The One(s) You DON'T Regret Trading or Selling

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#1: Taurus TCP I bought new. Worst p.o.s. I ever shot. Couldn't get a mag thru it without it jamming, dropping the mag, or both. Tried different ammo. Tried changing grip. Didn't matter. Traded it for a Shield.
#2: Sig p226 DAO. Got it used at a good price - but it had one of the worst trigger pulls I've ever seen. Never measured it but it had to be over 15lbs and half as long as a football field. Traded it for an XDM Tactical in .40 and got cash with it. Huge upgrade!
 
Didn't own this one but would never. Remington 597 VTR (ar-15 looking . 22 auto). Thing randomly loses all the extractor parts. Spent 5 months looking for an extractor spring but had to have some custom made with extra length. Seems Remington knew of the defect but simple went bankrupt. New Volquartsen extractor and the custom made extra power spring seemed to fix it but i just wanted it off my bench.

FWIW cleaning requires removal of like a dozen screws. Slipping the recoil springs over the guide rods is a real treat plus reassembly of the bolt needs to be done in a gallon size plastic bag as parts fly during the many tries. Thumbs of steel required.
 
Handguns I don't regret selling:
Walther PPK/S in.380. Horrible trigger pull.
Colt M1901 army revolver in .38 LC. Terrible trigger and rough mechanics in general.
Colt M1917 / S&W M1917 / Colt M1909. Bad ergonomics. Just too large.
 
Handguns only:

Everything XD. I'll tolerate a grip safety on a 1911, but it would be a better gun without it. No thank you on anything else.

Everything CZ. Over rated.

HK45. I really wanted to like this one, but it just never worked out the way I'd hoped. It might have just been that individual gun. Sometimes we get a lemon.

All Ruger Blackhawks. I think I'd like the New Model Vaquero and may give that model another try eventually. The standard models cylinders and frame are just the wrong size and out of proportion.

S&W Sigma, 1st gen. Worst gun I ever owned. It went back to Smith 3 times before it made it through a box of ammo. Five months later Smith swapped it for a newer 2nd gen, which I sold unfired. I do understand the 2nd gen and newer versions were better, but I took the money and bought a Glock without firing it.

Beretta 92. Great guns and I have a ton of respect for them. Just don't like them and if spending my money will buy something else. If issued one I'd use it with confidence.

Various, specific, 1911's. I'm conflicted on this. I've owned several over the years and like the design. But many of them left me disappointed. Others are some of my favorite guns.
 
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Taurus 357 light weight- trigger was boat anchor down a gravel road gritty, and inconsistent to boot.
Glock 17 and 22- nothing wrong with them, just not my cup of tea.
Beretta model 70- weird mag release, weighed like 20 pounds and still stung my hand...
 
Old_Grouch said:
Okay, we have an ongoing thread about regrets. Here's one for guns you're glad to be rid of.

Just off of the top of my head mine are:

S&W 4006 (It was a .40. The only one I've ever had or will ever have)
S&W 4516 (Feed problems)
Taurus .44 Spl (I don't remember the model, but it confirmed everything I'd heard about Taurus)

I'm sure I'll remember others as the thread progresses.
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Walther ppk/s by interarms. A very pretty gun that shot well. The skin between my thumb and index finger was constantly being shredded by the hammer bite as well as the slide. Away it went. Sold it on consignment and took the money and bought an m&p 45c. I think that is the only gun I have ever sold. I don't miss it.
 
12Bravo20 said:
Two that I didn't mind selling were the Taurus 40/7 Pro C and a FIE Titan 22lr pistol. While the Taurus 24/7 was accurate, I could never get past the mile long trigger pull on it. The FIE Titan was junk. I never could get it to feed reliably even after cleaning up the chamber and barrel face from previous owners dry firing it.
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I have one of those but in 25acp. Mine is the gold anodized, that's why it is so good. I don't carry it because the safety takes forever to disengage, so you have to carry with an empty chamber. It is a toy at best. It does shoot pretty good, though it is a contact range weapon. I can't bring myself to give it away to someone, afraid they may try to use it for a self defence weapon.
 
Wife's Taurus 85CH snubbie. Cylinder bound after ten rounds. Somebody stole it on its trip back to Taurus. Did us a real favor.

Glock 36. I carried it every day, shot it in IDPA, practiced a lot with it. Trigger group pin broke repeatedly, twice during matches. Glock perfection indeed.

Astra .380 ppk clone. Blowback recoil was unnecessarily harsh for the weak caliber. Thought "I'm a man, I can handle recoil on a puny .380!" Maybe, but why take the abuse on purpose? I also still have wagon track scars on my dominant-side hand from the slide bite.
 
