RWPBR
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Don't forget Cobray... "The gun that made the 80s roar!"
Handguns from the 80's/90's that didn't make it.
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Patrick L
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How about those Stoeger "Luger" .22s??
Never had one, but I remember them.
God I loved the 80s!
Never had one, but I remember them.
God I loved the 80s!
They weren't an 80's-90's gun - they were older than that. I remember lusting over them in the early 70's when they were advertised in Popular Mechanics. I didn't get one then, but I have one now!
LVSteve
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Released in 1999, the Mauser M2 bombed hard. Putting the safety on the back of the gun probably offended many, as well as the "safety on a striker gun" thing that some believe is a problem.
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Actually the VP70 wasn't a ****, it was an extremely robust and reliable gun, that Hk messed up when converting it to a semiauto. The original design was an 18rd full auto with a folding stock and front grip. Hk added the 194 pound trigger to the semiauto, thinking it would reduce AD's, but all it did was kill its success.
I have the Stoeger 22 & 380 Lugers, cute guns but they throw extractors. Mitchell Arms tried to bring back some guns like the Hi Standard 22 match, stainless Luger, but with the importation of WW2 Lugers from east Europe, their sales died. Talk about imported guns, does everyone remember when the M1 Carbines & Garands were imported from Korea ? I spent the weekend with a couple of buddies, going through a 40' container picking out the rare, early and original mint guns. We bought the Carbines for $59 and the Garands for $79, those were the days. Then again the 1950's USSR SKS were $99, SVT40 $199, Polytechnic AK47 under folder were $150 with 3 mags and 100rds. Now where did I put my time machine ?
I have the Stoeger 22 & 380 Lugers, cute guns but they throw extractors. Mitchell Arms tried to bring back some guns like the Hi Standard 22 match, stainless Luger, but with the importation of WW2 Lugers from east Europe, their sales died. Talk about imported guns, does everyone remember when the M1 Carbines & Garands were imported from Korea ? I spent the weekend with a couple of buddies, going through a 40' container picking out the rare, early and original mint guns. We bought the Carbines for $59 and the Garands for $79, those were the days. Then again the 1950's USSR SKS were $99, SVT40 $199, Polytechnic AK47 under folder were $150 with 3 mags and 100rds. Now where did I put my time machine ?
Call Sherman and Mr. Peabody.
I remember seeing a rack of those $99.00 Russian SKS carbines. The problem was how to figure out which one to take home. Each of them had the year of manufacture on the receiver, so I resolved that by picking one that came off the assembly line the same year I did. I wish I still had it. I sold it when I lost my job in 2009.
ajgunner
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I don't think many of these were produced. Ramline made these back in the 80's. Remember the scary dawn of the plastic guns that could be smuggled onto airplanes. I have a pair of them---one blue and this black one. They work fine but rarely make it into my rotation of getting shot much. Maybe some day they will be worth a fortune?
Snapped some pictures of my favorite failed gun, I just love this thing it's so nice to shoot:
I had a Walther P88.
I paid a stupid amount for it. And then sold it some years later for an even stupider amount of money.
Ditto the VP70. The sights on it were weird too, along with the abysmal trigger pull.
I also had a HK P9s, which IIRC was the 1st polymer frame pistol?
Lots of "different" handguns came out of West Germany in the 70's and 80's.
I too have an AA2000. I like the idea for a rotating barrel to reduce recoil. Mine shot good enough for me to use it for a few local USPSA matches. Colt also had an offer for a short barrel kit, which I bought. Anyone else buy the short barrel kit? Maybe it will increase its sales value if I get rid of it!
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I have the Marlin Camp Carbines, they had a fairly long production run.
I would distinguish between guns from major companies that didn't sell and those from smaller companies-Dornaus and Dixon, Security Industries of America that had business problems-usually under capitalization-and never achieved proper production runs, etc.
I would distinguish between guns from major companies that didn't sell and those from smaller companies-Dornaus and Dixon, Security Industries of America that had business problems-usually under capitalization-and never achieved proper production runs, etc.
dsf
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Snapped some pictures of my favorite failed gun, I just love this thing it's so nice to shoot:
Nice grips. I have the P88 but with factory originals. I spent the first few days trying to figure out how that combo slide release and decockers worked.
I bet there are a lot of others reading this thread saying "got that one, got that one. That one too ….."
A very eclectic group.
dsf
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I'd forgotten that part of the story - you're correct.
I bought a BG a few years back, hard to get in CA. It was a face to face deal and the 18 round mags were a no-no in CA. I persuaded the seller to mail them to my OR address, I even provided the postage and packaging and volunteered to bring it to the post office.
Funny, Numrich carried Rojak magazines for about $35.00 back then and I got the last few. Managed to modify them enough to work in the GB. I think GB mags are the most expensive I've ever seen - makes old Coonans seem cheap.
dsf
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The Virginian Dragoon from Interarms qualifies.
Very easy shooting for a 44 Magnum.
Very easy shooting for a 44 Magnum.
LVSteve
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Birdhunter6
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Ruger 'XGI'. My recollection is receivers on prototypes released to gun writers for evaluation failed pretty quickly. Mini14 on steroids wouldn't take 7.62 stress. Bill R pulled it from the market. Later on SHAZAM: Mini30
Birdhunter6
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Sorry sir, didn't see your post.
Doublesharp u stole my thunder. I always wanted and last yr got one of the “original “ PC9. I looked long and hard to find one with original tang mounted peep (ghost ring) site. I love it. It probably went out of production because of cost. It is WAY overbuilt. Another gun that went away quickly was Walthers 9mm CREED. I have one and as a full size high capacity 9mm u can’t beat it for the price. I guess the world just didn’t need another WONDER 9.
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