Biggest handgun disappointment.

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HK USP Compact in .45ACP. Fell for the HK hype and shelled out $800 for this gun. It didn't fall apart or blow up, and for the 200 rounds I fired through it, it ran just fine. But, it had the most atrocious trigger on any handgun I've ever fired. I consider a good trigger to be essential on a fighting gun, and this thing failed miserably in this department. Sold it a month after I got it.

Kel Tec PF9 also gets runner up disappointment award, but since it was a cheap piece of crap, it wasn't nearly as sad as the legendary HK.
 
Bad Nork

A Norinco NP 30 (Big Ten) .45 ACP bought mail order. Useless trigger pull, had to pull so hard I shook before it broke. Accuracy was an abominable; 10 inches at 25 meters, two hands and bench rest. FTE, I'm on my third extractor at 3000 rds. Cost me twice the purchasing price get it accurate, still not reliable.
I'm surprised to see Rugers mentioned here, but I guess most anything will show up, sooner or later.
Entertaining thread, BTW.
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+1 on the HK USP Compact in .45ACP. I got it for a great price, right around $450. It fit right, it pointed right and my trigger was good. I JUST COULD NOT SHOOT IT ACCURATELY. My friends could, I tried and I tried... about 6 months later I sold it to a buddy that loved it. Got another HP with the money, those I can shoot.

+100 on P22. Tried them twice, nver going to try again and I love everything about the gun, except the FTF, FTE and misfires.
 
Would have to be the S&W model 66 I bought over the internet in unfired condition. As you can see the seller missed the description a wee bit.

I hope you got your money back on that one! Another good reason to not buy something sight-unseen.
 
KIMBER Tac Pro II.

Spent $1000.00 of my hard earned combat pay, then waited an additional 2 months for it to come in. But I knew I had to have one when I saw it on the cover of a gun rag. 9 months of 12-15hr days working my a$$ off to go to my rack and drool over that Kimber on the cover and read it's review, knowing I was going to own one as soon as my feet touched North Carolina soil again.

Absolutely beautiful to look at and hold. Also it's super accurate, I can easily manage 1 1/2" groups @ 25yrds. I can deal with having to using a paper clip to dissassemble it.

But I couldn't deal with the Constant Failures To Eject for the first 250 rounds. No worries the Kimber rep said it takes 500 rounds to full break the gun in... "Really?? 500 rounds of full power ammo? On an alum framed gun? That cost me a thousand dollars??"

I'm well beyond the 500round break in peroid now and it still has Random Failures to Eject. On top of that it now spits emptys at my forehead about 2 or 3 times per mag. It's been at the back of my safe for about 6 months, I don't even want to look at it.

Now last weekend at the Gun Show in New Bern I see a brand new Tac Pro II and notice it dosen't have that FRICKEN POS external extractor. Did I mention it was priced at like $960.00??

Broken hearted dosen't even describe my feelings about mine.
Will
 
Sig p232. Sexy looking little gun. Gives me slide bite. I hate the trigger and the double action to single action transition.
 
Early model XD 9mm subcompact

Every round would eject not-quite straight up and bounce off my head. Every damn round! (Reportedly corrected in current models.)
 
rklessdriver, keep sending that damned Kimber back and MAKE them pay for the shipping. I had a friend that just did this and they finally agreed to credit him full purchase price toward any other gun he wanted.
 
Don't understand all the Walther P22s on here. Never had a problem with mine. Probably will now that I said something though.

My biggest disappointment is a Kahr PM9. The trigger is waayyyyy to heavy and it doesn't want to feed the last 2 rounds of the magazines.
 
HK USP Compact 9 I think HK's are reliable and robust guns but, the trigger sucked (like gritty mashed potatoes) and the weapon felt like a giant brick of raw iron ore.
 
Firestar in .40 S&W...too heavy to carry comfortably and jammed all the time even after being returned to the factory for repairs....
 
25 years ago I had one of those little AMT .380 Backups. the original type in single action. It was a great, flawless little shooter that never had a malfunction when I owned it. It was accurate for a vest pocket gun, too. Well you guessed it , I traded it for whatever and I was sorry shortly thereafter. Fast forward to about 5 years ago, a friend of mine at woork had one and I got it for a really cheap price and thought I would have the same gun! WRONG! jam-o-matic. I'm still trying to figure out what causes the problem, untill then it's FUBAR'd. I wouldn't trust it to go bang after the first shot at this point. I miss my old AMT!
 
I did get all my money back on that deal. It was funny after I got over my shock and homicidal rage when I opened the package. His explanation for listing it as "unfired" was that "he" hadn't fired it. I can't believe he thought someone would fall for that.
 
