The WORST gun in your personal collection?

I guess my worst would be a H&R pardner pump. then a glock 17. but that's my nightstand piece. it just lacks soul

For a while is was Dad's bring back P-38 that fired when you decocked it. I fixed that with new parts and it works great but I still won't decock it on a live round, at least not with a loaded mag in place.

So the beater Taurus 82 38spcl is now last place. It gots character though!

Mosin 1895 revolver. Need I even explain why? Not even worth much for trade fodder. It's been languishing in the back of the safe for a couple years now.

An old FIE Nylon 66 knockoff. It wasn't great when I got it for Christmas in 1985. But I will never get rid of it.

What was wrong with the FIE Nylon 66?

My Walther p22.

I bought it because of all of the positive reviews and how cool it looked.

Aside the fact that it jams/stovepipes about every 3 rounds regardless of what ammo I am feeding it, it is great.

Walther PK380. Pink. Don't ask.

Winchester 1200 Defender. It is the ugliest, shoddiest, least comfortable, budget materials riot-gun I've ever seen. The majority of the weapon isn't steel, and what is is very low quality/thin. The parts which should be wood are some sort of composite material which has a grain pattern on it to fool the untrained but it is very obviously not real wood. A good portion of the weapon is plastic as well... just a cheap piece of crap.

I got it for $200 because I didn't have a shotgun at the time, but ever since I took it home I've been looking for a replacement. It's a pump action but the materials and general light weight of the weapon turn it into what I like to call "an assisted semi-auto" action because with each shot fired the recoil blasts back at you and will send the pump flying back and eject the round.. the part where you come in is just to pull it forward to chamber another shell. My friends are scared to shoot it, they think it will explode in their hands; I doubt I could pay someone to take it, let alone sell it to anyone but the sketchy Afghani guy at the corner store near me (but he tries to buy anything I mention when I'm in there: TVs, shoes, guns, cars).

I'll keep it for the time being, it's hard to argue with the intimidation factor a shotgun brings to the table (and having 7+1 shells without reloading is nice) but I honestly don't know why I didn't drop an extra hundred bucks initially to get a Mossberg 500 which would hands down be better than my Winchester 1200 in every way.

Spanish copy of a baby browning in 25acp. Got it for next to nothing. It looks cool and I hang it above my reloading bench.

The H&R model 1900 12ga...
I bought because it reminded me of my Great Grand Fathers, "Keystone Special".
Which was passed on to my Uncle with 4 boys, not much chance of it coming my way.

I have a nice Keystone Special now but have not sold the old H&R,,,,,,might be time, thanks for the reminder.

The FIE is just cheap in general. The trigger feels like flexing a spring against a rubber band, and the sights have been dinged and un-adjustable for some time. I had trouble for years making it cycle reliably, now it will with hotter ammo, but I don't know how the gun will hold up if I shoot a lot of it. It was given to me as a training gun, and I suppose it's fine for that. But my boys are mostly shooting my M-4 with a .22 upper.

The worst gun I own is a little Italian 4-shot .22 pepperbox. It's actually larger and heavier than my Ruger LCP, has a looooong rough trigger pull, and is made out of brightly-plated pot metal. Its hammer strike is too wimpy to reliably ignite .22LR.

The gun is badly designed and poorly made, but, well, unlike many "gun people", I can seldom bring myself to part with a gun once I have it.

Yeah, got one like that. It is Marlin 81 DL (tube fed bolt action 22 LR). Bought it used and refinished it. It was going to be my oldest's first rifle. Super accurate but the trigger was so light that I didn't feel it was safe to teach a youngster to shoot with. I think someone did a job on that one and either bubba'd it or purposely set it so light. I still have it because I consider it my son's first real rifle. Maybe one day I'll get the trigger worked on.

Intratec TEC-9 (DC-9). It's the only novelty gun I own. And it was a freebie due to a cracked receiver, which has been repaired. It still shoots fine, but it's too big, heavy, and otherwise impractical for anything other that burning through ammo. I keep it around because it isn't worth selling.

