I sure don’t miss that...

[WestKentucky]

A thread is running about all of the guns we have let get away. For some of us (me) it’s a bit depressing. So let’s take it from the other angle. The guns we had but got rid of, and have never looked back. Post em up, pictures if ya got them.

The one that stands out the most is a Jennings J9 that I bought from the pawn shop for $30 and it had a note on it as-is, broken. The only thing broken was the loaded chamber indicator was coming apart and bits of plastic from it were keeping it from closing up. 3 minute fix. That gun are a bunch of 9mm Winchester white box, but it was pure junk. I haven’t ever missed it.

A close second was a leinad “Double D” 410/45c derringer. It was mean to snakes but was otherwise pointless. It kicked so hard that it would open itself up, not to mention the welded sheet metal frame would be driven back into the gripping fingers and rip them open. 2-1/2 #8s though were the worlds worst nightmare for copperheads. It was basically given to me, and I basically gave it away.

 

[berettaprofessor]

Ruger LCR 22; couldn't hit the side of a barn from inside it.
Mosin Carbine; big bang, but who cares? Not accurate
Russian SKS; limited magazine, again, who cares?
CZ82; just too inferior to the Beretta 85 series to keep.
Savage Mark II w/ accutrigger; terrible accuracy, yeah I know most are pretty accurate, mine wasn't.
S&W638; too much recoil, poor accuracy

 

[berettaprofessor]

Whoops, forgot my long anticipated Remington R51 Gen 2; I wanted it badly, but I finally gave up trying to shoot anything but 115 grain commercial in it and I hated it every time I tore it down and put it back together. Sold it at a lost, didn't care.

 

[Legionnaire]

Ruger Mini-14 Ranch Rifle in .223. No matter what I did to it I couldn’t get it to shoot better than 4 MOA. Sold it to buy my first AR.

I was intrigued by the Charter Arms Pitbull in .40 S&W. Found a good deal on a used one. The barrel was really rough, with significant tool chatter. Charter fixed it quickly at their expense, but it was no Bulldog (which I like and still have). Sold it down the line.

Springfield Armory 1911. Bought it because everyone should have a 1911, right? Fine pistol, but it didn’t point well for me and never really floated my boat. Gone.

These and others I have sold with no regrets.

 

[cfullgraf]

A Springfield P9C in 40 S&W that shoot itself to pieces. Springfield orphaned the gun but fortunately EAA Witness parts from a similar gun would work.

Finally traded it in part for a Colt Series 80 1911 in 38 Super.

 

[Larry Ashcraft]

SKS with 1200 rounds of ammo I bought for $225. I never intended to shoot it, so I made a quick $100 on it. Should have held on for a few years and got several times that.

 

[RedlegRick]

My last two AR-7s. First two were okay, but the last ones, hoo boy... Fussy about ammo and how it was loaded, poor accuracy and reliability and the final one kept dropping the front sight until I epoxied in place. Now watch, I'll end up getting another one. Love-hate thing I have with that design.

H&R Sportsman .22 revolver. I really, really wanted to like that gun, but by the time it found my way to me the damage was done. Cylinder was done, it had way too many Shorts run through it and they'd burned rings. Cases would stick each time unless I left it super dirty and then it's accuracy went way south.

Colt Commander. It was a grail gun I wanted when I was working armed security way back in the day. Absolutely would not run with correct magazines until I found two milsurps that worked. Had it gone over by two smiths and the last one told me to lose it asap. Traded it for a surplus Hi-Power at a pawn shop. Kinda wish I still had that one.

 

[Wishoot]

Marlin M60.

Absolute piece of garbage. Won it at a shooting event and sold it within a year.

 

[BlueHeelerFl]

A Taurus Millennium, couldn't get used to that long DA trigger pull. I tried to like it but found a S&W 3913 Ladysmith that had a beautiful trigger pull and was more comfortable to carry

I found an M1 Carbine reproduction with a beautiful engraved memorial stock, it it was totally unreliable

 

[Englishmn]

Original hipoint .40 with the Euro style mag release.
Pos would never make it through a whole mag.
I don't miss it.

 

[.308 Norma]

Ruger Mini-14 Ranch Rifle in .223. No matter what I did to it I couldn’t get it to shoot better than 4 MOA.

Yep, mine was similar - a Ruger Mini-30, that if you could cover 3 shots at a hundred yards with your hand, you'd have to have a mighty big hand. However, before I sold that thing, my wife and I did watch our oldest grandson kill his first deer with it. Of course he had back-up (my wife and I) in case he missed or wounded, but he didn't need it. He shot that doe mule deer in the ribs at about 80 yards. She stumbled forward a few steps and collapsed. The bullet, which exited between two ribs, had obviously cut a main blood vessel to, or from her heart, because her chest cavity was clear full of blood when we gutted her out.
At any rate, I won't put up with a rifle that shoots groups that are better described as "patterns," even if our grandson did manage to kill a deer with it. So I sold it. In my working years, I managed to remove a lot of nuts from bolts with a pair of vise-grips because that's what I had on me. That doesn't mean vise-grips were the best tool for the job. It just means I didn't want to walk clear back to the shop to retrieve the proper wrench. And it didn't matter how badly I mangled the nuts.
BTW - our oldest grandson, who graduated from college last spring and is on his way to a great career, kind of laid claim to his grandmother's (my wife's) old tang-safety, Ruger 77, 7mm-08. He's used that rifle for deer for 6 or 7 years now. That Ruger still shoots MOA, and our grandson used it to kill one of the largest bodied mule deer I've ever seen last Fall.

