I sure don’t miss that...

First for me was a Winchester lever action 30-30, manuf. around 1971. Came with a nice side mount scope which was worth more than the gun, I got it sometime 1977. I couldn't get it to shoot anything acceptable, had 2 other people that knew a lot more than me about guns at the time and they couldn't get it to shoot either. Sold the scope and mount to a family friend, told him I was giving him the gun and why. He also thought he could figure out what was wrong with it. Next time I saw it was on the mantel above his fireplace without mount and scope, actually looked good there. We shared a laugh about that was where it belonged.

Next was a sporterized British 303. Every third or forth shot would be a flyer. No big deal, I bought it for $50 and sold it for the same.

Last was a S&W Bodyguard 38 Special. It was my every day carry for a couple years. I tried to like it but just couldn't shoot it very well. One day while I was rotating carry ammo I dry fired it a couple times and it locked up on me and had to go back to the factory. When it got back I sold it to a family member with full disclosure.

I don’t miss any of my lever actions. Took a while, but I eventually learned I’m not a lever guy.

My two briefly-owned Kel-Tecs in 9mm and .40 S&W ... the nine couldn't get through two consecutive mags without choking badly, and the recoil on the forty was heinous ...
Another briefly owned little pistol: Springfield XDs 45 ... horrible recoil and cheese-grater grips ...

Desert Eagle pistol. Way too heavy, only liked max loads. Ruined optics. I actually made a little money on it, other than the optics it ruined. Sold it to buy a gen 3 night vision. Then sandy hook happened and I bought an ATN Mars for a song.

Amt backup 380. Never could get it to run right. And I even bought another 2 years later and couldn’t get it to run either.

Wishoot said:

Marlin M60.

Absolute piece of garbage. Won it at a shooting event and sold it within a year.

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stevehgraham said:

Don't get me started.

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I have to ask - What is the basis for hating the Marlin 60? I think of mine as a simple , economical fun little shooter. Reasonably accurate and quite reliable ..... is mine an exception?

Too painful to talk about.

An old Llama amlosta 1911
Metro Arms commander

The Llama would extract a good 60%-70% percent of the time, the commander always fired, but seemed to have a little hitch in its giddy up when returning to battery. Amazing I like the 1911 as much as I do considering those were my 1st two

Colt Officers ACP, always wanted a Colt 1911 put about 600 bucks to get it, spent another 200 to get it running right (springs and new guide rod/bushing) and then it still would hiccup , took a loss and traded for an edc combo a Smith shield .40 and a bodyguard .380

Legionnaire said:

I don’t miss any of my lever actions. Took a while, but I eventually learned I’m not a lever guy.

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Did you ever try a Savage? Its the lever gun for people who hate lever guns!

WestKentucky

Had a Smith 44 as well. Turns out I just don’t like 44

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Had a couple of .44 Magnums: two Super Blackhawks and a Model 629. Never felt all that comfortable with either grip design and eventually sold or traded them off and moved on to something else. Finally found two .44s I could do well with: a friend's Desert Eagle and a Super Blackhawk but this time with an pair of over sized Mustang grips on it. The gas operation and the over sized grips made a world of difference in dealing with the recoil of both guns.

Nowadays I limit my .44 activities to my Flattop Blackhawk in .44 Special.

My first handgun was a used .22 LR blowback that looked like a Luger. (Not an Erma. That might have worked.) It would feed and fire but wouldn't extract the fired case. It got better after repeated cleanings but was never reliable. I traded it for a new 6" S&W model 19 which I still own. In retrospect, a model 27 would have been an even better choice.

WestKentucky said:

I remembered another one that a bunch of us here need to reflect upon... S&W Sigma

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Aw, c'mon, they were great! I owned mine for 5, almost 6 days! Took it to one range trip, checked function, okay. A couple of nights later, drew down on a skunk, and the magazine hit the ground. My love handles had depressed the release. It was traded first thing next day.

Ruger LC9, the original hammer fired model with the notoriously horrible trigger.
I don't know why i bought it. I have the LC9s now and it is a fine gun.

Saw an AMT .45 Harballer in a used case at too good a price to pass up. Was ok, but no great shakes. A little bit rattley, got hot when shot, satisfactory, but not writing home about. Traded that and some cash for a 1903A3 I still have today.