Least favorite/worst gun? Sig P238.
Had to have one when they first came out...took me awhile to find one-

I had several problems with it, Sig had installed the wrong factory night sights on it so couldn't hit diddly, and constant ejection problems.
Sig sent me a new correct height sight and swapped out the 3 mags I had which helped but did not cure the ejection problems*...
With the issues I decided I just did not like cocked and locked in my pocket.

*I've heard they have a third version mag now so I need to call them and see if they will do another swap out, then get rid of it...

The biggest piece of junk I have is an old Eastern Arms 20 gauge single shot. All the blueing is about gone and the forearm is held on with electrical tape. I keep it because it was my grandfathers. He drove a delivery truck for a living and I can remember it being propped up on the seat of his truck when I was a kid 50 years ago.

An Iver Johnson 32 Rimfire revolver.

Old, Pitted, don't even think it will work.

Ammo almost non existent, over $100.00 for a box.

Why keep it? It was my Grandfather's, he had it on him when he died of a stroke changing a tire for a lady (he was a tow truck driver).

I usually do my homework before I buy a gun to make sure it's not a POS. Before my last purchase I really didn't have a "worst" gun. I guess the least "needed" was probably an old S&W Model 10. Even though it was probably the least "needed" I wouldn't get rid of it.

I just recently bought a Mossberg synthetic stock 930 combo, my first semi-auto shotgun and first Mossberg. I bought it because it cost $550 brand new and came with two barrels, and I always wanted a semi-auto shotgun. Mossberg seemed to have a reputable name and the reviews were mostly positive.

The trigger group wobbles linearly in the receiver, ok, as long as it functions properly, I can live with that.
Upon fully loading the mag tube with four 2 3/4" or 3" shells, charging the bolt does not release the round from the mag tube and the bolt either locks back or doesn't, randomly. With 3 rounds loaded it will release a round randomly and it works pretty consistently with 2 or less rounds in the tube.

I haven't even shot this gun yet. What I have discovered is that the shell stop "arm" foot is too long and extends a good ways onto the base of the shell, with a fully loaded mag tube, the increased spring pressure is enough to keep the shell stop arm from sliding off the rim of the shell and releasing it. With fewer shells loaded, hence less spring pressure, the shell stop arm is able to move completely out of the way releasing a shell.

I have contacted Mossberg early last week and have yet to hear back from them, but as of right now, this is my least favorite firearm.

Worst Gun in "Collection"

Mmmmm.....Well, let's see ? Toss-up between two . Iver Johnson .32 Top-break that has a stripped block in the receiver (making it unrepairable) , and a hand (which I have) installed (why bother)? 2nd, Sedgley/Kolb Baby Hammerless (1918).22 short, missing : trigger & screw, mainspring, etc., grips & screw, (& perhaps other parts). The good news is it has its hammer in place. Why I still have them ? Can't decide the best way to sell them legally and to my advantage. Otherwise, would sell for parts guns. If we are talking about operating/functioning guns, I'd have to think about it.

I don't buy crap, so my answer is NONE. If I did, I would sell it. But then again I have only sold 2 guns in my life.
Now I lost the rest in that freaky late night boating accident a few weeks ago.

Taurus mod. 909 Just junk They got me that time, my fault but never again.

Rogak 9mm



I am scared to shoot it. Didn't worry much when I was young and dumb but now is a different story..

Mine is a m&p40. Haven't shot it. Had for 6 months. Worst gun I have because its a 40 short and weak. But i keep one on hand for scavenging ammo in the shtf scenario

For me, it's an old Mossberg 22 semi auto. The rear sight is propped up with a piece of rubber, the magazine fits in it but isn't a Mossberg magazine, and the whole safety assembly is missing from the rifle.

Like many others have posted, I got it from my grandfather; he got it from his uncle. I understand it shoots, but I'm afraid to try!

I thought I was going to have a fairly accurate and dependable hunting rifle when I bought my Remington 7400 in 30-06. I was wrong. It is neither accurate nor dependable.