Guns you don't like...

[vincyr]

Since the "Cartridges you just don't like" thread was interesting, I figured it would ask about what guns.

For me, the reasons are purely aesthetic. I don't find ARs and AKs very attractive, but some variants have a certain elegance to them, I admit. What I can't bring myself to like is that monstrosity of a "tacticool" lever-gun that Mossberg made. *Shudder* So ugly

 

[ColtPythonElite]

10/22

 

[sparkyv]

Glocks are ugly. Don't care for them...still, I might end up with a G20 or G40 at some point.

 

[jar]

I think the idea of incorporating the safety on a striker fired handgun into the trigger has to be the most brain dead idea of all time.

 

[Legionnaire]

Let me begin by stating that "not liking" is not the same as "strongly disliking." I don't know that there are any guns that I strongly dislike.

That said, I have learned that I don't really like lever actions. The first centerfire rifle I owned was a Marlin 336 in .30-30. I sold it to buy my first bolt rifle. Since then I have owned several other .30-30s, including a very nice 336 Texan, and quite a few 1894s in .357 and .44 magnum. In every case I started out thinking, "Lever actions are just so cool!" Then, after playing with them a bit--slicking them up, trying different optics from peeps to scout scopes, etc.--they lose their luster very quickly and I sell them off to buy something else. I have concluded that I don't care for lever actions. I'm still a sucker, though, and might try a Henry Long Ranger sometime ...

1911s. Everybody should have one, right? So I did. I really wanted to like it. I tried two different models: a Rock Island GI and a Springfield "Loaded." They just didn't point well for me and the bug never really bit. So they are gone, too. I know a lot of people don't like Glocks--but Glocks fit my large hands and point well for me. So I wouldn't say no to a 1911 that someone gifted me, but I'll not go looking for another one.

And honestly, I don't really care for the AR15 platform. I have one that I shoot occasionally, but I much prefer my bolt action rifles.

 

[Zaydok Allen]

I think the idea of incorporating the safety on a striker fired handgun into the trigger has to be the most brain dead idea of all time.

But..... what about the children?

For me it’s Glocks. They just don’t do anything for me that other guns won’t do more ergonomically. Though, a G29 is the one Glock I could see owning at some point.

ARs don’t do much for me in 556. I don’t really find them very attractive and a little ass bullet, even if highly destructive is not anything I need. 300 BO on the other hand makes good sense to me.

Airweight 357’s and 44 mags. Ahhhh.....,, nope.

Yeah tactical lever guns are gross to my eye, even if useful.

I don’t care for Taurus guns for a variety of reasons I don’t feel the need to go into detail about. Charter Arms are not desirable to me either.

22lr semiauto pistols. Had one. Got bored. Sold it.

There’s others, but this is enough.

 

[Hasaf]

I think the idea of incorporating the safety on a striker fired handgun into the trigger has to be the most brain dead idea of all time.

I remember when the Glock came out. I was pretty well into the 1911 platform and my comment, about the Glock, was, "what kind of an idiot puts the safety in the face of the trigger.

As I no longer have mandatory training with the 1911, my position has since mellowed, I even got a Glock, it just seemed to be the thing to do. I also understood the point of the training that assumes the pistol is ready to fire upon presentation. All the same, that Glock gets no use.

It got no use after a time I was re-holstering, something that is just a reality of my work, and I would swear that I felt the trigger move. Thinking about it intellectually, there is almost no way that it had, all the same, the sensation was there.

I have since developed a preference for DA/SA, a system that the late Jeff Cooper described as a solution in search of a problem. But, no, I just don't like Glocks. Along with Glocks, I don't like other pistols that employ the "safe trigger" system. That in no way means that I think others shouldn't like the, I just don't.

 

[IJustLikeGuns]

Kel-Tec.

 

[crestoncowboy]

I think the idea of incorporating the safety on a striker fired handgun into the trigger has to be the most brain dead idea of all time.

