Biggest handgun disappointment.

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HK USP 45.It shot 6 inches low at 25 yards and would not feed SWC bullets.I am amazed at the number of Para Ord. guns mentioned.The only auto I have ever owned that never malfunctioned at least once was a P14 Limited.It had well over 30K rds when I sold it.
 
A Glock. I wanted to like them early on, but I'd shoot one, it would feel like crap and I was all over the paper.

Every now and then I go back and try one. Same result every time.

With them being so popular and cheap I really wish I could like them, but they are very disappointing TO ME
 
Another vote for the Colt Government .380

I researched heavily into them prior to making the purchase, what may look nice on the outside wasn't the case inside. Inside had a lot of toolmarks and burrs, sharp edges and overall wasn't quite finished. The gun was rough, had some gritty feeling as it was being racked.

The gun ran though 100%. But the fit and final finish was truly disappointing.
 
SIG P220 that I bought. My first 45 and the only POS I've every bought. Granted, it was a lemon, but still a POS
 
The worst (so far) is the supposedly "like new" S&W 610 revolver I just got two days ago. First, the trigger doesn't always reset, causing it to "jam" when you try to pull the trigger on the subsequent shot, and second, it locked up and wouldn't open after shutting it last night. Fortunately, the seller came over and showed me how to unstick it when the cylinder rod backs itself out causing a lockup like that. Huge disappointment overall though, so far, for a rather expensive gun. I'm hopeful that the problems can be remedied easily and permanently though. Yes, it's a newer, cheapened, shroud-barrel, "lock" gun. Still, I was under the impression that S&W still had decent quality. :dunno:

Second place was a NAA mini-revolver in .22lr - horrid accuracy at 3 yards.

Third place was an H&R .22 revolver (model 929 perhaps?). It shot little pieces of hot debris back at my face (parts of the bullet were being shaved by the cone I guess), and it was pretty inaccurate. I sold it at a big loss to the same pawn shop I bought it from within a week.

Fourth is a Ruger P-something in .40 cal (my 2nd handgun ever). Slide would not go all the way into battery unless it was being fired, or you really slingshotted it hard. But just racking it normally, or releasing the slide with the manual release, it would stop before going into battery and then of course, not fire until you tapped the slide home.

Fifth place is Glocks in general. They're just sort of a very cheaply made, so-so, ho-hum gun, with loose tolerances and a high price tag (for what you get). They are definitely the farthest from what they are hyped or touted to be. My Bersa Thunder 9 is a far better gun than any Glock, and a lot less money.

Sixth would be a CZ52 surplus - not very accurate, possibly due to the poor sights.

[Conversely, I've been quite pleased with all my 1911s (Wilson, Kimber, Sig & Springfield), my Sig classic, multiple CZs, Bersa, Dan Wesson, Kahr, Taurus auto, and Taurus revolvers. And, reasonably pleased with Kel-Tec guns. I even liked my Llama 9mm and my Heritage Rough Rider SA revolver in .22lr/.22mag - go figure - it's built about the way it should be for the price - but it was pretty accurate.]

Dang, I didn't realize how much crap I've owned until I spelled it out...
 
Wesson Arms 738P. Useless in rapid fire DA mode due to a weak hand spring. This was an engineering defect that affected the Wesson Arms 738P model. These were manufactured in Palmer, Ma. in the mid 1990's. What a bummer because they were well built revolvers otherwise and the company went bankrupt before they could address this problem. I ended up getting a gunsmith to fashion a hand spring that did work, but by then I had lost confidence in the gun. I sold this one but should have kept it as these are rare these days. Has anyone here seen one much less fired one? :what:



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1 more vot for a POS Walther P-22. I bought it when they first came out and thought they were cool looking and it had more problems than parts.
 
Bought a Walther P22 about 2 months ago because I heard the "bugs" had been worked out. I'm not sure it is a semi-auto pistol?:rolleyes: I don't think it has ever ran as a semi. It really has FTF's on almost every single shot, and I'm not using cheap sub-sonic bulk stuff either. Worst $300 gun EVER IMHO.

p.s. - I think the P22 takes 1st place on the poll.
 
Ruger P94DC, bought it new, was bad about FTF's from the get go, had a light hammer strike. Would own any Ruger Revolver, but won't bother with any of their semi's...too many others in the price point.
 
Big Tossup, several disappointments

I've been shooting handguns for 45 years now, so I've had more disappointments than I'd like to admit, but I'll post a few in case newbies are considering something I did wrong.

1 - Charter Arms Bulldog - ugh....
2 - Taurus revolvers, 441 in .44 Special (several mechanical failures) and 941,also mechanical failures. Upon disassembly, they're not designed for durability in my humble opinion.
3 - Kel-tec P40. Discontinued because it has an attitude (recoil in such a small package). Mechanical failure - broke the pin in the slide lock, rendering it inoperable. Too dangerous for a carry gun if it'll do that.
4 - FEG GKK .45ACP double action. Big pistol, should have a 5" barrel instead of 4". One of the worst triggers ever encountered in my years.
5 - Walther P1 - mechanical failure, lost its extractor. I know the design is really good or the Germans wouldn't have kept it in the P38 form, but mine is a French (I spit :barf:) copy.
6 - Iver Johnson Trapper (.22 revolver) ooh, junk....

In net, the disappointments have been 'bargain basement' buys, including the surplus P1. I've learned that even though the top manufacturers charge more, on a really good day, you may get what you pay for.

