Everyone is happy to drop knowledge on their favorite guns, but who has made a bad purchase or gotten a lemon? Generally speaking, every gun I have bought has been high quality and reliable (including an ar15 that I built for about $600).
This changed about 8 months ago: I had been watching a lot of zombie movies and decided that I needed a .357 magnum in my home arsenal. The gun wouldn't serve much purpose other than Target shooting, sadly. After much research and advice from respected sources, I did the logical thing, disregarded everything and got a used Taurus tracker. The gun ran very well... For about 30 rounds. Then it wouldn't run at all. After giving it a good cleaning, another couple trips to the range yielded the same results. I sold it off for what I paid for it to a guy who said "why would you ever be shooting more than 30 rounds at any given time?"
I ended up with a s&w 686 that went through a solid torture test on day one (100 .357 mags and 150 .38 specials) and hasn't skipped a beat. This was the gun I was advised to buy...
Not bashing Taurus, but this was the first bad gun purchase I've made. Fortunately, it started a love affair with .357 magnums, so that's a good thing! What's your gun horror story?
This changed about 8 months ago: I had been watching a lot of zombie movies and decided that I needed a .357 magnum in my home arsenal. The gun wouldn't serve much purpose other than Target shooting, sadly. After much research and advice from respected sources, I did the logical thing, disregarded everything and got a used Taurus tracker. The gun ran very well... For about 30 rounds. Then it wouldn't run at all. After giving it a good cleaning, another couple trips to the range yielded the same results. I sold it off for what I paid for it to a guy who said "why would you ever be shooting more than 30 rounds at any given time?"
I ended up with a s&w 686 that went through a solid torture test on day one (100 .357 mags and 150 .38 specials) and hasn't skipped a beat. This was the gun I was advised to buy...
Not bashing Taurus, but this was the first bad gun purchase I've made. Fortunately, it started a love affair with .357 magnums, so that's a good thing! What's your gun horror story?