Sig would have saved a lot of lawsuit money if they had adopted the brain dead idea instead of letting their guns go off when they hit the ground. The 320 evolved into a very nice trigger.

But I get it. While I dont mind the trigger safety in a handgun. I absolutely despise it in an otherwise nice rifle trigger. The accu-trigger pissed me off 30 years ago. And now others do the same thing.

I hate the XD. I have disliked it ever since I opened the first one. A big box with a massive american flag bragging on proudly american on it only to see "made in Croatia" on the slide. Then i shot it and hated it more. I have guns from most every manufacturer including Springfield so it's not brand hate. The Xd is probably the only 10mm I may never buy.

I really dont like the 10/22 although I usually recommend it to anyone wanting a semi auto 22.

I have a savage shotgun that looks just like a semi auto but is actually a slide action bolt with some bake-lite looking stock. I dont care for it. Cant recall the model though. But it was a rather foolish design.

Sig and Henry I have grown to dislike the companies. Not so much most of their products though.

 

[Hartkopf]

I was late to the shooting party so I came in with no preconceived notions about any gun.

So......... I don’t like thumb safeties and I strongly hate grip safeties. Which means I don’t like 1911s and I like Glocks. It took me a few months to buy a Glock because I thought they were over hyped and I thought I needed a safety. I ended up being completely comfortable shooting and carrying the ugly bass turds.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Anything with a plastic hammer-

Steyr AUG, Ruger PC9, etc.....its just wrong.

 

[earlthegoat2]

Don't like: Anything new. I don't buy new guns. It could have been bought new yesterday but as long as I am buying it second hand and don't pay full price for it, then it is all good.

Strongly dislike:
Bolt Actions
ARs and anything resembling them such as FNARs, AR-9s, 45s, etc.
Any neat rifles masquerading as ARs like 10/22s with a AR kit, or any rifle with an AR type telescoping stock.
Black Synthetic stocks and matte finishes (I dislike them but understand why they exist)

 

[Demi-human]

I have a savage shotgun that looks just like a semi auto but is actually a slide action bolt with some bake-lite looking stock. I dont care for it. Cant recall the model though. But it was a rather foolish design.

A Stevens 124c?! I was just gifted one! Well, more like saved it from the trash, but yeah, goofy looking thing.
No choke, bolt action, 2 3/4” only. Mine looks as if I was pounded open several times, not knowing the about the bolt lock perhaps? I bet they wondered why the auto they bought wouldn’t cycle.
Slug gun for deer in its youth I imagine, now a broken stocked carpet weight decoy next to my locked safe, with an AK look alike pellet gun.
It still fires, so I put an opened three inch in it. That has to be pried out with pliers before it can be loaded.

I was late to the shooting party so I came in with no preconceived notions about any gun.

Me, too. But went the other way!
All pistols point well for me, but there is just something about a 1911...
I have three now!

 

[crestoncowboy]

A Stevens 124c?! I was just gifted one! Well, more like saved it from the trash, but yeah, goofy looking thing.
No choke, bolt action, 2 3/4” only. Mine looks as if I was pounded open several times, not knowing the about the bolt lock perhaps? I bet they wondered why

Yeah. I kept thinking 24 but the savage 24 was a good over under shotgun/rifle. Very nice little guns. I have a few of those I really like. But yes it is a 124 Steven's or savage. Dont know about the C. They liked to change letters as features changed. A friend bought it as a semi and just gave it to me when I told him it wasnt. It does work and looks pretty good. Just a terrible design. Almost impossible to keep the gun shouldered and on target while working the action.

 

[Fine Figure of a Man]

I have shot several Springfield XD's. I did not like any of them, lousy triggers and ergonomics IMO. A friend had a Taurus Judge that I am almost embarrassed to admit firing. What an awful gun.

