The most unfun gun to shoot ever.

H&K G3 full auto. I was used to the FAL and was using the rear receiver as a cheek pad. I thought my face would be covered with tell-tale bruises, but I was unscathed. Of course, I was ignoring the pain to enjoy the excess of it all.

I strongly suspect that the main reason those BFGs might be unfun is just because people are totally unprepared the first time they fire one. Once you actually know what's coming and brace yourself against it properly, I'd expect them to be quite fun to shoot indeed (as long as your shoulder can handle the pounding).

On the other hand, here's Ian of Forgotten Weapons again, from some years back, presenting another strong candidate: the Cobray Terminator.

My own personal experience was a Ruger Number 1 in .458 Win Mag. Shot that at 15, and it was the first time I put a gun down and stopped shooting for the day.

In guns I own, I have a Mosin cavalry carbine. I call it the Macho Eliminator. Someone thinks that they are a stud, I let them shoot that! Works every time.

I am familiar with a .577/450 Martini–Henry but the 577 Tyrannosaur has its recoil beat by a good margin.



I’d say the most unpleasant rifle I’ve fired was a Mk 5 Enfield. It carried nicely but not all that pleasant to fire although I did so many times.

I enjoyed shooting a Glock 20 that I used to own more than a Lorcin L380 that I used to own. The Lorcin was hard to cycle, stovepiped frequently, heavy trigger pull and almost impossible to activate or deactivate the safety. On top of those things it just did not have good power. My Glock 20 had more power. No jams, no negligent discharges, no accidental discharges and no failures to feed. When I used it to get my carry permit in Michigan it was winter and very cold with a lot of snow. I had on gloves and that presented a problem with finger purchase on the trigger when I was ready to shoot. The gloves hindered me from being able to engage the safety trigger once in a while. To me that makes Glocks not good for winter carry if you are going to wear gloves. I loved shooting my Ruger P90 but not my foreign made 1911 that had a slide jam almost every shot. I liked my Ruger Vaquero in .44 mag but with its rounded wooden grips, I needed gloves to shoot it because it kept rotating in my hand and gouging my thumb knuckle. In short, fun guns to shoot are strictly the opinion of the shooter.
As for self defence I hold to the opinion.of using the largest legal calibre that you can comfortably handle and get trained and proficient with the gun of that calibre that you choose.

That is an ugly gun. Sorry but it is. That has got to be the ugliest gun that I ever saw. 😹

I admit to snobbery about hi-points, but I have to admit that if you get one that runs, it will run forever. Also, their customer service on the lemons is good, too.

At their price, kind of hard to argue against the carbines. There are even bullpup conversions for those now, which makes them compact without needing a tax stamp.

But, they are what they are: straight blowback operating system pistols and carbines. Therefore unnecessarily strong recoil impulse vs. Browning ramping barrel/gas retarded blowback/direct impulse gas operated/piston driven alternatives.

You know, before i ever opened the thread, i knew i'd be seeing hi-points. I bought one just because it was so damn cheap, i wanted to know how it handled. it feels so gross to hold i've never fired it.