Biggest handgun disappointment.

Taurus Tracker in 44 mag. Keep in mind I've had this gun less than 30 days and 40 rounds have been put through it. I bought it new. My first clue to what was in store was when I got it home. I took it out of the box and the cylinder fell out onto the floor. Not to be outdone, I fooled with it a bit and got it locked back in. Took it to the range twice and both times something just felt "not quite right." Yesterday, on my third trip to the range, it locked up on the first cylinder of shells, completely locked up, cocked. The hammer was locked back, cylinder was locked, couldn't do anything. I fooled with it a bit, let some other handgun guys who were there fool with it. We couldn't get it unlocked. So...I made the trip home with a loaded, cocked, 44 magnum in my car. When I got home, I had to take the thing apart to get at the mechanism inside. Got it unlocked and took the shells out. After the shells were out I fooled with it and it either locked completely or the cylinder wouldn't turn. I bought this gun for a trail gun, short barrel, powerful, pretty gun, easy to handle and pull out of my jacket. Stainless steel. It may be able to be fixed but I'm not going to fool with it. I've lost all confidence in the gun and I just don't want it anymore. When I load a gun and pull the trigger, I expect it to go off. I'm going to get rid of it. Sell it, trade it, or whatever but I won't keep a gun like that in my house. That's my first and last experience with anything Taurus. The next one will be Ruger or Smith. It's a pretty gun to look at but that's about all you can do with it. It was around $100 less than the next one up. You get what you pay for...

S&W 6906. Worst trigger pull I ever saw.

10mm Witness jammo-matic.

Mine was a ruger sr9. Purchased and before I had a chance to even shoot it the dealer called me regarding the recall and that mine should be sent back. Did this thought everything was ok but approximately 800-1000 rnds and the barrell is peening. I have to send it back again. When I get it back this time it will be traded for a SA XD or Glock

Kimber CDP. Jam-o-matic to the extreme. Sent it out twice and it never got any better. Then it decided to start eating firing pins. So much for a Custom Defense Pistol! My Springer GI ran circles around it for about a third of the price including a host of mods.

Ruger Vaquero 44-40.....cylinder throats measured .425" and barrel was .429".

2 Ruger Vaqueros both 45 colt....cylinder throats on both measured .448" and barrels .452"

Ruger Blackhawk 357 finaly saved up the 600 bucks for it and couldnt hit a fish in a barrel regardless of what factory round I shot out of it.Had it two weeks and traded it for a 20ga and a taurus 357 mod 66 and never looked back.I always wanted a ruger but you cant pay me to own one and thats sad I have hi points and ravens no problems.

Used to see quite a few "Warranty Issues" with the old AMT Back up... not much of a design...

When I was just a pup I bought a LLama .380, kind of a tiny 1911 knock off... darn thing came apart on me with the fiest box of ammo, the slide actually came OFF and hit me in the face, glad I was wearing safety glasses...

I'm surprised to see some folks mentioned the S&W version of the Walther, outside of the recall, which Smith took care of in an average of 3 weeks turn around.. they have run fine, and we bought 5 of them for our partners and key office staff..

A lot of the overseas made knock offs do not surprise me..

Glock makes the best handguns in the world?

*NOT* if their ergonomics don't fit your hands, they don't.

I've shot every kind of Glock made many different times over the years (owned by various friends, etc.) and I've *NEVER* found one that would fit my hand properly and comfortably. Hence, it was a lot of work to shoot one accurately.

No thanks.

That being said, I've discovered that plastic guns in general just don't seem to fit me -- so there you go. I'll stick with that "old-guy" old-fashioned steel.

Glocks

Biggest disappointment, M1895 Nagant, though no fault of the gun's. I knew going into it that the trigger would be a tiny bit heavy in the DA department, but I figured it'd give me a fun workout dry firing it. Ordered some ammo for it online at the same time I ordered the pistol and found a couple of boxes of .32 S&W Long to feed it locally. Was surprisingly accurate in SA fire, and towards the end I was even getting decent with the DA fire (stage the trigger, or god help you...). Put it away for a few months, wanted to shoot it again and went on an ammo hunt.

