Ever wanted to like a gun but just couldnt do it?

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by TAZ:
Glocks, Walthers and Steyrs. Love the way they feel in my hand but cant shoot them straight to save my life. The Glock's long pull kills me as I can never get a rythm going. Same with the Walther, have not tried the QA version yet though. The Steyr's #20 trigger killed the joy ride for me. LOVED the sights though. Maybe the new version with the 5# trigger job could be better. Cant wait for the 45 version to try.[/quote]

Yeah, the new generation Steyr M40 along with the trigger upgrade is like night and day. The trigger pull makes my Glock feel long and mushy. I like the larger trigger guard and angled trigger for an easy reach too.

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[This message has been edited by petej88 (edited September 20, 2000).]
 
Sorry folks. I thought I was sending the above two messages to the individuals only (blushing). I'm not trying to defend problems with some of the early pistols.
 
I've tried to like the Beretta my wife gave me as a gift. It's been chopped and sawed off and design wise it looks like something a first year gunsmithing student did and received a D- for a grade.
 
Wildey .475 auto. After drooling over them in The Shooter`s Bible for years and seeing one in Deathwish 3 I couldn`t believe it when I saw a used one in the case of the local gunshop. I asked to see it while thoughts of selling my car to buy it flashed through my head (no kidding!). Much to me chagrin it was a big clunky POS. Worst ergonomics I`ve ever seen/felt. This thing made a Desert Eagle feel like a hand fitted Olympic Free pistol! Oh well,another dream dashed. Of course there`s still the .44 Automag... :D Marcus
 
Yep... HK USP in any caliber. I tried my hardest to like this gun because it felt good in the hand and the mag release was in the BEST place it could possibly be on ANY gun. I tried full sized and compacts in all calibers available but just couldn't get use to the muzzle flip. Recoil was fine but that damn muzzle kept pointing itself at the ceiling making follow up shots looooooooong.
Too bad too cause I really wanted to go home with one.

WR

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[orig. posted by petej88] >>Sorry folks. I thought I was sending the above two messages to the individuals only (blushing).<<

as long as we're talking out loud here, I'll post my reply openly. if that's a breach of netiquette, apologies to all, but I felt a little weird letting Pete's post just hang out there without any acknowledgment.

>>You might want to try the new generatiion Steyr M40. They made some little tweaks ...<<

my last post in this thread *was* about as uninformative as it could possibly have been, huh? well, I didn't like my M40, as much as I really, really, really, really wanted to like it, because I didn't know I didn't like DAO. also, my particular M40 was kinda lemony; it shot low and left, it failed to go into battery a couple of times, had some FsTF with factory ammo (can't remember which ones), it bit my hand. I dunno, I might change my mind later on, tastes do change over time, after all, but I really am in love with my Sig P220, which is pretty far away from what one with a taste for Glocks, etc would like.
 
Yes, Glocks. I tried 2 17's, 19 and recently 26. I could not get used to the feel of the grip and the trigger.
 
I've wanted to like Kahrs and CZs, but haven't been able to. Whenever a new Kahr or CZ is put on display at the local gunshop, I look it over carefully and am always favorably impressed in some way. But I can't bring myself to like these guns.

Also, for ten years after Glocks were introduced, I wanted to like them but couldn't. What eventually changed my mind about Glocks was concealed carry. For me, they're practically ideal for this purpose. So, unexpectedly, in the end I became a Glock fan, and finally got to like something I'd wanted to like but couldn't. :)


[This message has been edited by jimmy (edited September 21, 2000).]
 
Yup, the SIG 239. I had SIG's for quite a while and just loved 'em. My 220 was simply the most accurate .45 I had ever shot, my 225 would shoot circles around just about anything else, and my lightweight 230 was the easiest carrying .380 I could have asked for. I thought the 239 would be simply awesome, combining the best of the 230 and 225.

I handled one at the NRA show the first year they came out and was instantly dismayed by the grip. It didn't fit me at all, felt like they forgot to round off the corners or something. Then I borrowed one on the range a few years later to try out, and had quite a time trying to get it to group. The fellow who owned it wasn't having any trouble, though, and he shot some excellent groups with it that day.

The gun just doesn't fit my hand, darn it, and one thing I have learned through years of experience and countless aftermarket grips is that if a gun doesn't fit me I can't shoot it well. It should have been my perfect carry gun...
 
AndABeer,


Forget the Bren, try a 10mm Witness.

Or...

Build a 10mm 1911.

(I'm in the same dilema, except I haven't had any desire to own a Bren since I bought my first Witness.)

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by WESHOOT2:
Forget the Bren, try a 10mm Witness.
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I guess that's another one that could go in this post as I really wanted to like the Witness too, but those sights are just soooo cheesy and my search for a supplier of aftermarket sights was fruitless.

I'm gonna go with the 1911 plan, already ordered a Damascus slide from Caspian. The lead time is 4 months though. :(
 
Know what you mean about aftermarket sights. I went with Mec Gar sights.
Eventually I'll have the slides (have 5) machined for MMC's.

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Kel-Tek P11 and a Taurus 945. Both were good guns but we couldnt get on the same page (or target with the P11) for some reason.
 
I tried to like the Kel-Tec P11, also. It languishes at the back of my safe these days, maybe I ought to get it out and give it another chance. I can't bring myself to sell it.
 
My Kimber, because of those darned front serrations on the slide and the beavertail grip safety ... I know they're great ideas, but dangit, Magnum P.I.'s .45 was never like that! It bothered me so much, I finally sold it and got a plain vanilla 1991 Colt.

Also, any gun that comes with those wretched Hogue finger-groove grips, which must've been modeled for the Incredible Hulk's fingers. Picking up a gun feels like trying to palm a basketball.
 
All Glocks, they just plain dont fit my fist, I even bought one, had it two days and sold it to a stranger thur the newspaper, would not push it off on a friend. Have since tried several more, still no good and the little Glocketts, forget it. Next are the Kahrs and Kel-Tech crap, some but not all Smith & Wessons autos, the little ones are in the same group as the Glocketts.
 
The Beretta 92. I just don't like the way it looks. The trigger guard is ugly, and it's too big for a 9mm. The Glock looks and feels like a water pistol.

I've never been able to get my hands on a Sig. I like the way the P226 looks though. I have a Charles Daly 1911 with a 4" barrel. A 1911 with anything but a 5" barrel looks wrong somehow, IMHO. But, it's the only pistol I can buy. Here in MI, I can't buy a handgun from an actual dealer until I'm 21, but I can buy them via private transaction.

When I do turn 21, I'm going to buy a new pistol. I've narrowed it down to (more than likely) a Desert Eagle, a 1911, a Sig P226, or a Hi-Power. I like single action autos. DA autos trigger pull feels too long.
 
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