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Only one, and it probably didn't need it.

A Ruger Security-Six, in stainless that bound the cylinder up during shooting. Knowing what I know now, it probably needed a good cleaning and nothing more.

Got it back in a couple of weeks, no charge. They said they "adjusted the B/C gap."
 
Beretta Tomcat 32 cal. w/ the flip up barrel. My wife needed a gun she could operate after injuring her hand pretty bad in a wreck, she liked it. It failed to fire like a champ, with different ammo. Beretta fixed it, and it got sold quickly. I have owned many different makes and models of firearms, but have never seen such a piece of crap as that gun. I'm not anti - beretta at all. I just hated the tomcat.
 
I had one lemon, Beretta 92. It constantly shot 7"low & 5-6" left. This was proven by a number of shooters, even the LGS owner where I bought it. I sent it back to Beretta, they "test fired" it and sent it back saying there was nothing at wrong. The pistol shot perfect after I got it back. A few of the same people shot it and could not believe how good it shot after Beretta did nothing to it.
 
Only two.
1. Dan Wesson M-12. Not a "lemon" per se, but the transfer bar broke shortly after I got it, the owner/gunsmith of the shop where I bought it sold it to the first purchaser, he sent it to the factory under DW's then 5 year warranty.
2. AMT Hardballer. The sights were WAY off on mine, shooting 6" low with the rear sight at maximum elevation. Sent the slide back, when I got it back it was shooting fine.
 
Out of the dozens I've owned personally and the hundreds I've sold as a dealer - zero.

I attribute that to equal parts luck, buying "quality" brands, and being willing to deal with minor issues myself.

Having worked for a gunsmith prior to becoming a dealer was an excellent education. Many of the problem models mentioned in this thread never darkened my door.
 
None for me. Only problems I've had are broken parts on old guns and one time when I bought some cheap mags. Never had a new gun with a problem yet.
 
I had a Tikka 308 that was part of a recall. Something to do with a bad batch of barrels. I guess a few had exploded. What was weird is I sent in a Tikka Lite Hunter in 308 and got back a Sako in 22-250.

I had a Marlin 336 with a canted front sight. I hadn’t noticed until after I took the scope off to add a receiver mounted peep sight.

This is out of around 20 guns that I’ve owned.
 
Dan Wesson CBOB. It was a jammomatic and after it went back to Dan Wesson 3 times without a fix, I had to send to CZ to figure out what to do. I was unimpressed by DW's CS. Finally was replaced with a VBOB with me paying the difference. The VBOB has been great.

2012 Glock 19, 3rd Gen. Back to the factory three times because it would not stop flinging brass at my head hard. Finally replaced with a 2008 Glock 19 that runs like a charm.

Kel- tec .380. Jammomatic. Came back from first trip, and LGS allowed me to trade for an LCP.
 
Had to send back a Taurus PT145 that the rear sight was loose on and I couldn't tighten it or remove the screw to get it off. Had it back in a couple of weeks.
 
A Ruger Single Six .22/.22 mag. The .22 mag cylinder wasn't bored correctly, the first round shot through it, the cylinder didn't align correctly, blew up in my hand, which locked it up! Sent to Ruger, they sent me a new revolver, admitting the problem, and a certificate for $100.00 worth of ammo! No ore problems since.
 
In the last 40 years, I've only owned 3 that had to go back to the factory:

1. A Taurus PT-92. On the first range trip, the slide locked up and the rear sights fell off.

2. A S&W Model 29. On the first range trip, the nickel plating around the crane, forcing cone, and front of the cylinder came off.

3. A TEK-9.(I know. I was young and stupid and should have known better.) Worst Jam-O-Matic P.O.S. since gunpowder was invented.

I would have to say I've had less than 1% failure rate over the years.
 
Only one that I can think of over the years and it was just recently, I picked up a new Ruger MKIII, every fifth or sixth shot the gun would go out of battery, turned out it was the magazine safety, apparently this is quite common for these Rugers. They had the gun for 3 days it came back and has never failed again, knock on wood!:)
 
Two: first was an 870 Express bought on '91. Kept releasing shells out of the magazine upon firing. It was in Ilion, NY for a week. Second was the Kahr MK-9. That pistol never did get right. Too bad too, I really liked that pistol.
 
I've owned over a dozen handguns and never had to send one back, come to think of it I've only had one with a problem that required contacting customer service.
 
Hotshot10 said:
I've had two S&W revolvers, out of the box, that needed repairs.

The first time, I didn't look carefully enough at the 686 at the store. It had a canted barrel and a rear sight that didn't adjust properly. Smith fixed it in three weeks and sent it back.

The second time, I ordered a 60. Wiser than before, I was more careful about examining it in the store. It had a misaligned barrel, a bent front sight, and a top strap that did not line up. I sent that one back and bought a Ruger.
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So much for avoiding problems by going with "quality brands."

Evidently, S&W's quality control folks didn't look carefully enough either. It's rather sad that the customer has to be QC. After all, how many first-time gun owners do you imagine even know what a canted barrel is? I'm guessing slightly more than none, thus having no ability to check what they don't know to check for.

Then on the next S&W your found a trio of problems! That strikes me as outrageous.
 
BigN said:
Out of the several hundreds of guns I have owned, I've only had one factory-required problem. A Taurus Tracker in 44 mag was sent to Miami 4 times. The 4th time it still wasn't right. It sits in the safe collecting dust...(I'm sure you're REALLY surprised to see "Taurus")
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I've seen so many stories of Taurus' that have made numerous trips for repair & come back still not fixed. One must wonder if they simply do nothing but ship guns back till a customer gives up.

Taurus isn't exported; it's deported from Brazil. The only thing they do well is make great ads to fill every firearms publication, so no publisher can say "they suck."
 
Just one, the M16a1 issued buy Uncle Sam, what a hunk-o-junk, it jammed up on every other magazine and left a bad taste in my mouth for the whole AR platform.
 
Out of 30+ pistols I've owned, the only one that caused me issues I couldn't fix myself has been a Ruger P89. The safety design is poor, and with a little wiggling (such as you'd get from carrying it in a holster on your hip) you can fire the gun with the safety on, like it doesn't even have one. :barf:
 
Over the past 47 years of owning firearms......ZERO went back to the factory.

I currently own over 4 dozen handguns, none have returned to their motherships.
 
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