun one of my all time favorite carry guns.

[Ed K]

Yes I will. A polymer 9mm & 45 ACP are examples and are considered "tools". However ownership of those tools alone would not render me an enthusiast and ever find me perusing this forum and replying to such a poll!

[Divil]

Ugly is different things to different people. Rusted or scratched ? Probably won’t buy a pistol in that condition. Hi Point ? Too ugly for me. Glock ? Not ugly in my opinion and I would happily buy a G17 and G45 to keep my G43x company. Of course others may think of Glocks as High Point level ugly. It’s all personal perspective in the end.

[GhostHawk]

Cz-52 in 7.62x25 made the year after I was born. Not what I would call a pretty gun. Ugly, well sorta hit by the homely stick a time or 2 yeah.305769

Plain steel, Bakelite grips, nothing pretty about this girl. But, built like a tank. Run forever on a drop of oil and keep right on ticking over. Solid.

Pretty is as pretty does.

[wilecoyote]

I did it, by buying a plastic-frame HK 45 .
it worked fine, etc., but I didn't have peace until recently I got rid of it. I relieved myself by buying a vintage 27-2 snub which is a beauty, and to hell the plastic guns_

[Noah Zark]

Bought a Dreyse .32 pistol recently for an article.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.invaluable.com%2FhousePhoto s%2FOldBarn%2F73%2F687173%2FH2107-L230788365.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=549f7e5a94033e1d07cb5973a6bb74ea33a5f5a040de67 d6100b05dacd8f63ad&ipo=images

They don't get much uglier that that there, I don't care what anybody says.

Noah

[elmacgyver0]

Bought a Dreyse .32 pistol recently for an article.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.invaluable.com%2FhousePhoto s%2FOldBarn%2F73%2F687173%2FH2107-L230788365.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=549f7e5a94033e1d07cb5973a6bb74ea33a5f5a040de67 d6100b05dacd8f63ad&ipo=images

They don't get much uglier that that there, I don't care what anybody says.

Noah

Looks like something from a dystopian movie.

[Ramjet-SS]

Bought a Dreyse .32 pistol recently for an article.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.invaluable.com%2FhousePhoto s%2FOldBarn%2F73%2F687173%2FH2107-L230788365.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=549f7e5a94033e1d07cb5973a6bb74ea33a5f5a040de67 d6100b05dacd8f63ad&ipo=images

They don't get much uglier that that there, I don't care what anybody says.

Noah

Wow

[Texas by God]

I put 9 shots of 9mm loaded with Lee 105 swc over Power Pistol into 2" at 30 paces (from the bench) with my butt ugly C9 Hi- point the other day.
In that moment she looked OK!

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[WRideout]

I bought my Hi Point C9 from a friend for $20.00 US. She has a great personality.

Wayne

[wwmartin]

I bought a Glock!
Once!
But it does seem to function as intended although it's not shot much.
Bill

[Shanghai Jack]

Why, are you selling one

[Rodfac]

Yeah...well I've bought two Glocks over the years....just don't like to talk about it....Fugly doesn't begin to describe them. Rod

[Wag]

Yeah...well I've bought two Glocks over the years....just don't like to talk about it....Fugly doesn't begin to describe them. Rod

Same here, Rod. LOL

--Wag--

[compass will]

My wifes aunt used to carry one of these. https://www.ancestryguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/German-Schuler-Reform-Pistol-Antique-Firearm-013-1024x683.jpg

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[rintinglen]

there are a lot of contenders, but right now Noah's Dryse gets my vote. Until someone drags out one of those Charter Arms Pistol versions of the AR-7, I think he's the front runner.

[Winger Ed.]

[QUOTE=compass will;5492014]My wifes aunt used to carry one of these. https://www.ancestryguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/German-Schuler-Reform-Pistol-Antique-Firearm-013-1024x683.jpg



I owe an apology to all Glock owners:
The aunt wins.
No way to beat hers.

