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Norinco SKS, it shot shotgun patterns instead of groups, had a heavy, gritty trigger, and the sear was seriously unsafely light. I don’t know how they did those last two. It was reliable, at least. Sold it for about double what I bought it for, before they started selling for truly stupid money.
 
Dinosaur1 said:
Tikka T3 Lite .243. Lucky to hit the backstop at 100. Terrible customer service. Said I could send it back if I paid shipping and included a $75 bench fee cause it’s “never their fault”. Free floated the barrel and at least I can now hit the backstop.
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That is surprising for ME to hear personally . Reason being I've got #3 in various calibers and though they're Not tack drivers ,they're ALL under MOA with reasonable ammo . Cheap ammo is just that ,personally I'd prefer the manufactures to send ME the components for DIY assembly .

The persons here dumping on the R Mini Ranch , IMO are Justified !. Had a real close skilled Friend who owned one and used it for DCM qualification years back and as his spotter I was going NUTS couldn't even find half the shots as it was kicking dust but OFF PAPER . I bought a .44 R Blackhawk way way back early 70's ,another close pistolero friend of mine ,was the GURU of all things Pistol single action . That man could slick a SA Army Colt better than canned cheese wiz . So ole John says let Me have it and I'll get er dialed in for You ,OK partner . Two months later I got it back with him cursing which He Never did ,told Me to send it BACK to R and have THEM fix it . They replaced it and that one wasn't a whole lot better . Sold it . Swore off the R brand for decades ,just Never had good luck or accuracy .

Now S brand ,yep UGLY Bolt receiver etc. but they're TACK DRIVERS ,so go figure. Brings Me to the M guns flawless accurate robust dependable IMO .

Never had a .308 Bolt gun ,so Years back bought a B brand A Bolt w/Boss compensator synthetic stock ,scoped it with Nice Japanese Nikon ( Remember those scopes I've got some of them also ) took it to the range with handloads
NO clue as where I was starting ,so sand bagged My Bench and popped first two rounds out 1.35" right of center . Looked through spotting scope #1 HOLE ,waited for the line to finish retrieved MY target now I'm gonna tell You having been around the Block for more than a couple of laps ; I've seen MORE HOLES than there are Prairie Dogs but I swear there was NO evidence two bullets passed through that SINGLE HOLE .

I adjusted the scope and it NEVER did it again :D
 
DazedandConfuzed said:
My father had a reproduction "Tommy" gun that had trouble running more than a few rounds through it. Never even got to try the drum mag. The stick mags wouldn't even feed correctly, then the bolt came apart.

We were so excited to try it out and became disappointed very quickly

My brother had to have a Thompson. My dad always told him he was nuts. I wish pop would have lived a couple more years to see my brother purchase one. I would have been one of the greatest “ I told you so moments” of dads life. It is almost impossible to cock, horribly inaccurate, and feeding is unreliable. The stick magazine are iffy and the drum only runs 4 or 5 before something jams up. He has about 3 grand into it. Trying to sell or it is like trying to sell sand and heat in the Sahara. I personally love it because it’s not mine.
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Nuclear said:
Norinco SKS, it shot shotgun patterns instead of groups, had a heavy, gritty trigger, and the sear was seriously unsafely light. I don’t know how they did those last two. It was reliable, at least. Sold it for about double what I bought it for, before they started selling for truly stupid money.
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98% of the people MYSELF included Never properly CLEANED THEIR BORES ,or ran decent ammo in them , just cheap surplus crap and expected them to be sub MOA . At Best they were SHOT OUT ,so Spray and Prey became their nickname .

I've got a Small collection of original Russian and Czechoslovakian contract ones 1948- 57 . Chemically cleaned the Bores got some Lapua 7.62x39 and they're NOT half bad but DON'T plan on BR any of them ; superbly accurate THEY NEVER WERE . FYI : Those came home with Me as well as some other unmentionables ,call it partial payment for LOOOONG overdue hazardous Duty pay :)
 
Oh, the SKS was cleaned up, it had been submerged in cosmoline at some point in its existence. Then I had to lube it, because I had stripped it down to metal. The ammo was surplus, but the trigger and sear really did it in.
 
Rem 770 in 308. Shot minute of deer at best and jammed and ate cases randomly. Cost me a VERY nice buck. Grrrrr.
 
Mine was a Mini-30. I felt good to keep 2 hits anywhere on 24 x 36 inch target at 50 yards. Three trips back to the mothership and Ruger repeatedly tells me 'it meets our accuracy standards', whatever those standards are.
 
I had a Remington 673 that was a beauty. It shot terribly. The bolt flopped around inside the receiver like it was under sized. It patterned well. I am pretty sure if I fired 9 rounds at 100 yards it would have looked like a round of 00 Buck had been fired at the target. I am exaggerating, but it was pretty bad. 6 MOA, probably. Remington didn’t seem real interested in fixing it for me. I was told to try some accurizing tricks to help make it more accurate.
My attitude about the gun left it sitting idle in my safe for quite a while. From 2003 to 2018. I sold it to the Cabela’s Gun Library with full disclosure. I sold it for what I paid for it.

Regarding SKS’s. I had a Norinco SKS that was a tack driver with surplus Russian ammo. I gave it to a friend of mine’s son for Christmas. That kid loved that rifle.
 
