Some are ugly, others I see as "exotic beatuies".
Compare to the FA-MAS above.
Posted on 08/15/2008 5:07:30 AM PDT by Shooter 2.5
Since we posted some great looking firearms, I thought it would be fun to post some of the ugliest guns in history. That's my opinion, of course. Post some of the ones you think just didn't make the grade in the looks department.
It looks like a different version of the P90.
Big Jake but it wasn’t a real Bergmann. Just a pretend hollywood configuration.
It's the 49-state-legal semiauto version of the P90. If you live in a NFA-friendly state, you can have it converted to a short-barrel rifle, like a P90, but with no full-auto.
Bullpups. Yeah, baby. I do like them but I don’t think I will own on in my lifetime.
And ugly.
I wish I had a way to post pix ... I have a very curious Iver Johnson Owlhead .38 five shot with Arabic writing on the frame. It was exported to the Middle East in the twenties. My Dad acquired it through a NATO friend and kept it in his desk, loaded of course.
Some are ugly, others I see as "exotic beatuies".
Compare to the FA-MAS above.
One mans trash is anothers treasure. Do they come chambered for 106MM Recoiless rounds?
I’m guessing it’s illegal in either CA, NY or NJ.
It's totally illegal in CA, but NJ and NY will allow the PS90 as long as magazines are permanently altered to 10 rounds. Of course, no guns in NYC (except for the elite) at all.
Sten 9mm subgun (WWII)
Bren LMG (WWII)
Of course, we made some pretty ugly guns back then, too. Case in point:
M3 “Greasegun” (WWII)
Very cool 2.5 !!
One of my all time favorite revolvers is the Phillips and Rogers Medusa. The Medusa chambers, fires, and extracts 25 different cartridges in the .38/9mm/.357 ammunition range. I want another one. The one I had was sold to pay for living expenses as a young married serviceman when beans were more important that bullets to the kids.....who knew ? It was my Melrose H. Tappan III aka Mel Tappan survival era handgun. The phillips and rogers cylinders were at one time available for the 686/681 S&W’s as well the design was incorporated in a small colt handgun called the “survivor” for a short period in time......... It was a great handgun for a world traveler as ya never knew what was available locally ......as to caliber / cartridge combinations.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/sports/1277301.html
http://www.kitsune.addr.com/Firearms/Revolvers/Medusa_Model_47.htm
http://members.cox.net/renegade_sith3/miscjunk/medusa_parts.jpg
With more advertised anarchy and zombie biker end of the world as we know it scenarios be they man made or not such a new and improved upon handgun would be high on my list for the emergency locker at home and on the road.
Ya’ll stay safe !!
They DO rock !
That rig was the best kept secret for punching DOJ IIIA kevlar for a long time ! It still does with OTC (still available legally) surplus ammo. Yet .....not so much a secret anymore.
Excellent handgun !
They do bark!
I like the caliber.......long for a modern launcher.
... Currently packing a OD frame Glock 31 in 357SIG and am thinking maybe a conversion / wildcat etc ........love those bottlenecks !
I like that 357sig! Its a hoot!
.357/.44 Baine & Davis? (Dreadnaught as it were)
Heck, that’s taking the available technology and running with it!
Indeed.... as a life long fan of all things 1911A1 as a serviceman and deputy sheriff I stayed with the 45 auto in the form of the 1911A1, the SIG 220 and Glock 21 and 30. I even have a couple of the Glock 37 45GAP’s. Yet ....as the threat evolves in my arena and areas I travel I needed something in a “handgun” that would punch a vehicle body and AS1 or 2 glass reliably as well as have good stopping power with energy that stayed in the body, permanent damage versus temporary etc ......
The Glock 20 in 10mm has been filling that need and now as a civy I am experimenting with the 357SIG. I use the 1911A1’s in my IDPA competition still and consider still the 45 Auto or the new 45GAP the ultimate human control with regards to a handgun carried for personal defense.
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