Bought a Marlin 1894c in .357mag--was a decent enough firearm. Just did not do enough for me. Traded that for a Colt Officers 1911.

Bought a Universal Carbine because it seemed like a good idea at the time. Did not turn out as well as imagined. Was quite happy to get a c-note for it at an AstroHall gun show.

Got my LGS to pick up an advertised Navy Arms 1911. As Remington-Rands go, this one had been owned by too many people named Bubba. Was quite happy to trade that and a c-note and a half for a 1903.

CapnMac

Saw an AMT .45 Harballer in a used case at too good a price to pass up. Was ok, but no great shakes. A little bit rattley, got hot when shot, satisfactory, but not writing home about.

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A buddy of mine had one: horrible trigger, madingly inaccurate, and was aptly named Hardballer because that's all it would occasionally feed. I ended up replacing a number of the internal parts (sear, disconnector, and mainspring among others), because the original ones seemed as if they had been taken directly out of the parts bin and then dropped in the gun without any hand fitting! One of the most poorly built and assembled handguns I have ever encountered.

Waveski said:

I have to ask - What is the basis for hating the Marlin 60? I think of mine as a simple , economical fun little shooter. Reasonably accurate and quite reliable ..... is mine an exception?

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In my case, it choked on everything. And I mean everything. Cheap ammo, target grade ammo. I'd fire 2-3 rounds then have a failure of some kind. I didn't like the rifle enough to trouble shoot, so I let it go.

A Norinco 22LR clone of the Belgium Browning classic. Just googled it and apparently its a JW-20 model. Anyways I received it for my birthday in 1988. I was a kid and we took it out to shoot for the first time. 2 things happened. First it kept jamming where it fed on the bottom of the receiver. Second the safety seized-up and became inoperable. We took it back to Wal-Mart where it was purchased and swapped it out for a Ruger 10/22.

Also purchased a Bersa Thunder 380 about 10 years ago. Regardless of the ammo I feed it, it jams fairly often and cannot be counted on as a defensive weapon. It's probably a feed-ramp issue but its something that should have been caught by QC, if there is such a thing there.

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... Ruger GP100 for me. Chattered barrels which were not even remotely passable. I’m done with Ruger DA revolvers because of the bad impression I had with them.

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Really interesting thread. My experience with Ruger has been very positive. My 4-inch GP100 would likely be the last handgun I gave up because of its versatility. I am equally fond of my 3-inch .357 and .44 special specimens.

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A Norinco 22LR clone of the Belgium Browning classic. Just googled it and apparently its a JW-20 model. Anyways I received it for my birthday in 1988. I was a kid and we took it out to shoot for the first time. 2 things happened. First it kept jamming where it fed on the bottom of the receiver. Second the safety seized-up and became inoperable. We took it back to Wal-Mart where it was purchased and swapped it out for a Ruger 10/22.

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I picked up one of those Norinco's used a couple 10 years ago. Feeds, shoots, and ejects bulk bucket Remington Golden Bullets just fine. A friend of mine showed me how to correctly tighten the barrel to the frame. He grew up with the Browning version.

Sold my first handgun, a Glock 23 gen 3. Over the course of several years and a few thousand rounds I learned that striker fired polymer framed guns aren't for me and that I'd rather pay for 9mm than 40S&W.

I also had 3 FTE's, two of which required dowel rods to remove so needless to say I didn't have the highest confidence in that gun. Good riddance.

Kendahl said:

My first handgun was a used .22 LR blowback that looked like a Luger. (Not an Erma. That might have worked.) It would feed and fire but wouldn't extract the fired case. It got better after repeated cleanings but was never reliable. I traded it for a new 6" S&W model 19 which I still own. In retrospect, a model 27 would have been an even better choice.

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Probably a Stoeger.

My Dad has the Erma .22. Actually a pretty nice little Luger copy. It's reasonably reliable if you clean and lube it every couple of hundred rounds.

WestKentucky said:

I remembered another one that a bunch of us here need to reflect upon... S&W Sigma

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Honestly, they weren't THAT bad......and they have evolved into the SW-VE which is a very good gun for people looking to step up from a Hi-Point.

Except the .380 Sigma, ya know, the one made of cast zinc with a rated service life of what, 2000, rounds?

Shame, shame, S&W!