For you carbon fiber folks

[BlkHawk73]

"S&W will produce 1500 Specially serial numbered 22A pistols in a very good looking, high gloss carbon fiber finish called the CFA. Production begins in July." This from one of the distributors.

 

[BryanP]

Good Lord. I didn't think they could make that gun any uglier. I was wrong.

 

[Frandy]

Thanks for the info. Always good to see what's comin' down the pike.

From the looks of it, however, not my cup of tea.

 

[M2 Carbine]

"I didn't think they could make that gun any uglier"

I agree.
I'm a sucker for the unusual but that is just too ugly.
It looks like it's made out of antiskid deck plate.

 

[Chupacabra]

F-Ugly!

Carbon fiber grips are okay, but the entire gun? No thanks.

 

[TMM]

the concept is really cool, it looks marginally ok, and the gun itself is ugly.

~TMM

 

[Surefire]

The gun is butt-ugly IMO.

Looks kind of like a "ray-gun" from one of those really bad 1950's "B" type movies!

 

[nico]

You'd think with a "limited production" gun, they'd actually make the fake carbon fiber look like something close to carbon fiber. That thing just looks like there's black paint splatter on a gray gun. I've seen $20 "carbon fiber look" strut tower bars on Ebay that looked more realistic than that.

 

[Black Majik]

Bleh, I hate that fake carbon fiber looking crap ala FP6 and Benelli's Supersport II.

But wow, this gun takes the cake for ugly and cheap looking!

 

[BlkHawk73]

Wonder how many will buy one and actually believe it's made of CF rather than just having a finsh on it?

No worse than what they did to the P22's. Somebody musta spilled some funny CF paint up there in Houlton.

 

[berettashotgun]

I work with carbon fiber and kevlar and all the other aerospace "composites" and only have this to say- that stuff sucks. Any composite is made up from layers, JUST like plywood, and has the same inherent problem that plywood has- it delamanites with the introduction of moisture. Carbon fiber also frays terribly and must be epoxy sealed when that happens or it only gets lots worse. I don't want my airplanes made from carbon fiber/kevlar composites and I dang sure don't want my firearms made from them. BTW- that pistol is horribly butt ugly.I'm not talking supermodel butt either

 

[Tman]

Does it come in plaid?

 

[BerettaNut92]

I work with carbon fiber and kevlar and all the other aerospace "composites" and only have this to say- that stuff sucks.

It rocks for tripods....

 

[popeye]

Looks like it didn't pass the HUM V runover test.

 

[71Commander]

I'm afraid that this is the future. Manufacturers have been using CF on golf clubs for years now. At first, it was a failure, but it has been perfected and most makers are jumping onto the process.

CF will start showing up in all kinds of products in the near future. It' s been in automobiles for over ten years now.

 

[Ukraine Train]

Makes me dizzy! Or maybe it's that bologna I had for lunch.

 

[Frandy]

Carbon fiber is fine for grips...

...especially if it has a nice look to it.

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[Dave R]

Will Skunkabilly love it? Maybe it would need a dash of chrome to really capture his fancy...