For the Charter Arms and Taurus .44s, I should have gone S&W, same with the 941 - should have bought a Kit Gun.
For the Kel-tec, should have bought small Glock or Kahr, or something similar.
For the FEG, many full size autos such as another M1911, S&W 4006, Glock, would have been better deal.
For the Walther, same comment.
For the Iver Johnson, cheap is what cheap does (sorry, Forrest). :cool:

I'm not a snob for top manufacturers. I hate the S&W idiot lawyer locks (I'm sorry, idiot and lawyer can be redundant terms) and some of the other stupid things lately. I simply haven't found a lot of fault with their quality of design. Reliability's a big deal to me since I'm a vet and ccw. I wouldn't carry anything in the list above. I don't care if they're ugly (like my CZ52) or cheap (like my Makarov) but they have to work. Every time. I won't forgive mechanical failures that can be isolated to poor design or poor manufacturing.
 
Smith & Wesson Mod 5906 in 9mm. I'm a big S&W fan and own a 1970's vintage Model 39 9mm which holds 8 rounds in clip. I wanted a stainless hi capacity 9mm. The 15 shot Mod 5906 was comfortable and highly accurage but after going thru the first clip, it would start to have regular FTE's. I tried different factory ammo plus my reloads and had the same problem. Took it back to my gun shop where I bought it and they couldn't find anything wrong with it. It was my primary home defense gun and I didn't have full confidence in it. I kept it extremely clean but the problems started after the first 15-16 shots. I finally sold it and bought the stainless Beretta 92FS and never had any problems with it and it was just as accurate as the Smith. I still love Smith & Wesson and figure I just got a finicky 5906. Never a problem with my Model 39. It's a keeper.
 
My 3rd gun and first full-sized auto was a Glock 19. After all the hype and talk, I couldn't believe I couldn't get the sights aligned without breaking my wrist. It had the worst ergonomics. One of a very few guns I sold that I don't regret getting rid of.
 
My biggest disappointment was easily a HK USP 45c.

Definitely much more desirable in the wanting than in the having. It featured the worst trigger ever put on a "combat" handgun. No regrets dumping that one onto the next hype believer.
 
Another vote for The Judge. Neat concept, but it would lock up after 2 shots of .410.:cuss: Now it shot the .45LC great, but the price on those....
 
AMT 380 Backup. Total turd of a gun.

My Jennings wasn't much to speak of but I knew that when I bought it. I wasn't nearly as upset with it as I was with that AMT.

I have to say, I'm surprised to see the USP's on this list. My very favorite gun is my USP 45c. Did I get lucky or were you just an unlucky one? Mine has been 100% reliable, very accurate, and the trigger is a real beauty.
 
A stainless Colt Series 80 .38 super 1911 with factory target sights.
Original box, 2 mags, colt factory wrap-around rubber grips.

I agreed to pay the seller's asking price of $500, but the seller changed her mind and sold it to her father instead.

I've never been the same since...
 
HK USP45c

The HK is very expensive and customer service sucked at the time. May be better now, but not then. Could not get parts (backup mag , flat base pad and followers) when I called and attitude of CS rep. was, "Nope, don't have those. Should have a shipment in about 2 months". Gun ran fine, but the trigger was terrible. Long heavy first shot, mushy in SA and I don't like the LEM because it keeps the hammer spring under full compression always. HUGE, fat gun for an 8-shot .45acp. I bought it because I wanted a.45acp defensive gun, but it was pretty much useless: too big for CCW and a full-size house gun. I've tried the HK three times now... never again.
 
COLT - Pocket Nine - Oh, it's a sexy little thing. Expensive too! But the trigger feels like dragging your finger though the mud! I had to have it and my darling wife bought it for my birthday many years ago. Custom, Milt Sparks, holster to go with it too. Accurate enough. I've aced the department qualification several times with it. I just hate it. Finally, years ago, locked it in the safe and went back to a S&W 640.

Where's that guy that had all his troubles with the Bushy pistol? Maybe we should talk about a swap or something?
 
I've been lucky enough not to own any lemons. But a few of the ones I've fired that my friends have owned, lemme tell ya...

Bersa Thunder 380 concealed carry(friend #1's gun): Seemed to not want to feed ammo quite a bit. Loaded chamber indicator came from the factory without a spring, so it just kinda flopped around. Frame cracked on it using standard factory pressure ammo. He finally got a new one from the factory, sold the new one, and bought a 1911.

Walther P22 (Friend #2's gun): Seemed to jam every 2 or 3 rounds. Only fed mini-mags reliably (kind of defeated the purpose of owning a .22 for cheap plinking).
 
Clearly, it's a jump ball between the Jennings Model 59 and the Zastava M88. Neither of them is good for much more than paperweights, but they're cheap guns and I didn't expect much. The Jennings is a "Saturday night special" that I bought at a gun show, and won't pass a "melt test".

When I bought the Zastava, (new) however, I invested about 10 hours of retrofit work to no avail, and I would at least like a gun that shoots in the general direction that I point it. No such luck with the EAA import treasure from Serbia. It's been junk right out of the box. It's better since I took the raised edges out of the slide path, but it is about as accurate as throwing rocks.

I actually think the problem is the design of the recoil spring rod, which has a moveable joint in it, and a lot of "slop" in the barrel to chamber fit-up with the firing pin and extractor. It had enough oil to back up the national oil reserves gumming it up, and took hours of scrubbing to clean it out. Anyway, I wouldn't recommend either one to anybody. The only things they do right is go "bang".

WT
 
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