The revolver or Semi auto. you absolutely won't add to your collection?

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Only one? well, of each- Actually, it's not so much brands or even models, though I can think of some real stinkers there, but material. I will not own any gun made of Zamak. (Pot metal) so despite my statement in a recent thread, I guess I won't collect Raven .25's.
 
Here is another vote for HiPoint as the one handgun that someone will never own. I really don't know how anyone can manufacture such a piece of .... and sleep at night. I'm just amazed that they don't have more complaints, problems and lawsuits; maybe they do and we just don't hear about them.

Somebody mentioned that "the HiPower was the only issued weapon used by both sides in WWII." It would seem that perhaps someone has confused the HiPoint with the HiPower. This is more than a little difference involved here. The HiPower, designed by John Browning and manufactured first by FN and then by Inglis in Canada, was used successfully by both sides during WWII. The HiPoint, on the other hand, is most successfully used as a boat anchor. One final point would be to note that another of Browning's designs, the one commonly referred to as the "1911," was also used by both sides during WWII. The Germans acquired theirs through the the Norwegian factory at Kongsberg.
 
Rohm (RG), Davis, Jennings, Diamondback, Cobra, Jimenez, Lorcin and Taurus. The only experience I had with Hi-Point is with a friends 9 mm carbine. He had it awhile before I put four boxes of Blazer Brass through it. Surprisingly accurate and experienced no malfunctions.
 
Here is another vote for HiPoint as the one handgun that someone will never own. I really don't know how anyone can manufacture such a piece of .... and sleep at night. I'm just amazed that they don't have more complaints, problems and lawsuits; maybe they do and we just don't hear about them.

Somebody mentioned that "the HiPower was the only issued weapon used by both sides in WWII." It would seem that perhaps someone has confused the HiPoint with the HiPower. This is more than a little difference involved here. The HiPower, designed by John Browning and manufactured first by FN and then by Inglis in Canada, was used successfully by both sides during WWII. The HiPoint, on the other hand, is most successfully used as a boat anchor. One final point would be to note that another of Browning's designs, the one commonly referred to as the "1911," was also used by both sides during WWII. The Germans acquired theirs through the the Norwegian factory at Kongsberg.
It would be more accurate to say the HiPower was MANUFACTURED by both sides. But sure, the Nazis utilized any manucturing facilities they captured, Konigsberg, Radom, Unique....FN. They were fastidious in assigning their own type classifications to captured small arms and doling them out to second line and garrison troops.
The issue was, would you exclude a firearm from you collection because it was used by an Evil Empire?

Oooooh....new thread idea!
 
Dear Mr. Nightlord...
Thanks for the comments. The point here seems to be lost. The factory at Kongsberg began manufacturing the 1911 style pistol in 1914. Manufacturing continued until Germany occupied the country and took control of the factory in early 1940. By the summer of 1940, the factory was producing the Model 1914 pistol and still stamped them with "M / 1914". Some sources state that the pistol was designated "Pistole 657(n)". How is portraying this designation as somehow part of a process of simply "doling them out to second line and garrison troops" helps us understand the manufacture, use or history of this pistol? Did the individuals using the pistol somehow think less of themselves because they were "second line and garrison troops"? Was it any less painful for the individuals who were shot with this pistol knowing that they had been shot by "second line and garrison troops"? Did anyone refuse to go into battle carrying a "pistole 657n" because he knew he was a "second line or garrison troop"?

The most accurate source of information is probably, Kongsburg Colten by Karl Hanevik. Unfortunately, unless the reader happens to be fluent in Norwegian, it's rather slow going. Finally, the "issue," as raised in the original post, has nothing to do with an "evil empire," that is simply the creation of someone's imagination just like the television show mentioned or the movie which coined the phrase.
 
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I'm the complete opposite of most people here it seems. The guns that I will never add to my collection are the expensive ones. I don't like Taurus, but I am much more likely to buy something from them than I am burning $3000 on a high end 1911. There are very few guns that I would even be willing to go over $1000 for even if I had the money to waste.
 
As I am in the twilight years of my life, I no longer care to add any semi-auto pistol to my battery. And, further, I have all the double action revolvers I want, even more, in fact.

Years have taught me the value of a fine Single Action revolver, and it is that on which I focus my interest. Maybe would like to swap out some Ubertis for Colt New Frontiers. But there are some I haven't had the pleasure of firing, at least not to any extent. Still would like a Colt or Ruger Single Action in .357 Magnum with a 7 1/2" barrel, also maybe the same in .32-20. The Holy Grail of revolvers, the Colt Single Action Army, holds no siren song for me, but I do lean toward the New Frontier.

Bob Wright
 
I'd purchase a Hi-Point if they were legal in Illinois. I will never own a Raven, Jennings, Davis, AMT, Bryco, Lorcin, Phoenix, Cobra or Jimenez, but I might pick a few up if they can be purchased for cheaper than what they offer in Chicago at their gun buy-backs.
 
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