The least like gun you carry anyway...

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Favorites are always easy to carry - grips feel natural, guns point more naturally, bullets go exactly where you want them go, never a single hiccup, stopage or malf of any kind. But how about that cheapie POS you bought for carry that still shoots straighter than advertised and eats up anything that comes along...
What is that un-favorite you love anyway?

Me? I don't have one right now that quals as a throw-a-way
 
Grendel 380.

Bought it years ago. Feeds everything I put in it, never a problem. I have other pistols to pick up when range shooting, but it is still the gun within reach right now! It's cheap, ugly, and a pain to clean, but I still depend on it.
 
not me, but my dad

has a 190x something hammerless browning .32 with a heel clip mag, trought sights, and a round barrel bushing that unscrews. He bought it for $25 years ago. I remember the first time we shot it. We all thought it would blow up, but after the dust settled, there was a tight little group on paper at 10 yards. That ugly little .32 still shoots straight and tight, and eats any ammo that you feed it. My dad carried that thing whenever he couldn't carry his 1911.
 
In my eye's, I don't own a POS.

Let's see,, I, Uh, Well uh, In a previous life I aquired a Jennings .22. I've since thrown it off a bridge years ago. (400 feet of salt water below)

I guess my cheapest non-adjustable sight hand gun is a ssRuger SP101 in .357mag. This summer I sold a Ruger P-85. Good ole reliable DA. Both stood duty as carry or truck guns. I don't carry the Colt Cobra snubbie very often at all.

Still, most of the time I've got a 1911 near.

So I guess now, it's the Ruger SP101. Definately not a POS though. Nor my least "favorite" to carry. I carry it a lot. Sometimes it's my most favorite to carry since it conceals very easily.

Gosh, Now you've got me thinking. Regarding what I consider my hunting pistols, then my least favorite to carry in every day life would be my ssRugerRedHawk, or Ruger SBH Bisley .44mag or my 8" Dan Wesson 15-2VH. Not POS's though. And not just range guns. I carry them in the field quite often. Heavy buggers.

Least favorite to carry, regardless of size or weight would be the short barreled ones. The SP is a 1 1/2" barrel. Along with my Colt Cobra. They're not even as accurate as my Colt Officer's ACP. Within reasonable distances, yes, they'll get the job done. But out to 50yds, I'll reach for the Kimber.

-Steve
 
I used to carry a grendel. Had 2 of them, a P12 that was alittle cranky until I found a new mag, and a P10 that loaded thu the open slide. Danded thing bit me many times, but never failed to fire and feed. Seems like I paid 65 for one and 90 for the other.
 
Grendel 380.

Bought it years ago. Feeds everything I put in it, never a problem. I have other pistols to pick up when range shooting, but it is still the gun within reach right now! It's cheap, ugly, and a pain to clean, but I still depend on it.

Yeah, I've got a Grendel P12 I carry when everything else is too big. It functions 100 percent with carry ammo, goes bang every time. I had to carve one side of the trigger guard off so the trigger would reset after firing. I wouldn't call it a POS cause it works so well. It ain't on a level of the Phoenix Arms Raven, lets put it that way. :D But, there are times when nothing else I own will do. I guess I ought to replace it with a Kel Tec P3AT, but it still works and I like the capacity of the thing. It's just small enough to carry in a wallet holster in a jeans rear pocket. It's about 5" at 25 yards accurate, not exactly stellar, but will get the job done at typical gunfight ranges I reckon and it carries 12 rounds ready.
 
Mine is a Bulgarian Makarov. Pretty accurate, comfortable and easily concealable. While not at all a POS it is definately not as nice as my other carry guns, Sig, Para Ordnance, etc.
 
Charter .44 Bulldog Pug

I can't hit more than 10 yards out, but between 0 and 7 it's okay. For some reason, recoil is kind of bad with anything over 200 grains of lead. It is not the most well-made revolver I've ever had, and the metal is not really stainless; I get rust spots every now and then when I IWB carry in Houston summer weather.

I carry it for concealability and reasonably heavy punch.
 
+1 on aptly named Bulldog... pug ugly but effective. I've got an older blue bulldog w/3 in barrel that still serves nightstand duty. Scary accurate with silvertips.
 
I do have a holster to carry it....but it's like wearing a rifle scabbard accross your chest. Yep, for me this is the least likely one to carry....

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Factory 14" barrel.....with some mild custom work, checkering, underlug for bipod. Great for hunting.
 
I don't have any throw-aways, but I am thinking of getting a P85 or a P95 as a "loaner." I was very impressed iwth the P97 I shot an I wouldn't hesitate to buy a P345, but when you've got Glocks, HKs and 1911s, it is pretty hard to justify.
 
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