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Most overrated handgun?
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Beretta M9
EDIT: I see a few people beat me to it.... Let me expand:
1. External safety (aka "lameness lever")
2. Open slide / crude magnet (seriously - WTF?)
3. Shitty caliber for a "combat" gun. (9mm FMJ? Please....)
4. Only won over the Sig because it was cheaper ("Good enough" never is)
5. Italian ('nuff said)
I actually carried and trained with one in the Marines. I was never a fan.
EDIT: I see a few people beat me to it.... Let me expand:
1. External safety (aka "lameness lever")
2. Open slide / crude magnet (seriously - WTF?)
3. Shitty caliber for a "combat" gun. (9mm FMJ? Please....)
4. Only won over the Sig because it was cheaper ("Good enough" never is)
5. Italian ('nuff said)
I actually carried and trained with one in the Marines. I was never a fan.
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I'm starting to think so, jeepers creepers.
drgrant - What semi auto's do you feel are great pistols? I'm just wondering; I have some free time through the day and I'd like to look into them. Thanks.
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I would say the most over rated pistol is the UZI. Not really so much on it's design, cost, or function but because of the fear and hype and damage that it's reputation has done to gun ownership. Take away the spray and pray videos. Take away the videos of flying brass. Take away the brrrrrrrrap that sounds like a turbo charged vibrator. Take away the gold toothed thugs shooting each other silly from low slung Caddy's and we probably would have never had an assault weapon ban passed in this country or in Massachusetts. The fear of those over rated pieces of crap in my opinion makes them the worst pistol ever.
Do you moonlight for the Brady campaign?
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You must not know much about the AWB, either. There are a hell of a lot more guns mentioned in the AWB than just an UZI.
BTW, "UZI Pistols" as it were, are actually relatively rare. The most common ones are the semiautomatic carbine variety, or the submachinegun variety. Even in NFA land, the Micro and Mini uzis are also a lot rarer compared to its slower firing counterparts.
-Mike
How about the Wildey .475 magnum . . .
I'm pretty sure Charlie Bronson carried one of these in a movie because you know, he was an actor, and did what the director told hom to do, so no, the Widley is not an overrated gun. If Charlie Bronson is wrong, I don't wanna be right.
He can reference me. I hate that POS pistol.
I liked the gun a lot.
How can those be overrated?
Hardly anyone ever actually fired one because they were shipped without magazines, and the promise of later getting the magazines never materialized.
BTW, Don Johnson only fired blanks from his.
Only if money is burning a hole in your pocket so badly that it influences your purchasing decisions. You can get nearly any handgun that is possession legal in MA for a reasonable price if you are patient and willing to work a little to find it. Jumping on the first overpriced (whatever) that you see is a recipe to get screwed. Unless you know you are gonna die at the end of the week or something, patience and resourcefulness pays huge dividends in MA for a gun buyer.
Probably because most people don't overrate them. They were always known as
old, finicky guns. Nobody ever waxes prophetic about carrying a luger, either.
The semiauto that is a great pistol is the one that does what you want it to do, at the price you want it to, without pissing you off.
There are lots of good semis out there. Glocks, HKs, Springfield XDs, Sigs, Most of the better Beretta + SW products, Rugers, and even 1911s by various manufacturers.
The only brands I try to avoid as a matter of course are the junk brands like Taurus, Hi Point, and the like. Even some of the taurus semis are OK if you get lucky, but frankly if you are hard up for cash you are better off looking at a Ruger. The old ruger semis are built like brickt s**thouses and the factory backs them up pretty well for service.
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Oh, no doubt, Giggler needed Killin'. ![[laugh]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/012.gif "Laugh [laugh]")
I say overrated since this movie saved Wildey from going out of business, and every time the movie played on TV, they had sales spikes. So when a bunch of people buy an 18" long pistol because you saw it in a movie or on TV, it "might" be over rated. ![[smile]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/001.gif "Smile [smile]")
I actually know nothing about how the pistol shoots or the relative quality of Wildey products. BTW, I love those movies, they where just on TV about a month ago (all 5 of them). Watched 'em all!
I say overrated since this movie saved Wildey from going out of business, and every time the movie played on TV, they had sales spikes. So when a bunch of people buy an 18" long pistol because you saw it in a movie or on TV, it "might" be over rated. I actually know nothing about how the pistol shoots or the relative quality of Wildey products. BTW, I love those movies, they where just on TV about a month ago (all 5 of them). Watched 'em all!No way....
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How's the new Glock?
I shot one once (40 rounds or so), wasn't real big on how it felt in my hand. Other than that, 25 years of service has to count for something, IMO.
anything plastic...
Do you even have to ask the question??
GLOCK
Sights suck, grip sucks and is just a gimmick, weight is too low for accurate rapid fire shooting, crappy trigger, cheap hexagonal barrel design. Only thing they do well are the magazines and the reliability and cost.
GLOCK
Sights suck, grip sucks and is just a gimmick, weight is too low for accurate rapid fire shooting, crappy trigger, cheap hexagonal barrel design. Only thing they do well are the magazines and the reliability and cost.
I can't see the FN 57 as being over rated. . .as I never really seemed to be THAT highly rated. . at least not as a Self Defense gun.
What I have felt has been quite over rated is the Springfield XD. As someone who owns one I will say they aren't bad by any means. But certainly not super amazing fantastic. . I mean, , no one gave it all this acclaim as the HS2000, when it was several hundred dollars less.
What I have felt has been quite over rated is the Springfield XD. As someone who owns one I will say they aren't bad by any means. But certainly not super amazing fantastic. . I mean, , no one gave it all this acclaim as the HS2000, when it was several hundred dollars less.
Gee, I guess someone likes his Beretta.
SWAT? SOF? No. Numerous first-hand reports of failures to stop bad guys in CQB, which is the main mission for a military handgun, AFAIK. As others have said, it's probably more the fault of the FMJ 9mm. ammo than the pistol itself, which I believe I said wasn't a bad piece. But I'll stand by my statement that it was a political decision and a heavier caliber would have a been better choice.
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I'm gonna be more specific: the Sig P250.
Look! You can buy one serial number and build 2 guns for the price of 3 guns! Except not in MA.
(and this coming from a sig fanboy)
Look! You can buy one serial number and build 2 guns for the price of 3 guns! Except not in MA.
(and this coming from a sig fanboy)
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