Ugliest gun?
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Pretty ironic coming from some named 'GlockFan' I always thought XDs looked pretty much like a Glock.
yongxingfreesty
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i would have to say a hi point in the modern firearms
Glockfan.45
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Nope the XDs slide is too tall for the gun, it just looks awkward.
Lots of pointless lines, and weird angles. The whole thing just looks clumsy.
Much cleaner image IMO. BTW I never said Glocks were pretty, but the design isnt nearly as busy.
Manedwolf
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When I see the XD, this the image that pops into my mind...
Declaration Day
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I think the XD looks good, in a Hummer or Jeep Wrangler sort of way.
Ugliest gun? Hi-Point.
Ugliest gun? Hi-Point.
this is a great thread... All those are pretty ugly. I used to think glocks were ugly, but now I've grown to like their looks... (don't have one yet). That nambu back on page 1 was pretty ugly. XDs do look kinda strange (top heavy), but I'd like to have one.
Maybe the Owen was the ugliest gun ever made, but it wasn't made, or loved by those who carried it, for it's looks.
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In July 1939 a 24 year old by the name of Evelyn Owen took his prototype of a .22 calibre submachine gun (sometimes called a machine carbine) to the Victoria Barracks in Sydney.
It was inspected by Ordnance Officers. It could be made with little special equipment using the parts from a .22 calibre rifle.
The Officers told Owen that in would not be accepted by the Army because it was .22 calibre. Owen said that the gun could be easily adapted to larger calibres and that he only chose .22 for convenience.
The gun was rejected because, before World War II the Australia Army did not realise that the submachine gun was very important in attacking and defensive roles.
Also, the British Army hadn't adopted the submachine gun into their Army, but . . . the war started, we needed weapons and more importantly
we needed jungle fighting weapons, so . . . .
The Owen went into production about mid 1941, with about 50,000 produced by 1945.
Although quite large and bulky, the Owen was a first-class gun and very popular with those who used it. It stood up well to the hard conditions of jungle fighting and stoppages were remarkably rare.
Its two outstanding features were the top mounted magazine -- a feature rarely seen on submachine-guns since the Villar Perosa -- and the provision of a separate bolt compartment inside the receiver so that the bolt was isolated from its retracting handle by a small bulkhead, through which passed the small diameter bolt.
This ensured that dirt and mud did not jam the bolt and it was highly successful, although expensive in terms of space.
Two other unusual mechanical features: the ejector is built into the magazine rather than into the gun body, and the barrel is rapidly removable by pulling up on a spring-loaded plunger just ahead of the magazine housing.
The latter feature is necessary since, due to the method of assembly and construction, the gun can only be dismantled by removing the barrel and then taking out the bolt and return spring in a forward direction.
The OMC stayed in service through Korea (where the extra distances and the extra bulkypadded winter clothing of the enemy worked against it) and in the early days of Vietnam. It was replaced by a newer less efficient model, the F1, in the 1960's and that was quickly replaced by the American made Colt AR15 (M16) Armalite.
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In July 1939 a 24 year old by the name of Evelyn Owen took his prototype of a .22 calibre submachine gun (sometimes called a machine carbine) to the Victoria Barracks in Sydney.
It was inspected by Ordnance Officers. It could be made with little special equipment using the parts from a .22 calibre rifle.
The Officers told Owen that in would not be accepted by the Army because it was .22 calibre. Owen said that the gun could be easily adapted to larger calibres and that he only chose .22 for convenience.
The gun was rejected because, before World War II the Australia Army did not realise that the submachine gun was very important in attacking and defensive roles.
Also, the British Army hadn't adopted the submachine gun into their Army, but . . . the war started, we needed weapons and more importantly
we needed jungle fighting weapons, so . . . .
The Owen went into production about mid 1941, with about 50,000 produced by 1945.
Although quite large and bulky, the Owen was a first-class gun and very popular with those who used it. It stood up well to the hard conditions of jungle fighting and stoppages were remarkably rare.
Its two outstanding features were the top mounted magazine -- a feature rarely seen on submachine-guns since the Villar Perosa -- and the provision of a separate bolt compartment inside the receiver so that the bolt was isolated from its retracting handle by a small bulkhead, through which passed the small diameter bolt.
This ensured that dirt and mud did not jam the bolt and it was highly successful, although expensive in terms of space.
Two other unusual mechanical features: the ejector is built into the magazine rather than into the gun body, and the barrel is rapidly removable by pulling up on a spring-loaded plunger just ahead of the magazine housing.
The latter feature is necessary since, due to the method of assembly and construction, the gun can only be dismantled by removing the barrel and then taking out the bolt and return spring in a forward direction.
The OMC stayed in service through Korea (where the extra distances and the extra bulkypadded winter clothing of the enemy worked against it) and in the early days of Vietnam. It was replaced by a newer less efficient model, the F1, in the 1960's and that was quickly replaced by the American made Colt AR15 (M16) Armalite.
I have never seen a Nambu 94 before, but now that I have seen a picture of it, I have to agree that it is uglier than a bulldog chewing on a wasp.
tinygnat219
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Either the CZ 52, 1895 Nagant, Colt 1873 SAA, or the Beretta CX4 Storm rifle.
TerryBob
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I don't have a pic but my vote goes to the TECH 9.
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eden892
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Guns like women, all look good, some just look better than others.
armoredman
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Nope, nothing is a hideous as that WWI abomination, the ChautChaut. GAH!
BTW, that Nambu machine gun looks almost like something I saw on Star Wars...
BTW, that Nambu machine gun looks almost like something I saw on Star Wars...
kjeff50cal
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Colt All American 2000
JAMES77257
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Blasphemy!!!
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I know, I shoot Browning shotguns exclusively, the A-5 is a great gun that paved the way for many others.
However, they are not exactly "eye candy".
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I know, I shoot Browning shotguns exclusively, the A-5 is a great gun that paved the way for many others.
However, they are not exactly "eye candy".
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I think we need to break it down a little. When I first saw the title to the thread, I thought "Nambu 94". Liberator was a close second. But then someone mentioned rifles and shotguns. So, you can't compare ugliness of a rifle to the ugliness of a pistol or shotgun. Therefore, my nominations for the three ugliest guns are, Nambu 94 (pistol), HiPoint Carbine (rifle), and Benelli Nova (shotgun).
selector67
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I think this could compete with the Owen, as far as uglyness go's. The French MAS 38 sub-machine gun.
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Ryder
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Anything with a picture of Rosie on it
Medusa
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"All women are beautiful. It's just the question of the amount of consumed alcohol."
From modern guns, the XD looks a bit odd. Also ugly are the "civilian versions" of military arms. Cough * SL-8/G36 & SP90/P90 for example * cough.
30Cal
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We have a family saying that ends in "...uglier than a British revolver.
"I'm not a big fan of black plastic either.
Ty
Dionysusigma
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The Jati-Matic.
http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg25-e.htm
Barrel looks like a toy that got stepped on and repaired badly.
http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg25-e.htm
Barrel looks like a toy that got stepped on and repaired badly.
JesseL
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We have a family saying that ends in "...uglier than a British revolver.
I think the French revolvers are even uglier than the British ones. Kind of a bulldog-ugly vs. a Chinese crested hairless ugly.
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