A couple MOSSberg shotguns. Both were like new and just pure sheet. Glad to see them go, never want to touch another one. I wouldn't pick up a Mburg if it came with free ammo.
 
Olympic Arms 9mm AR. Magazine capacity was 30 rounds. Not able to load more than 15. With special magazine loader bought from them. It was just not possible to load
 
Remington 700 in 6.5x55. That "Classic" was the pits. The bore was faulty from the factory. Remington covered replacement of the barrel but the new barrel was 1-9 rather than 1-8...they forgot to tell us that.
 
A Ruger Blackhawk 45 convertible. 45 Colt/ 45 ACP. I couldn't keep a cylinder full on an 8-1/2 X 11 inch sheet of paper.
 
3 Heritage; 1 bird's head and 2 rough rider. Total POS

Charter Arms 4" .38. Decent shooter, nothing special, a bit UGLY. Somebody wanted it more than I did.

Rossi M-88 (I think). Worse POS than those Heritage
 
I had a Taurus 22 revolver in about 1991 when you fired it a bit it then reached the point where the cylinder bound up and didn’t want to turn. Now I have become the owner of a judge 45/410 when you shoot it double action the cylinder it doesn’t index the receiver looses control of the cylinder.
 
lightman said:
A Ruger Blackhawk 45 convertible. 45 Colt/ 45 ACP. I couldn't keep a cylinder full on an 8-1/2 X 11 inch sheet of paper.
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My wife inherited an older blackhawk in .45 acp. I've taken it out twice and never shot it on paper but I swear I can't hit a gosh darn thing with it. Informal plinking to be sure but that thing just doesn't work in my hands. I'd love to get a .45 colt cylinder for the gun since it's such a nice piece but for now it's a very low priority.
 
SeanSw said:
My wife inherited an older blackhawk in .45 acp. I've taken it out twice and never shot it on paper but I swear I can't hit a gosh darn thing with it. Informal plinking to be sure but that thing just doesn't work in my hands. I'd love to get a .45 colt cylinder for the gun since it's such a nice piece but for now it's a very low priority.
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What bullets?
Is the rifling leaded?

My Vaquero .45ACP shoots 200gr SWC very good.
230gr lead or ball, not so good. 3-4" groups @ 7 yards.
 
SeanSw said:
My wife inherited an older blackhawk in .45 acp. I've taken it out twice and never shot it on paper but I swear I can't hit a gosh darn thing with it. Informal plinking to be sure but that thing just doesn't work in my hands. I'd love to get a .45 colt cylinder for the gun since it's such a nice piece but for now it's a very low priority.
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I was under the impression that .45 caliber Blackhawks came with the .45 Colt cylinders as their "primary" cylinders, and the .45ACP cylinders were "extra." At least that's the way mine came, and because I'm an avid handloader, I can't remember ever using the .45ACP cylinder.
Is the .45 Colt cylinder just missing? Like maybe did someone just put it in a drawer somewhere and forget about it?
 
Hi-Standard DM-101 derringer in 22 mag.
It was a cool little gun in looks and concept, but the trigger pull was around 20lbs and 22mag from that barrel length was like a flash bang.
Picked it up for $100 from a coworker, shot it about 4 times before I decided it was not for me.

My brother in laws neighbor thought that it was awesome and traded me straight across for a Glock 17 and 3 mags.
Never regretted that for a minute.

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Seedy Character said:
What bullets?
Is the rifling leaded?

My Vaquero .45ACP shoots 200gr SWC very good.
230gr lead or ball, not so good. 3-4" groups @ 7 yards.
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Just standard WWB 230gr ball ammo. The bore seems to be in very fine condition. I couldn't hit a bowling pin at 15 paces.
 
.308 Norma said:
I was under the impression that .45 caliber Blackhawks came with the .45 Colt cylinders as their "primary" cylinders, and the .45ACP cylinders were "extra." At least that's the way mine came, and because I'm an avid handloader, I can't remember ever using the .45ACP cylinder.
Is the .45 Colt cylinder just missing? Like maybe did someone just put it in a drawer somewhere and forget about it?
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The blackhawk was inherited by my wife after her grandfather died. It came with a gun belt and holster combo with the .45 acp cylinder installed (.45 colt won't drop in) and a bandolier loaded with 200gr fmj swc that had probably been left there for decades. A number of firearms and parts went missing or were turned into the authorities by anti-gun family members and the estate is long gone, so if the .45 colt cylinder ever existed it's long gone. The gun is very nice and I have thought about contacting Ruger for a replacement cylinder but we can't afford to shoot .45acp let alone .45 colt these days!
 
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