 

[Good Ol' Boy]

Had issues....

 

[Riomouse911]

Manhurin/Interarms stainless PPK/s. I just realized that gun reminds me of my ex wife.

When I bought it it’s like we married; Beautiful to look at and hold.

Then later on became cranky (fail to feed jams constantly) and then started going off on me for no reason (occasional doubles).

Both were sent away, the gun to consignment and the ex to find another sucker for another short marriage and then she was off to Texas... to both I say, Adios!

I’ve had other guns and girlfriends that have gone bye bye, but none as unreliable and unsafe as that PPK/s.

Stay safe!

 

[George Dickel]

Taurus 709, the two of us didn't work well together. It concealed well but my hand just didn't fit it and my inaccuracy with it showed. Also a Charter Arms Bulldog in .44 Special, I just didn't like the gun. The guy that bought it was excited about finding one, may he and it live happily ever after.

 

[badkarmamib]

Everything I ever owned that said "Taurus" on it...

 

[Alte Schule]

An AMT (Arcadia Machine & Tool) .44 Auto Mag jamamatic. This was in the late seventies and I traded a nice Ithica 10 ga. Roadblocker and gave up some cash for it. Couldn't get through a magazine w/o 2 or 3 FTE or FTF. No internet back then and customer service was non existent. Sold it for a loss and was glad to be rid of it.
I bought this Springfield 1911 EMP 9 mm last year with full intentions on making it my EDC. Even bought a nice DeSantis Thumb Break Scabbard Holster. I rented one before I bought it and shot somewhat decent groups at 25 feet but thought I could do better with more practice. I was wrong about that. Good firearm just not good for me. Sold it for what I payed a few months ago.

 

[Mn Fats]

Marlin M60.

Absolute piece of garbage. Won it at a shooting event and sold it within a year.

Hmm. I love mine.

Everything I ever owned that said "Taurus" on it...

Same here. But careful now, you'll get people that have the other 50% of them saying "Well mine is perfect and your just a Taurus hater".

I guess I don't miss my NAA mini. Really a solid gun though. Just didn't make sense for me.

 

[Ironicaintit]

The only one I dont especially miss is the Cimarron Arms 22LR derringer I had. it wasnt bad, I just dont really miss it.

I cant in good conscience sell one with dubious reliability, so I keep those too, and tinker on them till they run right. and then, I dont want to sell them anyway! all the ones ive sold, I regret.

 

[Ironicaintit]

oops Im lying. I just remembered a Rohm 22 revolver I had. hated it. it worked ok, and I sold it as fast as I could.
am still friends with the guy.... we joke about how much he bought it for. I bought him lunch so its ok

 

[MutinousDoug]

I bought a Rossi .22 revolver that was pretty accurate for a 2" snubbie; enough for grouse or rabbits that would stay still. Case ejection was a constant problem. Much easier to sell than fix, so out it went.
Ruger Bearcat with Wolff springs (and adjusted front sight) is a much better carry gun

 

[captain awesome]

My worst, a S&W model 29-5 6". Maybe several people at Smith and Wesson had a bad day the day that one was made, or maybe they all went out drinking the night before. In any case the fit left something to be desired, it was beat to hell (not the guns fault) and it literally shot a pattern from a rest. And not a small one. 15 or so feet and the "group" was over a foot in diameter. Again, off a rest. One high and right one low and left, the others floated around a six inch circle in the middle. This was repeatable so I know it wasnt just me and the ammo shot fine in my other 44s. So sent it on down the road full disclosure and never looked back. I learned not to buy sight unseen without a return policy and really good description and pictures from that one,great deals are sometimes not so great. It's older wiser and more refined brother a 29-2 shoots wonderfully.

 

[bannockburn]

No regrets...I have a few: Walther PPK/s (stainless made in the U.S.), Sterling Model 302 (too many jams), FTL Auto Nine (more too many jams), Colt Agent (rough matte finish version made during Colt's labor troubles years), Benelli B76 (nice enough gun but way too complicated for a single stack 9mm.), Browning Hi-Power (yes you read that right; beautiful on the outside but a horrible trigger and tiny sights contributed to Minute Of Barn accuracy), and the Ruger GP100 (just never liked it and a tough act to follow with the Security Six being so great).

 

[gulogulo1970]

Davis derringer 22LR, total crap. Must have had a 40lb trigger pull took both index fingers to pull the trigger. Got $50.00 for it and felt lucky.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

One of those Polish PPS43 submachine gun semi-auto conversions.

Looked cool, but the first time I fired it, the receiver blew open, the bolt flew over my shoulder, mag and loose rounds everywhere. RSO yelled "Ceasefire!" and everyone gave me the evil eye while I picked up the pieces.

Turns out, when they did conversion, the new fire control group didnt quite fit. No problem, they just bent the receiver catch plate out of the way. What could go wrong, right?

I had to machine away the top of the hammer and bend the plate back to get it to latch securely, but the crappy castings used in the conversion parts did nothing for my confidence in the gun and I was happy to see it go.

 

[denton]

Rossi switch barrel 22LR/20 gauge. With the 22 barrel, it made a mighty heavy little rifle, and with the 20 gauge barrel it kicked so bad that absolutely nobody would shoot it twice.