In the long run, function BECOMES image, good OR bad.
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I have mixed feelings.
In the long run, function BECOMES image, good OR bad.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Ecclesiastes 1:18
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool become servant to the wise of heart. Proverbs 11:29
...Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Matthew 25:40
Carpe SCOTCH!
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.........
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.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Ugly guns will be sold off just as fast as beautiful ones if they are not reliable .
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.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Ecclesiastes 1:18
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool become servant to the wise of heart. Proverbs 11:29
...Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Matthew 25:40
Carpe SCOTCH!
This one is 1mm prettier than my Hi-point....
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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.
In the time of darkest defeat,our victory may be nearest. Wm. McKinley.
I was young and stupid then I'm older now. Me 1992 .
Richard Lee Hart 6/29/39-7/25/18
Without trial we cannot learn and grow . It is through our stuggles that we become stronger .
Brother I'm going to be Pythagerus , DiVinci , and Atlas all rolled into one soon .
What year did you buy them?Originally Posted by hoodat
When did you buy them for those prices.
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...
Food is overrated. A nice rifle is way more important.
Rob
I bought a 1914 Mauser cause it was cheap so yeah I'll buy an ugly gun.
Attachment 304416 Will I ever! It might be ugly to some but it is the most accurate handgun I have ever owned.
IT AINT what ya shoot--its how ya shoot it. NONE of us are as smart as ALL of us!
I did.
Old Herters 44, ugly but it was cheap (everyone was looking at wonder 9s) really nice trigger and more accurate than me.
I recently purchased a HiPoint 380 for a “special purpose”.
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.
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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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
It seems that people who do almost nothing, often complain loudly when it's time to do it.
I like Webley revolvers, like Astra’s too. Guess I’ll buy anything.
Last edited by Baltimoreed; 09-12-2022 at 10:27 PM.
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
JUST GOTTA LOVE THIS JOINT.
"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.
There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism—by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide. Ayn Rand
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:
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