Name your biggest POS handguns.

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A Ruger Mk. II "Target."
I have one, a 6 7/8" bbl stainless. It has been flawless since day one. Only time it has any problem is when it gets real dirty, then it's just a matter of swabbing out the chamber and breechface and boltface with a Hoppe's soaked q-tip.

C'est la vie said the old folks it goes to show you never can tell.
 
Lucky!

I have been pretty lucky in that I have never owned a crappy handgun, but I did own a Browning BP1000 automatic shotgun (I think it was a BP1000, but my rage at this gun has caused memory loss in regards to this truly awful gun) that was horrid in all respects. I noticed that a few of you have had problems with your MkII's, which honestly surprises me. I have had 3 MkII's over the years, two of which were the bull-barrelled "target" models, and one of which I still own, and I have never been anything but completly happy. I recently had some horrible luck with my MkII at the range (FTF, mostly), but thats attributed to a ram-line magazine finally breaking down. I started using my metal mags again, and my problem was solved.

Timbo
 
I had a Bryco/Jennings model 59 once...no, i didn't buy it, it was given to me. What a rotten pile, I think I shot about 100 rounds or so through it in the time I had it, about a third of those were jams of various types, and lots of FTFs.
 
I had an FIE Titan 380 pistol back in the mid-1980s.

Cheap gun, and it had an interesting flaw.

It shot the first shot EXACTLY where you pointed it - the sights were too crude to use, but it was very pointable.

And, as the slide moved back to cycle, the remaining rounds in the magazine would fountain up into the air, emptying the gun before the slide could move forward again.

Didn't matter which magazine I used.
 
Davis 380!
What a pile of garbage! As a young freshed face newbie, I foolishly let the "expert" gunshop guy educate me on my 1st concealed carry weapon. He insisted that the $79.95 would be the best and last money I ever needed to spend on a self defense weapon. :cuss: Yeah, live and learn. I was thoughly had! Still waitng for one of those buyback programs that have dissapearred. Philadelphia recently had one, but they gave a voucher for a clothing store downtown or something like that. Irony =getting mugged with an illegal firearm after turning your POS into the buy back program!


Mr. Tettnanger
 
He insisted that the $79.95 would be the best and last money I ever needed to spend on a self defense weapon.

He was right. If you actually had to use it, it wouldn't work. You'd be dead and wouldn't need to spend more $$ on self defense weapons. :p
 
1. Auto Ordnance M1911 in 10mm - It ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY WOULD NOT FEED!!!!!!!!! I tried different recoil springs, ammo combinations. Nothing worked. Sold it to a dealer. :fire:

2. Baur .25acp (copy of a baby Browning) - everytime it fired, it would eject the magazine. The only way to fire a full mag was to duct tape the mag into the gun........ Absolute trash.... :banghead:

Yanus
 
1. Charter Arms AR-7 Pistol: Ergonomics from hell.

2. S&W 686: Went out of time 2X.

3. S&W 627: Wne to ut of time.

4. S&W 29 Classic Hunter: Went out of time.

5. Colt 1991-A1: Broke extractor, FTF anything but ball and crappy trigger pull, no matter what.
 
I had Three of Wilkinson Arms Made in Idaho.The model was "Sherry". They were a small pocket 22LR.biggest POS I ever owned.They came in several different anodized colored frames.They were a neat looking POS.They aways jammed.One morning I fired it. It jammed as usual.I took the mag out. Looked and it appeared to be a fired round in the chamber.It had a firing pin mark on the rim.While trying to get this so called fired case out it went off.I was very fortunate. The bullet grazed the tip of my pinky finger.That was the last straw. I put them on consignment which took close to three years to sell.Wilkinson is no longer in business,probably one of the good things to happen.

Ruger Redhawk
 
I have had three of a kind and a horse of a different color

I have been very unlucky with .22lr semi automatics ...

Walther P22 ... inaccurate, FTEs and had to loctite sights and barrel bolt.

Browning Buckmark ... accurate, FTF and then FTEs in every mag.

Charter Arms (cant remember model) it looked like a Mauser Broomhandle, a pistol version of the Henry Survival Rifle. Inaccrate and unreliable.


Horse of a different color ...

Springfield Armory 1911 Loaded .... Could not shot straight out of a rest. Dont know what the problem was ... soured me on 1911s for a while. But I did trade it to the store I bought it from for a CZ85 ... best move ever as it introduced me to CZs.
 
