gun you regret buying...

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AMT Hardballer. Soft metal, wore quickly. Cracked barrel (!), broken extractor, poorly cast and even more poorly machined parts. Eventually replaced enough parts to make it an adequate shooter. Too bad it didn't come from the factory that way.
 
Ruger Deerfield .44 Mag Rifle. Not accurate and it failed to cycle many brands of hunting grade ammunition that it was suppose to operate with. Ruger failed to improve the issue. Made me truly understand that inaccurate and unreliable rifles are truly not "interesting". I've purchased no Ruger semi-autos since.
 
SKS.
Ruger Mini-14 Ranch Rifle.
Remington 700 PSS in .300 Win Mag.
SA 1911A1.

To name a few ... All functioned fine; none floated my boat. All are gone.
 
I had wanted a M43 firestar when they first came out. I traded for a LNIB starvel finish, from onother officer I worked with about 5 years ago..

I had the weirdest problem shooting it...The slope on the safety was such that my thumb would slide off, despite the fact that it had pretty good checkering.. It was accurate, and trouble free, I just had to sweep the safety two or three times...Traded it for a SP101 after about six months....
 
One of the guns I regret buying the most is a taurus 941. I don't have anything against the brand, I've just never liked it.
 
Jennings 9mm, I was young & broke & my apartment complex was turning Mex/Somalii ghetto with drunken fights & such all the time. I figured I had 1 or 2 rounds to stop/deter a bad guy before it stovepiped.

Sold it later & bought a Springfield Armory .45 thats as accurate and reliable as you could ever wish for.

Don't you love a happy ending? lol!
 
S & W 6906. Hate the trigger pull and the trigger pinches my finger.
Worst of all I traded a like new Colt MK IV, Series 70 for it. Probably gave a little boot too, but I've erased that from my mind.
 
Taurus model 85 "UL" .38 spl. Luckily however it was fixed and I like it now, however when I took it home NIB I went to clean it and the minuite I ejected the cylinder, the cylinder FELL OUT OF THE GUN!!! (It turned out it was a factory quality control problem and it was fixed) Thank god I didn't shoot it first, even when I was looking at it in the store everything appeared to be fine, function, everything. Now anytime I go to buy a revolver I am alway's trying to get the cylinder to fall out.(The sales guy's love it!)
 
Mine was a Smith Sigma in 9mm that I got back in the 10rd max days. Grip was too big and trigger was crappy.
 
This has to be one of the most interesting posts I've ever read. The guns people don't like are all over the place. I've seen four or five ( Smith 6906, CZ Kadet for instance ) that I absolutely love. A few others I've never even heard of. Skyy CP-1? Guess I need to get out more.

My personal regrets? A Para PXT1445S GR and PCX745S. Both guns with a list well north of a grand. Their worth? No comment. I still have them. Well, not here. They're off getting repaired. As usual.
 
John, to clarify, I love the CZ kadet (the model I picked up just didn't work but it was used) and I regretted that I traded a beautiful Ruger Mark II for something that didn't function!:D
 
These days I really enjoy impulse buys. It never fails that I regret spending the money after the sale. Did I really need that? So it was a good price, but do I really need three of them? I get over it. I can always sell them.

I can't think of any gun other than a reblued Colt Woodsman that I regretted buying. On that deal, I was just plain ignorant; it was a learning experience.
 
Taurus Pt-22. When I first became an auto guy from a wheel gun guy, I thought it would be a good range gun. But it's jam city and it is difficult to clear - not just tap-rack-bang. And yes, I'm using mini-mags. So it's not a good defense gun (even if you were to accept the .22lr) and it's no fun at the range. Glad it wasn't expensive.
 
The first pistol I ever bought, Springfield XD45. New, right when they first came out. Turned out to not be the best pistol, but I regret it more because I had the chance to buy a Springfield 1911a1 instead, a gun that I have wanted for years, but for what ever reason I went with the xd. Live and learn.
 
^Lizzie thats because Hi Points work, have excellent customer service, and for the price you pay they more than offer exactly what you would expect.
 
An imitation M-1 Carbine, built by Auto-Ordnance, bought brand-new in October '07.
It was my first gun purchase, then age 52.

After about 120 rds and treated tenderly, I had no idea how the bolt could have gotten out of the proper track and jammed.

While it was undergoing the free factory repair, the idea that an All-American carbine could cost about $750, yet have an internal malfunction turned me against it and I sold it at a real loss.

For a semi-auto, I have since preferred the rugged construction/reliability of my "Commie" Semi-Auto Rifle (SKS: 2,000 rds.), and Ruger Mini.
Wish that I had read up on the AOs beforehand.
 
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Ruger LCP. Nothing wrong with the pistol per say. Just hated the trigger in it. Bought it for the wife because it was what she wanted to carry. Took her to the range to fire it and she hated it. I fired one mag through it and understood why.
 
Colt Stagecoach carbine .22

After 3 rounds, you had to turn it over and shake it to fire three more rounds. Trigger group jammed constantly.
 
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