Which company made the silliest guns?

[Knobgoblin]

Chiapa Rhino.

Yeah, its $1800

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[CountryGent]

A few come to mind ....

• Cobray. Oh, they actually made some neat stuff. But they sure shat out a lot of idiotic crap too. I seem to recall there was a coke epidemic back in the 80s, so that might explain it.
• Har Pernt. Er, Hi Point. If I could get past their standard offerings, I then see "Yeet Cannons", dollar bill pattern printed pistols, and threaded variants for when you want to attach a silencer to a gun worth less than the tax stamp.
• Standard Manufacturing. Produced the abysmal Thunderstruck revolver and an AR called, I kid you not, the STD-15. A rifle made by the same clowns behind the aforementioned revolver does sound about as appealing as Herpes.
• No list of this kind is complete without the Dardrick.
• Most of the "ring of fire" (aka "ring of fart") zinc alloy pistols made back in the day.
• Chiapa. Ugly as sin. Expensive. Just, why?
• The Gyrojet.
• Heritage. Just, meh.
• Whoever came up with the Smill & Welson.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Owned one, never even tried shooting it.

This lil guy bankrupted the entire company apparently.

 

[Lilhigbee]

The Big Green! Remember the EtronX?
What a poor business decision. One of many. I hope those rifles were able to be modified to use standard primers and cartridge cases. If not, some folks now have expensive clubs!

At least you can still get primers for it!! Clicky to biggen it up enough to see the price!!

 

[wired]

A few come to mind ....

• Cobray. Oh, they actually made some neat stuff. But they sure shat out a lot of idiotic crap too. I seem to recall there was a coke epidemic back in the 80s, so that might explain it.
• Har Pernt. Er, Hi Point. If I could get past their standard offerings, I then see "Yeet Cannons", dollar bill pattern printed pistols, and threaded variants for when you want to attach a silencer to a gun worth less than the tax stamp.
• Standard Manufacturing. Produced the abysmal Thunderstruck revolver and an AR called, I kid you not, called the STD-15. A rifle made by the same clowns beyond the aforementioned revolver does sound about as appealing as Herpes.
• No list of this kind is complete without the Dardrick.
• Most of the "ring of fire" (aka "ring of fart") zinc alloy pistols made back in the day.
• Chiapa. Ugly as sin. Expensive. Just, why?
• The Gyrojet.
• Heritage. Just, meh.
• Whoever came up with the Smill & Welson.

standard also makes some extraordinary SAAs and one of these days maybe a reproduction Colt Woodsman . But yeah they have the USFA syndrome of making a lot of crap

 

[CountryGent]

From a functional perspective I'll throw HK on the list for the MP5 briefcase, because who the heck thought a sub gun in a plastic tactical "briefcase" with no mechanism to aim it or dump brass when firing was a good idea?

Then there is the same concept, only with a Mac-10.

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[OldBroad44]

Jennings and Davis seem to come to mind…

I briefly owned a Jennings that was quite reliable. That is, when fully loaded it was reliably a single shot.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Not really the firearm itself...but some of the names companies use are pretty silly .

Noreen BN36 Assassin -X....while a .30-06 AR15 type Carbine , does sound interesting , even to me....
The name kills the deal for me. ( Pun intended )

I am sure that there are many more.
Andy

 

[Heyjoe]

Taurus Spectrum was a true monstrosity.

 

[Heyjoe]

The Curve was silly as well

 

[JDubDub]

Bond Arms or any other company making big-bore derringers.

 

[Heyjoe]

Viper Tac-bat

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Anything made or marketed by Springfield Armory.

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

Sort of surprised Red Jacket Firearms hasn't been mentioned yet

 

[Knobgoblin]

Sort of surprised Red Jacket Firearms hasn't been mentioned yet

I wouldn't bring that guy up. Not to cover up the story, just to shun the man himself.

 

[raftman]

Guns like the sterling aren't meant to be target guns and they dont need to stabilize the round. 500-600 fps out the muzzle and ten feet or less. Its a defensive gun.

Well hopefully an attacker 10 feet or less away from someone carrying it would've been courteous any to give enough time rack the slide and make certain the safety stayed in the right position.

 

[CountryGent]

Sort of surprised Red Jacket Firearms hasn't been mentioned yet

Name didn't even vaguely ring a bell. Googled it and holy mackerel.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Sort of surprised Red Jacket Firearms hasn't been mentioned yet

Yuck...you should supply Lysol and Bleach after reading that...
The "smiley" for my attempt at humor for an otherwise nasty situation.
Andy

 

[Sxsnuf]

When I biggin it up, it shows the item discontinued. I hope, for the sake of others, that's a temporary condition.

At least you can still get primers for it!! Clicky to biggen it up enough to see the price!!

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[orygun]

@Andy54Hawken rightfully brought up the Dardick. Incredibly unique. I have the Popular Mechanics issue where they covered the pistol and it's ammunition. Peculiar, that's for sure!
I had a Cobray double barrel 45/410 derringer. I only shot it with 410 birdshot. Basically bought it just to shoot it. Then sold it.

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[nammac]

Yuck...you should supply Lysol and Bleach after reading that...
The "smiley" for my attempt at humor for an otherwise nasty situation.
Andy

And a shower, talk about scum of the earth….