 

[rust collector]

I have learned never to offer an opinion about someone else's significant other or choice in firearms. But just as Mark Twain never killed a man but read certain obituaries with a degree of satisfaction, I rather enjoy the occasional Glock stories.

 

[Skgreen]

.32 (?) Derringer the Wife has. Hated it so much I asked the Po-Po to come by/retrieve/destroy.
Officer suggested I sell it. Put it back in the safe and haven't touched it since.

 

[stonebuster]

Any gun of low quality, poor customer service, that doesn't feel right in my hands, isn't fun to shoot or I just don't like the looks of. I'm not stuck on any particular manufacturer. There are plenty of guns to choose from so no need to buy one that looks "ugly" to you. How you define ugly is a whole different question.

 

[crestoncowboy]

I forgot that lever action that the op mentioned (marlin maybe too) with the AR stock and such. Tactical lever gun. I hated that one too.

I collected lever actions and love those. Even have a few lever shotguns (yeah, I grew up on terminator) but that tactical rifle was about hideous

 

[Corpral_Agarn]

Glocks are ugly. Don't care for them...still, I might end up with a G20 or G40 at some point.

SAME

 

[Corpral_Agarn]

I don't care for J frame revolvers.

I understand their purpose but they are not all that enjoyable to shoot.

 

[MedWheeler]

I won't say I dislike Glocks, but they've certainly never really appealed to me. Still, I've been wondering lately if maybe I'll ever give the big-G another chance. I'd bet that the 19 has served a lot of people well as an all-around utility piece.

I don't get the whole trigger-safety thing, either, but did get a Taurus G2C as a potential carry gun. Haven't really tested it yet, though.

Over/Under shotguns don't feel right in my hands, and don't draw my eye.

Pump shotguns need wood. Period.

Large, massive, heavy revolvers in .22LR leave my head spinning. Handled a Taurus Tracker once when looking for a .22 revolver, and was like "seriously"? Bought the more-expensive (stainless) 94 next to it.

I think that's about it for me.

 

[Pat Riot]

Well, since this appears to be a civil thread I am about to say a couple of things that would probably cause a flame war with me rushing to don an asbestos suit...

1911s - I used to be a diehard 1911 guy. Started shooting them in the Navy ‘79-‘83. Bought a Colt Combat Govt in ‘83. I wish I still had that gun for nostalgia reasons. Anyway, I have owned a few. I liked them so much and they were my favorite for years. I shot competitions. I took an armorer’s course. I tuned mine up and I did it for friends. In 2005 I moved from SoCal to NC. I gave my last 1911 to my daughter. A tricked out Colt 1991A1 with the intention of replacing it after the move. I got invited to an IDPA match and a guy loaned me a Glock 17
I wouldn’t even touch a Glock before that. Anyway, I fell in love with ugly, goofy looking Glocks that day. I have no desire to own a 1911. I may end up with one for Wild Bunch Action Shooting but then again, probably not. If Wild Bunch actually allowed guns of the Wild Bunch movie I would opt for a S&W .38.

Bolt Action Rifles - I try to like them. I really really do. I just can’t. To me there is just something so unnatural about operating a bolt. To be fair I have only owned 2 bolt actions but have shot many. I have only owned two because I find them odd and cumbersome. Of course, operating a lever gun at a bench or prone is very illuminating as to why a bolt action makes sense. And I must admit to a bizarre attraction to the Tikka T3X Arctic.

 

[TheDanishMan]

Bullpups. Just don't like em.

 

[jmr40]

I think the idea of incorporating the safety on a striker fired handgun into the trigger has to be the most brain dead idea of all time.

I'd agree, but I challenge you to name a single gun with the safety in the trigger. Glocks do not have a safety at all. The blade on Glocks and all other guns who use that design is there to prevent the gun from firing when it is dropped. It is NOT a safety.

This is what happens when people comment and have no idea what they are talking about. And you'd think that as long as Glocks have been around this should be common knowledge by now.