Most Useless Gun?

[The Rabbi]

Submit your proposals or nominations for the most useless handgun. For proposals, something that could be produced but isn't currently. For nominations something in current production. Merely being "cool" isn't enough to save the gun from this list--indeed, that's got to be one criterion.

My first nomination (current production):

The 2" Smith 500Mag. The gun itself is close to useless although for pistol hunting boar the long-barrel versions make a kind of sense. But 2" guns are made for concealment/ease of carry. But a carry gun that weighs over 54oz empty really doesn't hold a lot of attraction.

Proposed Production: Same gun in airweight Centennial configuration.

[molonlabetn]

Snub-nose .17HM2 revolvers...

The FN Five-seveN...

[saintsfanbrian]

Phase plasma rifle in 40-watt range

[Marswolf]

Nope. The Five-seveN is a great gun in the right application. That application is something like Secret Service where you want a small controllable gun to penetrate body armor.

[molonlabetn]

I suppose we should specify to whom our entries are useless... There is always someone who can use anything for something.

The Five-seveN is useless to anybody who can't buy the proprietary ammo, at least.

[The Rabbi]

I suppose we should specify to whom our entries are useless... There is always someone who can use anything for something.

The Five-seveN is useless to anybody who can't buy the proprietary ammo, at least.

You raise a point I should have clarified.

"Useless" doesnt mean useless to you. It means either useless for the intended purpose (like the 2" 500mag I mentioned) or useless for any purpose other than being "cool."

The 5-7 is good for what it was designed for: delivering a highly penetrating round from a duty sized handgun carrying a large capacity. Just because most people couldnt really benefit from that doesnt render it useless, just irrelevant for most people.

[Marswolf]

The Five-seveN is useless to anybody who can't buy the proprietary ammo, at least.

Wrong.

The holes in this helmet were done with "standard" ammunition, not AP.

But I will say that I don't have a need for a Five-seveN. Other calibers and guns work for what I need.

[Guest Papabear]

The Desert Eagle in .50 AE. Not a really good handgun for hunting or target use. It does have a cool factor but thats about it.

[The Rabbi]

Actually almost any of the "Deagles" would fit that category. Too heavy to do much with.

[BimmerFreak]

Glock?

[BimmerFreak]

You knew someone was going say it.....I just wanted to be the first one!

[Guest db99wj]

[Im Neero]

I was gonna say Desert Eagle in .50, but papabear beat me to it. I'm gonna go with the pocket auto calibers instead. They don't do anything that a J-Frame in a real caliber can't do better.

[Im Neero]

Oh yea, and anything in .357 sig

[musicman]

Can't believe this isn't already up!! This has got to be THE most useless gun anywhere. Perfect for bothering gnats on a slow day... that's about it. While it's totally stupid, I, of course, want one anyway. Thanks to some of our laws, we cannot get them in the US. Oh to be Canadian! (not!!!)

http://www.swissminigun.com/home.html

[Guest Len]

This is probably against the spirit of this thread, but:

1) My nomination for most useless gun is a tie between:

a) Any gun you are not carrying when it is needed; and any gun you are carrying that you left unloaded.

2) My proposed solutions:

a) Carry your gun

Carry your gun loaded

Sorry, dealing with some student issues today and this was on my mind. The best gun out there is useless if its at home in the safe instead of on your person in a ready-to-use condition.

PS to Mars: I hope you were not wearing that helmet at the time it was perforated...

[SkWaShDeM]

musicman, you beat me to it. That 2.34mm Swiss rimfire will give you a smokin' hot 400 fps or so of velocity. and cost you about $8.50 per 24 rounds. Not counting the $5400 plus tax it would take to actually buy one... If they were legal in the States.

In case anyone wanted to know, current exchange rate is about $0.85 per 1 Swiss Franc.

But this is the truly useless version:

[deerslayer]

Most useless gun?

How about the one that sits in your safe instead of your holster?

[Guest canynracer]

The Dardick

[molonlabetn]

http://www.sanjuanenterprise.com/html/products.html

[Guest GregRN]

I had a Jennings 9mm once that was pretty useless to me since it jammed twice each mag.

[Mike.357]

I vote for Phantoms Seacamp .32.

Never seen it fired, and what's is more I have never gotten to fire it.

[towerclimber37]

heh...that seacamp works great..I HAVE shot it. its the perfect bug..and I'm pretty sure it'll do the job if he ever has to pull it.

[dralarms]

Phoenix arms 22. :censored:It is the most usless piece of crap I've seen. 1st you have to put the saftey on to release the mag, then you have to empty the mag, put it back in and then you can pull the slide back to eject the round in it chamber, plus the one I had was not accurate at all (an no it was not me).

[Guest bkelm18]

Glock?