No, actually, I wasn't done!
I don't care for Sig pistols. Their own designs (P226 and the like) are
highly respected and I certainly trust the judgement of those in the know, but I don't care for the way they look and I don't like where the controls are located. Great guns? I'll bet they truly are, but I doubt I'm ever going to own one. And if a fine deal presented itself, I'd only buy it to flip.
I don't like the Browning Hi-Power. I think these are extremely fine looking handguns but I don't like the way they shoot at all. I'm not prone to "hammer bite" but these bite me.
And I loathe the trigger, and not just the lousy trigger pull, but I really do NOT like the irrational amount of trigger over travel. They are gorgeous pistols and the history & their resume in service duty to the Earth impress me for certain, but these pistols are not for me.
I have a white-hot seething hate for the Ruger Mark III platform. And I'll admit that I would be a big fan of the Mark III if only the Mark II had never existed. But the changes that were made just offend me on many levels and the pistol disgusts me. In my eyes, they took the absolute
pinnacle of the design (which dates back to 1949!) and they attacked it from all angles.
HK handguns are lost on me. I could probably really fall for one of the P7 variants, but even those annoy me because this company finally comes up with something I really want to like... and they end them. So now they go for nutty money. I do believe, like Sig, these are quality handguns, but I have zero desire to chase one. And while just about any/every handgun manufacturer makes some ugly guns, HK is one of the few handgun makers I can think of they simply don't make
any attractive looking guns. Heh, Glock is right there with 'em.
Kel-Tec is an easy target for my angst. Their QC and attention to detail is seriously lacking. And they come up with the PMR-30 that is truly a whole heap of fun in every way, and they can't come up with even a FRACTION of the supply to meet the demand. A pistol that debuted at $399 MSRP (up to what, $429 now?) can't be found anywhere for less than 135% of
retail in a world where nobody pays retail for new handguns. As if that wasn't frustrating enough, they continue to advertise the ever-loving HELL out of this pistol while they make about 8% of what the market actually wants of them.