Do you like all the different colored guns nowadays?

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Zaydok Allen

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Personally, I can't stand the look of all these tan, green, and other colored guns that come out nowadays, weather it be the polymer parts or the finish in general. I get that in some cases the manufacturers are going for a desert or jungle combat look, and in some of the pink and purple guns they are trying to attract women shooters...... But I just don't like the looks. If it gets someone into shooting, then that's cool, and if it saves your life, then who cares what color it is.

But I just can't ever see myself buying a coyote tan or OD green firearm. To my eye, pistols look great nickeled, chromed, stainless, or blued. Different grips provide accents to the guns, and I'm happy.

So to each their own. It's a minor aspect of a gun anyway. But I'm just wondering if I'm in the minority here. Am I the only one who can't sand all these multicolored pistols?
 
I don't mind them, but I don't think I'd pay extra for one. I do like the parkerized green on my Springfield 1911 though. Some of the desert tan ones are kind of neat but on a full-size gun it's a bit much. The P238 Desert is my favorite of those.
 
I'm not a big fan of the Skittles colors that many guns are offered in these days. I have no desire to purchase a pink or raspberry or cobalt blue LCP. My plain black one works just fine.

I will admit that while I prefer a black finish to pretty much any autoloader, I was very tempted by a .40 FDE SIG 2022 at Rural King a few months ago. It didn't look bad on such a honkin' pistol. Likewise, I kinda dig the look of the new 92 variant that Beretta is pitching to the military.
 
I don't really care what a gun looks like as long as it shoots to POA and is reliable. But that's me. Some folks think a gun needs fancy engraving and ivory grips to be a looker, me, I think they're ugly. To some of us, firearms are tools and form and function are the priority. Holster wear and nicks on the stock from a lifetime in the woods are treasured patina, while the next guy feels his firearms are a form of expression or a piece of art. Any cosmetic blemish, is an eyesore, even the slightest turn ring on a cylinder. Grips must be custom made so there is not another pair like them in the world. The satisfaction does not come from shooting the firearm but from taking pictures and posting them on firearm forums. Many come to these forums to ask which grips looks the best on my gun or which camo pattern should I get done to my rifle. Never understood why folks are more concerned what others like than what they like themselves.

But it's all good. Like motorcycles, cars and women...... with guns, we all have our own tastes and priorities. None are wrong or right, just different. Those differences are now being exploited by gun makers, as folks try to make every firearm "theirs". Years ago you could get a new car in two colors......black or grey. I wonder what folks said when they saw their first red one?
 
To each their own...I don't know if id say you are in the minority but you are definitely "old school"

Personally, I can't stand chrome or gold plated anything

Part of it is that technology for firearm finishes has evolved. With Cerakote, TiN, NiB, and other finishes you get hardness and protective/durability qualities that you did not used to get with previous methods of finishing.

The other part is that color schemes shift guns out of the tactical scary black gun category into the fun shooting sports activity category. People like to show off their guns similar to their cars and while an all black gun can be the ultimate sexy it gets old/blends after time.

Personally I am all for customization.

-Matt S.
 
More variety is fun. Gets more into the sport, and offers alternative styles of product.

I have no issue with it.

I wouldn't want a blue or yellow firearm, but an OD green one or desert one for something "different" would be fun.
 
Well said Buck, and I agree. Function and utility come foremost and all my guns get shot A lot. A fired gun is a loved gun I say. The only ones I don't shoot are some old collectors pieces I don't have ammo for.

I guess when it comes down to it for me, I have a few guns that see serious use on a semi-daily basis for carry. Those guns get beat on a little bit and show character. And I don't sweat it much. I polish my stainless revolvers now and then to remove minor scratches and they take on a nice shine again. Those guns I see as tools. I also find myself looking at the two polymer guns I own and thinking of them as hammers or some other item that is purely utilitarian.

Then there's the guns I simply want to own. Those I treat more gingerly and with a bit more care. I keep them in padded cases and enjoy personalizing them to really suit me. Utilitarian upgrades to enhance the guns shootability is usually considered in a more form considerate way. "This grip will work and costs $80. This other grip will work just as nicely and costs $150, but it looks way nicer. I want the second one."

