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When great companies get goofy!

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You know what I'm talking about. When a great company has a really good product then it introduces another product that is really a dud.
Beretta making plastic guns - 9000 and Neos
SIG straying from the SIG Classic line and making the SIG Pro line.
Smith & Wesson Sigma POS

What were they thinking.
Lets here some other examples.
 
To borrow a sig line snippet:
Smith & Wesson is building a 1911: it's the end of the world as we know it!

Ruger deciding that making autopistols would be cool,

Glock making 40's or that new kurz thing (For all the polymer tribe)
 
He's probably referring to the 9mm, .40 and .45 line.

However, aside from them being big, heavy, ugly and bulky, they are very durable, reliable and a good value if you find a used on for cheap.
 
Easy pardners, all said jokingly except for the S&W part, was not aware that there was a "Ruger tribe".

The S&W referred to in the linked GT post seems to be one of their DA autos, not the 19666A1 model they're making now. I'm sure they will be able to turn out a reliable 1911, it just feels, well, like Colt revolvers. Wrong.
 
it just feels, well, like Colt revolvers. Wrong.
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:eek:

Maybe if Colt would actually MAKE revolvers anymore, and actually MARKET and/or ADVERTISE them, and sell them at prices people could afford, then the idea of owning a wheelgun with a horsey on it wouldn't seem so strange.

As is, though, I sort of agree with Navy Joe. I don't think they feel wrong, but they're rare. I've seen only a few Colt revolvers in my life. I can only think of two right off the top of my head that I've seen recently; a used Anaconda at a store that's now, sadly, closed and an Officer's Model in .38 Special that's in a local store.
 
Remember the "compact" S&W Sigma guns?
9mm and .380.
They were very flat and concealable, but according to S&W, they were disposable after 3000rds or so.
I had a 9 that was ok, but no slide stop, and you need a buddy to take it down for cleaning. :rolleyes:
From what I understand, the 9s were so unreliable, they quit making them after a year or two.
The .380 died shortly after.
 
Nightcrawler is right

Colt revolvers were great and have been around longer than Smith revolvers.

I have the SW 1911. Its a good gun. I mean a really good gun.

Good company, bad idea:
Smith=Sigma what junk
Taurus=Milenium Plus, the one with simulated wood grip sticker on the polymer frame.
 
Seems like you guys are getting into the weeds with your personal peeves.

I'm taking "goofy" to be the situation when a decent maker releases a gun that is either a total flop, strangely junky, or flies in the face of everything the company previously stood for.

A bulky, reliable and cheap autoloader seems right up Ruger's alley.

But I think the Sigma, Millenium, 2000 and 9000 are great examples. Quirky, unprecedented and of questionable reliability.

My nominations:
Sig, for the Mauser M2
HK, for the Browning operated USP/Socom line
Walther, for the embarrasingly crummy P22

A Glock SA revolver would top it for me, but Gaston seems to have things under control.
 
Yes, my original intent was companies that are really good at what they do (Beretta 92/96) then go off and produce something goofy that is just out of their area of expertise.
Lets not limit it to firearms.
S&W bicycles.....
 
Ruger "GP-100" (Give me a Security/Speed Six anyday!)
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WHOA... HOLD IT THERE!!!!

The GP 100 is one of the best wheelguns out there. Robust, Strong... Come on now. It's a good revolver! It just has a rather poor trigger out of the box...
 
THE FIRST RUGER AUTOLOADING PISTOL WAS

The " STANDARD " 22 pistol.
The MARK I was the first change.
Ruger chose to use the British vernacular: "MARK" designates a major change from the original design.
The MARK II was the next major change.
 
AND FURTHERMORE, I OWN AN S+W SIGMA, #179,

that is an outstanding 40 cal pistol. It'll outshoot any Glock 40 I have ever fired, feels a whole bunch better in the hand, and doesn't have too bad a trigger. It's only problem is the sights which are/were plastic POS.
From what I have heard they made a bunch of SIGMA'S not up to snuff; you couldn't prove it by me nor anyone of the other folks I know who have had some extensive trigger time on a 40 SIGMA.
 
I'd have to disagree about the sig pro.

The 2340/2009 SIG is quite nice, with the smoothest DA pull in the SIG lineup, removable fire-control group a la P210, and the most unplastic of the polymer pistols in terms of looks.

A very clever and controllable platform for the 357SIG.

I will admit, that the propriety rail is goofy, but hopefully an adapter will come out, and maybe a polymer SIG with a standard rail.
 
Not that it's a bad gun but it could be viewed as goofy by some. When you think of CZ's do you really picture the CZ 100 first in your mind? Now I'm trying to get that ugly thing out of my mind...get out....Get Out......GET OUT!!! Ahhhh, much better now. :D
 
Yep, that XD sure is goofy. What with them selling like hot cakes about as fast as they can be imported, getting super reviews, and taking over large shares of the market. What the heck was Springfield thinking? :p
 
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