People! People! The vast majority of you are confusing the aspects of a "Pimp Gun" with a "Gangsta Gun," or are at the very least intermixing the two.
What are the absolute requisite descriptors of a Pimp Gun?
<UL TYPE=SQUARE>[1]It's small.
[2]It's gaudy and flashy.
[3]It's inherently cheap, regardless of how much money has been spent gussying it up.
<LI> Thus, 9mm is really too much gun for a righteous pimp. More to the order is .32 ACP, .32 long, .25 ACP, .22 LR, .22 short, and maybe the occasional .38 S&W, though that's a tad esoteric for the pimp gun.
<LI> Nickel plating is the fave, but blued specimens with heavy engraving and/or inlay are acceptable. Engraving is preferably custom, with cheezy names put on the slide or barrel or maybe the frame. It is uncertain whether these names are meant to apply to the firearm or the bearer of it, but it is best not to ask.
<LI> Imported small-frame revolvers, dressed-up Colt Pocket autos and Berettas, old Iver Johnson revolvers with new finishes and after-market "flashy" stocks are all to be favored.
<LI> Tritium absolutely would NOT be used, because this would actually be money spent adding to the function of the gun, without adding a bit to the overall look of the gun. However, a tacky little add-on laser would be right up the alley of one of these lovely little POS's, because they add to the overall look and mystique when one turns it on.
<LI> Trigger pull on revolvers must be horrid, and unreliable on autos. Preferred are those pistols that would be likely to misfire. Safeties are to be eschewed.
<LI> Bonus points for stocks that cost more than the entire pistol. Bonus points for finishes that likewise cost more than the rest of the gun. Bonus points for mixed, incomplete loadings.
<LI> And finally, Bonus points for S&W, whom the well-informed pimp would doubtlessly realize was YET ANOTHER WHORE.</UL>
[This message has been edited by Long Path (edited April 10, 2000).]