Would you buy a gun based on looks?

[hksw]

Very early on on,at most, a handfull of guns.

Grew out of that mentality quickly and know better now.

 

[orangeninja]

DO NOT GET THE 232 IF YOU HAVE LARGE HANDS!!!!

DANGER!!! I REPEAT!!!

DO NOT GET THE 232 IF YOU HAVE LARGE HANDS!!!


I had one, now I have 2 scars on the web of my hand exactly the width of a slide. The slide WILL come back and get you. A friend of mine was also shooting his but cut his hand so bad he had to leave the range. People got tired of stepping in his blood. We were all getting them as backup guns at one time. I can't think of a single officer I work with that will carry them now. Though a couple of their wives will.

 

[Monkeyleg]

Appearance always has been factor when I've bought a gun. Some are so ugly that they're beautiful, like the Spas 12, which in the end turned out to be unshootable. My Remington 700 PSS isn't exactly a "looker" either, but somehow it's appealing.

My main SD gun, a Kimber Pro Carry, is about as plain as they get, but it still has appeal. My "pimp" gun is a nickle Python.

After seeing ArmySon's photo of a Boron Carbide 1911 (found here: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13733&perpage=25&highlight=boron&pagenumber=2 ) I wanted one something fierce, but couldn't afford it. The closest I could come was a Kimber Eclipse Target like this:

 

[Rembrandt]

Would you buy a gun based on looks?

....absolutely, the Luger is a good example. It's not the number one choice for CCW....but few would dispute that it's one of the most beautiful handguns ever built.

 

[ChickenHawk]

Absolutely!!

That's why I've wanted a Colt Mustang (stainless) for so long. That is a pretty gun!

Cheers,
ChickenHawk

 

[antediluvianist]

of course

"Would you buy a gun based on looks? "

Yes, there's this cute young salegirl at the gunstore, and she sells a lot of guns.

 

[Chuck Jennings]

Some say, "Life is too short for ugly guns."

I belive that life is TOO LONG to have to put up with ugly guns!!

 

[HiWayMan]

I bought my CZ52 based on looks. It is the prettiest ugly gun I've ever seen, but then again my dad used to call me the dumbest smart kid he knew.

 

[Black Majik]

Absolutely, the 1911's I own

Well, also.... I picked a Remington 870 Wingmaster over the 870 express based on looks too, so yeah... I make sure the guns I purchase has FUNCTION and FORM.

 

[Drjones]

Looks are definitely a factor for me.

Obviously it has to function as well as it looks, but I simply cannot buy an ugly gun.

Yes, I actually consider Glocks to be good looking in their own way.

Their rugged, no-frills, no-BS, all-business looks are beautiful in their own way.

 

[orangeninja]

Beretta 92...nuff said.

 

[Abominable No-Man]

No. I prefer performance first- cosmetic stuff is secondary.

ANM

 

[bukijin]

First a quick aside... I once had a job at the headquarters of an high-class cosmetic company. The lobby was spectacular - marble, leather - the receptionists were all young, female, glamorous and ravishingly beautiful. Once they found out that I was hired help rather than a customer, I was lead through the tradesman's entrance. Behind the lobby was cheap and old - like the back of any department store or supermarket. The employees weren't so well groomed or good looking. I was quite surprised at the difference but I realized that their company was in the image business. Literally they were all about presenting a beautiful facade to the world. One employee boasted to me that they sourced their ingredients from the cheapest places in asia wheras their customers paid top dollar for their 'quality' products. Really opened my eyes. Advertising, image, status seem to have more value than true quality these days.

For me, if a gun (or anything) is intended to be used then function must come first. Pure functionality has its own (real) aesthetic. However, if its function is simply to be looked at.....

I do reserve the right to be a hypocrite however because I could never buy a rifle with a synthetic stock even if it was functionally superior.

 

[Heraclitus]

I pick my guns the way I picked my wife: on the basis of looks AND performance.

 

[StuporDave]

Would you buy a gun based on looks?

That's why I own a P-38. Although I've come to love the gun, I originally bought it because I always thought they looked so cool.

Dave

 

[9mmepiphany]

yup it doesn't even have to work...vector cp-1

 

[arinvolvo]

If people didnt buy guns based on looks alone, no Walther PPK would ever get sold!!

And if others didnt buy guns based on functionality alone, no Glocks would get sold.

 

[valnar]

All my guns are beauties. That's part of the appeal. When you can find a nice looking one with the same functionality and caliber of any ugly one, why wouldn't you?

Just say "no" to Glocks.


-Robert