Misfits?

I think the remngton etronx is a fantastic idea. but the rifles cost 2 grand and the primers cost more than the bullets. as bad as it failed, you have to assume that one day, in the far distant future, our military will adopt rifles with some kind of electronic firing system. think about how great the electronic triggers for paintball guns are, how cool would that be in an ar15.
 
carguychris, you beat me to the punch on the Dardick;-) I did have a magazineless Bren Ten on my personal Misfit Island though...
 
By misfits are we saying guns that never caught on? Guns that were ahead of their time? Guns that maybe were just too outside of the box?
Maybe I'm the Lion from that movie because I own a few of the guns already mentioned. They aren't useless, just under appreciated.
Would the semiauto revolvers go on this island? Basically a double action but the recoil cocks the hammer and rotates the cylinder instead of the trigger. Seems like a good idea but never caught on even though a few companies produced some.
What about the 8 shot S&W .357 revolvers?
The 28 gauge Circuit Judge should be there as well. I believe it's sole existance is because Taurus made a big hype about the up coming 28 gauge Judge. Well they couldn't get around the laws and the gun would really be a SBS. So the gun was canned. But the Circuit Judge became available in a 28 gauge and is now no longer available. The gun did not catch on in 28 gauge and I'm honestly surprised the Circuit Judge is still offered at all. It's a good gun but not a popular one.
Bolt action shotguns. Nothing wrong with them but everyone just about wants a pump or an auto.
The Saiga shotguns, good concept but not popular.
The Scorpion pistols. Probably a fun range toy but that's it.
 
The M1895 Lee Navy-our only real lemon of a service rifle. Caliber too small, the powders of the day too hard on the bore, no proper cleaning rod, the floating extractor was easily lost.
My idea of a misfit is a rifle like the M1895 Lee Navy-or the Ross-that is well made but has serious design flaws that make it unsuitable for issue. Then there are designs like the Dardick that are intriguing but....what's the point? What do they do much better than a conventional design ? The Gyrojet-the same.
The explanation given to me of the problems with Remington's 5MM Magnum was that it was basically Remington's proprietary version of the better established 22 Winchester Rimfire Magnum and there were some quality control problems, complaints of erratic pressures, etc.
The 45 GAP-coming up with a 45 semiautomatic round that is incompatible with the 45 ACP ?
The Bren Ten-like the 44 AutoMag-seems to have been a business failure, an undercapitalized company trying to rely on customers' deposits for funding-not a wise business practice.
 
What about Armatix?

That 'smart' gun that was to save us from gun violence.
The Chauchat has been mentioned as has the type 94 Nambu.
Also, ANY revolver with a safety.
 
Back in the day, when Professional Ordnance first came out with their Carbon 15 pistol with the 7 1/2 inch barrel and muzzle break, I had to be the first guy to get one. It looked like it would be the most totally awesome tacticool weapon for tier one operators operating operationally. As it turned out, it was just the loudest single-shot pistol I've ever fired. If only they would have added the term "mil-spec" somewhere in the description, it might have all been different...
 
WV_gunner said:
Ruger bolt action .44 mag?
Tom Servo said:
I don't know. That's actually a pretty neat gun, and quite accurate with the right loads.
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Agreed, and I was thinking the same thing about another arguable "misfit"- the "Pointy Bullet Thirty-Thirty", aka the Savage Model 340 box-mag bolt-action in .30-30 Winchester. Both of these guns are unconventional, but IMHO they have a certain cool factor to them that makes me hesitant to call them misfits. :cool:
 
Ha! I like the question. Without looking at what others said:

1. G.R.A.D. Knife gun
2. Stinger / Braverman Pen gun
3. Arsenal double-45 / dual 1911
4. COP 357
5. Boberg XR9-S - try and figure out how that one works
6. Taurus Curve - you can just call that one "King Moonracer"
7. Powell Knife Gun
8. Gwinn Arm Pistol (oldie but goodie)

Ok, now to check my list against others...:D
 
Shotgun with just a pistol grip. A rifle with a folding stock that stays folded is as useless. Any rifle cartridge with the word 'magnum' in its name.
Savage Model 340's tend to shoot like target rifles.
"...and that had a bolt that could be re-inserted incorrectly and was then unsafe to fire..." That was a Mk II Ross. The Mk III was just too finely made for the trenches. Did have a distinguished career as a sniper's rifle though.
 
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