What handguns can you just not get into?

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The 1911 doesn't fit me right. The P7 points like my $9 staple gun.
and USP pistols have plastic hammers.
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Actually, the USP does not have a plastic hammer. I'm not aware of any pistol that has a plastic hammer. The USP does has rubberized plastic (neoprene possibly) on the end of the hammer so that it can be engaged easily.

I personally do not like anything "subcompact." Unless I have a finger removed, I can see no benefit in owning a pistol that has a grip only long enough to accomodate three fingers (including the trigger finger). People who shoot these guns look like their sippin' on tea or something with their pinkies in the air.

I don't like .357 magnums built on .44 magnum frames to accomodate two extra rounds in the now enormous cylinder.

I didn't like S&W autos until I bought my 1006; now I don't like S&W autos, except for the 1006 that I personally own. All other 1006's are probably crap.

All these comments were made in jest, except for the USP comment; I really like all quality guns; some more than others.
 
Auto Ordnance, Rock Island, Charles Daly. Basically I'll have nothing to do with Third World "quality" engineering. An Imbel forged and Springfield assembled 1911 is as close as I have come and it is not a bad gun though internally nothing to write home about.

Plastic, and I have owned or fired all of the big hitters. The P99's trigger seems subcontracted from Nintendo. The Glocks feature a grip angle and finger grooves modeled off of a Roswell, New Mexico, alien dummy. The HK USP is too much for too little and features a "chewed on" feel. Paddle mag releases suck in my experience. However, the XD is growing on me enough to take the plunge into polymer again because of a SA trigger and a good mag release design. I'd also be interested in handling a FN9P, but I have never even seen one.

Kahrs. Almost every one I have seen or handled had something at least cosmetically wrong with it that would keep me from paying the freight. The ones that were okay still featured really bad triggers IMO.

Taurus. Everything they make that holds together for more than a few rounds is a copy of a better original. Nearly everything they make that is an in-house design is an utter disaster.

BHP. Going into its seventh decade of being a next to incurable web-biter. The single action trigger is no better than any more recent wondernine in SA mode. A CZ eats the BHP's cake and costs less.

S&W autos. Functional but fugly. Fired some but never wanted one.

Ruger autos. Worst "American style" magazine release ever. Ugliest looking plastic ever, but at least the new P345 is looking to at least get it to average ugly for polymer and features a normal mag release.

Knock-offs. I have yet to see a clone outside of the 1911 realm that was an improvement on the original manufacturer.

Cheap revolvers. A decent revolver is a wonderful experience, a bad revolver is a nightmare.

Old double action revolvers. I can see the nostalgia in collecting them, but "ergonomics" wasn't a part of the English language when say, the Colt and S&W 1917s were being made. A 1917 in original trim was the most unwieldy handgun I have ever felt, which was confirmed on firing it. WORST GRIP EVER! Were I in the trenches of WW1 I would've traded a lot of rations to have a newfangled 1911 instead.

Anything in .40 S&W. I have no use for that cartridge. If I want a big bore I'll go .45ACP. If I want capacity, I'll go 9mm. If I want a hard hitting medium bore, I'll go .357 Magnum or 10mm.

Anything in .380. What a pointless little round. I'll take a 9mm in a slightly larger package or a .32 in an even more concealable package please.

That pretty much covers it.:D
 
S&W Autos (SW1911 excepted)
Ruger Autos (stainless brick)
HK USP (brick w/ polymer frame, triggers suck)
Sigs ( good pistols,ergonomics not left-hand friendly)
abBerettas (as in abberrations.....trigger pulls well......suck)
Desert Eagles (big, heavy...if I have to carry that much weight for caliber, I'll opt for a lever carbine with a sling & better handing qualities.)
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First I'd say I can't get into Glocks, then ditto the above, except for the S&W M41 and the Ruger Mk II. Kahrs, PO, Charles Daly, anything smaller than a 4" 1911 really.

Pretty much, if it's not a 1911 or a big revolver I'm not interested. :)
 
New revolvers are... okay... I'd trust my life to one but the whole look/ feel to 'em is not my favorite.

CAS revolvers/lookalikes? Blackpowder? :barf: NOT my thing at all. Unless it's an 1848 Dragoon; somehow the double-negative makes it all that much more appealing. :p I'm weird in that respect.

Derringers? :uhoh:

Anything autoloader is fine (from CZ to HiPoint to 1911s to Walthers...)

:)
 
Resurection of the post from the dead :evil:

Actually, I was just sifting through member names and having a chuckle when I noticed this guy is a one-poster.

