Things that make you cringe... on a firearm

[Another_David]

to each their own but I see some "features" or mods and just cringe:

• Any firearm with a built-in lock (is this thing on?)
• Colt's bastardized AR civilian changes: large front pin, block, etc.
• Stippling on a plastic lower--seriously, you paid for that? I thought your dog chewed on it.
• Most do-it-yourself paint jobs--it's a firearm, not a model airplane, don't mess with a perfectly good finish. *Exception for parents that paint their kid's firearms funky colors because it's always nice to see the youngsters involved in shooting sports.

and you?

 

[Gonzo]

Safeties.

 

[Admin]

The word Glock

 

[dwarven1]

What on a firearm makes me cringe?

Those goofy 2, 3 or 4 magazine connectors on 10/22s.

Four figure price tags on guns I want to buy.

The names Hi-Point, Raven, Lorcin or Glock on the slide.


Damn... Derek beat me to it by less than 60 seconds.

 

[Realtor MA]

Hand carved grips.

 

[Dirtypacman]

Rust

 

[fbirdquik6]

• Stippling on a plastic lower--seriously, you paid for that? I thought your dog chewed on it.

+1000000

 

[TheRoland]

Forward grips on an AR that are of the pistol-grip variety. Ick. An AR is not a Thompson.

Not really a rifle guy, so I don't know, but they've always struck me as fundamentally un-serious.

 

[TheRoland]

+1000000

Stippling is almost always function-over-form. I'd sure as heck let a dog chew on my competition gun if it made my splits faster.

 

[Boston_Shooter]

Usually the price tag..

And my account balance after I buy one.

 

[Dirtypacman]

"WARNING: THIS FIREARM CAPABLE OF FIRING WITH MAGAZINE REMOVED"

Billboard on the slide

 

[economist]

The word Glock

"Made in Croatia" / Grip safeties that lock the slide.

 

[wolf223]

Safeties.

 

[Sir_Macadoo]

Really big, gaudy roll marks on pistols, and that blurb that says "Caution: Capable of firing with the magazine removed'

ETA: DOH! Dirtypacman beat me to it!

 

[Twigg]

"Plastic" handguns.

Bi-pods on carbines.

Double action triggers on semi-auto pistols.

 

[Admin]

"Made in Croatia" / Grip safeties that lock the slide.

Just like a Mac fan.

 

[45collector]

The torch cuts on machine gun parts kit receivers. Such a tragedy that nice old military relics would be mangled like that.

 

[flintoid]

ar-15 stocks on AKs

90% of midway's inventory

The torch cuts on machine gun parts kit receivers. Such a tragedy that nice old military relics would be mangled like that.

AMEN

 

[Ma$$hole]

I second the bipod system but on the Keltec rifles. When they're shown to me because one may think it's cool it just looks like it's about to fall apart. I also can't stand shoemaker paint jobs on front or rear sights. I bought a Sig P239 with orange paint sloppily put on the rear sights and it makes me want to find the previous owner and tattoo "ID10T" on his forehead.

And what californians do to ARs just to make them Caca compliant.

 

[Gonzo]

All the freeking buttons and levers on the side of a Sig.

 

[ChevyGuy91]

Bi-pods on carbines.

That, but I will take it further, grip-pods.

I also HATE seeing an AR with an ACOG, Suppressor, and an AN-PEQ15. I HATE that.



Because I either can't afford it, or the .gov says I can't own it.

 

[tele_mark]

The Billboard:

 

[wolf223]

ported pistols (race guns) in pretty colors

eta:

 

[Speedway]

Cheap bastardized reproductions of a perfectly good firearm.

 

[cekim]

ported pistols (race guns) in pretty colors

Port bigot... In defense of _some_ porting, G19C gives you 2-shot groups that look like a full-size barretta/Sig/etc... with much less gun to carry - WIN!

Yeah, pistols only have 2 valid colors: black, nickle/stainless/shiny....

 

[LoginName]

Non-SBR, semi-auto versions of subguns with 16" barrels (Uzi's, Thompson's, Sten's, ect).

Just about anything from Tapco.

Sporterized milsurp rifles.

 

[Admin]

camo tape

+1

Shitty scopes.

 

[Gonzo]

ACE skeleton stocks.

 

[Admin]

Partially seated magazines.

 

[atmay]

Magazine disconnects (just got rid of the one in m 22/45!)
Having the ENTIRE users manual, including all 10 safety rules, engraved on the firearm (ruger!)
Built in locks (at least the one on my 22/45 is pretty simple, and can't really fail)
Price tags
Cheap plastic (tapco et al)
cheezy scope mounts on SKSs
Loaded Chamber Indicators