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This is a community dedicated to discussion around historical arms, mechanically unique arms, and Ian McCollum's Forgotten Weapons content. Posts requesting an identification of a particular gun (or other arm) are welcome.

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-Posts do not have to be just firearms. Blades, bows, etc. are also welcome.

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The YEET CANNON - Why You Shouldn't Let Internet Polls Name Your Product (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by FireTower to c/forgottenweapons

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Hi-Point Firearms likely didn't foresee the outcome of their poll when they allowed user submitted names. Yet one name won by a landslide.

The YEET CANNON or YCG1 (generation 1) earned it's name due to Hi-Point's reputation for making economical firearms. The joke being that the gun is so cheap that after one would use it they could just throw it and buy a new one.

Hi-Point gets a lot of disrespect for producing budget arms, yet their handguns are shockingly reliable.

Their founder made the company after being aggravated that the price of firearms grew more and more out of the budget of the blue-collar working man, and sought to change that

For our audience who aren't native English speakers who are up to date on slang. "Yeet: to throw (something) forcefully in a specified direction"

Yes this is an official production model, not a limited run.

Also for reference MSRP on one is ~$215 USD pistols that come from more established and renown brands like Glock tend to be closer to $500 USD.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Surprised it didn't end up as "Gunny McGunFace"

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 6 points 1 year ago

Lol I came to say the same joke. But also that I would absolutely buy it.