Why Looks Matter

[Birds Away]

88, that, sir, is a beautiful gun.

 

[indiucky]

maybe you need to worry more about the looks of the person you are getting to second base with if that's been your experience.....



-rvb

If one is only concentrating on second base, the looks of the rest of the diamond are irrelevant....Second base is always fun and beautiful when it's standing on it's own merits...

IMHO ofcourse....

 

[T-DOGG]

Selecting a gun or a car or a house or a wife based on how they "look" has always seemed pretty silly to me.

I disagree. It takes the looks to get 'em and the personality to keep 'em.
I'm glad I'm not blind...........

 

[88E30M50]

Ouch! I think I need to go bleach my eyes now.

 

[T-DOGG]

Ouch! I think I need to go bleach my eyes now.

The High Point isn't that bad............

 

[02roadster]

Looks definitely matter to 1911 people and a few others.
Can't have an ugly 1911, no sir...

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Yep, love my Colts... purtiest 1911's in my house!

 

[Expat]

Part of the reason I bought one of these

 

[Leadeye]

Classic good looks.

 

[The Bubba Effect]

I like pretty things, but at the end of the day my tools and solutions are often "ugly but effective".

 

[IndyGlockMan]

With Glocks, I think there is beauty in their simplicity.

 

[Hoosier8]

I agree with Colion. For a gun made in the 40's this is still one of the nicest looking semi-autos IMHO. Other than that, I like the looks of wheel guns.

 

[davedolli]

You can take an ugly gun to the range.......but why would you want to???

Dave

 

[GNRPowdeR]

Life is too short to shoot an ugly gun.

Along those lines a person was riding my butt one time about my choice in sidearms. They asked why I shot that outdated design. I asked them this question, do you remember the feeling you experienced the first time you got to Second Base? Yes! Well that is what it is like to shoot this pistol.

Does Mrs. VERT know about this?

 

[VERT]

Does Mrs. VERT know about this?

First time she let me get to second base was over 20 years ago. Shooting a fine pistol is about as good as gets for me anymore.

 

[88E30M50]

With Glocks, I think there is beauty in their simplicity.

I agree. As much as I like other designs too, I still think a G23/19 is pretty darn nice in how clean, simple and balanced it is visually.

 

[snowwalker]

I'll take performance over looks all day long. I've seen too many $1,000 pistols that only shoot FMJ, but fail on the modern ammo are too high maintenance. I'll take performance and simplicity all day everyday. Why have a pretty car you can't drive in the winter or a very petty wife who is lousy in bed?

 

[Rooze1986]

It took me a minute, but I finally found the gun in this photo.

 

[223 Gunner]

Well written article. I have to agree with Colin, most of my purchases are based on looks. Performance is 2nd. But everything I own has both, good looks and performance.
Probably why I have a weak spot for Performance Center, and Pro Series Smiths.

 

[Expat]

 

[bwframe]

It took me a minute, but I finally found the gun in this photo.

Guns are just tools. A good looking gun can't fix a fugly operator. Visa verse, well here you go...