CZ52, came broken in the box, havent fired it yet, will probably sell it as a parts gun some time..

springfield 1911A1 GI stainless, definitely needs a few parts replace but I am no 1911 guru
 
AMT Backup .380....what were they thinking!? What good is a gun if you can't pull the trigger, which could not be adjusted.
 
Bought a Ruger P97 when they were having their rebate on them about 18 months ago. Figured it was time I wrung out a P-series gun and all the gun rags had praised the P97 to the skies. As it developed there were quite a few things to like about the gun--but about once every 32 rounds (I charted the malfs) the upcoming round would jump from the mag in recoil and either just pop clear of the gun or get crosswise and fail to feed, creating a jam. Main load was a 230 RNL to GI velocities. Made several calls to Ruger in Scottsdale and they sent new extractors, springs, and 3 new mags. Stoned breech face and polished feed ramp; tried P90, 1911, and Wilson followers; no improvements. After some 1300 rounds boxed it up and sent it off to Ruger at their expense to fix. It hasn't come back yet, and frankly I could care less if it ever did as I would never trust the damn thing to be reliable. The current plan is to throw it on a table at a gun show with the factory paperwork showing that in their opinion it is fixed. I just want it to go away.

The truly aggravating thing is that I own a fair amount of Ruger stock. So I have not only lost money on the gun but the company (and me, as a stockholder) will have lost money on the gun at every turn too.

Needless to say I will never touch a P-series Ruger again.
 
Needless to say I will never touch a P-series Ruger again.

Dienekes,

Man, thats too bad. I have been exceptionally happy with my P90, and honestly would purchase another P90 over a 1911.

Timbo
 
I guess I did good with my two handguns. HK USP40, and a Ruger Vaquero. Never had a problem with either.

This thread is great, really lets you know what you should stay away from. Seems to be a number of guns that are repeated in this thread.
 
Dienekes, Sorry to hear how unhappy you are with your P97. I would suggest you call the service manager in Prescott AZ..They are in Prescott not Scottsdale. I have never dealt with him. From reading over at the Ruger forum he's the one you need to talk to. His name is Mike Smisko 1-428-541-8926.I've dealt with Newport's service manager Dick Beaulieu who was very helpful. I'm sure Mike would be too.

I hope he'll get your problem straighten out once and for all.

Ruger Redhawk
 
axeman_g
Browning Buckmark ... accurate, FTF and then FTEs in every mag.

I had the same problems when I first got my Buck Mark. Even high-velocity ammo wouldn't cycle the thing reliably, and I was starting to worry I'd bought a lemon. So, I took it home and inspected the thing, worked the action, and found out that the wooden grip panels were rough on top and were rubbing against the slide. Now, I don't know for sure they were causing enough friction to slow it down that much, but after I sanded them down slightly I haven't had any problems to speak of in about 2000 rounds since. It even cycles Aguila sub-sonics 8 times out of 10, now.
 
My wife had a Taurus PT-132 Millinium.
It would FTE or FTF about every other to every third round. The trigger was horrible and the chamber indicator did not work.
Believe it or not this was not the bad part. I can handle a pistol not functioning properly, I understand that even the manufacturers with the reputation for being reliable are going to turn out a lemon every now and then
My main problems started when I sent it to Taurus for warranty work. :what:
First I called them about a week after I sent them the gun. I had not heard anything from them. They could not find my gun. After checking with FEDEX and finding out that my gun had infact made it to Taurus safe and sound they finally did locate it. Another week or two went by. I called to check on the progress. The customer service rep couldnt tell me anything. I spoke to whoever the guy was in charge. He was very nice but not helpful. I think it took about a month or a month and a half and after I called the BBB I finally got my gun back. I don't think they ever even touched it. It had all the same problems that it had before I sent it in. Since then I have swore off Taurus.
I even gave a buddy of mine $50 to buy a Ruger revolver over the Taurus he was looking at. :fire:
 
S&W SW40VE. :cuss:
Biggest POS I have ever held in my hands.

Finish is crap. :barf:
Trigger is like trying to move a tire swing with your index finger. :banghead:
Recoil is ridiculous. :mad:
Ergonomics are mediocre at best. :(
Sights seemed kinda nice, till I realize how big and awkward they were. :scrutiny:

I couldn't get more than a handful of rounds on paper. After seeing me cuss at the darn thing for 20 minutes, my buddy almost refused to even try it. His thoughts were much the same as my own.

I hear some people like them, I can't see how, but hey, to each their own. My dad bought it used from my sister's fiance for $200.00, I don't have the heart to tell him how bad it is (he hasn't shot it, all he'll shoot is his Glock these days).

That's the only 'horrible' handgun I have ever shot, and I've shot quite a few.
 
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