Join up, one post, 168 replies :what:

... and then nothing. Heh.
 
The originator of this thread (TropicalZ) has more than 1400 posts.
and this thread has 129 replies...and with mine..130.
 
Small N frame S&W's in 44 mag. Yup, that little Lew Horton round butt seemed like a great idea until I spent some time on the range with full house loads. No fun at all.....
 
<slipping in flame retardant underoos>

I can not stand SAA revolvers. The grip feels ok, until you point it, or decide to shoot anything more powerful than a .22. The hammer spur is so far away that I have to almost let go of the gun to get my thumb up there. The trigger guard bashes my knuckles. It hink they are just totally overrated in this day and age.
 
Holy old thread, Batman!

I think the H&K USPs are butt-ugly, but the 40 I tried out shot like a dream.

I am not into the Kahr type pocket pistols, and while single-action might be fun to plink with, I don't think I'd ever buy one.

And so much hate for the S&W semi autos!

Tell ya what, anyone in Ohio who has a S&W auto they want to trade for my CD 1911 compact, which I have fixed, btw, just let me know. I am always looking for a nice double-stack 9mm (5906 style, not into the Sigmas) or a 45. Heck, if you have a 10mm auto you want to trade me, I'll even do all the driving and buy you some lunch!

I have owned several S&W semi-autos and just love them. 1911 are ok, and I am sure they are super-safe, but it still gives me the heebie-jeebies to carry it cocked and locked. I know, perfectly safe, but I just can't shake the feeling.

Am I serious about a trade? Sure. Tell me what you have. I have the Charles Daly 3.5" compact with original box, blued, 3 Colt and 2 Mec-gar mags, original wood grips, Hogue finger-grove grips, extra trigger, and I'll through in the Fobus paddle holster and paddle 2 mag carrier. It used to have a failure to return to battery problem, but I fixed that up. I can list the serial number for anyone interested.

C'mon you S&W haters.. you know you wanna get rid of that damn thing cluttering up your gun safe! :D
 
Para Ordnance ONLY because it feels like a brick. The Kimber or Wilson would be my choice of hi cap .45 (SVI is too rich for my budget).

The Tec 9 types scream "I'm a wanna be drug pusher!"
 
I love 'em all! As long as they're made by Les Baer, Wilson, Ed Brown, Rock River Arms, STI, Glock, Heckler & Koch, Freedom Arms, or S&W (revolvers only) :D .

PS - I love your slogan, PlayboyPenguin! And though zombies will probably never be a threat, you most probably will have the last laugh.
 
I would've said black powder and also single-action revolvers until a little under a year ago I was given a Ruger Old Army. I quickly bought the .45LC conversion cylinder and now I'd never part with it even if it wasn't an heirloom.

My answer: Glocks. I haven't fired one, have no interest in one. But I bought an XD45, so it's not polymer that's the problem.

-Jeff
 
Handguns I don't like.

HK's and Sigs, with the possible exception of the HK P7 and the Sig P6, but that's only because I already have the Walther P5 and would like to have the entire Deutsch "P" series from the seventies!!

After having had one, I don't think I'll be warming up the the Hi-Point any time soon!!!

I really can't get into anything huge any more. You know, the uber large mega framed hand cannons, revolver or autoloader, don't yank my chain!!!!

Rifle caliber handguns never did anything for me (see above).

I already have one full size 1911, so I don't think I need another.

Same thing with the BHP.

That just about does it!!! :evil:
 
Handguns I don't like.

HK's and Sigs, with the possible exception of the HK P7 and the Sig P6, but that's only because I already have the Walther P5 and would like to have the entire Deutsch "P" series from the seventies!!

After having had one, I don't think I'll be warming up the the Hi-Point any time soon!!!

I really can't get into anything huge any more. You know, the uber large mega framed hand cannons, revolver or autoloader!!! They don't yank my chain!!!!

Rifle caliber handguns never did anything for me (see above).

I already have one full size 1911, so I don't think I need another.

Same thing with the BHP.

That just about does it!!! :evil:
 
Cosmoline has said it best



Glocks (hate the feel, the trigger, and the image)

Pretty much all polymer wonder-nines, along with all the boxy high-cap overstuffed nonsense.

Basically anything designed after the second world war

Hi cap black plastic gun are crap
 
small caliber autos like .32, .380, and the like. seem pointless to me unless I'm attacked by oompa loompas.
flavor of the month guns with ridiculous gold tone trim. Thunder Ranch special comes to mind.

1911's.
Glocks.
 
Glocks for me too.

I like them for the sake of their many fans, but they just don't "feel right" in my hands.
 
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