Rogue's Gallery: Pictures from the hall of handgun shame

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Rogue's gallery (noun): a coterie of undesirable people (or in this case, guns).

I've seen alot of posts lately with requests for pictures of guns from various manufacturers ("show us your Glock/CZ/etc"). Time to make one for all the Saturday night specials (Glock does not make Saturday night specials, stay on THR please). Some criteria, though.

"Traditionally, Saturday night specials have often been defined as compact, inexpensive handguns with a barrel length of under three inches (for pistols, overall length of under six inches) and low perceived quality"
-- Wikipedia

You have to own the gun (currently or previously). It has to be a picture of YOUR gun, not something yanked from the manufacturer's website. Doesn't matter if it works like a charm or falls apart before you can finish one magazine.

I'll start with a Taurus PT22, the first rimfire handgun I ever owned. It had a heavy trigger pull, and wasn't much to look at. One of the magazines that it came with tended to cause feed failures, but the others were OK. I traded it for a new Beretta Bobcat that held one less round per mag, comparatively inferior sights, and an oddball magazine release. I couldn't tell any different in accuracy between them. I wish I'd kept the Taurus. It was a fun and inexpensive range toy.

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Show us the unloved handguns in your collection.

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Ha ha ! Since Xavier played, I will too. Now as for my picture.. I took this right after reading this post at 12:20 a.m. .. so maybe it's not so funny, but in keeping with the topic I thought a comparison of how much love this ancient Vesta .25 received being comparable to how much love I obviously showed this plant was quite appropriate. :D

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Many years ago when younger, a bit dumber and ever poorer than I am now, I bought this RG 23, if I remember right for the princely sum sum of $49.95. Actually the ugly little sucker would kill cans out to about 20 ft or so(well, sometimes anyway) and it lasted for quite a few years carried in tackle boxes or hunting coat pockets. Once even finished off a ground hog as he crawled toward his hole after being shot with a .22 rifle. It sure isn't a gun to get the firearms fancier's heart beating faster.
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Sorry about the photo quality, I got the camera set on low-res.

I've had this Raven Arms HP-25 *GASP* for 21 years. and the only trouble I've ever had with it is when I use CCI Blazer ammo. The CCI doen't feed from the mag very well. UMC Rem feeds and fires well. I have fired about 500 rounds through it also, still functions well.

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ACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel as if I looked at Hillary Clinton:what:
 
+1 grimjaw
I have one of those too that I bought many years ago for ...$38!
I will try and change the mag..It jams so much that I haven't shot it in years.
 
I 'inherited' this piece of handcrafted zinc and steel from a renter that skipped out... it's got a broken firing pin but I see no reason to repair it--the cost of the pin is probably more than the pistol is worth.

It's got some finish wear and someone electro penciled an SSN on the opposite side. This may someday end up as a weekend project, for now it's a hall of shame entry.
 

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Yes, that's F<>S. Why do I keep this thing? It's actually pretty fun to shoot and if it ever does fall apart, it'll be ready for the scrap heap. No big deal to me!
 
Don't have any pix, because I don't own them anymore.

RG snubby DA .22 revolver..threw more lead sideways and back at the shooter than it ever sent downrange.

FIE "Buffalo Scout" real cheap knockoff of the Colt SAA in .22LR/.22Mag. Not bad with .22LR, but .22Mag accuracy was more like shooting a single-projectile shotgun.
 
I 'inherited' this piece of handcrafted zinc and steel from a renter that skipped out... it's got a broken firing pin but I see no reason to repair it--the cost of the pin is probably more than the pistol is worth.
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An FIE Titan .25. I got one in trade for a couple 250MB computer backup tapes, back in the day. Shot a bit with it, never a bobble, but it's got a crack in the frame.

I'm tempted to offer you a pittance for it, for parts, but S&H and FFL fees would make it very not worthwhile.
 
Dr. Rob, if you need a new firing pin for that gun, I could twist you up one from aluminum foil!!!! :D

Hexi, that little wooden guy isn't showing very good trigger discipline.
 
RG 38spl.

Sometimes the lead actually exited out the barrel.

I bought an Estate if you will. "I'll take all of it..." and I did. Other firearms, reloading stuff and all fine...RG38...ended up being a training gun once neutered.
 
I priced a new pin and sping... they would run about $30 shipped... that plus a buff and reblue... like I said maybe a weekend project.

Truthfully while the zinc/aluminum lower screams 'cheap' the magazine fit is exceptional and the slide very well machined.

I never would have bought this model, but I know for a fact it was carried by a little old lady that replaced her aging Colt Vest pocket pistol with this.
 
Truthfully while the zinc/aluminum lower screams 'cheap' the magazine fit is exceptional and the slide very well machined.
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I think there was an all steel version. Not that either of us is going to go looking for it.
 
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