Why are American pistols so ugly?
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Why are American pistols so ugly?
Good question.
>>30618010
Old America guns are awesome.
Italians have the best looking pistols
>>30618010
Americans are not known for their aesthetics.
>>30618010
Because they are designed to work.
???
>>30618037
I always wondered what that latch is for. Some kind of foregrip or just a counter weight to reduce recoil when firing in bursts?
>Ugly
>S&W 5906
Is this bait?
Also, fuck storefronts.
>>30618263
i heard theyre shit but i want one cuz i want to be buck rogers
>>30618283
It's a foregrip, the 93r can shoot full auto iirc.
Engravings give you no tactical advantage whatsoever. But Jesus, these are pretty.
>>30618010
We have an archetype example of any physical concept that our brain keeps ready to use. If someone mentions "Bird" without any other context, you likely think of a pigeon or a robin, not a penguin or an ostrich. It's funny that you open with that picture, OP, because when someone says "gun" the old S&W semi-autos are immediately what I think of. To me, that is exactly what a pistol should look like.
>>30618010
Really, nigger?
*posts 1911*
You're calling THIS ugly!?
>>30618290
It looks like the bastard child of a 1911, a sig and a beretta.
>>30618479
>It looks like almost every other full size pistol with an external hammer
Do you have anything of worth to say or are you just projecting?
>>30618010
its ok the koreans fixed that one
![125571410334012917403701197_English_Mastiff[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/qgD4zfz.jpg "125571410334012917403701197 English Mastiff[1]")
>>30618468
The 1911 doesn't win any pageants. It is totally utilitarian and unappealing. Don't get me wrong; I wouldn't have it any other way. A 1911 is ugly in the way as a good mastiff: ugly but charming.
>>30618501
>ugly but charming
Describes everything English
American Perfection
>>30618529
There's plenty of English things that aren't charming.
>>30618490
The Hi-Power looks way better
>>30618529
Huh. Come to think of it...
>>30618579
Its virtually identical to the OP!
>>30618540
I actually had a chance to hold one of these for the first time last night; it wasn't nearly as horrible as I had expected. I'd still never get one but that slide racked really easily for a chunk of metal weighing approximately 20 lbs.
>>30618010
Stainless smiths are beautiful.
I'm sorry wherever you posted this shitty bait from doesn't allow you the freedoms we have, but please try to understand, their is a market for guns here that isn't military and police, thus we can have guns that don't all look alike, i know this is hard, but please try to understand.
America wins... again. What a surprise.
>>30618935
Top kek
>>30618010
Fuck you that beautiful. Its the only metal framed gun I've ever wanted, I like it more than my PPK.
>>30618496
>exposed trigger bar
>fixed
no thank you
>>30619039
Ever shot the two back to back?
>>30618010
Only view that matters is the sights in alignment
Not all of us pose in front of the mirror with our guns to feel manly.
>>30618037
I wish the 93r wasn't a complete piece of shit
>>30622550
You just described all berettas.
>>30618421
Engravings help hold oil which protects the finish.
>>30618468
You know I really like the look of the original 1911. Every time I see it I just want to chomp on a big fat cigar and imagine myself one handed magdumping it while laughing and spitting tobacco juice everywhere like a gruff American male.
>>30618263
Think I just vomited a little
>>30618367
I had one (except blued, not nickel)for about three years
The firing pin broke after about 1000 rounds of continuous fire, and it took me over a year to find another firing pin (bought three from someone just because I didn't want to be SOL if another broke) and with the new firing pin I put thousands and thousands of rounds through it with no problem.
I sold it for over double what I paid for it about two years ago.
![380snub3[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Wnnji0O.jpg "380snub3[1]")
