Ugliest pistol ever!

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If Arnie can hire a writer who just does one liners, couldn't Glock hire somebody to redesign their product to look more sexy/lethal? Can we start a writing contest: Gen 5 the aesthetic adjustment? How bout at least making the slide look as good as the H&K P9S?
Can we have Tenifer in colours? (Besides FDE...)
Cheers, J
 
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You guys aren't even close to the ugliest gun ever. When you want ugly, you gotta START with the USFA Zip 22. Here, we got an interesting example of form following function. The Zip 22 looks like an abomination. It also functions like an abomination.
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Amen this. The "Zip" gun looks like a matchbox with a pipe stuck in one side. With or without a magazine.

I don't think the Hi-Point 9mm is much uglier than any other modern plastic, metal gun. Oddly enough, it's one of the most comfortable guns I've ever fired. And the one I had, worked just fine.

I admit the 40/45's are seriously "commetically challenged" shall we say.

I don't think Glocks are really "ugly" although I use that word all the time to describe them. They're just sort of plain I guess. And everybody and his cousin has one. If you walk down the line at the range, it seems eight out of ten people are shooting one, and they all look just alike.

You know, it's funny, I'm sure a line of 38 revolvers all looked pretty much alike but I don't remember it that way.

That XD is what my wife would call "busy" if it were a dress.

Those Japanese guns look like they were designed by a committee.
 
IMO, most French handguns look like something that was either 1) intended to work but cobbled together from parts from (separate) countries that knew how to make weapons or 2) made by some art-deco designer but not intended for use.

And I can't believe everyone's mentioned the Glock and XD without dropping the Ruger P series.
 
Well some of the finger ring lever operated pistols were pretty weird looking. Of course they would look just right among steam punkers and such these days. Some of the later ones make the Volcanic look good. Tried to raise a little interest in them in the HellGate series by getting Linda to work them into an early scene.

French stuff? Well once you get past their old 8mm revolver things tend to look up. Can't say I find the Manhuran .357 DA revolver repulsive. I rather like the look of the M 1950 and MAB P15, workman like ,but there it is.

-kBob
 
None of the pot metal guns are particularly handsome but they are also generally cheap so I give them the right to be ugly.
Most of the pictures here are actually pretty cool looking to me. I have a Japanese Type 26(or is it 27) that ain't hitting on much in the looks department.
I have a Hi Point 45 and it is about as ugly as anything I have ever seen. Unfortunately it has never had an FTF of any kind over the past two years so, while ugly, it is quite functional. Same for the C9 though I don't think it is quite as ugly as the 45.
 
To me the ugliest are the Bersa Super Commanche, and the Enfield revolver.
At lest the Commanche has functionality within it's design.
I borrowed the photo from a gunbroker ad.

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I divorced mine..................................oh-oh, I thought we were talking about something else.:what::what::what: Sorry, Coogs.
 
I've 11 handguns. I carry the XD Mod 2 in 9mm. It's a great handgun...feels comfortable and I can shoot it well enough to use it as a self defense gun. That's pretty much all that matters, IMO. I've a Glock 19 but it has been a safe queen so far...not digging the grip angle, which makes it not so easy for me to shoot unless I train with it (more so than my XD).

Regarding the XD's Grip Zone stamping, I'm pretty sure it isn't a "front towards enemy" type of thing. I think it's a patented name for their grip texturing.

From their pages:

Enter the GripZone™: a set of frame features working in unison to optimize interaction between the human hand and the pistol. Within the GripZone™, there are three distinct textures, each engineered for a specific purpose.

The GripZone™ doesn’t stop with new grip textures. The re-contoured, slimmer frame and slide add up to a far more natural grip feel that has nearly twice the magazine capacity and is only 2 tenths of an inch larger than single stack conceal carry models. The High-Hand™ grip relief and High-Hand™ beavertail enable the hand to be positioned as high as possible toward the barrel bore thereby greatly reducing the pistol’s felt recoil. The no-snag trigger guard minimizes possible unintended contact with a holster or clothing. All of these GripZone™ advantages are ergonomic features that you will truly feel. It all adds up to a pistol that naturally and comfortably stays positioned in your hand.
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It's marketing and patenting.

When I tread the title of the thread, I thought someone ranting about Hi-Point handguns.
 
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Taurus Curve is as ugly as any gun out there. I might buy one if they prove to be reliable over the next couple of years. (I owned a Gremlin too.) I won't tell anybody that I have one. I will be "testing it for a friend" if seen at the range with it. Is that supposed to be a pocket clip?
 
The type 14 Nambu's may be ugly, but, I remember you couldn't give one away for around $100.00 or so back in the day. See what there fetchin' lately?? The six I have tucked away may just prove to have been a good investment. Coogs.
 
Sorry I have to disagree...I own two XD's one in .45 ACP and another in 9mm. They're both very functional guns and have decent accuracy. I like how easy they are to take down for cleaning and put back together. After thousands of rounds between them, neither has had a jam or FTF.
 
Ugly?

The Gabbett-Fairfax Mars should be high on any list. It went back two or three times for extra fugly, then added nifty engineering features - the barrel is probably three inches above the grip to enhance muzzle flip from the .45 Mars cartridge, which was similar ballistically to the .460 Rowland or .44 Magnum. The recoiling mechanism stripped cartridges to the rear of the magazine, bits flanging out at warp speed several inches over your wrist, then back forward, hopefully elevating the cartridge in line with the breech... the long, long, long hammer with a wicked spike, just waiting to punch a hole in you.

When the British Army tested it, their report said something like, "few officers who fired it could be persuaded to fire it again."

Ian's very detailed page at his Forgotten Weapons site: http://www.forgottenweapons.com/early-automatic-pistols/gabbett-fairfax-mars/
 
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