7 Interesting and Out of the Ordinary Handguns You Might Find on GunBroker
If you are a firearms collector who loves weird, unusual, or out of the ordinary handguns, one of the best places to look is GunBroker.com. Whether you are looking for current production or antique pistols, you never know what you might find listed for sale or auction by GunBroker.com users. However, with so many guns on the market, it can be hard to know what to look for. Here are some out of the ordinary pistols to look for.
LWRC SMG 45 Pistol
There have been other pistol caliber carbines with similar designs to the LWRC SMG 45, but it is the only one that has a proprietary short-recoil, delayed blowback action. In other words, the barrel reciprocates inside the frame, but unlike most modern non-AR pattern pistols, there is no slide that moves. It is a unique mechanism that can’t be found in any other pistol-caliber carbine.
Apache Revolver
What do you get when you combine a revolver with no barrel, a knife, and brass knuckles? The Apache Revolver, a favorite of French thieves in the 1900s. On the plus side, it folds up. On the minus side, because it has no barrel, it has an effective range of just a few feet, so you won’t be taking this one hunting.
USFA ZIP
One of the most prominent bullpup pistols in existence, this space-age polymer pistol shot 22 LR. The problem was that it was wildly unreliable, suffering failure to feed and extract, as well as jamming issues. USFA collapsed because of the ZIP, unfortunately, but the pistol keeps an interesting place in the history of pistols.
KelTec CP33
The KelTec CP33 is another great example of a out of the ordinary handguns. It is an odd design, but the CP33 makes for an incredible 22 LR range plinker. It has, as the name suggests, a 33-round quad-stacked magazine.
Bergmann 1894
This weird-looking German pistol has had a recent resurgence in popularity thanks to featuring prominently as the titular Mandolarian’s weapon. While it certainly looks like a Star Wars weapon, the Bergmann 1984 uses the odd 8mm round that was considered underpowered for just about any use. It had a five-round forward sitting magazine, also unusual for a pistol.
Chiappa Rhino
The Chiappa Rhino, unlike many of the pistols on this list, is still in production. It is got a unique mechanism for a revolver in that it fires from the bottom chamber instead of the top. It has a strange, movie-like look to it. Because of this, it was used by Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn in 2016’s Suicide Squad.
2mm Kolibri
If you are looking for one of the tiniest pistols you will ever see, look for the 2mm Kolibri when considering out of the ordinary pistols. With the smallest commercially available round, you can fit the gun daintily between your thumb and index finger. A collector’s item, there were only 1,000 produced.
2mm Kolibri Images by High Caliber History LLC
What did you think of these out of the ordinary handguns? Do you have any?
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