The 24's right up there in taking the title of ugliest girl at the dance, but it has very shootable dimensions and is actually a pretty darned solid gun.

When you stop to think about it, American gunmakers simply haven't turned out many truly crappy doubles. Some may have the dynamics of a poorly balanced 2x4, but as tools--and for the most part, that's what the inexpensive ones were built to be--they were pretty decent.