So, weird guns that you all personally own, it's history and what makes it weird.
I'll start with mine. I inherited a revolved from my Uncle. It's actually one of the guns I learned to shoot with, an old, heavy, long barreled .38 special, exactly like the pic. It was recently given to me by my family for safe keeping and because I have a certain nostalgia for wheelguns because of this very gun.
I decided to find out more about it, and to my surprise, apparently it's a somewhat rare Smith & Wesson Model 68. Basically, back in the 70s, California was unhappy with the performance of their departments service revolvers, so they wanted something with a bit more punch. But for logistical and 'moral' reasons (remember, California), they weren't comfortable moving up to the .357 Magnum. S&W had an answer. The .38 Special +p+ Treasury Load. Basically, a .38 special overcharged to the point it starts flirting with .357 Magnum levels of performance. The downside being, such an overcharged round, you need a pretty hefty frame to handle it.
California was on board, so they asked S&W to design a gun specifically for that round and S&W just said 'fuck it', and took some of the big, heavy frames from the Model 66 Magnum, fitted them with .38 special cylinders, over stamped the model number and called it a day. In all, they made just over 6000 of the things, almost all of which went to arm California police forces.
Eventually though, someone asked the obvious question, 'If we're carrying such a big, heavy fucking gun, why aren't we just shooting .357? Hell, if we had .357s, it could shoot both .357 Magnum round and this .38 Special +p+ round.' So, California, in it's infinite wisdom…gave up and adopted the Smith & Wesson .40 caliber automatic. All the model 68s were considered a failed experiment and promptly surplus'd out, where is eventually made it's way into my hands.
So, what weird guns do you guys have in your collections? And yes, this thread is an excuse for me to talk about my weird gun. I'm not sorry.