Turning guns into billboards turns me off

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Playboypenguin

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Why is it some companies feel the need to turn the sides and barrels of their guns into billboards? Cluttered with big, ugly, black, laser etched lettering and logos. I think this just makes guns vulgar looking. The worst offenders seem to be Taurus and S&W. That is the very reason I do not own a S&W 1911. I do not mind engraved logos or lettering but the laser etched looks cheesey at best...and when overdone it just looks cheap.
 
I agree. I especially hate the warnings etched in the gun. "Read Safety Manual." No kidding!? Who would have thought of that on their own? Put a sticker on the gun if you feel the need. I don't need to be reminded to read the manual every time I look at the gun, forever.:barf:
 
I agree, but I do like the looks of the Kimber and Springfield logos on the slide. You are right though; too much does not look good in my opinion, although I do think that this Taurus 1911 looks pretty good...

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The "Read saftey manual" thing gets to me the most. My GP100 would look 100 times better if it didn't have a warning on the barrel.
 
I've found that if I want something bad enough I can handle a big steaming cup of "get over it" but I still grumble.

Used 29s are sparse around here so when a 629 showed up I snagged it in spite of the "Trail Boss" lettering on the starboard side. As a sort of double whammy it also has porting which I swore I'd never have on a revolver.

Ditto my STI VIP though the "VIP" isn't laser, I'd still prefer it be elsewhere. Fortunately, it didn't look that good to start with so it's not such a great loss.

Along with the ported shotgun I wound up with I now probably own at least one example of everything I swore vehemently, in public, I'd never own. Karmic payback, no doubt.
 
I totally agree, I dislike all the logos written on guns. Just one more reason I love my Para 14.45. It has a logo on the side but it's done in black and you can hardly see it.

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There's a similar model in chrome that says 'Gun Rights'. I'd consider buying it if it didn't say that.
 
i agree also. i happen to find the same thing with knives, which is one of my other hobbies. some manufacturers go WAY too far with the etching and stamping
 
Hey, I like my billboard: CZ 75 P-01; Made in Czech Republic; CZ-USA, Kansas City, KS; NSN 1005-16-000-8619.

All that advertising makes it shoot like a champion.
 
Cant blame the manufactors, you can only blame society. Everybody is sue happy, any excuse to sue, blaming the manufactor for our stupidity.

Think what guns would cost if instead of the warning labels we had to pay for all the BS law suits.

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I couldn't agree more... it's like having a giant HONDA sticker on your Honda, lol. What's the point? It's tacky. I recently noticed that the under side of my P7's trigger guard read's "WARNING READ SAFETY MANUAL"... I got a nice chuckle out of that.
 
I don't mind a logo. I don't mind a manufacturer and/or model number. I draw the line at the manufacturer's address and phone number and several warnings etched, engraved, stamped, or otherwise (where you can't get them off) into the frame or slide.
 
The worse offender is Bersa.

The font and the way they lay it out on the gun makes me not want to buy one.

A real shame too.

They are great guns for the price.

And Taurus did lose their minds recently when they up'd the size of the 38 special on the side of their Model 85 barrels.

The old style did exactly the same thing and looked a hundred times better.

By contrast,my PT101 Taurus I used to own had a very tasteful layout of writing on the side of it.

It was laser etched but the writing was scaled just perfect for the gun and I thought it enhanced the way the gun looked.
 
I handled a used Taurus Gaucho awhile back and it was the first Taurus revolver that has really impressed me with it's fit, trigger, timing and smoothness of function. Then I rolled it over and noted that some demented soul had filled the rather substantial barrel logo with white paint, or some such.

Might as well have dumped a quart of icewater down the front of my pants.
 
Aesthetics are a large part of buying a gun for me. The look, fit and finish of the gun has to appeal to my eye. Certainly other things are important, such as caliber, capacity, reliability, etc. But when it comes down to it, I'd much rather carry a Colt 9mm Combat Commander than a utilitarian Glock.

The billboards don't bother me nearly as much as the "lawyer-ese" crap. The worst part about Rugers is that they make sure to roll-stamp it deep into the barrel, At least if they laser etched it, we could polish it out. :mad:
 
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