Irrational Firearm Desires

[Duelist]

I took a mill file and rounded off the edges on the bottom of the slide of mine.

I’ve seen that done by a few people.

[BehindBlueI's]

I saw a 686 no dash 4" listed on another forum for what I think was a very nice price. It had the factory smooth grips that I really like and the photos showed only one real hicky on them. I need another 4" revolver like I need, well, another 4" revolver.

I kind of want to qualify on my 4" 629 because reasons.

[OlongJohnson]

Some not-so irrational desires:

A Browning SA-22 takedown

That one becomes rational when the local Academy puts a yellow tag at $399.99 on its store display unit - which has no handling rash because who in suburban Houston bothers to check out a $600 .22?

Just sayin'.

[jtcarm]

I had an Interarms PPK for a few years, and yes- like shooting a handful of razorblades*.
Owning and shooting it pretty much cooled off my 007 fantasies.


*to be fair, so is my FN 1906 .25, a gun I adore and love to shoot.

Same experience here with a West German PPK/S.

Gave it to my brother.

[jtcarm]

Nasty triggers (hard to understand why, given that Walther also makes the P99 and PPQ, which have among the nicest stock triggers out there)

It’s not hard to understand when you consider that the PPK design is over 80 years old, and the other two are entirely different beasts.

[JRV]

They're absolutely disgusting. They have the build quality of Khyber Pass pistols. They scratch easily, and they'll gall unless friction-bearing surfaces are stoned smooth and they are run soaked in good lube.

But, good God almighty, I would be happy to see the AMT Hardballer line resurrected from the dead. Big slabs of dumb stainless steel, awful Millett sights, and smelly rubber grips are an instant shot of nostalgia for the gun mags I saw growing up.

I just want to play Terminator.

(I may or may not have rebuilt a filthy AMT Javelina 5" 10mm that was purchased as borderline scrap from a pawn shop into a beater woods gun)

[jtcarm]

They're absolutely disgusting. They have the build quality of Khyber Pass pistols. They scratch easily, and they'll gall unless friction-bearing surfaces are stoned smooth and they are run soaked in good lube.

But, good God almighty, I would be happy to see the AMT Hardballer line resurrected from the dead. Big slabs of dumb stainless steel, awful Millett sights, and smelly rubber grips are an instant shot of nostalgia for the gun mags I saw growing up.

I just want to play Terminator.

(I may or may not have rebuilt a filthy AMT Javelina 5" 10mm that was purchased as borderline scrap from a pawn shop into a beater woods gun)

Now that’s what an irrational desire looks like[emoji6]

[Cheap Shot]

https://www.oowinc.com/exclusives/se...a-r-package-2/

[Joe in PNG]

As a relic of my Counterstrike days, a Sig 552 Commando SBR.

[El Cid]

I’ve wanted a Stoner 63 since I was a kid reading about the SEAL’s in VN doing good work with them.