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Old September 5, 2013, 03:13 AM   #26
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Underneath the tacky paint, it's still a Bersa so there's still a semblance of beauty left.
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Old September 5, 2013, 06:28 AM   #27
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It looks something like the decorative schemes you see on cars in India and Pakistan on Top Gear.
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Old September 5, 2013, 11:20 AM   #28
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That poor Bersa! Shoot if that paint job was on a hi-point I think it might do it some good and actually cover up some of the ugly.
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Old September 5, 2013, 11:32 AM   #29
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This is the worst looking gun I've ever seen

Art?

Or humor...
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Old September 5, 2013, 11:33 AM   #30
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well if you do happen to miss your target you'd probably still be safe as the BG would probably be laughing so hard he would forget his original intentions.
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Old September 5, 2013, 03:34 PM   #31
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I will admit, while the gun is hideous, the more I look at the painted rounds, the more they make me laugh haha.

The orange one kinda has a +P looking face
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Old September 5, 2013, 06:55 PM   #32
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I didn't know Picasso painted pistols.
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Old September 5, 2013, 07:37 PM   #33
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Be on the lookout. I think 3 cute rounds are missing. That would add insult to injury if the criminal was in the hospital after getting shot with that thing. Doc pulls out the rounds with their smiley or O faces. Of course, they would most likely not be recognizable, but if they were, hahah.
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Old September 5, 2013, 07:41 PM   #34
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Excuse me for this is the semi-auro forum, but on a scale of 1-10 that pistol is 200 behind the Chiappa Rhino on the ugliness meter. 300 behind it on the ridiculous looking scale!
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Old September 5, 2013, 08:09 PM   #35
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"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder . . . " . . . I guess?

Look at it this way . . . if you were carrying this particular painted beauty for a SD weapon . . . and you got in to a situation where you had to draw it . . . perhaps the perp would be laughing so hard that you could easily turn and get away without having to fire a shot . . . or maybe not?
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Old September 6, 2013, 05:07 AM   #36
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Damn that's ugly!
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Old September 6, 2013, 06:02 AM   #37
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At least it would be easy to describe in a stolen gun report -- if anyone would steal it.
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Old September 6, 2013, 08:05 AM   #38
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It is almost as ugly as the leveraction 30-30 mossberg tactical thing. May be marlin I dont know, but I do know lever action 30-30,s should not be tactical. Damm that thing is awful
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Old September 6, 2013, 12:00 PM   #39
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Before I clicked on the link I thought it probably doesn't look that bad. Boy was I wrong, Huggy Bear wouldn't be seen with that gun. Bill Cosby's sweaters are easier on the eyes than that thing.
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Old September 6, 2013, 10:06 PM   #40
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I liked the "Pez bad guy dispenser" comment.

Well done!

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Old September 6, 2013, 11:27 PM   #41
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James Bond should carry that!

Can you imagine Q equipping him with that?
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Old September 8, 2013, 03:42 PM   #42
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I think Q would be immediately shot by it...
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Old September 8, 2013, 04:00 PM   #43
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Nothing like a little creative paint fouling.
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Old September 9, 2013, 09:36 PM   #44
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Closer to ...

Peter Max than Pablo Picasso.

It feels really '60s man, you know?
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Old September 9, 2013, 09:42 PM   #45
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Art?

Or humor...
I'm thinking drugs.
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Old September 9, 2013, 10:03 PM   #46
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Is this yo gabba gabba's carry piece? Sorry, I have a three year old...
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Old September 10, 2013, 09:34 AM   #47
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I'm with Skans, I like the cartridges. Thats the kind of gun you'd carry on an Easter egg hunt.
Poor Easter eggs won't know what hit 'em.
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Old September 10, 2013, 11:17 AM   #48
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I think Q would be immediately shot by it...
Q would shoot himself before he issued that piece.

I mean, just look at the rounds! Clearly too large. Only an American would want a cannon like that, since the .32 "hits like a brick through a plate glass window"...
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Old September 10, 2013, 07:55 PM   #49
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Re: This is the worst looking gun I've ever seen

I think it's kinda cool looking.it's would look great on the wall of my daughter's play room
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Old September 10, 2013, 10:47 PM   #50
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Art...It's all fun and games til someone loses an ear...or ruins a gun. I'd elaborate but I'm tired and must Gogh.
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