Guns you would absolutely never buy

[tennmike]

Oh, and these are just plain ignorant. I have blasted myself enough times by getting my anatomy in front of a revolver cylinder to know that there is no way in hell I would ever shoot (let alone own) one of these...

Some people only need to get burned like that once to learn the lesson. Others seem to need a reinforcing lesson from time to time!

[tbarnz]

XD's and anything with Pachmayr grips. Uglier than bowling shoes. 3.5 inch magnum shotguns. The new Browning A5 ersatz.

[Freezer]

Which is fine and dandy. Please understand that typically-- when someone refers to a rifle as a "man killer" with "no sporting use" the next thing that comes out of their mouth is a call to ban such rifles. We need to stick together as gun owners and that is not very helpful.

OK I screwed up! "Hunting value" not "sporting value"! I belong to the NRA and California Rifle and Pistol Assoc. I support the 2nd Amendment and don't like the unconstitional regulations they have here in Californiastan. I'm a hunter and gun enthusiast. Some guns I like to shoot but just don't care to or can't afford to own. Rifles that are designed for military use just don't fit well in my hunting nitch without a lot of modification. I'm waiting on my dream gun from Teach. There's only one more I've always wanted to own that I don't yet, a Manlicher Schonhire (spelling) in 6.5 Schonhire. Actually there is a second that I had a chance to shoot and I loved, a Styre Scout Rifle with a fix 4x Leupold in 308. That was a nice rifle! Three shots in one ragged hole and a built in bipod ohhhh.
There was one asault rifle that really impressed me but I didn't get a chance to shoot, The H&K MP5. That dang thing became a part of me! I wish I'd been at the range when I handled it. That would have been fun but I'll never buy one. I would go through so much ammo......

[Gene L]

The MP 5 isn't an "assault rifle." It's a sub gun, shooting a pistol bullet.

[samzhere]

The general anti-Taurus bias here had led me to skip them over at gunshows. But about 3 years ago I was in the market for a snubby revolver, and saw a row of shiny black Taurus, low price.

I checked them out, and in accordance with what I'd heard -- that Taurus had improved their quality considerably -- was at least borne out by the little wheelguns. They were solid, had crisp action, the frame was 1-piece (not bolted but machined from a solid block) and trigger pull pretty smooth.

So I bought a plain, black 2" .357 Mag snubby, fine shiny black metal finish, solid comfy grip, good trigger action. At the range the gun did its stuff -- you're not gonna get precision accuracy from a snubby but you should get consistent bullet strike, which I did. I've since fired several hundred high energy SD rounds from the little Taurus with no signs of wear. It looks like new.

So, at least, with their standard issue revolvers, they seem to be just fine. The Taurus doesn't have the elegance of, for example, my 6" Ruger stainless, but for the money, I can find no fault with it.

[rbsivley]

Okay, I'll weigh in. Other than the cheepos posted above I'll ad a single barrel, break open shotgun.
Now, the question was what would we never buy so here's a few things I'd never spend money on but if someone GAVE me one I'd probably shoot and enjoy:

A wood stocked AR
A flintlock ML
A double rifle, (think they're cool, and would love to shoot one, ditto the flintlock)
These .17 calibers
A .22 WMR handgun. (love that round for squirrels and crows, etc. but in a bolt gun)
Can't think of the brand but those little .22 revolvers. They're tiny

Again, not criticizing any of those but the question was what would I never spend my money on.

Chk this out.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=322196026

[cappy54]

my list is short anything that wont go BOOM BOOM BOOM EVERYTIME ALL THE TIME

[Michakav]

Glock
Remington 700
Lorcin...etc.
Hesse/Blackthorne

[skwirrel]

Nothing in .270 win.

[bullsi1911]

I am generally one of the Anti-Taurus guys, but even I can't say I'd never own one again. The planets would have to be in perfect alignment, and JMB would need to come back from Valhalla to bless them... but there is still a chance :)



BTW, you guys know that the Taurus Circuit Judge has a blast shield that keeps the blast off your arm, right?

[Jermanator]

BTW, you guys know that the Taurus Circuit Judge has a blast shield that keeps the blast off your arm, right?

I have seen it and I still don't trust it.