Christ, seems like no one had any of the substitute cartridges for it anywhere in El Paso, and for awhile no one had the proper cartridges online either. Moved back to Alpine and yeah, the local store carries the substitutes but at like 1.5-2 times the price I used to find them at. The shipping and handling fees for online purchases precludes anything but bulk orders and I'm a bit bad about building up enough funds for that.

Guess its a good reason to start reloading as any...

Browning BDM. Overly complicated, horrible trigger pull, die cast Zamak parts, and internal parts held in place with silicon cement.

It felt REAL good in the hand, but once I got it home and started looking closely...

I bought one of the first Walther P22's when they came out. that was a waste of life, time, energy and money.

Glock 19, followed by Glock 17. Neither were reliable. And I froze them, buried them in mud, and ran over them with my Humvee, too!

Kimber CDP II Compact .45 ACP. Loved the look, the feel, the 1911 aura, but it just did not work, even with the "modified" slide stop Kimber sent me "no charge".
JD

i wanted one of them diamond backs for years, your lucky.. ya just cant find them,,

I read everyones list of bad guns for them.. One I didnt see was FEG,, I love my little Feg, R61 in 380,, I never had a FTF, never had one issue, and I shot it for ever,..
But one thing I just cant figure out,, WHY is it, that everyone i know, who has or had a Taurus even my self. had to send it back..I dont get it,,,my buddie has bought at least 5 dif. ones. and brand new right out of the box, they had to be sent back, his 1911, shot it one time, the safety fell apart. his litte 22, had to b sent back... he bought the new 45 colt, in flat stainless..it wouldnt shoot.. no marks in the primmers,,, they sent it back fixed,,, the trigger was a dif, metal finish, the hammer was blue,, he thought im not sending it back,now it fires,,but im sure after a box of ammo,, it wont work,,I your in a business,, why not have a good product, get better quility control.
I want another small 22 wheel gun, But it wont be Taurus,

Well since my last post in '08, my biggest dissappointment of late came from a Kimber Compact 9mm. Cost a grand and shot worse than my cheap beater the FNP-9. The trend is higher cost and lower quality. Its just sad.

Sig Sauer p238

I tested one at my local range, absolute garbage. often wouldn't feed the first round, last rounds slide never locked back.
also racking the slide when the gun was empty the slide got stuck and wouldn't return with out a stiff push of my thumb.

it surprised the hell out of me with this gun being a Sig, always heard great reviews about Sig thought it was just a lemon....till i checked the net and saw allot of the p238s had major problems.

this gun really tarnished my perception of Sig Sauer.

EAA Bounty Hunter in .44 mag

Hammer and trigger were ridiculously heavy. Screws/pins came loose frequently when shooting even light loads or just working the action in the basement. Accuracy was acceptable, though.

A little work and some lock-tite would have probably smoothed it up fine. What can I say, I got what I paid for. I sold it the first chance I got and moved back to a Ruger.

LMAO. I hope some of you guys are writers for ad agencies. Some pretty funny stuff. I'm not laughing at your problems, just your writing. Good stuff.

OK, I've never really been dissappointed with a gun's quality, but I've had a few that don't feel right, such as Ruger single actions.

But, I'm surprised to hear about lack of Glock quality, especially the 30. Had one, loved it. Traded it for a Colt 1911 that I loved more.

I'm also surprised to hear that someone had bad luck with a Smith and Wesson 586. Got one, will never part with it.

I never hated it, but probably the gun that I've been "least" in love with was a 1995ish Browning HiPower. Beautiful gun, very reliable, but not the best trigger, but fun to shoot.

NIB Springfield XDM 9 Bitone. Shot it at 10 yards out of a gun vise.......9" group. Took out my CZ75 BD and blew out the 10 ring offhand at 15 yards. I brought the XDM back and traded it on an M&P VTAC w/ trijicon sights. Might be a while before I buy another springer.

I had a Beretta Tomcat .32 I was happy to sell to purchase my LCP. Wasn't much impressed with the Tomcat.

Springfield XD 40. I loved everything about that gun - the look, the feel, the size, the design. I wasn't disappointed in the gun, so much as I was disappointed that I hated to shoot it. I learned my lesson though. Will never buy another gun without finding a way to test it first.

Tanfoglio TZ-75. Group sizes expanded and contracted for no apparent reason. Never did figure out what was going on with it.