Steyr Roth M1907

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Angus Magnus

...wait, what are we talking about here?

Form following function. There is too much emphasis put on 'style' than on function. The Wolverine .22 auto is just such an example. It was 'styled' futuristically, and ended up appealing to nobody.

Pistols like the Mauser C96, Borchardt, Browning High Power, Beretta 1934, even the Luger follow function. No one has tried to pretty them up. They succeeded on their own merits.

The Roth-Steyr is ugly. But it is true to its design.

[Angus Magnus]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Form following function. There is too much emphasis put on 'style' than on function. The Wolverine .22 auto is just such an example. It was 'styled' futuristically, and ended up appealing to nobody.

Pistols like the Mauser C96, Borchardt, Browning High Power, Beretta 1934, even the Luger follow function. No one has tried to pretty them up. They succeeded on their own merits.

The Roth-Steyr is ugly. But it is true to its design.

Honestly I don't even find Glocks ugly. Sure they don't have the sleekest lines like some Italian designs, but they do have their lego-like charm.

There are no ugly guns, just ugly rails.

[Ron Wood]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

...The Wolverine .22 auto is just such an example. It was 'styled' futuristically, and ended up appealing to nobody...

I disagree! It certainly appealed to me. It was the first handgun I ever shot. A buddy of mine bought one of the first ones in 1956 (it was only made from 1956 to 1958). It would fire as fast as you could pull the trigger and we shot many boxes of ammo without a malfunction. The ergonomics were super (the grip angle is more severe than a Luger but conveys the same “extension of your arm” feeling). We shot it so much that shooting became instinctive and we could hit shotgun shells tossed into the air with some consistency. The steel barrel and bolt assembly road inside the aluminum frame. There was no part of the frame that was involved in the firing function of the barrel and bolt so there was no wear at all on the frame. I liked it and eventually got one of my own which I still have.