I have S&W 915, Walther P1, Bersa 380cc, Ruger 22/45, Ruger New Vaquero and the only one of the bunch I have never heard any one bad mouth on the internet is the Vaquero. All of mine are trouble free and accurate so maybe I am just lucky.

My 915 is my go to home gun. It has NEVER balked at any ammo I put in it and it IS ACCURATE. I am a crappy shot so whenever I get a new gun I get a guy at my gun range that is an EXCELLENT shot give it a go. If he can't hit with it then I won't keep it. The only thing I would change on my 915 is some better sights.
 
Don't understand all the Walther P22s on here. Never had a problem with mine. Probably will now that I said something though.


Well I can't speak for anyone else, but I can speak for me. Mediocre accuracy at best and the single worst trigger of any handgun I have ever fired in my entire life. So while the size intrigued me to make it a kit gun and the interchangable backstraps allow to make a 'most comfortable' grip, unless I am at 7 foot range, that bunny is probably going to escape.



ETA: I thought of something else... a truly bad trigger may not be 'fixable' as is the case with my P22. But of all the failures to feed, stovepiping, jamming, etc that are listed here I don't remember one post that said anything about what they did to fix it. Did you try different or modified magazines? Polish the feedramp? How many of these guns that were by definition HUGE disappointments were ever sent back to the factory to be fixed? Nobody said anything about that... seems to me that these issues at least are very definitely fixable.
 
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kel tec 380, not only did it not funtion at all, but when it did it double fed and almost blew my hand off , kel tec sent me a replacement, equally a POS , I have heard good reviews and very bad reviews, maybe i got 2 lemons .
 
All polymer guns, especially Glocks
I've never found a decent pistol that has a polymer frame. I've shot probably 40 to 50 different ones and they are all junk to me. I just don't like plastic guns.

Yeah, I don't like polymer guns, either. Just never spent the time to develop the feel for them. However...

I think the worst gun on the planet by far is anything made by Glock. I hear all the hype about what great guns they are but I have never found a good one yet. They are worthless beyond about 7 yards. I've never seen one hold better than an 8 to 10 inch pattern beyond that distance. They jamb [SIC] every 4 or 5 rounds (at least once every magazine full). They come all to pieces after about 2000 rounds. I've owned 3 different ones and traded each one off. I have never liked the feel of a Glock. They just don't sit well in a big hand. The angle of the grip feels wrong and I just can't get used to that feeling.

This statement is completely absurd. I mean, completely. In every way. Well, except for the "I have never liked the feel of a Glock," line and the grip angle gripes. I'll give you those. They are -- probably -- true.

Some of the most competent, consistent, insanely fast AND accurate shooters I've seen compete with Glocks. To say that the pistols in general aren't capable of a 8-10" group beyond 7 yards is simply laughable! To further say that they aren't reliable and won't last beyond 2000 rounds is simply a lie. Many of the USPSA and IDPA shooters who field Glocks are often putting well more than 2000 trouble-free rounds a month, and sometimes *PER WEEK* through them!

And there are about a million not quite so fast and maybe not so supremely accurate shooters who also use them pretty hard weekly/monthly in competitions. So it's not just the big name guys with tricked out guns. There are a lot of average Joe shooters out there pounding out the rounds, proving that the design is sound, accurate, and reliable.

Having said that, I don't own one, don't shoot them often, don't care for them, don't want one. But I can't believe someone would make such broadly false statements.

Please, if you are going to denigrate something use personalized terms that are irrefutable. To wit: "I don't like them." Or, "I've had them and traded them off." Or, "I don't think they're well made." Etc., etc. To say that they won't last more than 2000 rounds, they are borderline negligently inaccurate, and they won't make it through half a magazine without a "jamb" -- and present these statements as fact -- makes you seem like a very poor source of information.
 
Stainless Firestar in .40 cal. Too heavy, poor accuracy and poor finish. However I did get a free polo shirt, hearing protectors, hat and shooting glasses with it.

Sold the gun at a loss and bought a G27, nice gun.

Kept the swag.

LOL, me too, right down to the G27.

Still have the polo, use the hearing protectors as spares and use the shooting glasses when I reload. Don't remember where the hat is.
 
I think the worst gun on the planet by far is anything made by Glock.... /snip

You sound a little bitter. I'm a fan of 1911's, S&W and Ruger revolvers, have a Taurus .44 that has never missed a beat and a number of others as well, but my go to guns are my Glocks.

Sorry, but they have never jammed on me and I find them insanely accurate for an out of the box handgun. I have 4 of them and likely will have another soon.

The only time I've seen a Glock jam or mis-feed was when it was limp wristed, they do seem to be sensitive to that, but probably no more or less than most other handguns. A word of correction to the shooter usually is the end of that problem.

Sorry you have had such bad luck with them.
 
All Glocks. A couple blocks of wood with some black shoe polish is more ergonomic. And better looking to boot!
 
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