Handguns that didn't stick around

[Jim NE]

CZ 40 B.

And CZ 40 P. My CZ 40P is 100% reliable, but only with the exact perfect mag and one or two specific types of ammo (that I've found.) They have a reputation for being off or on with regards to reliability, but if I've found the right combination to work in my gun, what difference does it make? I love my gun because, despite it's narrow window of operating parameters, it feels very good in my hand so I can shoot it reasonably well. I'd like to get the CZ 40 B too, but I can justify owning only so many odd balls.

 

[Wbblazer90]

Smith and Wesson Sigma SW380. The factory supposedly gave them a 2500 round expected life. Considered by most as a piece of crap and a huge mistake by S&W.

Ah the Sw smegma series. Awful trigger and a ripoff of Glock. They ended up paying royalties to Glock.

 

[Taylor Jarrell]

Did they take a sudden jump in price?

I thought they were very competitively priced in the $700 range

They're out there for that but rare from what I've seen especially if they go to auction. The last retail I saw was 800-900 for the 2" as the starting point

 

[Taylor Jarrell]

Ah the sigma, one of the few guns I own that would fit in the didn't stick around category. Not a bad gun with the Apex trigger job, but the real reason I keep mine is it was an engraved gift.

 

[Taylor Jarrell]

Oh yeah? Guess I missed the memo.
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Also mentioned somewhere above, the AMT Automag III (.30 Carbine) and IAI Javelina (7" 10mm 1911)
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Touche my friend. Will I buy one, probably not. Am I jealous and do I want to shoot your's (which is beautiful by the way), you bet your ass. The .30 and 10mm are in great shape too.

 

[Havok7416]

Touche my friend. Will I buy one, probably not. Am I jealous and do I want to shoot your's (which is beautiful by the way), you bet your ass. The .30 and 10mm are in great shape too.

Well we can certainly arrange for you to shoot it if you like. It's a little more dingy now than the picture shows, but it's still a great shooter.

 

[Dain Bramage]

The Mateba autorevolver, the Rhino's low cylinder firing step-pappy.

 

[Monac]

Dain, is that Mateba a 44 or a 357? It looks huge.

 

[Englishmn]

Indian Arms Corp P-380

 

[SFCRandall]

Intratec Cat 9.

 

[Dr.Rob]

I forgot the Cat-9, good find!

 

[Waveski]

Indian Arms Corp P-380

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Looks like it wanted to be a PPK.

 

[sean m]

Intratec Cat 9. View attachment 776985

It's still around
http://www.cobrapistols.net/product-patriot-series-45.asp

 

[Godsgunman]

Beretta 9000. 2002-2006, great subcompact gun IMHO. Beretta snobs never got into it so it got discontinued. I still use mine as an edc.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Does anyone know a good way or website to get to know all the handguns that didn't stick around from the 90's and early 2000's? In really interested in the designs since it was just mere years before I was old enough to purchase and most of these models simply disappeared into pawn shops.(which would be a very slow method to explore my options)

Even listing a few you could think of would help.

Rogak P18- a horrific unlicensed stainless copy of the Steyr GB made in Illinois.

 

[Mauser lover]

Anybody mention the Browning BDM? Coolish design, but I really just wanted to subscribe to the thread...

 

[9mmepiphany]

Rogak P18- a horrific unlicensed stainless copy of the Steyr GB made in Illinois.

Very true. Looked just like the GB, functioned like a Titan

 

[Monac]

Anybody mention the Browning BDM? Coolish design, but I really just wanted to subscribe to the thread...

Oh, right, the Browning Dual Mode! Heck I even bought one of those because of the "convertible" trigger mechanism. It jammed a lot and had poor accuracy. There may have been tales of early frame failures too, but I may be confusing it with the Colt 2000.

 

[Panzerschwein]

Webley.

Wish they still made the top break .455 and .38 Webleys.

 

[Striker]

Security Industries .357 stainless clone of the S&W J frame.

 

[Mauser lover]

Oh, right, the Browning Dual Mode! Heck I even bought one of those because of the "convertible" trigger mechanism. It jammed a lot and had poor accuracy. There may have been tales of early frame failures too, but I may be confusing it with the Colt 2000.

Ummmm... I've never had so much as a failure to feed... No frame failure so far for me either. Horrid grip... but I've go no complaints as far as reliability is concerned. Mags aren't cheap though! And the convertible trigger mechanism is basically useless...

Maybe you should try different ammo?

 

[Monac]

Glad to hear they were not all bad, Mauser Lover. But mine is not good. I used to go to a lot of guns show, and picked up all kinds of ammo. In particular, some kinds of 147gr ammo would not even chamber (Fiocchi, IIRC). The chamber was simply not long enough for them.

 

[Mauser lover]

I thought for a while... I did remember one failure. I was teaching a friend to shoot, and after his first shot, the second did not chamber. We moved his finger off the slide and all was well...

Yeah, I've got nothing to complain about, although I need to try some Fiocchi 147 grain stuff now! I don't carry it much (at all) anymore, so I haven't been rigorously testing it.

 

[GarrettJ]

Anyone remember the brick-shaped Zip-22 from US Firearms? I can't even find a company website any more.

A really... interesting design.

 

[Taylor Jarrell]

The zip was interesting but putting your hand over a soon to be live bore in order to cock it was a terrible design