Carcano carbines. Not because of anything wrong with what the gun is, but the bolt, worst bolt action ever. So stiff and hard to operate. Still haven't fully fixed it.
But it shoots fine, just kicks alot for a 6mm. The clips are also a pain to use. Probably not using quality ones, they're brass.

I dont personally hold accuracy against a rifle so I don't use that as a standard of judgement. For me it'd be reliability, handling and parts quality. If the gun is janky and falls apart of me then it's a nope

EDIT: I don't personally hold accuracy against a SURPLUS rifle
 
bihj said:
Mine was a Mini-30. I felt good to keep 2 hits anywhere on 24 x 36 inch target at 50 yards. Three trips back to the mothership and Ruger repeatedly tells me 'it meets our accuracy standards', whatever those standards are.
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I'll tell you what they are. S%^t. Only ruger I own that i own worth its salt is my security six. I do not care for rugers.
 
Robbins290 said:
AR-7 made by charter arms, Tried everything to get that to run. Horrible. I wanna try the Henry one, but I am still mad at that ar-7.
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I love my Armalite AR7 and it runs great. It’s part of my “Bond Collection”. While it would technically count as my worst rifle, I never thought of it that way.
 
Savage 110, honestly it wasn’t to bad. It was fairly accurate but the fit and finish wasn’t great and the trigger was absolute trash.
For what I paid for it I can’t complain, I’ve had pretty good luck with rifles.
 
Actually, I cant believe I forgot this one but the worst rifle I've ever owned was the Baker rifle, indian repro that I had a year ago. The gun itself was okay, it was more than okay It was beautiful. The stock had a weird paint/laquer to it, which I sanded. I blued the barrel. The problem was the lock. It wasn't properly fitted to spec and after a while it stopped working. Sent it to one of the members here (Our very own Jackrabbit1957) and he revealed that the lock was never tempered at all, a major let down. I would've had to completely replace the lock which would end up costing more than I was willing to put into the rifle (well the term 'rifle' is used loosely, it was smoothbore).
Basically it was a gun that barely functioned when I got it, and stopped functioning after a while. Only got a handful of shots through it, never even got to clean it before I sold it. Since I have sold it i've completely forgot about it. I took the meaning of this thread to mean the worse rifle we currently have, which for me are the Carcanos.
 
When I turned 18, I bought a UNIVERSAL M1 Carbine.

I was SO EXCITED

I didn't realize this was not a true Military M1 carbine design until I got it home.

My friend named it "BANG BANG JAM"

" are you taking BANG BANG JAM with us camping this weekend"

the Op-rod was stamped sheet metal, the trigger housing seemed to be made from melted down HOTWHEELS cars.

Later, I traded it for a Mini-14, added a CHOATE folding stock, and CHOATE M16A1 style flash suppressor.

I sold that when I joined the Army.

Edit - pic from google, note the stamped sheet metal Op-Rod / charging handle

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Worst "rifle" was a Traditions bolt action muzzleloader I used to have. There was no bolt lock, so more times that I can remember when I got to my tree stand or back to my truck I'd discover the bolt had opened and fallen out somewhere along the way. I have fond memories of retracing my footsteps in the dawn or after dusk tracking down that danged bolt! Eventually I got smart and started carrying it bore-down.

Eventually I sold it to my brother, but he never paid me, so I don't even feel bad about the few times he's lost the bolt out in the field!
 
Remington 700 "Classic" in 6.5x55 Swede...before the recall...terrible accuracy. Remington replaced the barrels on those upon request.
 
I can name five that I simply gave up on. Two were 10/22s, two were Mini 14s and a Charter Arms AR7. The Rugers were the most inaccurate bullet sprayers I have ever fired. The Charter Arms AR7 was so poorly machined, it was totally unreliable.
 
Bottom Gun said:
I can name five that I simply gave up on. Two were 10/22s, two were Mini 14s and a Charter Arms AR7. The Rugers were the most inaccurate bullet sprayers I have ever fired. The Charter Arms AR7 was so poorly machined, it was totally unreliable.
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I am glad someone else had a problem with a 10/22, I almost posted that when i claimed thr ar-7 as the worse. But there are way to many ruger lovers here to bad mouth them. I had 3 10/22's, ALL sucked. all 3 would not cycle anything but CCI stingers. 2 carbines and a sporter. They were accurate, but unreliable. All bought new and I put a few thousand rounds thru them to "break them in according to ruger" I have a 4th that i bought used for cheap, late 80's one. I will try to salvage that one.
 
NIGHTLORD40K said:
Honorable mention to that horrid Daisey .22 bolt action they briefly marketed.
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I had all but forgotten about the Daisy 22 bolt actions. My brother still has the one dad bought for him years ago. His did work but I would never trust it.

MosinT53Hunter said:
Winchester 190 22. lr. Maybe it was cursed from the begining, I don't know, all i know it was terrible!
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The only reason I keep my Winchester Model 190 is because my grampa gave it to me when I was a kid. Otherwise it would be gone. While mine functions well, the trigger is one of the worse I have ever used and it isn't very accurate at all. The positive is mine will function flawlessly with 22S, 22L and 22LR without any issues.
 
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