No
Yes
I have mixed feelings.
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.
"Great genius will always encounter fierce opposition from mediocre minds." --Albert Einstein.
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.
"There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future."
- Saint Augustine
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
I truly believe we need to get back to basics.
Get right with the Lord.
Get back to the land.
Get back to thinking like our forefathers thought.
May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you
and give you His peace. Let all of the earth – all of His creation – worship and praise His name! Make His
praise glorious!
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_
Food is overrated. A nice rifle is way more important.
Rob
Bought a Dreyse .32 pistol recently for an article.
They don't get much uglier that that there, I don't care what anybody says.
Noah
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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I bought my Hi Point C9 from a friend for $20.00 US. She has a great personality.
Wayne
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger - or else it gives you a bad rash.
Venison is free-range, organic, non-GMO and gluten-free
I bought a Glock!
Once!
But it does seem to function as intended although it's not shot much.
Bill
Why, are you selling one
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
Rod
My wifes aunt used to carry one of these. https://www.ancestryguns.com/wp-cont...3-1024x683.jpg
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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.
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[QUOTE=compass will;5492014]My wifes aunt used to carry one of these. https://www.ancestryguns.com/wp-cont...3-1024x683.jpg
I owe an apology to all Glock owners:
The aunt wins.
No way to beat hers.
In school: We learn lessons, and are given tests.
In life: We are given tests, and learn lessons.
OK People. Enough of this idle chit-chat.
This ain't your Grandma's sewing circle.
EVERYONE!
Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |