What is the most unreliable semi auto you have shot ?

Updated totals....I only updated based on the MFG's listed in the original total. I also discredited one HK vote because the term "epic fail" indicates a high schooler who's vote shouldn't count.

HK 4
Raven 4
Bersa 5
Hi Point 5
Tanfoglio 6
CZ 7
Kahr 9
Glock 9
Para 12
Sig 13
Jennings 13
Llama 15
Springfield 15
AMT 15
Taurus 17
Colt 18
Beretta 19
Ruger 19
S&W 20
Keltec 20
Walther 25
Kimber 30

Looks like Kimber is the big loser here. Especially given their pricing. Also, remember, everyone makes a dud and you're likely to find more duds from MFG's who have a high number of sales. (Beretta, S&W, Colt & Ruger are likely higher because of their sales volumes.) But, this is all unscientific anyway so take it with a grain of salt.

Sadly, my Ruger .45 , P97. The rounds that didn't fail to feed, you could feel that massive slide chunking rounds in. Low recoil, but jammed with every ammo. I traded it for my Springfield xd 40... No ftf ever.

Bersa Thunder .380 Del. But to be fair, it may have been a design problem with the mag.

S&W Sigma. Worst handgun ever made, will never touch another one.

70's era Browning Hi-Power when trying to shoot HP ammo.

Astra A-75 in 40S&W...never made it through a single mag without a jam. And it was completely random at which round it would jam up.

Beretta .22 Minx. Rimfire autos in general tend to be ammo sensitive, but this one in .22 Short was worse than most.

Add a Kimber 5" in 9mm to the list. Sent it back twice, ended up with a substantial financial loss when I was able to part company with the beast.

FEG PA-63

Eventually I sold it and picked up a true Russian Mak.

Taurus PT145

AMT Govt. model .45

I really wanted this gun. Waited for it for a week or so while it was ordered. It was never reliable for a full magazine. In fact at first it jammed about every other round. Nothing, including a pounding breaking in with UZI ammo, worked. Sent it back to AMT and it came back only puking once or twice a magazine. Didn't feel like sending it back the 2 or 3 more times it was going to require to get it right. Sold with full disclosure, and traded on a Colt Mark IV.

The very worst gun I ever tried was my buddy's Charter Arms AR7 take down rifle in .22.

It jammed constantly. Failures to feed, failures to extract, jams, everthing.

It was a rusty can of worms.

Colt Government Model Series '70

Factory-new, it stovepiped 40% of the time...took years and many hundreds of dollars to "fix" while other things continued to break along the way.

The second auto I ever owned was a Taurus PT140. It did not even like to function with 180 grain FMJs. Only gun I wish I had never invested in.

I would have to say that the most unreliable gun I ever shot is a friend's Kimber 1911. I don't know the model, but if it shot more than twice, it was a shock. It cost a lot of money for a pretty gun that jammed constantly. It works fine now, but it should have worked without having to send it back twice.

Of the guns I actually have owned, the Colt Combat Commander was the worst .45 ACP gun I ever owned, but the worst of all was the .22LR FTL Auto Nine, which broke both times I shot it. It was a very nicely made little gun, but the extractor broke, the first time because I put stingers in it, but the second time, I had the exact brand and type of ammo they recommended and it happened again. There was no third time. To be honest, none of the little .22 BUG candidates I tried were reliable at all. I ended up with a Beretta 950 .25, a totally reliable little gun. I still have it, about 30 years later.

Glock 23. That was the first and last Glock I've ever owned.

reliable?

For me, it was a Beretta Bobcat in 22LR.

About drawing conclusions.......I was happy to see the note that this poll is less than scientific or balanced. As noted, some of the firearms are very common and thus are more apt to have a higher rate of reported failures. If Colt sells 100,000 1911s and there are 20 reported failures that is one thing. If Astra sells 10,000 guns and has three reported failures that is a 50% higher rate of reported failures.
If you list the numbers without production figures, you get skewed data.
Colt 20
Astra 3
Which appears to be worse?
Hope that everyone reads that.
Still......doesn't look good for Kimber.
Pete

A DAVIS .380, it resides in the back of my safe and sleeps 24/7. It has FTF, FTE, safety sticks closed and stickes open, trigger will skin your trigger finger after 10 to 15 shots. It is a nice looking firearm though.

not just unreliable,but dangerous

for me it was a jennings .380.everything from ftf to brass not ejecting.and occasionaly when you chambered a round it would fire as soon as the slide closed!

gpwelding1 said:

for me it was a jennings .380.everything from ftf to brass not ejecting.and occasionaly when you chambered a round it would fire as soon as the slide closed!

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Firing pin probably stuck sticking out because of debris in the firing pin hole.

Kahr P40, followed by Ruger LCP.

Tossup between a TEC-9 and a Taurus PT-92, both 9minimeters.
The TEC-9 was a Jam-O-Matic P.O.S. Cheap trash. Traded it for a T/C Contender. Great trade.
Taurus lasted all of 4 rounds before the slide locked up and the rear sights fell off. Traded it for a minty S&W Model-19 4". Another great trade.

Baby Desert Eagle 9mm...never a miss fire or a miss feed.

Baby Desert Eagle 9mm...never a miss fire or a miss feed.

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So what then? FTEs?

My worst?

Was my old Kel-Tec P3AT. Two trips back to Kel-Tec and I still couldn't get that thing to work right. Sold it.