Alphazulu6
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I like that one GunTech! So simple but very unique!
OK, how's about an UGLY Revolver thread ?
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busy_squirrel
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This is the least fuzzy pic I have of it.
hexidismal
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Heck, I've got one for you Jeff. Inherited this one from my grandfather many years ago. Its an old colt commando .38 which has at some point in it's life had the barrel replaced with that of an officer's model with a totally different blueing. It also has a little bit of pitting here and there. Believe it or not though, the action on this old franken-gun is truly better than almost all modern production revolvers out of the box.
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pdowg881
Someone that I wouldn't want to know....
Someone that I wouldn't want to know....
Eightball
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Hey, now, GT, I love the unica! I want one, badly 
P. Plainsman
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Nifty thread.
Notice that we've seen only a couple of real aesthetic disasters so far. There's nothing fundamentally ugly about a Bodyguard J-frame or a beat-up old pencil-barrel K-frame. And I think the Target Grey .454 Super Redhawks are "good ugly." Talk about a mean revolver!
Surely somebody has a pic of one of the pimp-a-delic Taurus 85 snubby variants. Electric blue finish, "gold" trim, mother of pearl stocks ... they've got some real eye-crossers.
Notice that we've seen only a couple of real aesthetic disasters so far. There's nothing fundamentally ugly about a Bodyguard J-frame or a beat-up old pencil-barrel K-frame. And I think the Target Grey .454 Super Redhawks are "good ugly." Talk about a mean revolver!
Surely somebody has a pic of one of the pimp-a-delic Taurus 85 snubby variants. Electric blue finish, "gold" trim, mother of pearl stocks ... they've got some real eye-crossers.
I love the Mateba Unica 6. It's great to tell 'gun experts' I have an automatic revolver and then get corrected. Then I get to explain to them, it really is an automatic revolver - or semi-auto anyway.
This gun is weird in so many ways: Semi auto, and it fires from the 6 o'clock position. The only thing missing is a safety catch. LOL.
This gun is weird in so many ways: Semi auto, and it fires from the 6 o'clock position. The only thing missing is a safety catch. LOL.
DaleCooper51
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MP5 -
The hammer on that thing looks like a sock puppet.
The hammer on that thing looks like a sock puppet.
armoredman
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Barricade revolver? Ick.
wuchak
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S&W 460XVR Performance Center - $1121 for this monstrosity.
photo courtesy of Bud's Gun Shop
Not only do the lines not flow, there is such an abrupt transition from each component it looks like the teams were not allowed to speak to each other until final assembly. All of the current Performance Center revolvers share this trait. I'm sure they function well but at these prices they should be visual masterpieces, not train wrecks.
This 629 is better but still has a long way to go.
The defining characteristic of a revolver is the round round cylinder. The main secondary characteristics are the curved trigger, curved, hammer spur, and curved grip. Anything else added should work in harmony with these elements. Putting anything large and square and flat on it looks out of place unless you smooth the edges and the transitions. S&W needs to hire a good industrial designer to coordinate their engineering teams.
photo courtesy of Bud's Gun Shop
Not only do the lines not flow, there is such an abrupt transition from each component it looks like the teams were not allowed to speak to each other until final assembly. All of the current Performance Center revolvers share this trait. I'm sure they function well but at these prices they should be visual masterpieces, not train wrecks.
This 629 is better but still has a long way to go.
The defining characteristic of a revolver is the round round cylinder. The main secondary characteristics are the curved trigger, curved, hammer spur, and curved grip. Anything else added should work in harmony with these elements. Putting anything large and square and flat on it looks out of place unless you smooth the edges and the transitions. S&W needs to hire a good industrial designer to coordinate their engineering teams.
P. Plainsman
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Point well made, wuchak. I agree with you about many of the current S&W PC revolvers.
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