Whats the dumbest gun you love to own?

I've got two of 'em..A CZ model 45



and a CZ DUO



Both are .25 acp, neither are very accurate, but the cool factor can't be beat!!

Ardesa/Traditions Hawken Woodsman muzzleloading rifle. Bought the kit as a birthday gift to myself. I'm not very experienced in working with wood and metal, and there were many oopses during the assembly process. For example, when I tried to brown the barrel, the solution literally dissolved barrel steel here and there like nitric acid. I had to sand all the browning off, and to my best try to polish the awful pittings. Well, I finally got the piece together, the end result does vaguely resemble a 19th century rifle. The next task was to sight it, and I had only access to a 100m range. Don't know what you seasoned BP shooters think, but for me, at that distance, sighting a roundball-shooting smokepole that can't be be boresighted and whose sights are adjusted by whacking them with a hammer was a tedious task, requiring several trips to the range - the trips were spread along a year or so :-( Now, finally, I can keep the shots in an 8" circle centered around the bullseye at 50 meters, which I define good enough. I have no practical use whatsoever for this rifle, it's tedious to clean and not very pretty. But it's fun to shoot, and I've put so much personal effort in it that I'll never want to get rid of it. Besides, no one would probably like to buy it anyhow.

I have an 1892 French Ordnance Revolver (Lebel) that would be far down on my list of weapons to use, due to it's age, nice condition, and weak, FMJ-only round. On the other hand, it's as functional as it's ever been. It's a light, ergonomic, and tight revolver that's barely been broken in.

Pretty much all my "bullpup" rifles.

None of my guns are dumb, so it's a ___-way tie.

This one's easy.

Desert Eagle 50cal, or HiPoint pistols. The DE is just a monster of a pistol to be using for anything but showing off, the HP is kind of a truck gun I won't cry over if it gets stolen.

My Ruger Alaskan in .454 - it serves no useful purpose, for me, beyond going 'boom'.

I have some "go to" guns that are seemingly perfect... thinking modern common handguns (Glocks, Sigs, XDs, M&Ps, etc.) and long guns (AKs, ARs, FALs, pump shottys, etc.)

Then I have a tier of guns that are less than ideal, but still great guns that I'd rely upon. (SKS, SxS shotguns, 2nd tier handguns, rifles in handgun calibers, handguns in rifle calibers, etc.)

Then I have a tier of guns that are effective, will work, but would not be my top choices despite the fact that they'd get the job done. Thinking C&R guns, lever and bolt guns, etc.

Typo...oops!

My 1928A1 Thompson Carbine
It's a "fun" gun for nostalgia and and shooting for the sake of shooting...but absolutely nothing else, it's terribly expensive to feed in fun amounts, it's almost impossible to find affordable, reliable parts and still I can't seem to want to let it go I guess nostalgia and sentimentality has a tight grip on me...oh well the 50 round drum still makes me smile cheers

Jssj1 said:

For Fathers Day, my wife, son and daughter got me a Leinad 45/410 sxs 11" pistol. Pain to load, fire and unload. Impractical as any gun I've ever seen, much less own. Solid as hell but really crude. But I have to say I love it. Stupid grin always follows pulling the trigger and watching the 18" fireball kick out the front end. I guess sometimes fun overrides practicality

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Well ain't that something I've never seen.

Not mine, I don't own one.
http://www.northwestfirearms.com/ha...barrel-derringer-45lc-410-3-a.html#post103407

http://www.thewarbirds.com/Main Pag...dguns/Single Shot/leinad 11 double barrel.htm

It does make me think about wanting one of these.
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Davi...s&Ntt=howdah&WTz_l=Header;Search-All+Products

Calico M100, mostly just keep it since nobody else wants one...

Although I don't have anything else that I can put seven rounds into a groundhog with before it falls over after the first one kills it.

Ruger New Model Blackhawk, in 30 Carbine. No real "practical" use for it, but the fireball from the muzzle is just so much fun.

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Same here. And don't forget its earth-shattering kaboom!

I have a Sub 2000, I would say it has no practical purpose but it is fun. Fun is not a dumb reason though.

I don't know about dumb, but when I first moved to Alaska my guns were about three weeks behind me. A coworker and I wanted to hike a glacier. In a story much too long for this thread, we ended up with an H&R single shot twenty gauge with five rounds of buck shot. I was too arrogant at the time to realize we would have been much better off with bear spray. Anyway we wenton a beautiful and difficult 12 hour glacier hike in Portage Valley with that shotgun slung over my shoulder with a piece of rope. Sure as **** there was a black bear sighting at a stopping point We missed by five minutes. Fortunately we didn't get attacked by an angry bear. I never did shoot that gun and never did anything with it after my guns arrived. I still have that gun. Still never shot it, and won't get rid of it. It's still got the rope on it too. Funny reminder of my younger days.

My 9mm rimfire bolt action garden rifle.

Yes, 9mm rimfire,,,,not a typo.........

again, the .410 Judge revolver would fit this category for me,
another is the tiny 22mag revolver

Beretta 21A Bobcat (.22LR)

No practical purpose, but fun to shoot and people always go "what is that thing?" and when loaded with CCI stingers, you get quite the muzzle flash and a fair amount of recoil. Plus the flip up barrel is just so unique. And it is like a mini-version of my 92fs

first one in my collection that comes to mind is my Jennings J-22. I didn't buy it, it found me via a friend. By far the least-quality firearm i own. I would never carry it. As I see it, it's fit for recreational use only. But it's the LOUDEST .22lr I've ever heard, and it's so tiny in my hand it's tons of fun. Reasonably accurate for a 1" bbl too

9mm Cobra Derringer, I bought it to back up my 9mm carry gun but it is really impractical and if I need to use it I am in an environment that is A, too Target rich, and B, Stupid to be in in the first place.

Glock

CZ VZ61 Skorpion. It is ridiculously fun though...

My Rossi Ranch Hand in 45lc. Fun to play with, but with no practical use.

kenken

My Galil / Golani. Big, heavy, can't be easily scoped, but is still a fine piece of hardware. When I get some money, I want to have an AK optics hardpoint installed, and get another top cover that I can remove the rear sight from. I wish the barrel was shorter, but not much I can do about that given that it's chrome-lined. I also plan to put the wood furniture and carry handle on it.

RG-22 in 22 short. Reason I'll never part with it is it was my first handgun, bought when I got out here to Colorado in the early sixties. Over-the-counter, no paperwork, no nothin' except showing my money and showing my driver's license to the clerk to prove residency.

Yes, folks, there was a time when no 4473 was required. That stupid little gun reminds me of when that 2A right was a right and not a privilege. Bought other, better handguns since then and before GCA68, but that was my first. Still shoots pretty good, too, considering. I recently took it to the range just for S&Gs for the first time in thirty years and put six rounds through it.

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Terry, 230RN