Rate The Guns

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IanS

New member
I'd like to do some quick reviews of guns we at TFL had experience with. Meaning guns we've either owned or shot and critically (objectively) examined their strengths and weaknesses. So leave your biases about caliber, materials, size, aesthetics, country of origin at the door. For example. Did the gunmaker succeed in (in your estimation) doing what they set out to do? Does the gun succeed in fulfilling its reason for being? Value, shootability, reliability, durability, and quality control are supreme.
Rate them from * to ***** State the Model and Caliber. No comments just * ratings please. And no comments about other people's ratings. This is not a "discussion"

* Poor

** Fair

*** Good

**** Excellent

***** Superlative


BHP Practical 9mm: 4 stars

Beretta 92FS 9mm: 3 stars

Colt Gov't Enhanced .45: 4 stars

SA Mil-Spec .45: 4 stars

Kimber TLE .45: 5 stars

Glock 19 9mm: 4 stars

SIG P228/P229 9mm: 4 stars

SIG P226 9mm: 5 stars

SIG P226 .357: 4 stars

SIG P220ST .45: 5 stars

SIGPro .40: 4 stars

H&K P7/M8 9mm: 4 stars

H&K MK 23 .45: 5 stars

H&K USP .45 and .40: 3 stars

H&K USP/C 9mm: 3 stars

Glock 27/23/22/35 .40: 4 stars

Glock 21 .45: 3 stars

Glock 20 10mm: 4 stars

Desert Eagle .44: 2 stars

S&W 586 4"/686 2 1/2" .357: 4 stars

S&W 60 .357: 4 stars

S&W 4506 .45: 3 stars

Ruger Vaquero .357: 3 1/2 stars

Ruger SP101 2 1/2" .357: 4 stars

Remington 870 Express 12 ga: 4 stars

Remington 870 Police Magnum 12 ga.: 5 stars

Colt Sporter 16" .223/5.56mm: 4 stars
 
H

Handy

Moderator
I'm betting most people won't spend the time to assign an unqualified 1 to 5 rating. Your initial ratings show just how impossibly arbitrary such ratings can be, like the contrast between nearly identical guns (Sig 228/226 and G20/21).

There are too many things that go into rating a gun, like price, ergos, accuracy, value, construction, reliability to say that a Beretta is a 3 but a pump shotgun is a 5.

Maybe you could be more specific, or break the ratings down into categories.


Oh, all my guns are 5 - the 4s have been sold.
 
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IanS

New member
Your ratings would be combination of value, reliability, durability, shootability, quality control etc. Whether the ratings are from a gun mag or non-professional internet gun review the arbitrary and the subjective are unavoidable. We are human after all. Pretend you're a magazine writer and you've been assigned to rate guns on the star system (like a movie or a car). I just thought it'd be interesting to see snapshots of what our fellow members thought of various guns w/o the back and forth bickering.
 
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Thefumegator

New member
My BHP MkIII: 5 stars

My FEG BHP clone: I would have said 2 when I got it, but I've done a LOT to it since then, so now I'd say 4.

Wes
 
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Darkangel

New member
(new)Springfield 1911-A1 Compact....4 stars
Para Ord. P-12 LDA......5 stars
KelTec SU-16........4 stars
Taurus 455 .45 ACP Revolver.........1 star
Saiga .410................4 stars
 
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sm

New member
5 stars

SX1
Citori
Older J frames
Older K frames
Older Model 94 in 30-30
Older 1911s (Colt ,SA, Caspian, Kimber Series I and the Older Kimber "pre series I)
Win.Older model 70 in '06
Win. Model 12
Win.Model 42
Ithaca Model 37
Older Rem 870 ( all ga)
Older Model 1300 ( all ga)
Rem 514 ( .22lr single shot)
Beretta 303, ( 12 and 20 ga)
Rem. 3200
NEF Youth Model ( 20 ga. and .410)
Old H&R Topper ( all ga)
 
N

NoBite

New member
S&W m586 6" barrel: *****
XD-9 4": ****
Kimber Custom Classic I: ****
Ruger Mark II bull barrel: *****

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Okay, there are my evaluations of four classics I own. However, I find all the comments, even bickering and disagreements, to be what I need to read in order to understand why someone rates a gun the way they do. Just reading the number of stars doesn't do much for my understanding. But, you asked, so here you are.
 
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chaim

New member
OK, I'll play. This includes guns I've had some decent experience with (ie. frequent rentals and friends' guns) not just those I own or have owned:

Semi-autos:
Ruger P89: 2 1/2 stars
Ruger P90: 3 1/2
Ruger MkII: 4
Charles Daly 1911: 4
CZ 75B: 4 1/2
CZ 40B: 4
Bersa Thunder .380: 4
Kimber Target II: 5
Kahr K9: 5
Kahr MK9: 4 1/2
Springfield XD: 4

Revolvers:
Colt Police Positive Special (in .38spl): 2 stars
Taurus 82: 3 1/2
Taurus 605: 3
Taurus 85CH: 4
S&W 65LS: 5
S&W 586: 4
S&W 19 (pinned and recessed): 5
S&W 57 (first year model): 5+


Long-guns:
Bushmaster AR15: 4
Romanian SKS: 2
Marlin 60: 4
Ruger 10/22: 2
Savage 110: 4
Remington 581: 2
Hi-Point Carbine: 3 1/2
Winchester 94 in 30-30: 5+
Winchester 94AE in .45LC: 5
Mossberg 500 Persuader (12ga): 4
Benelli Nova 12ga (18.5" barrel): 5
 
R

Rob96

New member
SS NRM Colt 1991A1- **** (45acp)
Blue ORM Colt 1991A1- ***** (45acp)
Glock Model 19 9mm - ***
Ruger 4" SS GP-100 357mag.- *****
Ruger 2.25" SP-101 357mag.- ****
 
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