I look at it how I look at my pickup truck. It's just for getting around, but I still enjoy taking a day each fall to hand wax it and detail it. It just gets a job done, but I see no reason not to go an extra mile to make it look sharp.

I still like cars with chrome bumpers, too.
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Me too man.

The other part is that color schemes shift guns out of the tactical scary black gun category into the fun shooting sports activity category.
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Good point. I didn't think of it that way. I guess when it comes down to it, if my XDs had a red frame, I would still carry it if I only had the choice between weird colors.

To each their own...I don't know if id say you are in the minority but you are definitely "old school"
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I guess so. I find this disturbing given my age. I'm going to be a curmudgeon when I get old.
 
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If it gets someone into shooting, then that's cool, and if it saves your life, then who cares what color it is.
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This!!!!

If it get people who would otherwise not buy a gun, to buy a gun it does several things:
1) it gives that person the opportunity to defend him/herself more effectively.
2) It gives us a potential political ally. Someone who has a stake in fighting gun control.
3) It pumps money into the gun industry, local shops etc.. who in turn fight for us.

I really don't actively look for purple guns, but if a gun i wanted, and could save my life, and was the right price happened to be purple, i could really care less.
 
I'm really not into the Crayola Color of the Month look on some guns out there but I do have a KelTec P3AT with a parkerized slide and an OD frame. I liked it because it looked all business for such a diminutive CCW.
 
hot chili powder said:
Hey, I say let's make more of them.......blues, reds, greens......with the polymer frames any color can be made, hope the manufactures go for it.;):)
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I'm surprised many of them don't. Well, excluding some of those purple and I think it's called "raspberry" colored rugers.

Colors can be a powerful tool in marketing, there is a real money making potential for off colored guns (excluding black, OD, FDE, Coyote brown and grey).

Somebody should make scented gun powder as well.
 
You guys likely walk the straight-and-narrow, but if I were a criminal, I'd paint my gun in neon green and orange. In light of all the negative press on the police, I bet dollars to doughnuts that most cops would hesitate for a second. That second is all the BG needs. Maybe I'm just too much of a criminal on the inside . . . :eek:

I just want to add, before some mod gets bent on this post, that part of my job revolves around security - I do think like a criminal sometimes - it's my job. I'm not advocating anyone doing the above to get away with crimes. I think painting guns raspberry red or some other colors is also an accident waiting to happen, but that's just me.
 
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You guys likely walk the straight-and-narrow, but if I were a criminal, I'd paint my gun in neon green and orange. In light of all the negative press on the police, I bet dollars to doughnuts that most cops would hesitate for a second. That second is all the BG needs. Maybe I'm just too much of a criminal on the inside . . . :eek:
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I've often thought the same about the Orange tips on toy guns and how those with a devious mind would paint the tip of a real gun to maybe gain that element of surprise. Odds are, someone has already tried it.
 
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Hey, I say let's make more of them.......blues, reds, greens......with the polymer frames any color can be made, hope the manufactures go for it.
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I'm surprised many of them don't. Well, excluding some of those purple and I think it's called "raspberry" colored rugers.

Colors can be a powerful tool in marketing, there is a real money making potential for off colored guns (excluding black, OD, FDE, Coyote brown and grey).

Somebody should make scented gun powder as well.
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Check out Sigs Custom Shop's they have X5/6's in an assortment of colors.
 
They just don't register much with me. I know they're out there, but so what?
 
Never thought I'd buy a "boutique" frame but I just picked up a Beretta Pico and really like the gun. I can't see myself with a purple or pink frame but I have seen pix of the white with stainless slide and I think the gun looks pretty cool with the white frame and stainless slide.

I never thought I'd have color preferences with pistols but I have seen some pretty cool Cerakoted guns and I recently did a Colt Pocket Hammerless in hard chrome with matte/brushed finish and now I think otherwise.

To me it's like caliber, sight, mags/mag extensions, holster, or whatever choices. Choices are good. :)

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