The ugliest gun on the face of the earth...

[Texasfisher]

That target makes look pretty good to me!

 

[Terry G]

I'm putting in one vote for the M1895 Nagant revolver. It may be ugly and slow to load, but it sure is fun to shoot.

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That was my vote also, but seeing some of these others the Nagant isn't that bad. Cost me $100.00 delivered with a genuine fake leather holster and lanyard. DA is horrible! I can fire and re-load my Colt SAA faster than I can just empty the Nagant. Strangely enough these things are going for upwards of $300.00 all the way to $500.00!

 

[jkwhaley]

Does anyone remember the Zip brand pistols from a few years back? Used a 10-22 magazine.

 

[scattershot]

I was gonna say Chiappa Rhino, HANDS DOWN, until I saw that monstrosity.

 

[decuerno]

I was musing today on what gun I would pick as the world's ugliest. My vote would have to go to the Japanese type 94 Nambu pistol, made during WWII. Not only ugly but dangerous in that it could be fired just by pressing the visible sear on its left side.

I have one in my collection as a negative example of a firearm!

Don't you agree?

John




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I acquired one of those Type-94 Nambu’s in EXCELLENT condition (clearly a commercial-grade) at a gun show in San Antonio. It had a holster with it which had a lot of Japanese “kanjii) inside the flap.

My parents had neighbors who were CA-born citizens of Japanese descent and were interned during WW-II i camps…he being a doctor, became not only the camp doctor…but also the only doctor to the nearby Wyoming small town…and he took care of all illnesses and injuries during his internment. After the war, he became a lead researcher in the genetics of subsequent descendants of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but he became a well-known, published researcher of pediatric cancers in the U.S.
She became a volunteer U.S. Army truck driver delivering supplies to U.S. troops in training. They lost their home in CA and all their family possessions (which included 800-yr old family antiques. They never recovered any of it.)

After the war, they moved to Houston and he became a lead-researcher at M.D. Anderson pediatric cancer-research and developed a cure for a particular type cancer (which he himself ironically developed…but he refused to undergo his own proven treatment because it would interrupt his documentation of the treatment.)
She, being widowed, lived a few doors down from my parents. (Their son became a state dept diplomat to Mexico and their daughter married a U.S. Atty-General)
One day I asked her to interpret the Kanjii inside the flap of that holster and this is what she told me:
Japanese families during the war would be required to manufacture certain dry-goods for the army. Raw materials would be dropped at night on at the homes and the family would have to complete the mf’r or assembly of the item and leave it on the door-step to be picked up by early morning. This holster was such an item, …and the Kanjii was a “prayer” for the ultimate recipent of that holster for Good Luck and Prosperity in the “War in the West”. (which would have been mainland China or Manchuria)
When I pressed her for greater details…. I believe she was “glossing-over” the exact description for my personal protection. I believe it must have been quite graphic and perhaps shocking to a modern American’s ears….and after all, SHE was HERSELF a native-born American Citizen.
I later sold that beautiful pistol/holster combo at a gun-show when I needed money during some tough personal times.

I’m sorry I didn’t have the fore-sight to keep it.

 

[TJm15.38]

That was my vote also, but seeing some of these others the Nagant isn't that bad. Cost me $100.00 delivered with a genuine fake leather holster and lanyard. DA is horrible! I can fire and re-load my Colt SAA faster than I can just empty the Nagant. Strangely enough these things are going for upwards of $300.00 all the way to $500.00!

I bought a couple of Nagants when they were selling for $169.95 each at AIM Surplus, somewhere around 2012. I have not seen them for sale since. The two Tula revolvers I have were factory refurbished (who knows when) and are dated 1925 and 1926. The barrel on one example was a bit "frosty" indicating some past use, but the 1925 barrel looked brand new. I agree, the double action pull is awful and the single action is not much better. Nevertheless, both revolvers shoot to point of aim but it's challenging because of the crude sights and trigger. I have a bunch of military surplus ammo that is corrosive, so I have to clean these revolvers quickly after shooting. I've clocked the military ammo at just under 1000 FPS, so power is about on par with .32 ACP. Despite it's ugliness and limitations, the guns have some "old world cool" that surrounds them and they served the Soviet armed forces through two World Wars.

 

[65-2x2]

The ugliest that I own is a Dreyse 1907. (not mine pictured, mine is buried in the bottom of a gang box)

 

[SLT223]

At least the Nambu looks like a pistol. I was expecting to see a Zip 22.

 

[jkwhaley]

At least the Nambu looks like a pistol. I was expecting to see a Zip 22.

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