[Gray Fox]

I'll bite, what is the Aunt's gun? I thought I had seen most of the oddballs. GF

[Winger Ed.]

I'll bite, what is the Aunt's gun? I thought I had seen most of the oddballs. GF

A German made Schuler Reform. They were made from 1904 to 1914 in .25ACP.
The barrels come up and remind you of a harmonica after each shot.

There was no way they could compete against the magazine fed designs.

[Rodfac]

It's whining I know but: any handgun with a flattened trigger guard and/or a fiber optic sight qualifies as fugly in my neck of the woods...(read the current crop of Colt revolvers, no matter how nicely they're buffed out...) YMMv Rod

[Texas by God]

Remember the RamLine Exactor .22 pistol? And the Charter Arms broomhandle .22 pistol? Mud fence ugly!

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[Rattlesnake Charlie]

CZ-52. Yes, I have one in 7.62x28.

[GaryM]

I have a 1895 Nagant, an Astra 400 and a Ramline Exactor so yes.

[Good Cheer]

I bought an 8mm Lebel revolver with what looked like plexi-glass grips. Even the store salesman said it was an ugly gun (its looks brought the price way down). I posted a pic on this forum and learned that those grips were "sweetheart grips," and suddenly it wasn't so ugly. The grips were made from the windshield of a downed German plane, and a photo of the owner's sweetheart was placed inside the grips.

Take her wabbit hunting with wheel weight and she'll be your sweet heart forever.

[Good Cheer]

Remember the various .44 and .45 snub noses coming forwards from the end of the 19th Century? Not even the aesthetic norms of the day pushed the designers into actually making something attractive though some were certainly better than others. That's how these latter day stainless steel revolvers from Charter Arms effect me. Attractive as a junk yard office desk paper weight and as mean as their dogs. A large bore Charters snub nose fills a unique niche and looking pretty doesn't count when the lights are out.

PS,
The .41 Mag is just the cat's meow.

[farmbif]

ive always had an affection for ugly unloved guns. when friend offered to me an ugly beat up lend lease S&W 38 special lend lease gun. I did not hesitate. he was afraid to shoot it. I immediately went to store, got a box of 38 spl ammo. took it out in his back yard and proceeded to show him just how reliable the old gun is completely chopping in half an old wooded fence post at about 15 paces. I forgot what I traded him for it but I'm sure this old gun will by far outlast whatever it was I gave him for it.

[samari46]

Was at a local gun show here in Louisiana. Dealer had about ten S&W model 10's with the pencil style barrels. They had been nickle plated at the factory. But calling them nickle plated would have been kind. Basically only small patches of plating survived and the barrels looked to never had been cleaned. The rifling was there but little remained. Was asking $250 each. Was not impressed. Funny part was the revolvers had been stamped EBRP, East Baton Rouge Parish. Frank

[Kosh75287]

I don't REALLY have a use for a Lahti 9mm, nor a Bergmann-Bayard M1910/21. In addition to being obsolete (nonetheless still effective) for their intended purposed, they're not what I'd call aesthetically appealing sidearms. I would, nonetheless, certainly buy either if I could get one for the right price.

[Rockindaddy]

I have given it a lot of thought but I think the Russian Moisin-Nagant is a homely revolver. It is butt ugly! And it shoots a weird cartridge. Have owned a few when they showed up on our shores for $70 each. Shot em and played with the gun but passed it off to another shooter/collector who fell in love with them.

[frkelly74]

Feo, Fuerte, y Formal'

[fatelk]

Very common mistake to make, but the Russian Revolver is the 1895 Nagant, designed by Belgian gunmaker Leon Nagant, nothing Mosin about it.

The Russian rifle is the Mosin-Nagant, known commonly in Russia as simply the Mosin, designed mostly by Sergei Mosin, with some minor features of Nagant's design.

[Texas by God]

Hi-point picked a good time to introduce their ugly pistol in 10mm. They will probably sell quite a few.
Well, not really introduce. Probably just a different barrel and magazine needed.


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