Worst Gun You "Almost" Bought....

[docsherm]

Don’t.

I doubt seriously you will be fighting the undead or surviving the nuclear aftermath.

Well, it could happen.........

[Firefly]

Well, it could happen.........

...all right it could, but still that gun is going nowhere.

Actually, A gun I thought I regretted but realized that I didn’t was my SPAS 12. Bleeding edge of late 70s design. It really isn’t a bad gun and always retains value but a. It’s a shotgun and b. Does nothing a Mossberg can’t do.

There are replacement parts that give it new life. And as an autoloader with the correct power shells; it is more than reasonable to shoot.

Plus it looks menacing and them velociraptors yo...gotta stay strapped.

I still wish they had an 80s themed 3 gun where you could only use guns of the era. Like if it wasn’t on Miami Vice, it’s a no go. Should be easier with the retro craze. IIRC I think even the very first Super 90s were shown on Miami Vice. I know the Glock was.

[docsherm]

...all right it could, but still that gun is going nowhere.

Actually, A gun I thought I regretted but realized that I didn’t was my SPAS 12. Bleeding edge of late 70s design. It really isn’t a bad gun and always retains value but a. It’s a shotgun and b. Does nothing a Mossberg can’t do.

There are replacement parts that give it new life. And as an autoloader with the correct power shells; it is more than reasonable to shoot.

Plus it looks menacing and them velociraptors yo...gotta stay strapped.

I still wish they had an 80s themed 3 gun where you could only use guns of the era. Like if it wasn’t on Miami Vice, it’s a no go. Should be easier with the retro craze. IIRC I think even the very first Super 90s were shown on Miami Vice. I know the Glock was.

Bren 10 or go home.

[soulezoo]

Bren 10 or go home.

I still have my Bren 10.
What chu talkin' 'bout Willis?
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[Firefly]

You know its not the same but I want a Witness 10mm as it is the closest thing to a Bren Ten you can get.

Unless Brownells wishes to crank out BRN TEN handguns. They make CAR15s and AR-10s and AR180s so why not?

[soulezoo]

Vltor has all kinds of tooling, receivers and parts; they even bought the name. I don't know why they chose to not produce the gun.

[SteyrAUG]

...all right it could, but still that gun is going nowhere.

Actually, A gun I thought I regretted but realized that I didn’t was my SPAS 12. Bleeding edge of late 70s design. It really isn’t a bad gun and always retains value but a. It’s a shotgun and b. Does nothing a Mossberg can’t do.

There are replacement parts that give it new life. And as an autoloader with the correct power shells; it is more than reasonable to shoot.

Plus it looks menacing and them velociraptors yo...gotta stay strapped.

I still wish they had an 80s themed 3 gun where you could only use guns of the era. Like if it wasn’t on Miami Vice, it’s a no go. Should be easier with the retro craze. IIRC I think even the very first Super 90s were shown on Miami Vice. I know the Glock was.

I loved my Franchi SPAS 12 (top folder with umbrella handle), UNTIL they came out with the Benelli M1S90. Sold the SPAS, grabbed the Benelli and never looked back.

To this day I hear dealers filling gun buyers with a sense of wonder when they talk of "pump / auto combo" and how if the semi auto feature ever fails you just engage the pump action like on some fantasy Rambo movie. And all I can think is WTF would I even want a semi auto that might fail and needs a pump backup?

Of course the truth is dual feature to handle low powered rounds like bean bags and other LE loads. And that is also why Benelli makes the M3, but gun show people eat up that nonsense all day long. Like the SPAS 12 is the AK of shotguns, of course from a modern perspective it might now be accurate.

Loved the look of the SPAS, would prefer to have a USAS 12, but even 30 years later the Benelli reigns supreme. I have 870s because they are 870s, but they don't see much use.

[Firefly]

Super 90s will always have a special place for me. At one point I took a 14" M1 over any SMG. This was before Benelli M4s were so readily available (still want one at some point, the M4).

Straight stock, bungee sling, surefire and that campaigner saw a lot of use.

Still I think SPAS 12s are neat. I want a mossy retrograde trench gun.

I have had enough time on 870s that while I respect them...I am sick of them. Still....I want an 11-87 or a 20" 1100.

[HKGuns]

Desert Tech MDR 7.62, narrowly escaped dumping too much on that rifle.

[Grand58742]

Bushmaster M17S.

Not that it's a bad rifle (most folks seemed to like them) but I was just getting into the scary rifle scene at the time and almost pulled the trigger on it instead of an AR.