Broken Guns - Anyone Have them Laying Around?

[s&w 24]

most of the time when I get a "new" gun it's someone elses problem that I either fix or trade off for some other broken down gun. Right now I have 3 kits that need building and 5 other guns that need a tune up or worse.

 

[tex_n_cal]

I have (somewhere) a S&W Victory model that a neighbor gave me in the hopes I would fix it. It appears someone decided to make it safe by using it as a hammer. In other words, the frame is bent. Yes, I said bent. I have weighed the pros and cons of straightening the deal, to get the cylinder lined back up with the barrel. It remains....bent.

 

[squibload]

Thanks for the input, guys...anyone else out there? I know there are

 

[Dorian]

I have an old belgian S&W clone.... This thing is pobably close to 100 years old. I forget I own it most of the time.

Don't even know what caliber it is.

I tried to give it to the gun range I go to in exchange for a box of ammo and range fees.... He said no

 

[squibload]

Belgian S&W clone? Interesting....

 

[SapperLeader]

I have a savage bolt action .22 that was inherited from my father. The trigger recently broke and wobbles all over the place. Im looking in to getting the trigger redone and maybe even the wood and steel refinished. Ill probally just do the trigger though, and leave the rest as is, like it is in my memories of childhood.

 

[Crownvicman]

I have a 12 gauge Iver Johnson single shot shotgun with out a stock or forearm. I found it in an old home I was helping to renovate.

 

[squibload]

It sounds like a lot of these are "junker" guns that are easier to ignore or hold on to until a gun buyback program comes around.

Any others?

 

[tcsd1236]

The only weapon I have that fits in that category is a cheap Grendel .380 I bought 15 years ago. The company is long out of existence, the weapon is broken, and I stopped taking it out of the safe 10 years ago except as a prop for training ( the weapon is usually taped off these days ).

 

[Dionysusigma]

My Winchester 1911SL. I havent tried firing it in the six months I've had it, due to horror stories. Everything seems to work, and it looks like it was used quite a lot, but...

I guess some things shouldn't be tried.

 

[BerettaNut92]

I've had iffy magazines. I disassemble them and store them separately to be safe.